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 94 STAT. 1778

PUBLIC LAW 96-418—OCT. 10, 1980 ALTERNATE FUELS USE STUDY

Report to congressional committees.

Contents.

SEC. 807. (a) Within one hundred and eighty days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall furnish a report to the appropriate committees of the Congress outlining a plan (1) to convert to the use of a fuel other than oil or gas all oil and gas fired plants of the Department of Defense which have heat input rates offiftymillion British thermal units per hour or more, and (2) to replace, in each case in which such action would be cost effective, existing oil or gas fired plants with new central plants that use a fuel other than oil or gas. OJ) Such report shall include with respect to each plant the following: (1) The estimated cost of conversion or replacement, including a breakdown of costs by major work items (powerplant, utilities, fuel handling facilities, pollution abatement facilities, and related or similar items). (2) The estimated oil and gas savings that would result from such conversion or replacement. (3) The estimated annual net fuel cost savings that would result from such conversion or replacement. (4) The computed benefit-cost ratio and the estimated payback period using accepted life cycle costing procedures. Such report shall also include funding schedules based on the assumption that such conversions and replacements are to be completed within (A) a five-year period, and (B) a ten-year period. NEW BOILER PLANT CONSTRUCTION

Waiver.

SEC. 808. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no new facility or plant which requires heat input rates of fifty million British thermal units per hour or more and which uses oil or gas (or a derivative of either) as fuel may be constructed on lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense. (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the provisions of subsection (a) in rare, unusual situations, but no such waiver shall become effective until after the Secretary has notified the appropriate committees of the Congress of the waiver in writing. (c) The Secretary of Defense may not provide heating service for any new facility or plant in increments in order to avoid the prohibition contained in subsection (a). REMOVAL OF CHEMICAL MUNITIONS, ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL

Notification to congressional committees.

SEC. 809. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense shall remove all chemical munitions from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado, within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 0)) Within ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives in writing of the methods proposed to be used in carrying out the provisions of subsection (a). (c) The Secretary of Defense shall not take any action to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) until a period of thirty days has elapsed after the receipt by the Committees on Armed Services of the notification required under subsection flb).

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