Report filed in the House (H. Rept. 95-1089, Pt. I), April 26, 1978, H3324. Report filed in the House (H. Rept. 95-1089, Pt. II), May 15, 1978, H3948. Considered and passed by the House, amended, laid on table, S. 2584 passed in lieu, October 3, 4, 1978, H11361, H11485. PART VI. ERDA AUTHORIZATION ACTS PUBLIC LAW 94-187 (ERDA AUTHORIZATION ACT [94TH CONGRESS, H.R. 3474] AN ACT To authorize appropriations to the Energy Research and Development Administration in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and section 16 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Energy TITLE I-AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA- Research and TIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1976 Development. Administration appropriation SEC. 101. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated authorization. to the Energy Research and Development Administration in accordance with the provisions of section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2017), section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5875), and section 16 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.Č. 5915): (a) For "Operating expenses", for the following programs, a sum of dollars equal to the total of the following amounts: (1) FOSSIL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— (A) Coal liquefaction: Costs, $96,897,000. Changes in selected resources, $665,000. (B) High Btu gasification (coal): Costs, $37,838,000. Changes in selected resources, $20,526,000. (C) Low Btu gasification (coal): Costs, $54,671,000. Changes in selected resources, (minus) $4,282, 000. Provided, That not less than 20 per centum of the (D) Advanced power systems (coal): Changes in selected resources, $2,340,000. Changes in selected resources, $5,451,000. (F) Advanced research and supporting technology (coal), for the following: (i) Advanced coal conversion process: Changes in selected resources, $1,000,000. (ii) Advanced direct coal utilization process: Costs, $4,600,000. Changes in selected resources, $400,000. (iii) Advanced supporting research: Costs, $8,374,000. Changes in selected resources, $119,000. (iv) System studies: Costs, $9,087,000. Changes in selected resources, $2,813,000. (G) Demonstration plants (coal): Costs, $18,100,000. Changes in selected resources, $18,900,000. (H) Natural gas and oil extraction: Costs, $32,865,000. Changes in selected resources, $8,564,000. (I) Natural gas and oil utilization: Costs, $1,582, 000. Changes in selected resources, $215,000. (J) Oil shale in situ processing: Costs, $16,000,000. Changes in selected resources, $3.000.000. (K) Oil shale composition and characterization: Costs, $1,113,000. Changes in selected resources, $152,000. (L) Magnetohydrodynamics: Costs, $22,340,000. Changes in selected resources, $12,160,000. (2) SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: Costs, $97,100,000. Changes in selected resources, $62.425,000. (3) GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: Costs, $34,750,000. Changes in selected resources, $8.520,000. (4) CONSERVATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— (A) Electric Power Transmission: Costs, $11.830.000. Changes in selected resources, $300 000. (B) Advanced Transportation Power Systems: Costs, $19.000.000. Changes in selected resources, $4,500,000. (C) Energy Storage Systems: Changes in selected resources, $5,700,000. Changes in selected resources, $18,650,000. Changes in selected resources, $3,000,000. (F) Urban Waste Conversion: Costs, $10,000,000. Changes in selected resources, $5,000,000. (5) NUCLEAR ENERGY AND OTHER PROGRAMS.-$3,158,970,000, of which a sum of dollars for the following programs equal to the total of the following amounts is included: (A) Scientific and technical education in support of Nonnuclear Energy Technologies: Costs, $4,500,000. Changes in selected resources, $1,350,000. (B) General new programs in Environmental and Safety Research in support of nonnuclear energy technology: Costs, $22,100,000. Changes in selected resources, $7,700,000. (C) For use as provided in section 316 of this Act: Costs, $4,000,000. Changes in selected resources, $1.000.000. (D) Nonpulmonary health studies on miners and people living in areas subjected to a high incidence of sulphur oxides and trace elements: Costs, $400,000. Changes in selected resources, $100,000. (E) New programs of physical research in molecular and materials sciences in support of nonnuclear technologies: Costs, $15,725,000. Changes in selected resources, $3,750.000. (F) $2,750,000 shall be available pursuant to sections 14 and 16 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5913 and 5915) as follows: (i) $1,250,000 for the National Bureau of Standards: (ii) $500,000 for the Council on Environmental Quality; and (iii) $1,000,000 for the Water Resources Council. (b) For "Plant and capital equipment", including construction, acquisition, or modification of facilities, including land acquisition; and acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to construction, a sum of dollars equal to the total of the following amounts: (1) COAL. FOSSIL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT Project 76-1-a, clean boiler fuel demonstration plant (A-E and long-lead procurement), $20,000,000. Project 76-1-b, High Btu synthetic pipeline gas demonstration plant (A-E and long-lead procurement), $20,000,000. Project 76-1-c, Low Btu fuel gas demonstration plant (A-E and long-lead procurement), $15,000,000. Project 76-1-d, Fluidized bed direct combustion demonstration plant, $13,000,000. SOLAR, GEOTHERMAL, AND ADVANCED ENERGY SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT (2) SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— Project 76-2-a, Five megawatt solar thermal test facility, $5.000.000. Project 76-2-b, Ten megawatt central receiver solar thermal powerplant (A-E and long-lead procurement), $5,000,000. (3) GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.— Project 76-3-a, Geothermal powerplant (steam) (A-E and long-lead procurement), $5,000,000. Project 76-3-b, Geothermal powerplant (A-E and long-lead procurement), $5,000,000. (4) PHYSICAL RESEARCH.— Project 76-4-a, accelerator and reactor improvements and modifications, $4,000,000. NUCLEAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT (5) FUSION POWER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— Project 76-5-a, Tokamak fusion test reactor, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Plainsboro, New Jersey, $23,000,000. Project 76-5-b, 14 Mev intense neutron source facility, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, $22,100,000. Project 76-5-c, 14 Mev high intensity neutron facility, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, California, $5,000,000. (6) FISSION POWER REACTOR DEVELOPMENT.— Project 76-6-a, modifications to reactors, $4,000,000. Project 76-6-b, sodium components test installation. steam and feedwater system modification, Liquid Metal Engineering Center, Santa Susana, California, $7,700, 000. |