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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§8457 Use of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Combustors

Title 42 › CHAPTER 92 — POWERPLANT AND INDUSTRIAL FUEL USE › SUBCHAPTER VII — ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT › Part E — Studies › § 8457

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require the Secretary to study petroleum and natural gas use in combustors and installations not barred, identify where coal or fuels could replace them, and estimate savings. Within 1 year after the effective date of this chapter, submit a detailed report and legislative recommendations to Congress.

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Title 42, §8457

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

The Secretary shall conduct a detailed study of the uses of petroleum and natural gas as a primary energy source for combustors and installations not subject to the prohibitions of this chapter. In conducting such study, the Secretary shall—
(1)identify those categories of major fuel-burning installations in which the substitution of coal or other alternate fuels for petroleum and natural gas is economically and technically feasible, and
(2)determine the estimated savings of natural gas and petroleum expected from such substitution.
Within 1 year after the effective date of this chapter, the Secretary shall submit a detailed report on the results of such study to the Congress, together with any recommendations for legislation he may consider appropriate.

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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 95–620, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3289, known as the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 8301 of this title and Tables. The

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of this chapter, referred to in text, is the

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of Pub. L. 95–620. See section 901 of Pub. L. 95–620, set out as an

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note under section 8301 of this title.

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42 U.S.C. § 8457

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110