106 STAT. 3060 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 (b) PROPOSALS. —Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals for conducting activities under this section. (c) CoFiRiNG OF NATURAL GAS AND COAL. — (1) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish and carry out a 5-year program, in accordance with sections 3001 and 3002 of this Act, on cofiring natural gas with coal in utility and large industrial boilers in order to determine optimal natural gas injection levels for both environmental and operational benefits. (2) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— The Secretary shall entor into agreemento with, and provide financial assistance to, appropriate parties for application of cofiring technologies to boilers to demonstrate this technology. (3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— The Secretary shall, before December 31, 1995, submit to the Congress a report on the progress made in carrying out this subsection. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section and sections 2014 and 2015, $29,745,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1994. 42 USC 13414. SEC. 2014. NATURAL GAS END-USE TECHNOLOGIES. The Secretary shall carry out a 5-year program, in accordance with sections 3001 and 3002 of this Act, on new and advanced natural gas utilization technologies including, but not limited toll) stotionary source emissions control and efficiency improvemente including combustion systems, industrial processes, cogeneration, and waste fuels; and (2) natural gas storage including increased deliverability from existing gas storage facilities and new capabilities for storage near demand centers, and on-site storage at msyor energy consuming facilities. 42 USC 13415. SEC. 2015. MIDCONTINENT ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER. (a) FINDING.— Congress finds that petroleum resources in the midcontinent region of the United Stotes are very large but are beine prematurely abandoned. (b) PURPOSES. —The purposes of this section are to— (1) improve the efficiency of petroleum recovery; (2) increase ultimate petroleum recovery; and (3) delay the abandonment of resources. (c) ESTABLISHMENT.— The Secretary may estoblish the Midcontinent Energy Research Center (referred to in this section as the "Center") to— (1) conduct research in petroleum geology and engineering focused on improving the recovery of petroleum from existing fields and established plays in the upper midcontinent region of the United Stotes; and (2) ensure that the resulto of the research described in paragraph (1) are transferredtousers. (d) RESEARCH.— (1) IN GENERAL. —In conducting research under this section, the Centor shall,tothe extent practicable, cooperate with agencies of the Federal Government, the Stotes in the midcontinent region of the United Stotes, and the afiected industry. (2) PROGRAMS.—Research programs conducted by the Center may include—
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