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42 U.S.C. § 15991

Title 42 Chapter 149 Current through PL 118-3 Last updated: March 29, 2026 View on OLRC →
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§ 15991. Inventory requirement

  • (a)
    • (1) The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary, shall review coal assessments and other available data to identify—
      • (A) Federal lands with coal resources that are available for development;
      • (B) the extent and nature of any restrictions on the development of coal resources on Federal lands identified under paragraph (1); and
      • (C) with respect to areas of such lands for which sufficient data exists, resources of compliant coal and supercompliant coal.
    • (2) For purposes of this subsection—
      • (A) the term “compliant coal” means coal that contains not less than 1.0 and not more than 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million Btu; and
      • (B) the term “supercompliant coal” means coal that contains less than 1.0 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million Btu.
  • (b) The Secretary—
    • (1) shall complete the inventory under subsection (a) by not later than 2 years after August 8, 2005 ; and
    • (2) shall update the inventory as the availability of data and developments in technology warrant.
  • (c) The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and make publicly available—
    • (1) a report containing the inventory under this section, by not later than 2 years after the effective date of this section; and
    • (2) each update of such inventory.

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