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U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare
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General SummaryThe U.S. Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. While every effort has been made to ensure that this reproduction of the Code is accurate, those using it for legal purposes should verify their results against the printed version of the Code available through the Government Printing Office.
§ 8837. Commercialization Demonstration Program Pursuant to Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development
(a) Establishment and conduct pursuant to other Federal statutory authorities; required undertakings subsequent to consultations
(1) The Secretary of Energy shall establish and conduct, pursuant to the authorities contained in the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 [42 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.], an accelerated research, development, and demonstration program for promoting the commercial viability of processes for the recovery of energy from municipal wastes.
(2) The provisions of subsections (d), (m), and (x)(2) of section 19 of such Act [42 U.S.C. 5919(d), (m), and (x)(2)] shall not apply with respect to the program established under this section.
(3) As part of the program established under this section, the Secretary, after consulting with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Commerce, shall undertake—
(A) the research, development, and demonstration of technologies to recover energy from municipal wastes;
(B) the development and application of new municipal waste-to-energy recovery technologies;
(C) the assessment, evaluation, demonstration, and improvement of the performance of existing municipal waste-to-energy recovery technologies with respect to capital costs, operating and maintenance costs, total project financing, recovery efficiency, and the quality of recovered energy and energy intensive materials;
(D) the evaluation of municipal waste energy projects for the purpose of developing a base of engineering data that can be used in the design of future municipal waste energy projects to recover energy from municipal wastes; and
(E) research studies on the size and other significant characteristics of potential markets for municipal waste-to-energy recovery technologies, and recovered energy, and energy intensive materials.
(b) Financial assistance
Under such program, the Secretary of Energy may provide financial assistance consisting of price supports, loans, and loan guarantees, for the cost of planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining demonstration facilities, and, in the case of existing facilities, modifications of such facilities solely for demonstration purposes, for the conversion of municipal wastes into energy or the recovery of materials.
(c) Priority for funding
Priority for funding of activities under subsection (a) of this section and financial assistance under subsection (b) of this section shall be provided for any activity or project for the demonstration of technologies for the production of liquid fuels or biomass energy which substitute for petroleum or natural gas.
(d) Obligation and expenditure of funds
The Secretary of Energy may not obligate or expend any funds authorized under this chapter in carrying out subsection (b) of this section until the plan required under section 8831(a) of this title has been prepared and submitted to the Congress.
(e) Deposit of moneys received
All amounts received by the Secretary of Energy as fees, interest, repayment of principal, and any other moneys received by the Secretary from operations under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 237, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 703.)
References in Text
The Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 93–577, Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1878, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 74 (§ 5901 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5901 of this title and Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 8839 of this title.
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"U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "§ 8837. Commercialization Demonstration Program Pursuant to Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development," U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare in U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed July 10, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LICNXRIFDVXU6FP.
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"U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel". "§ 8837. Commercialization Demonstration Program Pursuant to Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development." U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare, in U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 2002, Original Sources. 10 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LICNXRIFDVXU6FP.
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