42 USC § 9206 - Wind resource assessment

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s9206"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 9206 - Wind resource assessment"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "9206"
section_name: "Wind resource assessment"
chapter_number: 100
chapter_name: "WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–345, § 7, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1143.)"
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# § 9206. Wind resource assessment

The Secretary shall initiate a three-year national wind resource assessment program. As part of such program, the Secretary shall—

**(1)** conduct activities to validate existing assessments of known wind resources;

**(2)** perform wind resource assessments in regions of the United States where the use of wind energy may prove feasible;

**(3)** initiate a general site prospecting program;

**(4)** establish standard wind data collection and siting techniques; and

**(5)** establish, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, a national wind data center which shall make public information available on the known wind energy resources of various regions throughout the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–345, § 7, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1143.)