{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s15973","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f15973.","heading":"Western integrated coal gasification demonstration project","text":"\u00a7\u202f15973.\nWestern integrated coal gasification demonstration project\n(a)\nIn general\nSubject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall carry out a project to demonstrate production of energy from coal mined in the western United States using integrated gasification combined cycle technology (referred to in this section as the \u201cdemonstration project\u201d).\n(b)\nComponents\nThe demonstration project\u2014\n(1) may include repowering of existing facilities;\n(2) shall be designed to demonstrate the ability to use coal with an energy content of not more than 9,000 Btu/lb.; and\n(3) shall be capable of removing and sequestering carbon dioxide emissions.\n(c)\nAll types of western coals\nNotwithstanding the foregoing, and to the extent economically feasible, the demonstration project shall also be designed to demonstrate the ability to use a variety of types of coal (including subbituminous and bituminous coal with an energy content of up to 13,000 Btu/lb.) mined in the western United States.\n(d)\nLocation\nThe demonstration project shall be located in a western State at an altitude of greater than 4,000 feet above sea level.\n(e)\nCost sharing\nThe Federal share of the cost of the demonstration project shall be determined in accordance with\nsection 16352 of this title\n(f)\nLoan guarantees\nNotwithstanding subchapter XIII, the demonstration project shall not be eligible for Federal loan guarantees.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s15973.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s15973","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f15973."},{"t":"heading","text":"Western integrated coal gasification demonstration project"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s15973/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall carry out a project to demonstrate production of energy from coal mined in the western United States using integrated gasification combined cycle technology (referred to in this section as the \u201cdemonstration project\u201d).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s15973/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Components"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The demonstration project\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s15973/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" may include repowering of existing facilities;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s15973/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" shall be designed to demonstrate the ability to use coal with an energy content of not more than 9,000 Btu/lb.; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s15973/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" shall be capable of removing and sequestering carbon dioxide emissions.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s15973/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"All types of western coals"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Notwithstanding the foregoing, and to the extent economically feasible, the demonstration project shall also be designed to demonstrate the ability to use a variety of types of coal (including subbituminous and bituminous coal with an energy content of up to 13,000 Btu/lb.) mined in the western United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s15973/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Location"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The demonstration project shall be located in a western State at an altitude of greater than 4,000 feet above sea level.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s15973/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Cost sharing"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Federal share of the cost of the demonstration project shall be determined in accordance with ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 16352 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t42/s16352","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s15973/f","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(f)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Loan guarantees"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Notwithstanding subchapter XIII, the demonstration project shall not be eligible for Federal loan guarantees.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}