Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§9120 Monitoring of Licensees’ Activities
Title 42 › CHAPTER 99 — OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION › SUBCHAPTER I — REGULATION OF OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION FACILITIES AND PLANTSHIPS › § 9120
Summary
Each license must let the Administrator place federal officers or employees aboard or in the ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship as needed, and let them report suspected noncompliance. The licensee must cooperate, monitor environmental effects under the Administrator’s rules, and give information to assess impacts and reduce harm.
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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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1984—Par. (1). Pub. L. 98–623 substituted “in or aboard” for “aboard”.
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42 U.S.C. § 9120
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102