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[CITE: 42USC6348]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
               SUBCHAPTER III--IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
 
                 Part C--Industrial Energy Conservation
 
Sec. 6348. Energy efficiency in industrial facilities


(a) Grant program

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall make grants to industry associations to 
    support programs to improve energy efficiency in industry. In order 
    to be eligible for a grant under this subsection, an industry 
    association shall establish a voluntary energy efficiency 
    improvement target program.

                       (2) Awarding of grants

        The Secretary shall request project proposals and provide annual 
    grants on a competitive basis. In evaluating grant proposals under 
    this subsection, the Secretary shall consider--
            (A) potential energy savings;
            (B) potential environmental benefits;
            (C) the degree of cost sharing;
            (D) the degree to which new and innovative technologies will 
        be encouraged;
            (E) the level of industry involvement;
            (F) estimated project cost-effectiveness; and
            (G) the degree to which progress toward the energy 
        improvement targets can be monitored.

                        (3) Eligible projects

        Projects eligible for grants under this subsection may include 
    the following:
            (A) Workshops.
            (B) Training seminars.
            (C) Handbooks.
            (D) Newsletters.
            (E) Data bases.
            (F) Other activities approved by the Secretary.

                   (4) Limitation on cost sharing

        Grants provided under this subsection shall not exceed $250,000 
    and each grant shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the 
    project for which the grant is made.

                          (5) Authorization

        There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
    necessary to carry out this subsection.

(b) Award program

    The Secretary shall establish an annual award program to recognize 
those industry associations or individual industrial companies that have 
significantly improved their energy efficiency.

(c) Report on industrial reporting and voluntary targets

    Not later than one year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall, 
in consultation with affected industries, evaluate and report to the 
Congress regarding the establishment of Federally mandated energy 
efficiency reporting requirements and voluntary energy efficiency 
improvement targets for energy intensive industries. Such report shall 
include an evaluation of the costs and benefits of such reporting 
requirements and voluntary energy efficiency improvement targets, and 
recommendations regarding the role of such activities in improving 
energy efficiency in energy intensive industries.

(Pub. L. 102-486, title I, Sec. 131, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2836.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and 
not as part of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act which comprises 
this chapter.
