42 U.S.C. § 9206 — Wind resource assessment

The Secretary shall initiate a three-year national wind resource assessment program. As part of such program, the Secretary shall— (1) conduct activities to validate existing assessments of known wind resources ; (2) perform wind resource assessments in regions of the United States where the use of wind energy may prove feasible; (3) initiate a general site prospecting program; (4) establish standard wind data collection and siting techniques; and (5) establish, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency , a national wind data center which shall make public information available on the known wind energy resources of various regions throughout the United States. ( Pub. L. 96–345, § 7 , Sept. 8, 1980 , 94 Stat. 1143 .)

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