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U.S. Code > Title 42 > Chapter 96 > § 8801 - Congressional findings

  As used in this chapter - 
    (1) The term "alcohol" means alcohol (including methanol and
  ethanol) which is produced from biomass and which is suitable for
  use by itself or in combination with other substances as a fuel
  or as a substitute for petroleum or petrochemical feedstocks.
    (2)(A) The term "biomass" means any organic matter which is
  available on a renewable basis, including agricultural crops and
  agricultural wastes and residues, wood and wood wastes and
  residues, animal wastes, municipal wastes, and aquatic plants.
    (B) For purposes of subchapter I of this chapter, such term
  does not include municipal wastes; and for purposes of subchapter
  III of this chapter, such term does not include aquatic plants
  and municipal wastes.
    (3) The term "biomass fuel" means any gaseous, liquid, or solid
  fuel produced by conversion of biomass.
    (4) The term "biomass energy" means - 
      (A) biomass fuel; or
      (B) energy or steam derived from the direct combustion of
    biomass for the generation of electricity, mechanical power, or
    industrial process heat.

    (5) The term "biomass energy project" means any facility (or
  portion of a facility) located in the United States which is
  primarily for - 
      (A) the production of biomass fuel (and byproducts); or
      (B) the combustion of biomass for the purpose of generating
    industrial process heat, mechanical power, or electricity
    (including cogeneration).

    (6) The term "Btu" means British thermal unit.
    (7) The term "cogeneration" means the combined generation by
  any facility of - 
      (A) electrical or mechanical power, and
      (B) steam or forms of useful energy (such as heat) which are
    used for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes.

    (8) The term "cooperative" means any agricultural association,
  as that term is defined in section 1141j(a) of title 12.
    (9)(A) The term "construction" means - 
      (i) the construction or acquisition of any biomass energy
    project;
      (ii) the conversion of any facility to a biomass energy
    project; or
      (iii) the expansion or improvement of any biomass energy
    project which increases the capacity or efficiency of that
    facility to produce biomass energy.

    (B) Such term includes - 
      (i) the acquisition of equipment and machinery for use in or
    at the site of a biomass energy project; and
      (ii) the acquisition of land and improvements thereon for the
    construction, expansion, or improvement of such a project, or
    the conversion of a facility to such a project.

    (C) Such term does not include the acquisition of any facility
  which was operated as a biomass energy project before the
  acquisition.
    (10) The term "Federal agency" means any Executive agency, as
  defined in section 105 of title 5.
    (11)(A) The term "financial assistance" means any of the
  following forms of financial assistance provided under this
  chapter, or any combination of such forms:
      (i) loans,
      (ii) loan guarantees,
      (iii) price guarantees, and
      (iv) purchase agreements.

    (B) Such term includes any commitment to provide such
  assistance.
    (12) The term "Indian tribe" means any Indian tribe, band,
  nation, or other organized group or community, including any
  Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as
  defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
  Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.] which is recognized as
  eligible for the special programs and services provided by the
  United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
    (13) The term "motor fuel" means gasoline, kerosene, and middle
  distillates (including diesel fuel).
    (14)(A) The term "municipal waste" means any organic matter,
  including sewage, sewage sludge, and industrial or commercial
  waste, and mixtures of such matter and inorganic refuse - 
      (i) from any publicly or privately operated municipal waste
    collection or similar disposal system, or
      (ii) from similar waste flows (other than such flows which
    constitute agricultural wastes or residues, or wood wastes or
    residues from wood harvesting activities or production of
    forest products).

    (B) Such term does not include any hazardous waste, as
  determined by the Secretary of Energy for purposes of this
  chapter.
    (15)(A) The term "municipal waste energy project" means any
  facility (or portion of a facility) located in the United States
  primarily for - 
      (i) the production of biomass fuel (and byproducts) from
    municipal waste; or
      (ii) the combustion of municipal waste for the purpose of
    generating steam or forms of useful energy, including
    industrial process heat, mechanical power, or electricity
    (including cogeneration).

    (B) Such term includes any necessary transportation,
  preparation, and disposal equipment and machinery for use in or
  at the site of the facility involved.
    (16) The term "Office of Alcohol Fuels" means the Office of
  Alcohol Fuels established under section 8820 of this title.
    (17) The term "person" means any individual, company,
  cooperative, partnership, corporation, association, consortium,
  unincorporated organization, trust, estate, or any entity
  organized for a common business purpose, any State or local
  government (including any special purpose district or similar
  governmental unit) or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or
  any Indian tribe or tribal organization.
    (18) The term "State" means any of the fifty States, the
  District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin
  Islands of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, the
  Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust
  Territory of the Pacific Islands.
    (19) The term "small scale biomass energy project" means a
  biomass energy project with an anticipated annual production
  capacity of not more than 1,000,000 gallons of ethanol per year,
  or its energy equivalent of other forms of biomass energy.

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