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42 USC § 15973 - Western integrated coal gasification demonstration project 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s15973"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 15973 - Western integrated coal gasification demonstration project"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "15973"
section_name: "Western integrated coal gasification demonstration project"
chapter_number: 149
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "COAL"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Clean Power Projects"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–58, title IV, § 413, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 755.)"
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# § 15973. Western integrated coal gasification demonstration project

**(a)** **In general** 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 “demonstration project”).

**(b)** **Components** The demonstration project—

**(1)** may include repowering of existing facilities;

**(2)** shall be designed to demonstrate the ability to use coal with an energy content of not more than 9,000 Btu/lb.; and

**(3)** shall be capable of removing and sequestering carbon dioxide emissions.

**(c)** **All types of western coals** 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.

**(d)** **Location** The demonstration project shall be located in a western State at an altitude of greater than 4,000 feet above sea level.

**(e)** **Cost sharing** section 16352 of this title

The Federal share of the cost of the demonstration project shall be determined in accordance with .

**(f)** **Loan guarantees** Notwithstanding subchapter XIII, the demonstration project shall not be eligible for Federal loan guarantees.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–58, title IV, § 413, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 755.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Subchapter XIII, referred to in subsec. (f), was in the original “title XIV”, meaning title XIV of , , , which enacted subchapter XIII of this chapter and . For complete classification of title XIV to the Code, see Tables.