((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.

((b)) ** Information dissemination** Beginning one year after , 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.October 24, 19921992-10-24

((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.