§ 9126. Exempt operations

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1980

   Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980

   Pub. L. 96–320 title I § 116 · 94 Stat. 974

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 9126

   Pub. L. 96–320, title I, § 116, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 991

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–320, title I, § 116, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 991

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 116. TEST PLATFORMS AND COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION FACILITY OR PLANTSHIP. (a) The provisions of this title shall not apply to any test platform which will not operate as an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or platform after conclusion of the testing period. (b) The provisions of this title shall not apply to ownership, construction, or operation of any ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship which the Secretary of Energy has designated in writing as a demonstration project for the development of alternative energy sources for the United States which is conducted by, participated in, or approved by the Department of Energy. The Secretary of Energy, after consultation with the Administrator, shall require such demonstration projects to abide by as many of the substantive requirements of this title as he deems to be practicable without damaging the nature of or unduly delaying such projects.

2. 1984

   Pub. L. 98–623 title VI § 602(e)(4) · 98 Stat. 3394

   Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 9126(a)

   Pub. L. 98–623 substituted “facility or plantship” for “facility or platform”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–623 substituted “facility or plantship” for “facility or platform”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (4) in section 116(a) by striking out “facility or platform” and inserting in lieu thereof “facility or plantship”;

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision