42 USC § 13333 - Clean coal, waste-to-energy

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s13333"
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title: "42 USC § 13333 - Clean coal, waste-to-energy"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "13333"
section_name: "Clean coal, waste-to-energy"
chapter_number: 134
chapter_name: "ENERGY POLICY"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "COAL"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1303, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2972.)"
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# § 13333. Clean coal, waste-to-energy

The Secretary shall establish a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application with respect to the use of solid waste combined with coal as a fuel source for clean coal combustion technologies. The program shall address—

**(1)** the feasibility of cofiring coal and used vehicle tires in fluidized bed combustion units;

**(2)** the combined gasification of coal and municipal sludge using integrated gasification combined cycle technology;

**(3)** the creation of fuel pellets combining coal and material reclaimed from solid waste;

**(4)** the feasibility of cofiring, in fluidized bed combustion units, waste methane from coal mines, including ventilation air, together with coal or coal wastes; and

**(5)** other sources of waste and coal mixtures in other applications that the Secretary considers appropriate.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1303, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2972.)