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[CITE: 42USC9005]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
  CHAPTER 98--OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 9005. Technology application


(a) Technology application and market development plan

    The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Administrator of 
the Maritime Administration, the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Technical Panel 
established under section 9007 of this title, prepare a comprehensive 
technology application and market development plan that will permit 
realization of the ten-thousand-megawatt national goal by the year 1999. 
Such plans shall include at a minimum--
        (1) an assessment of those Government actions required to 
    achieve a two-hundred- to four-hundred-megawatt electrical-
    commercial demonstration of ocean thermal energy conversion systems 
    in time to have industry meet the goal contained in section 
    9001(b)(2) of this title including a listing of those financial, 
    property, and patent right packages most likely to lead to early 
    commercial demonstration at minimum cost to the Federal Government;
        (2) an assessment of further Government actions required to 
    permit expansion of the domestic ocean thermal energy conversion 
    industry to meet the goal contained in section 9001(b)(3) of this 
    title;
        (3) an analysis of further Government actions necessary to aid 
    the industry in minimizing and removing any legal and institutional 
    barriers such as the designation of a lead agency; and
        (4) an assessment of the necessary Government actions to assist 
    in eliminating economic uncertainties through financial incentives, 
    such as loan guarantees, price supports, or other inducements.

(b) Transmittal of plan to Congress

    The Secretary shall transmit such comprehensive technology 
application and market development plan to the Congress within three 
years after July 17, 1980, and update the plan on an annual basis 
thereafter.

(c) Respondent proposals

    As part of the competitive procurement initiative for design and 
construction of the pilot and demonstration projects authorized in 
section 9009(c) of this title, each respondent shall include in its 
proposal (1) a plan leading to a full-scale, first-of-a-kind facility 
based on a proposed demonstration system; and (2) the financial and 
other contributions the respondent will make toward meeting the national 
goals.

(Pub. L. 96-310, Sec. 6, July 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 944.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 9002 of this title.
