Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60
§13333 Clean Coal, Waste-to-energy
Title 42 › Chapter 134— ENERGY POLICY › Subchapter VI— COAL › Part A— Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application › § 13333
Summary
The Secretary must start a research and demonstration program to use solid waste mixed with coal for cleaner coal power. It must study burning tires and mine methane with coal, gasifying coal with municipal sewage sludge, making fuel pellets from reclaimed waste, and other waste–coal mixes the Secretary chooses.
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Title 42, §13333
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The Secretary shall establish a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application with respect to the use of solid waste combined with coal as a fuel source for clean coal combustion technologies. The program shall address—
(1)the feasibility of cofiring coal and used vehicle tires in fluidized bed combustion units;
(2)the combined gasification of coal and municipal sludge using integrated gasification combined cycle technology;
(3)the creation of fuel pellets combining coal and material reclaimed from solid waste;
(4)the feasibility of cofiring, in fluidized bed combustion units, waste methane from coal mines, including ventilation air, together with coal or coal wastes; and
(5)other sources of waste and coal mixtures in other applications that the Secretary considers appropriate.
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42 U.S.C. § 13333
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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