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 106 STAT. 2986 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 42 USC 13367. 42 USC 13368. Federal Register, publication. or developing, or both, complete listings of test results using coals fromallsources; (H) establishing and maintaining an index or compilation of research projects relating to clean coal technology carried out throughout the world; and (1) conducting economic modeling for feasibility of projects, (b) AuTHORiry To ESTABLISH CLEARINGHOUSE.— Based upon the assessment under subsection (a), the Secretary may establish a clearinghouse. SEC. 1338. COAL EXPORTS. (a) PLAN. —Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Secretary and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a plan for expanding exports of coal mined in the United States. (b) PLAN CONTENTS. —The plan submitted under subsection (a) shall include— (Da description of the location, size, and projected growth in potential export markets for coal mined in the United States; (2) the identification by country of the foreign trade barriers to the export of coal mined in the United States, including foreign coal production and utilization subsidies, tax treatment, labor practices, tariffs, quotes, and other nonteriff barriers; (3) recommendations and a plan for addressing any such trade barriers; (4) an evaluation of existing infrastructure in the United States and any new infrastructure requiremente in the United States to support an expansion of exporte of coal mined in the United States, including porte, vessels, rail lines, and any other supporting infrastructure; and (5) an assessment of environmental implications of coal exports and the identification of export opportunities for blending coal mined in the United States with coal indigenous to other countries to enhance energy efficiency and environmental performance. SEC. 1339. OWNERSHIP OF COALBED METHANE. (a) FEDERAL LANDS AND MINERAL RIGHTS. — In the case of any deposit of coalbed methane where the United States is the owner of the surface estete or where the United States has transferred the surface estete but reserved the subsurface mineral estete, the Secretary of the Interior shall administer this section. This section and the definitions contained herein shall be applicable only on lands within Affected States. (b) AFFECTED STATES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, with the participation of the Secretary of Energy, shall publish in the Federal Register a list of Affected States which shall be comprised of States— (1) in which the Secretary of the Interior, with the participation of the Secretary of Energy, determines that disputes, uncertainty, or Utigation exist, regarding the ownership of coalbed methane ^as; (2) in which the Secretary of the Interior, with the participation of the Secretary of Energy, determines that development of significant deposite of coalbed. methane gas is being impeded

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