Section 7. Heating systems.
(a) Any heating system or heating unit installed as part of any of the public improvement projects itemized in section 2 shall be fueled by coal.
(b) Any heating system or heating unit shall be exempt from the requirement of subsection (a) if the Department of General Services determines that the application of subsection (a) to that heating system or heating unit would violate existing or reasonably anticipated environmental laws or regulations or would not be cost effective. The Department of General Services shall report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees the basis for any determination that a heating system or heating unit shall be exempt from the requirement of subsection (a).
(c) This section shall not apply to the public improvement projects itemized in section 2 for cogeneration facilities at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and for the installation of an oil-fired boiler at the Main Campus of Pennsylvania State University and the boiler's conversion to operate on a mixture of coal and water. This section also shall not apply to any other public improvement project itemized in section 2 if the fuel to be used in that project is specified in section 2.
(d) For the purposes of this section, "coal" includes coal, a synthetic derived in whole or in part from coal, or a mixture which includes coal or is derived in whole or in part from coal.