{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s9206","title_num":"42","num":"§ 9206.","heading":"Wind resource assessment","status":null,"guid":"id797470b9-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 96–345, § 7, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1143.)","seq_in_title":5808,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch100","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch100","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 100—","heading":"WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id477aa570-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s9206\"><num value=\"9206\">§ 9206.</num><heading> Wind resource assessment</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The Secretary shall initiate a three-year national wind resource assessment program. As part of such program, the Secretary shall—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id477aa571-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s9206/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> conduct activities to validate existing assessments of known wind resources;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id477aa572-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s9206/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> perform wind resource assessments in regions of the United States where the use of wind energy may prove feasible;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id477aa573-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s9206/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> initiate a general site prospecting program;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id477aa574-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s9206/4\"><num value=\"4\">(4)</num><content> establish standard wind data collection and siting techniques; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id477aa575-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s9206/5\"><num value=\"5\">(5)</num><content> establish, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, a national wind data center which shall make public information available on the known wind energy resources of various regions throughout the United States.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id477aa576-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/96/345/s7\">Pub. L. 96–345, § 7</ref>, <date date=\"1980-09-08\">Sept. 8, 1980</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/94/1143\">94 Stat. 1143</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"113-44","currency_date":"2013-10-10","congress":113,"law_num":44,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":3,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","08","11a","16","21","22","30","38","42","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}