42 U.S.C. § 9009 — Authorization of appropriations

Page 7673 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 9101 riod beginning on the date of their establishment, un- less, in the case of a panel established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such panel is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a panel estab- lished by the Congress, its duration is otherwise pro- vided for by law. See sections 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 9008. Definitions As used in this chapter, the term— (1) ‘‘ocean thermal energy conversion’’ means a method of converting part of the heat from the Sun which is stored in the surface layers of a body of water into electrical energy or energy product equivalent; (2) ‘‘energy product equivalent’’ means an energy carrier including, but not limited to, ammonia, hydrogen, or molten salts or an en- ergy-intensive commodity, including, but not limited to, electrometals, fresh water, or nu- trients for aquaculture; and (3) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of En- ergy. (Pub. L. 96–310, § 9, July 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 946.) § 9009. Authorization of appropriations (a) There is hereby authorized to be appro- priated to carry out the purposes of this chapter the sum of $20,000,000 for operating expenses for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, in ad- dition to any amounts authorized to be appro- priated in the fiscal year 1981 Authorization Act pursuant to section 7270 of this title. (b) There is hereby authorized to be appro- priated to carry out the purposes of this chapter the sum of $60,000,000 for operating expenses for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982. (c) Funds are hereby authorized to be appro- priated for fiscal year 1981 to carry out the pur- poses of section 9004 of this title for plant and capital equipment as follows: Project 81–ES–1, ocean thermal energy conver- sion demonstration plants with a combined ca- pacity of at least one hundred megawatts elec- trical or the energy product equivalent, sites to be determined, conceptual and preliminary de- sign activities only $5,000,000. (d) Funds are hereby authorized to be appro- priated for fiscal year 1982 to carry out the pur- poses of section 9004 of this title for plant and capital equipment as follows: Project 81–ES–1, ocean thermal energy conver- sion demonstration plants with a combined ca- pacity of at least one hundred megawatts elec- trical or the energy product equivalent, sites to be determined, conceptual and preliminary de- sign activities only $25,000,000. (Pub. L. 96–310, § 10, July 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 946.) CHAPTER 99—OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION Sec. 9101. Congressional declaration of policy. 9102. Definitions. SUBCHAPTER I—REGULATION OF OCEAN THER- MAL ENERGY CONVERSION FACILITIES AND PLANTSHIPS 9111. License for ownership, construction, and op- eration of ocean thermal energy conversion facilities or plantships. Sec. 9112. Procedure. 9113. Protection of submarine electric trans- mission cables and equipment. 9114. Antitrust review. 9115. Adjacent coastal States. 9116. Diligence requirements. 9117. Protection of the environment. 9118. Marine environmental protection and safety of life and property at sea. 9119. Prevention of interference with other uses of high seas. 9120. Monitoring of licensees’ activities. 9121. Suspension, revocation, and termination of li- censes. 9122. Recordkeeping and public access to informa- tion. 9123. Relinquishment or surrender of license. 9124. Civil actions. 9125. Judicial review. 9126. Exempt operations. 9127. Periodic review and revision of regulations. SUBCHAPTER II—MARITIME FINANCING FOR OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION 9141. Determinations under Merchant Marine Act, 1936. SUBCHAPTER III—ENFORCEMENT 9151. Prohibited acts. 9152. Remedies and penalties. 9153. Enforcement. SUBCHAPTER IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 9161. Law of the Sea Treaty. 9162. International negotiations. 9163. Relationship to other laws. 9164. Submarine electric transmission cable and equipment safety. 9165. Omitted. 9166. Authorization of appropriations. 9167. Severability. 9168. Report to Congress on promotion and en- hancement of export potential of ocean thermal energy conversion components, fa- cilities, and plantships. § 9101. Congressional declaration of policy (a) It is declared to be the purposes of the Con- gress in this chapter to— (1) authorize and regulate the construction, location, ownership, and operation of ocean thermal energy conversion facilities con- nected to the United States by pipeline or cable, or located in whole or in part between the highwater mark and the seaward boundary of the territorial sea of the United States con- sistent with the Convention on the High Seas, and general principles of international law; (2) authorize and regulate the construction, location, ownership, and operation of ocean thermal energy conversion plantships docu- mented under the laws of the United States, consistent with the Convention on the High Seas and general principles of international law; (3) authorize and regulate the construction, location, ownership, and operation of ocean thermal energy conversion plantships by United States citizens, consistent with the Convention on the High Seas and general prin- ciples of international law; (4) establish a legal regime which will per- mit and encourage the development of ocean thermal energy conversion as a commercial energy technology;