42 U.S.C. § 8837 : US Code - Section 8837: Commercialization demonstration program pursuant to Federal nonnuclear energy research and development

Search 42 U.S.C. § 8837 : US Code - Section 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 (!1) 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.