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[CITE: 42USC7321]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER VIII--ENERGY PLANNING
 
Sec. 7321. National Energy Policy Plan


(a) Preparation by President and submission to Congress; formulation and 
        review

    The President shall--
        (1) prepare and submit to the Congress a proposed National 
    Energy Policy Plan (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as a 
    ``proposed Plan'') as provided in subsection (b) of this section;
        (2) seek the active participation by regional, State, and local 
    agencies and instrumentalities and the private sector through public 
    hearings in cities and rural communities and other appropriate means 
    to insure that the views and proposals of all segments of the 
    economy are taken into account in the formulation and review of such 
    proposed Plan;
        (3) include within the proposed Plan a comprehensive summary of 
    data pertaining to all fuel and energy needs of persons residing 
    in--
            (A) areas outside standard metropolitan statistical areas; 
        and
            (B) areas within standard metropolitan statistical areas 
        which are unincorporated or are specified by the Bureau of the 
        Census, Department of Commerce, as rural areas.

(b) Biennial transmittal to Congress; contents

    Not later than April 1, 1979, and biennially thereafter, the 
President shall transmit to the Congress the proposed Plan. Such 
proposed Plan shall--
        (1) consider and establish energy production, utilization, and 
    conservation objectives, for periods of five and ten years, 
    necessary to satisfy projected energy needs of the United States to 
    meet the requirements of the general welfare of the people of the 
    United States and the commercial and industrial life of the Nation, 
    paying particular attention to the needs for full employment, price 
    stability, energy security, economic growth, environmental 
    protection, nuclear non-proliferation, special regional needs, and 
    the efficient utilization of public and private resources;
        (2) identify the strategies that should be followed and the 
    resources that should be committed to achieve such objectives, 
    forecasting the level of production and investment necessary in each 
    of the significant energy supply sectors and the level of 
    conservation and investment necessary in each consuming sector, and 
    outlining the appropriate policies and actions of the Federal 
    Government that will maximize the private production and investment 
    necessary in each of the significant energy supply sectors 
    consistent with applicable Federal, State, and local environmental 
    laws, standards, and requirements; and
        (3) recommend legislative and administrative actions necessary 
    and desirable to achieve the objectives of such proposed Plan, 
    including legislative recommendations with respect to taxes or tax 
    incentives, Federal funding, regulatory actions, antitrust policy, 
    foreign policy, and international trade.

(c) Submission of report to Congress; contents

    The President shall submit to the Congress with the proposed Plan a 
report which shall include--
        (1) whatever data and analysis are necessary to support the 
    objectives, resource needs, and policy recommendations contained in 
    such proposed Plan;
        (2) an estimate of the domestic and foreign energy supplies on 
    which the United States will be expected to rely to meet projected 
    energy needs in an economic manner consistent with the need to 
    protect the environment, conserve natural resources, and implement 
    foreign policy objectives;
        (3) an evaluation of current and foreseeable trends in the 
    price, quality, management, and utilization of energy resources and 
    the effects of those trends on the social, environmental, economic, 
    and other requirements of the Nation;
        (4) a summary of research and development efforts funded by the 
    Federal Government to forestall energy shortages, to reduce waste, 
    to foster recycling, to encourage conservation practices, and to 
    otherwise protect environmental quality, including recommendations 
    for developing technologies to accomplish such purposes; and
        (5) a review and appraisal of the adequacy and appropriateness 
    of technologies, procedures, and practices (including competitive 
    and regulatory practices) employed by Federal, State, and local 
    governments and nongovernmental entities to achieve the purposes of 
    the Plan.

(d) Consultation with consumers, small businesses, etc.

    The President shall insure that consumers, small businesses, and a 
wide range of other interests, including those of individual citizens 
who have no financial interest in the energy industry, are consulted in 
the development of the Plan.

(Pub. L. 95-91, title VIII, Sec. 801, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 610.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 12006, 13382, 13522 of this 
title.
