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30 U.S.C. § 2004 — National Research Council study

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30 U.S.C. § 2004 — National Research Council study

**(a) Agreement for Study** The Secretary shall offer to enter into an agreement with the National Research Council under which the National Research Council shall— (1) conduct a study of the progress made under the methane hydrate research and development program implemented under this chapter; and (2) make recommendations for future methane hydrate research and development needs. **(b) Report** Not later than September 30, 2009, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the findings and recommendations of the National Research Council under this section.

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30 U.S.C. § 1902 — Research program

**(a) In general** The Secretary shall establish and carry out a program of research on marine mineral resources. **(b) Program goal** The goal of the program shall be to— (1) promote research, identification, assessment, and exploration of marine mineral resources in an environmentally responsible manner; (2) assist in developing domestic technologies required for efficient and environmentally sound development of marine mineral resources; (3) coordinate and promote the use of technologies developed with Federal assistance, and the use of available Federal assets, for research, identification, assessment, exploration, and development of marine mineral resources; and (4) encourage academia and industry to conduct basic and applied research, on a joint basis, through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts with the Federal Government. **(c) Responsibilities of Secretary** In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall— (1) promote and coordinate partnerships between industry, government, and academia to research, identify, assess, and explore marine mineral resources in an environmentally sound manner; (2) undertake programs to develop the basic information necessary to the long-term national interest in marine mineral resources (including seabed mapping) and to ensure that data and information are accessible and widely disseminated as needed and appropriate; (3) identify, and promote cooperation among agency programs that are developing, technologies developed by other Federal programs that may hold promise for facilitating undersea applications related to marine mineral resources, including technologies related to vessels and other platforms, underwater vehicles, survey and mapping systems, remote power sources, data collection and transmission systems,

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30 U.S.C. § 2004 — National Research Council study

Page 387 TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING § 2004 (C) acquire and reprocess seismic data suitable for characterizing methane hydrate accumulations; (D) assist in developing technologies re- quired for efficient and environmentally sound development of methane hydrate re- sources; (E) promote education and training in methane hydrate resource research and re- source development through fellowships or other means for graduate education and training; (F) conduct basic and applied research to assess and mitigate the environmental im- pact of hydrate degassing (including both natural degassing and degassing associated with commercial development); (G) develop technologies to reduce the risks of drilling through methane hydrates; and (H) conduct exploratory drilling, well test- ing, and production testing operations on permafrost and non-permafrost gas hydrates in support of the activities authorized by this paragraph, including drilling of one or more full-scale production test wells. (2) Competitive peer review Funds made available under paragraph (1) shall be made available based on a competitive process using external scientific peer review of proposed research. (c) Methane hydrates advisory panel (1) In general The Secretary shall establish an advisory panel (including the hiring of appropriate staff) consisting of representatives of indus- trial enterprises, institutions of higher edu- cation, oceanographic institutions, State agencies, and environmental organizations with knowledge and expertise in the natural gas hydrates field, to— (A) assist in developing recommendations and broad programmatic priorities for the methane hydrate research and development program carried out under subsection (a)(1); (B) provide scientific oversig

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