Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§13333 Clean coal, waste-to-energy

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 134— - ENERGY POLICY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - COAL › Part Part A— - Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application › § 13333

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must start a program to research using solid waste mixed with coal as fuel for clean coal technology. The program must study five areas: cofiring coal with used vehicle tires; gasifying coal with municipal sludge; making fuel pellets from coal and reclaimed waste; cofiring coal with mine methane (including ventilation air); and other waste‑and‑coal mixtures the Secretary finds appropriate.

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Title 42, §13333

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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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42 U.S.C. § 13333

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73