42 U.S.C. § 13336
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§ 13336. Coalbed methane recovery
- (a) 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.
- (b) Beginning one year after October 24, 1992 , 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) 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 medium-quality 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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