§9007 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

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Create a Technical Panel to advise the Energy Research Advisory Board about the ocean thermal energy conversion program. The Board’s Chairman will pick members from industry, universities, government labs, finance, environmental groups, and others based on their technical and other qualifications. Panel members do not have to be members of the full Board. The Panel must follow any laws and rules that apply to technical or fact-finding groups reporting to the Board. It will review and may recommend on program implementation, system performance requirements for different uses, and the economic, technical, and environmental effects of deploying these systems. The Panel must send a written report to the Board at least once a year. The report must include a summary of the Panel’s past-year work, an evaluation of the program status, and comments and suggestions for improving the comprehensive program management plan required under section 9002 of this title. After the Board reviews the report, the Board will send it and any comments to the Secretary. Executive branch departments and agencies must help the Panel and give it needed information. The Secretary must give the Panel enough staff, money, and other support to carry out its work.

Title 42, §9007

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(a)A Technical Panel of the Energy Research Advisory Board shall be established to advise the Board on the conduct of the ocean thermal energy conversion program.

(b)(1)The Technical Panel shall be comprised of such representatives from domestic industry, universities, Government laboratories, financial, environmental and other organizations as the Chairman of the Energy Research Advisory Board deems appropriate based on his assessment of the technical and other qualifications of such representative.

(2)Members of the Technical Panel need not be members of the full Energy Research Advisory Board.

(c)The activities of the Technical Panel shall be in compliance with any laws and regulations guiding the activities of technical and fact-finding groups reporting to the Energy Research Advisory Board.

(d)The Technical Panel shall review and may make recommendations on the following items, among others:

(1)implementation and conduct of the programs established by this chapter;

(2)definition of ocean thermal energy conversion system performance requirements for various user applications; and

(3)economic, technological, and environmental consequences of the deployment of ocean thermal energy conversion systems.

(e)The Technical Panel shall submit to the Energy Research Advisory Board on at least an annual basis a written report of its findings and recommendations with regard to the program. Such report, shall include at a minimum—

(1)a summary of the Panel’s activities for the preceding year;

(2)an assessment and evaluation of the status of the programs mandated by this chapter; and

(3)comments on and recommendations for improvements in the comprehensive program management plan required under section 9002 of this title.

(f)After consideration of the Technical Panel report, the Energy Research Advisory Board shall submit such report, together with any comments such Board deems appropriate, to the Secretary.

(g)The heads of the departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of the Federal Government shall cooperate with the Technical Panel in carrying out the requirements of this section and shall furnish to the Technical Panel such information as the Technical Panel deems necessary to carry out this section.

(h)The Secretary shall provide sufficient staff, funds, and other support as necessary to enable the Technical Panel to carry out the functions described in this section.

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Termination of Advisory PanelsAdvisory panels established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a panel established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such panel is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a panel established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

§9007 Technical Panel of Energy Research Advisory Board

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Title 42, §9007

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