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PUBLIC LAW 93-473-OCT. 26, 1974

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the generation of electricity and for the production of synthetic fuels. (2) Upon request of the Chairman, the head of any such agency is authorized to detail or assign, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, any of the personnel of such agency to the Project to assist it in carrying out its responsibilities under this Act. (e) The Project shall have exclusive authority with respect to the establishment or approval of programs or projects initiated under this Act, but the agency involved in any particular program or project shall be responsible for the operation and administration of such program or project. (f) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is authorized to undertake and carry out those programs assigned to it by the Project. RESOURCE DETERMINATION AND ASSESSMENT

SEC. 5. (a) The Chairman shall initiate a solar energy resource deter- 42 USC 5554. mination and assessment program with the objective of making a regional and national appraisal of all solar energy resources, including data on insolation, wind, sea thermal gradients, and potentials for photosynthetic conversion. The program shall emphasize identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. The specific goals shall include— (1) the development of better methods for predicting the availability of all solar energy resources, over long time periods and by geographic location; (2) the development of advanced meteorological, oceanographic, and other instruments, methodology, and procedures necessary to measure the quality and quantity of all solar resources on periodic bases; (3) the development of activities, arrangements, and procedures for the collection, evaluation, and dissemination of information and data relating to solar energy resource assessment. (b) The Chairman, acting through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other appropriate agencies, shall— (1) develop and carry out a general plan for inventorying all resoL^cerin-^ forms of solar energy resources associated with Federal lands ventory pian. and (where consistent with property rights) non-Federal lands; (2) conduct regional surveys based upon such general plan, using innovative meteorological, oceanographic, and space-related techniques, in sufficient numbers to lead to a national inventory of solar energy resources in the United States; (3) publish and make available maps, reports, and other docu- "^^P^ ^n^ re. ments developed from such surveys to encourage and facilitate the catloA.^"^^" commercial development of solar energy resources; and (4) make such recommendations for legislation as may appear to be necessary to establish policies for solar resources involving Federal lands and waters, consistent with known inventories of various resource types, with the state of technologies for solar energy development, and with evaluation of the environmental impacts of such development. RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT

SEC. 6. (a) The Chairman shall initiate a research and development program for the purpose of resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States.

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