42 U.S.C. § 17242
Commercial insulation demonstration program
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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In this section:
The term “advanced insulation” means insulation that has an R value of not less than R35 per inch.
The term “covered refrigeration unit” means any—
Not later than 90 days after December 19, 2007, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes an evaluation of—
If the Secretary determines in the report described in subsection (b) that the implementation of advanced insulation into covered refrigeration units would generate an economically justifiable amount of cost savings, the Secretary, in cooperation with manufacturers of covered refrigeration units, shall establish a demonstration program under which the Secretary shall demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of advanced insulation.
The Secretary may, for a period of up to 5 years after an award is granted under the demonstration program, exempt from mandatory disclosure under section 552 of title 5 (popularly known as the Freedom of Information Act) information that the Secretary determines would be a privileged or confidential trade secret or commercial or financial information under subsection (b)(4) of such section if the information had been obtained from a non-Government party.
Section 16352 of this title shall apply to any project carried out under this subsection.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $8,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2014.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007