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104 STAT. 2634 PUBLIC LAW 101-549—NOV. 15, 1990 Appropriation authorization. Appropriation authorization. 42 USC 7410. SEC. 409. REPORT ON CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGIES EXPORT PROGRAMS. The Secretary of Energy in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce shall provide a report to the Congress within one year of enactment of this legislation which will identify, inventory and analyze clean coal technologies export programs within United States Government agencies including the Departments of State, Commerce, and Energy and at the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. The study shall address the effectiveness of interagency coordination of export promotion and determine the feasibility of establishing an interagency commission for the purpose of promoting the export and use of clean coal technologies. SEC. 410. ACID DEPOSITION RESEARCH BY THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. There are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior an amount equal to $500,000 to fund research related to acid deposition and the monitoring of high altitude mountain lakes in the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, to be conducted through the Management Assistance Office of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service located in Lander, Wyoming and the University of Wyoming. SEC. 411. STUDY OF BUFFERING AND NEUTRALIZING AGENTS. There are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior an amount equal to $250,000 to fund a study to be conducted in conjunction with the University of Wyoming of the effectiveness of various buffering and neutralizing agents used to restore lakes and streams damaged by acid deposition. SEC. 412. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. Section 110(f)(1) of the Clean Air Act is amended by inserting "or of any requirement under section 411 (concerning excess emissions penalties or offsets) of title IV of the Act" after "implementation plan". SEC. 413. SPECIAL CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY PROJECT. (a) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. —The Secretary of Energy shall, subject to appropriation, as part of the Secretary's activities with respect to fossil energy research and development under the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91) consider funding at least 50 percent of the cost of a demonstration project to design, construct, and test a technology system for a cyclone boiler that will serve as a model for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide reduction technology at a combustion unit required to meet the emissions reductions prescribed in this bill. The Secretary shall expedite approval and funding to enable such project to be completed no later than January 1, 1995. The unit selected for this project shall be in a utility plant that (1) is among the top 10 emitters of sulfur dioxide as identified on Table A of section 404; (2) has 3 or more units, 2 of which are cyclone boiler units; and (3) has no existing scrubbers. (b) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section, to remain available until expended.