§ 1121. — Formation of Project.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1121]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 24--GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION
SUBCHAPTER I--GEOTHERMAL ENERGY COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT
Sec. 1121. Formation of Project
(a) Establishment
There is hereby established the Geothermal Energy Coordination and
Management Project.
(b) Composition; members and chairman
(1) The Project shall be composed of six members as follows:
(A) one appointed by the President;
(B) an Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation;
(C) an Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior;
(D) an Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration;
(E) the Assistant Administrator of the Energy Research and
Development Administration for Solar, Geothermal, and Advanced
Energy Systems;
(F) an Assistant Administrator of the Federal Energy
Administration;
(G) an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency;
(H) an Assistant Secretary of Treasury; and
(I) an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
(2) The President shall designate the Assistant Administrator of the
Energy Research and Development Administration for Solar, Geothermal,
and Advanced Energy Systems to serve as Chairman of the Project.
(3) If the individual appointed under paragraph (1)(A) of this
subsection is an officer or employee of the Federal Government, he shall
receive no additional pay on account of his service as a member of the
Project. If such individual is not an officer or employee of the Federal
Government, he shall be entitled to receive the daily equivalent of the
annual rate of basic pay in effect for level IV of the Executive
Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315) for each day (including traveltime) during
which he is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the
Project.
(c) Responsibility for geothermal energy research, development, and
demonstration program
The Project shall have overall responsibility for the provision of
effective management and coordination with respect to a national
geothermal energy research, development, and demonstration program. Such
program shall include--
(1) the determination and evaluation of the resource base;
(2) research and development with respect to exploration,
extraction, and utilization technologies;
(3) the demonstration of appropriate technologies; and
(4) the loan guaranty program under subchapter II of this
chapter.
(d) Allocation of functions to certain agencies; loaning of personnel
(1) The Project shall carry out its responsibilities under this
section acting through the following Federal agencies:
(A) the Department of the Interior, the responsibilities of
which shall include evaluation and assessment of the resource base,
including development of exploration technologies;
(B) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the
responsibilities of which shall include the provision of contract
management capability, evaluation and assessment of the resource
base, and the development of technologies pursuant to section
1122(b) of this title;
(C) the Atomic Energy Commission, the responsibilities of which
shall include the development of technologies; and
(D) the National Science Foundation, the responsibilities of
which shall include basic and applied research.
(2) Upon request of the Project, the head of any such agency is
authorized to detail or assign, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise,
any of the personnel of such agency to the Project to assist it in
carrying out its responsibilities under this chapter.
(e) Exclusive authority of the Project
The Project shall have exclusive authority with respect to the
establishment or approval of programs or projects initiated under this
chapter, except that the agency involved in any particular program or
project shall be responsible for the operation and administration of
such program or project.
(Pub. L. 93-410, title I, Sec. 101, Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1080; Pub.
L. 95-238, title V, Sec. 502, Feb. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 86.)
Amendments
1978--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 95-238, Sec. 502(1)-(3), in subpar.
(E) substituted ``Assistant Administrator of the Energy Research and
Development Administration for Solar, Geothermal, and Advanced Energy
Systems;'' for ``General Manager of the Atomic Energy Commission; and'',
and added subpars. (G) to (I).
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 95-238, Sec. 502(4), substituted ``the
Assistant Administrator of the Energy Research and Development
Administration for Solar, Geothermal, and Advanced Energy Systems'' for
``one member of the Project''.
Transfer of Functions
Energy Research and Development Administration terminated and
functions vested by law in Administrator thereof transferred to
Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically provided) by sections
7151(a) and 7293 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by
sections 5814 and 5841 of Title 42. See, also, Transfer of Functions
notes set out under those sections.
Federal Energy Administration terminated and all functions
transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically
provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 of Title 42.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1102 of this title.
