42 U.S.C. § 9120

Current through P.L. 118-47 (published on www.congress.gov on 03/23/2024)

Section 9120 - Monitoring of licensees' activities

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.

42 U.S.C. § 9120

Pub. L. 96-320, title I, §110, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 988; Pub. L. 98-623, title VI, §602(a)(8), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3411.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS1984-Par. (1). Pub. L. 98-623 substituted "in or aboard" for "aboard".

Administrator: "Administrator" means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
licensee: "licensee" means the holder of a valid license for the ownership, construction, and operation of an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship that was issued, transferred, or renewed pursuant to this chapter;
ocean thermal energy conversion facility: "ocean thermal energy conversion facility" means any facility which is standing, fixed or moored in whole or in part seaward of the highwater mark and which is designed to use temperature differences in ocean water to produce electricity or another form of energy capable of being used directly to perform work, and includes any equipment installed on such facility to use such electricity or other form of energy to produce, process, refine, or manufacture a product, and any cable or pipeline used to deliver such electricity, fresh water, or product to shore, and all other associated equipment and appurtenances of such facility, to the extent they are located seaward of the highwater mark;
plantship: "plantship" means an ocean thermal energy conversion plantship;