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§13337 Metallurgical Coal Development

Title 42 › Chapter 134— ENERGY POLICY › Subchapter VI— COAL › Part A— Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application › § 13337

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create a program to research, test, demonstrate, and help bring into use better ways to use the country’s metallurgical coal. The goal is to develop techniques that let the United States use that coal more and more efficiently. The program must cover three main uses: using metallurgical coal as a boiler fuel to make steam for electricity (including blending it with other coals), using it as an ingredient in steelmaking, and using it to produce pipeline-quality coalbed methane.

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Title 42, §13337

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(a)The Secretary shall establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program on metallurgical coal utilization for the purpose of developing techniques that will lead to the greater and more efficient utilization of the Nation’s metallurgical coal resources.

(b)The program referred to in subsection (a) shall include the use of metallurgical coal—

(1)as a boiler fuel for the purpose of generating steam to produce electricity, including blending metallurgical coal with other coals in order to enhance its efficient application as a boiler fuel;

(2)as an ingredient in the manufacturing of steel; and

(3)as a source of pipeline quality coalbed methane.

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42 U.S.C. § 13337

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60