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sidered in evaluating Its potential. 



(3) Any program for the development of a tech- 

 nology which may require significant consumptive 

 use of water after the technology has reached the 

 stage of commercial application shall Include 

 thorough consideration of the Impacts of such 

 technology and use on water resources pursuant 

 to the provisions of section 5912 of this title. 



(4) Heavy emphasis shall be given to those 

 technologies which utilize renewable or essentially 

 Inexhaustible energy sources. 



(5) The potential for production of ret energy 

 by the proposed technology at the stage of com- 

 mercial application shall be analyzed and con- 

 sidered in evaluating proposals. 



(b) The Congress further directs that the execu- 

 tion of the comprehensive research, development, 

 and demonstration program shall conform to the 

 following principles: 



(1) Research and development of nonnuclear 

 energy sources shall be pursued in such a way as to 

 facilitate the commercial availability of adequate 

 supplies of energy to all relgons of the United 

 States. 



(2) In determining the appropriateness of Fed- 

 eral involvement in any particular research and 

 development undertaking, the Administrator shall 

 give consideration to the extent to which the 

 proposed undertaking satisfies criteria including, 

 but not limited to. the following: 



(A) The urgency of public need for the poten- 

 tial results of the research, development, or 

 demonstration effort is high, and it is unlikely 

 that similar results would be achieved in a timely 

 manner in the absence of Federal assistance. 



(B) The potential opportunities for non-Fed- 

 eral interests to recapture the investment in the 

 undertaking through the normal commercial 

 utilization of proprietary knowledge appear in- 

 adequate to encourage timely results. 



(C) The extent of the problems treated and 

 the objectives sought by the undertaking are 

 national or widespread in their significance. 



(D) There are limited opportunities to induce 

 non- Federal support of the undertaking through 

 regulatory actions, eni use controls, tax and 

 price ince;itlves, public education, or other alter- 

 natives to direct Federal financial assistance. 



(E) The degree of risk of loss of investment 

 inherent in the research is high, and the avail- 

 ability or risk capital to the non-Federal entities 

 which might otherwise engage in the field of the 

 research is Inadequate for the timely develop- 

 ment of the technology. 



(F) The magnitude of the investment appears 

 to exceed the financial capabilities of potential 

 non-Federal participants In the research to sup- 

 port effective efforts. 



(Pub. L. 93-577, § 5, Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1880.) 



§5905. Comprehensive plan and implementing pro- 

 gram for energy research, development, an'' dem- 

 onstration; transmission to Congress; purposes; 

 scope of program. 



(a) Pursuant to the authority and directions of 



this chapter and the Energy Reorganization Act of 

 1974. the Administrator shall transmit to the Con- 

 gress, on or before June 30, 1975, a comprehensive 

 plan for energy research, development, and demon- 

 stration. This plan shall be appropriately revised 

 annually as provided in section 5914(a) of this title. 

 Such plan shall be designed to achieve — 



(1) solutions to immediate and short-term (to 

 the early 1980's) energy supply system and asso- 

 ciated environmental problems; 



(2) solutions to middle-term 'the early 1980's 

 to 2000) energy supply system and associated en- 

 vironmental problems; and 



(3) solutions to long-term (beyond 2000) energy 

 supply system and associated environmental 

 problems. 



(b)(1) Based on the comprehensive energy re- 

 search, development, and demonstration plan devel- 

 oped under subsection (a) of this section, the Ad- 

 ministrator shall develop and transmit to the Con- 

 gress, on or before June 30, 1975, a comprehensive 

 nonnuclear energy research, development, and dem- 

 onstration program to implement the nonnuclear 

 research, development, and demonstration aspects of 

 the comprehensive plan. 



(2) This program shall be designed to achieve 

 solutions to the energy supply and associated en- 

 vironmental problems in the immediate and short- 

 term (to the early 1980's), middle-term (the early 

 1980's to 2000), and long-term (beyond 2000) time 

 intervals. In formulating the nonnuclear aspects of 

 this program, the Administrator shall evaluate the 

 economic, environmental, and technological merits 

 of each aspect of the program. 



(3) The Administrator shall assign program ele- 

 ments and activities in specific nonnuclear energy 

 technologies, to the short-term, middle-term, and 

 long-term time intervals, and shall present full and 

 complete justification for these assignments and the 

 degree of emphasis for each. These program elements 

 and activities shall Include, but not be limited to, re- 

 search, development, and demonstrations designed — 



(A) to advance energy conservation technolo- 

 gies, Including but not limited to — 



(I) productive use of waste, including gar- 

 bage, sewage, agricultural wastes, and industrial 

 waste heat; 



(II) reuse and recycling of materials and con- 

 sumer products; 



(ill) improvements In automobile design for 

 increased efficiency and lowered emissions, in- 

 cluding investigation of the full range of alterna- 

 tives to the internal combustion engine and sys- 

 tems of efficient public transportation; and 



(Iv) advanced urban and architectural design 

 to promote efficient energy use in the residential 

 and commercial sectors, improvements in home 

 design and insulation technologies, small ther- 

 mal storage units and increased efficiency in 

 electrical appliances and lighting fixtures; 



(B) to accelerate the commercial demonstra- 

 tion of technologies for producing low-sulfur fuels 

 suitable for boiler use; 



