Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§9120 Monitoring of licensees’ activities

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 99— - OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - REGULATION OF OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION FACILITIES AND PLANTSHIPS › § 9120

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each license must make the licensee do three things. First, let the Administrator put federal officers or employees in or on the ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship when the Administrator thinks it is reasonable and needed, and let those people report if they think rules are being broken. Second, cooperate with those officers and employees. Third, watch for any environmental effects as the Administrator’s rules require and give the Administrator the information needed to assess impacts and plan ways to reduce harm.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §9120

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Each license shall require the licensee—

(1)to allow the Administrator to place appropriate Federal officers or employees in or aboard the ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship to which the license applies, at such times and to such extent as the Administrator deems reasonable and necessary to assess compliance with any condition or regulation applicable to the license, and to report to the Administrator whenever such officers or employees have reason to believe there is a failure to comply;

(2)to cooperate with such officers and employees in the performance of monitoring functions; and

(3)to monitor the environmental effects, if any, of the operation of the ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship in accordance with regulations issued by the Administrator, and to submit such information as the Administrator finds to be necessary and appropriate to assess environmental impacts and to develop and evaluate mitigation methods and possibilities.

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Amendments

1984—Par. (1). Pub. L. 98–623 substituted “in or aboard” for “aboard”.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 9120

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73