---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch99/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Regulation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Facilities and Plantships"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch99-schI"
sections_count: 17
---

# Subchapter I — Regulation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Facilities and Plantships

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 99 — Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

## Sections

- [§9111. License for ownership, construction, and operation of ocean thermal energy conversion facilities or plantships](/usc/42/9111.md)
- [§9112. Procedure](/usc/42/9112.md)
- [§9113. Protection of submarine electric transmission cables and equipment](/usc/42/9113.md)
- [§9114. Antitrust review](/usc/42/9114.md)
- [§9115. Adjacent coastal States](/usc/42/9115.md)
- [§9116. Diligence requirements](/usc/42/9116.md)
- [§9117. Protection of the environment](/usc/42/9117.md)
- [§9118. Marine environmental protection and safety of life and property at sea](/usc/42/9118.md)
- [§9119. Prevention of interference with other uses of high seas](/usc/42/9119.md)
- [§9120. Monitoring of licensees’ activities](/usc/42/9120.md)
- [§9121. Suspension, revocation, and termination of licenses](/usc/42/9121.md)
- [§9122. Recordkeeping and public access to information](/usc/42/9122.md)
- [§9123. Relinquishment or surrender of license](/usc/42/9123.md)
- [§9124. Civil actions](/usc/42/9124.md)
- [§9125. Judicial review](/usc/42/9125.md)
- [§9126. Exempt operations](/usc/42/9126.md)
- [§9127. Periodic review and revision of regulations](/usc/42/9127.md)