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[CITE: 42USC9164]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
               CHAPTER 99--OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 9164. Submarine electric transmission cable and equipment 
        safety
        

(a) Standards and regulations

    The Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with other interested 
Federal agencies and departments, shall establish and enforce such 
standards and regulations as may be necessary to assure the safe 
construction and operation of submarine electric transmission cables and 
equipment subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Such 
standards and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, 
requirements for the use of the safest and best available technology for 
submarine electric transmission cable shielding, and for the use of 
automatic switches to shut off electric current in the event of a break 
in such a cable.

(b) Report to Congress on appropriation and staffing needs

    The Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with other interested 
Federal agencies and departments, is authorized and directed to report 
to the Congress within 60 days after August 3, 1980, on appropriations 
and staffing needed to monitor submarine electric transmission cables 
and equipment subject to the jurisdiction of the United States so as to 
assure that they meet all applicable standards for construction, 
operation, and maintenance.

(Pub. L. 96-320, title IV, Sec. 404, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 999.)
