(a) Study of barriers and environmental and safety aspects The Secretary , in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, shall conduct a study of— (1) technical, economic, financial, legal, regulatory, institutional, or other barriers to coalbed methane recovery, and of policy options for eliminating such barriers; and (2) the environmental and safety aspects of flaring coalbed methane liberated from coal mines. Within two years after October 24, 1992 , the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress detailing the results of such study. (b) Information dissemination Beginning one year after October 24, 1992 , the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, shall disseminate to the public information on state-of-the-art coalbed methane recovery techniques, including information on costs and benefits. (c) Demonstration and commercial application program The Secretary , in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, shall establish a coalbed methane recovery demonstration and commercial application program, which shall emphasize gas enrichment technology. Such program shall address— (1) gas enrichment technologies for enriching medium-quality methane recovered from coal mines to pipeline quality; (2) technologies to use mine ventilation air in nearby power generation facilities, including gas turbines, internal combustion engines, or other coal fired powerplants; (3) technologies for cofiring methane recovered from mines, including methane from ventilation systems and degasification systems, together with coal in conventional or clean coal technology boilers; and (4) other technologies for producing and using methane from coal mines that the Secretary considers appropriate. ( Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1306 , Oct. 24, 1992 , 106 Stat. 2974 .)