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[CITE: 42USC9206]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 100--WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS
 
Sec. 9206. Wind resource assessment

    The Secretary shall initiate a three-year national wind resource 
assessment program. As part of such program, the Secretary shall--
        (1) conduct activities to validate existing assessments of known 
    wind resources;
        (2) perform wind resource assessments in regions of the United 
    States where the use of wind energy may prove feasible;
        (3) initiate a general site prospecting program;
        (4) establish standard wind data collection and siting 
    techniques; and
        (5) establish, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Administrator 
    of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the 
    Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, a national 
    wind data center which shall make public information available on 
    the known wind energy resources of various regions throughout the 
    United States.

(Pub. L. 96-345, Sec. 7, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1143.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 9203, 9207, 9213 of this 
title.
