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 94 STAT. 2828

PUBLIC LAW 96-512—DEC. 12, 1980 (5) supplement, but neither supplant nor duplicate, the automotive propulsion system research and development efforts of private industry. DEFINITIONS

15 USC 3802. 15 USC 3301.

SEC. 3. For purposes of this Act— (a) the term "methane" means either natural gas (as defined in section 2(1) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978), gas derived from coal, liquefied natural gas, or any gaseous transportation fuel produced from biomass, waste products, and other renewable resources; (b) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Energy; (c) the term "public entities" means any unit or units of State and/or local governments: <d) the term "private entities" means any person, such as any organization incorporated under State law, for profit or not-forprofit, or a consortium of such organizations, but does not include public entities; (e) the term "vehicle" means any truck, van, station wagon, bus, or car used on public roads or highways as well as off-road agricultural equipment, such as tractors, harvesters, and so forth, which presently burn gasoline or diesel fuel; and (f) the terms "facilities for the transmission and storage of methane", "methane transmission, storage and dispensing facilities", and any variant thereof means such facilities which are (1) directly necessary for the conduct of a demonstration, (2) for the exclusive use of a demonstration and (3) reasonably incidental to a demonstration. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY

15 USC 3803.

Agreements with agencies.

SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary shall designate prior to February 1, 1981, an appropriate organizational entity within the Department of Energy to manage the methane vehicle research, development, and demonstration program. (b) The Secretary shall have the responsibility for monitoring and assuring proper management of the program. The Secretary may enter into agreements or arrangements with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, or any other Federal department or agency, pursuant to which such department or agency shall conduct specified parts or aspects of the program as the Secretary deems necessary or appropriate and within the particular competence of such agency, to the extent that such agency has capabilities which would enable it to contribute to the success of the program and attainment of the purposes of this Act. (c) In assuring the effective management of this program, the Secretary shall have specific responsibility to ascertain that the program includes activities to— (1) promote basic and applied research on methane-fueled vehicle construction, modification, and safety; (2) conduct research and development on optimum overall specifications for rnethane-fueled vehicles; (3) determine appropriate means and facilities for safely and economically storing, transporting, and dispensing methane for use as a vehicular fuel; (4) conduct demonstration projects with respect to the feasibility of methane-fueled vehicles and methane transmission, stor-

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