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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 9206. Wind resource assessment
The Secretary shall initiate a three-year national wind resource
assessment program. As part of such program, the Secretary shall -
(1) conduct activities to validate existing assessments of
known wind resources;
(2) perform wind resource assessments in regions of the United
States where the use of wind energy may prove feasible;
(3) initiate a general site prospecting program;
(4) establish standard wind data collection and siting
techniques; and
(5) establish, in consultation with the Administrator of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, a national wind data center which shall make
public information available on the known wind energy resources
of various regions throughout the United States.
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