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[CITE: 42USC6238]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
               SUBCHAPTER I--DOMESTIC SUPPLY AVAILABILITY
 
                   Part B--Strategic Petroleum Reserve
 
Sec. 6238. Utility Reserves; Coal Reserves; Remote Crude Oil and 
        Natural Gas Reserves
        
    Within 6 months after the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan is 
transmitted to the Congress, pursuant to the requirements of section 
6234(b) of this title, the Secretary shall prepare and transmit to the 
Congress a report setting forth his recommendations concerning the 
necessity for, and feasibility of, establishing--
        (1) Utility Reserves containing coal, residual fuel oil, and 
    refined petroleum products, to be established and maintained by 
    major fossil-fuel-fired baseload electric power generating stations;
        (2) Coal Reserves to consist of (A) federally-owned coal which 
    is mined by or for the United States from Federal lands, and (B) 
    Federal lands from which coal could be produced with minimum delay; 
    and
        (3) Remote Crude Oil and Natural Gas Reserves consisting of 
    crude oil and natural gas to be acquired and stored by the United 
    States, in place, pursuant to a contract or other agreement or 
    arrangement entered into between the United States and persons who 
    discovered such oil or gas in remote areas.

(Pub. L. 94-163, title I, Sec. 158, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 886; Pub. L. 
95-619, title VI, Sec. 691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3288.)


                               Amendments

    1978--Pub. L. 95-619 substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator'' 
meaning Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration.
