---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 8838"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "8838"
heading: "Jurisdiction of Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/8838"
units:
  - "Chapter 96 — Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels"
  - "Subchapter II — Municipal Waste Biomass Energy"
---

# §8838. Jurisdiction of Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency


The provisions of [section 5920(c)](/usc/42/5920.md)[^1] of this title, relating to the responsibilities of the Environmental Protection [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) and the Department of Energy, shall apply with respect to actions under this subchapter to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to actions under [section 5920](/usc/42/5920.md)[^1] of this title.


## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 238, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 704.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 5920 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 109–58, title X, § 1009(b)(12), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 936.