§ 17255 - Safety research

CHAPTER 152— ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER VI— CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION

(a) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall conduct a research program to address public health, safety, and environmental impacts that may be associated with capture, injection, and sequestration of greenhouse gases in geologic reservoirs.

(b) There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this section $5,000,000 for each fiscal year.

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Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.