Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§8457 Use of petroleum and natural gas in combustors
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 92— - POWERPLANT AND INDUSTRIAL FUEL USE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT › Part Part E— - Studies › § 8457
Summary
The Secretary must study how petroleum and natural gas are used as main fuels in combustors and facilities that are allowed under this chapter, find large installations where switching to coal or other fuels is technically and economically possible, and estimate how much oil and gas would be saved.
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Title 42, §8457
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The Secretary shall conduct a detailed study of the uses of petroleum and natural gas as a primary energy source for combustors and installations not subject to the prohibitions of this chapter. In conducting such study, the Secretary shall—
(1)identify those categories of major fuel-burning installations in which the substitution of coal or other alternate fuels for petroleum and natural gas is economically and technically feasible, and
(2)determine the estimated savings of natural gas and petroleum expected from such substitution.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 95–620, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3289, known as the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 8301 of this title and Tables. The
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of this chapter, referred to in text, is the
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of Pub. L. 95–620. See section 901 of Pub. L. 95–620, set out as an
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note under section 8301 of this title.
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42 U.S.C. § 8457
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
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Apr 6, 2026
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