Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§5820 Coordination with environmental efforts
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 73— - DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SOURCES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION › § 5820
Summary
The Administrator may use other federal agencies' research to create programs that cut environmental harm from energy projects; the EPA and other agencies must cooperate and avoid duplication.
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Title 42, §5820
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The Administrator is authorized to establish programs to utilize research and development performed by other Federal agencies to minimize the adverse environmental effects of energy projects. The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as other affected agencies and departments, shall cooperate fully with the Administrator in establishing and maintaining such programs, and in establishing appropriate interagency agreements to develop cooperative programs and to avoid unnecessary duplication.
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Transfer of Functions
Energy Research and Development Administration terminated and functions vested by law in Administrator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically provided) by section 7151(a) and 7293 of this title. Research Applied to National Needs; Coordination of Energy Research and Development Activities Pub. L. 94–471, § 2(e)(3), Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2053, provided that: “In the conduct of the energy research and development activities under the ‘Research Applied to National Needs’ category, the National Science Foundation shall coordinate all new energy research project awards with the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration or his designee.” Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 94–86, § 5, Aug. 9, 1975, 89 Stat. 430.
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42 U.S.C. § 5820
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73