§ 13336. Coalbed methane recovery

Legislative history

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1. 1992

   Energy Policy Act of 1992

   Pub. L. 102–486 title XIII § 1306 · 106 Stat. 2776

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 13336

   (Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1306, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2974.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1306, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2974.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1306. COALBED METHANE RECOVERY. (a) Study of Barriers and Environmental and Safety Aspects.— The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, shall conduct a study of— (1) technical, economic, financial, legal, regulatory, institutional, or other barriers to coalbed methane recovery, and of policy options for eliminating such barriers; and (2) the environmental and safety aspects of flaring coalbed methane liberated from coal mines. Reports. Within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress detailing the results of such study. (b) Information Dissemination.— Beginning one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, shall disseminate to the public information on state-of-the-art coalbed methane recovery techniques, including information on costs and benefits. (c) Demonstration and Commercial Application Program.— The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, shall establish a coalbed methane recovery demonstration and commercial application program, which shall emphasize gas enrichment technology. Such program shall address— (1) gas enrichment technologies for enriching mediumquality methane recovered from coal mines to pipeline quality; (2) technologies to use mine ventilation air in nearby power generation facilities, including gas turbines, internal combustion engines, or other coal fired powerplants; (3) technologies for cofiring methane recovered from mines, including methane from ventilation systems and degasification systems, together with coal in conventional or clean coal technology boilers; and (4) other technologies for producing and using methane from coal mines that the Secretary considers appropriate.

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