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<br />additional information as needed. the IOU's constitutional arguments <br />did not expand upon the comments discussed in the 1989 Proposed <br />Criteria and will not be repeated here. <br /> <br />(a) The DOE Act (4~2 U.S.C. 7112). In section 102, <br />Congress "declares that the estab1is'hment of a Department of Energy is <br />in the public interest and will promote the general welfare by <br />assuri ng coordi nated and effect i ve admi ni strat i on of Federal energy <br />policy and programs." It then lists, 18 purposes of Congress in <br />enacting the Department of Energy Organization Act, including suc~ <br />diverse functions as: <br /> <br />"to establish a Department of Energy" sec~ion 102(1); "to <br />continue and improve the eff~ctiveness and objectivity of a <br />central energy data collection and analysis program within the <br />Department" section 102(7); and "to provide for the <br />administration of the functions of the Energy Research and <br />Development Administration related to nuclear weapons and <br />national security which are ~ransferred to the Department by <br />this Act" section 102(18). <br /> <br />The commenter asserts that three of the 18 general purposes listed in <br />section 102--"to create and implement a co~rehensive energy <br />conservation strategy that will rece~ve the highest priority in the <br />nat i ona 1 energy program" sect i on 102(4); "to assure... that the <br />productive capacity of private enterprise shall be utilized in the <br />development and achievement of the policies and purposes" of this DOE <br /> <br />12 <br />