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[CITE: 42USC13336]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 134--ENERGY POLICY
 
                           SUBCHAPTER VI--COAL
 
Part A--Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application
 
Sec. 13336. Coalbed methane recovery


(a) Study of barriers and environmental and safety aspects

    The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, shall 
conduct a study of--
        (1) technical, economic, financial, legal, regulatory, 
    institutional, or other barriers to coalbed methane recovery, and of 
    policy options for eliminating such barriers; and
        (2) the environmental and safety aspects of flaring coalbed 
    methane liberated from coal mines.

Within two years after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to the Congress detailing the results of such study.

(b) Information dissemination

    Beginning one year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, shall disseminate to the 
public information on state-of-the-art coalbed methane recovery 
techniques, including information on costs and benefits.

(c) Demonstration and commercial application program

    The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, shall 
establish a coalbed methane recovery demonstration and commercial 
application program, which shall emphasize gas enrichment technology. 
Such program shall address--
        (1) gas enrichment technologies for enriching medium-quality 
    methane recovered from coal mines to pipeline quality;
        (2) technologies to use mine ventilation air in nearby power 
    generation facilities, including gas turbines, internal combustion 
    engines, or other coal fired powerplants;
        (3) technologies for cofiring methane recovered from mines, 
    including methane from ventilation systems and degasification 
    systems, together with coal in conventional or clean coal technology 
    boilers; and
        (4) other technologies for producing and using methane from coal 
    mines that the Secretary considers appropriate.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title XIII, Sec. 1306, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2974.)
