42 USC § 17255 - Safety research

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s17255"
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title: "42 USC § 17255 - Safety research"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "17255"
section_name: "Safety research"
chapter_number: 152
chapter_name: "ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Carbon Capture and Sequestration Research, Development, and Demonstration"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–140, title VII, § 707, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1710.)"
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# § 17255. Safety research

**(a)** **Program** The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall conduct a research program to address public health, safety, and environmental impacts that may be associated with capture, injection, and sequestration of greenhouse gases in geologic reservoirs.

**(b)** **Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this section $5,000,000 for each fiscal year.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–140, title VII, § 707, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1710.)

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