§5910. Environmental evaluations by Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency

(a) Continuing analysis of effect of nonnuclear energy technologies

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized and directed to carry out a continuing analysis of the effect of application of nonnuclear energy technologies to evaluate-

(1) the adequacy of attention to energy conservation methods; and

(2) the adequacy of attention to environmental protection and the environmental consequences of the application of energy technologies.

(b) Employment of consultants or contractors and services of other Federal agencies for studies and investigations

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in carrying out the provisions of this section, may employ consultants or contractors and may by fund transfer employ the services of other Federal agencies for the conduct of studies and investigations.

(c) Annual public hearings on conduct of energy research and development and environmental consequences; availability of transcript

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall hold annual public hearings on the conduct of energy research and development and the probable environmental consequences of trends in the development and application of energy technologies. The transcript of the hearings shall be published and made available to the public.

(d) Reports to President, Secretary, and Congress; inclusion by President in annual Environmental Quality Report

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall make such reports to the President, the Secretary, and the Congress as it deems appropriate concerning the conduct of energy research and development. The President as a part of the annual Environmental Policy Report required by section 4341 of this title shall set forth the findings of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency concerning the probable environmental consequences of trends in the development and application of energy technologies.

( Pub. L. 93–577, §11, Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1892 ; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, §301(a), title VII, §§703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577 , 606, 607; 1977 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §5E, 42 F.R. 56101, 91 Stat. 1634.)

Transfer of Functions

"Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency" substituted in text for "Council on Environmental Quality" pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1977, §5E, 42 F.R. 56101, 91 Stat. 1634, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred those functions of Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality relating to evaluation provided for by this section to Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency, effective Feb. 26, 1978, pursuant to Ex. Ord. No. 12040, formerly set out below.

"Secretary", meaning Secretary of Energy, substituted for "Administrator", meaning Administrator of Energy Research and Development Administration, in subsec. (d) pursuant to sections 301(a), 703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95–91, which are classified to sections 7151(a), 7293, and 7297 of this title and which terminated Energy Research and Development Administration and transferred its functions and functions of Administrator thereof (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.

Comment by Government Agencies and the Public

Reports required under this section to be made available to the public and to the heads of affected agencies for comment and, in the case of recommendations for actions, for response, see section 4369(c) of this title.

Executive Order No. 12040

Ex. Ord. No. 12040, Feb. 24, 1978, 43 F.R. 8097, which prescribed Feb. 26, 1978, as the effective date of the transfer of certain environmental evaluation functions under this section, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12553, Feb. 25, 1986, 51 F.R. 7237.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 4369, 5915 of this title.