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 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 2985 ity or nonregulated electric utility to treat a cost reasonably identified to be incurred or to have been incurred in the construction or operation of a facility or a project which has been selected by the Department of Energy and provided Federal funding pursuant to the Clean Coal Program authorized by Public Law 98- 473 as an incremental cost of alternative electric energy. SEC. 1336. COAL FUEL MIXTURES. 42 USC 13365. Within one year following the date of enactment of this Act, Reports. the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on the status of technologies for combining coal with other materials, such as oil or water fuel mixtures. The report shall include— (1) a technical and economic feasibility assessment of such technologies; (2) projected developments in such technologies; (3) an assessment of the market potential of such technologies, including the potential to displace imported crude oil and refined petroleum products; (4) identification of barriers to commercialization of such technologies; and (5) recommendations for addressing barriers to commerciaUzation. SEC. 1337. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE. 42 USC 13366. (a) FEASIBILITY.— (1) The Secrettuy shall assess the feasibility of establishing a nationtd clearinghouse for the exchange and dissemination of technical information on technology relating to coal and coal-derived fuels. (2) In assessing the feasibility, the Secretary shall consider whether such a clearinghouse would be appropriate for purposes of— (A) collecting information and data on technology relating to coal, and coal-derived fuels, which can be utilized to improve environmental quality and increase energy independence; (B) disseminating to appropriate individuals, governmental departments, agencies, ana instrumentalities, institutions of higher education, and other entities, information and data collected pursuant to this section; (C) maintaining a library of technology publications and treatises relating to technology information and data collected pursuant to this section; (D) organizing and conducting seminars for government officials, utilities, coal companies, and other entities or institutions relating to technology using coal and coal-derived fuels that will improve environmental quality and increase energy independence; (E) gathering information on research grants made for the purpose of improving or enhancing technology relating to the use of coal, and coal-derived fuels, which will improve environmental quality and increase energy independence; (F) translating into English foreign research papers, articles, seminar proceedings, test results that affect, or could affect, clean coal use technology, and other documents; (G) encouraging, during the testing of technologies, the use of coal from a variety of domestic sources, and collecting

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