Us Code § 13412 - Oil shale
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§ 13412. Oil shale
(a) Program direction
The Secretary shall conduct a 5-year program, in accordance with sections 13541 and 13542 of this title, on oil shale extraction and conversion, including research and development on both eastern and western shales, as provided in this section.
(b) Program goals
The goals of the program established under this section include—
(1) supporting the development of economically competitive and environmentally acceptable technologies to produce domestic supplies of liquid fuels from oil shale;
(2) increasing knowledge of environmentally acceptable oil shale waste disposal technologies and practices;
(3) increasing knowledge of the chemistry and kinetics of oil shale retorting;
(4) increasing understanding of engineering issues concerning the design and scale-up of oil shale extraction and conversion technologies;
(5) improving techniques for oil shale mining systems; and
(6) providing for cooperation with universities and other private sector entities.
(c) Eastern oil shale program
(1) As part of the program authorized by this section, the Secretary shall carry out a program on oil shale that includes applied research, in cooperation with universities and the private sector, on eastern oil shale that may have the potential to decrease United States dependence on energy imports.
(2) As part of the program authorized by this subsection, the Secretary shall consider the potential benefits of including in that program applied research carried out in cooperation with universities and other private sector entities that are, as of October 24, 1992, engaged in research on eastern oil shale retorting and associated processes.
(3) The program carried out under this subsection shall be cost-shared with universities and the private sector to the maximum extent possible.
(d) Western oil shale program
As part of the program authorized by this section, the Secretary shall carry out a program on extracting oil from western oil shales that includes, if appropriate, establishment and utilization of at least one field testing center for the purpose of testing, evaluating, and developing improvements in oil shale technology at the field test level. In establishing such a center, the Secretary shall consider sites with existing oil shale mining and processing infrastructure and facilities. Sixty days prior to establishing any such field testing center, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the center to be established.
(e) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section $5,250,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1994.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XX, §2012, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3058.)
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