Alcohol Fuels: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Advanced Energy Technologies and Energy Conservation Research, Development and Demonstration of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, July 11, 12, and 13, 1978 |
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Page 366 - Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with Agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate and distribute among the people, new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 399 - Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Advanced Energy Technologies and Energy Conservation Research, Development, and Demonstration. Alcohol fuels : hearings before the Subcommittee on Advanced Energy Technologies and Energy Conservation Research, Development, and Demonstration of the Committee on Science and Technology, US House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, July 11, 12, and 13, 1978.
Page 379 - Mandatory purchase of flood insurance. The Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Pub. L. 92-234) may require purchase by the borrower of flood insurance as a condition of receiving a guaranty on loans for acquisition or construction purposes in an identified flood plain area having special flood hazards.
Page 382 - ... to create an awareness of, and responsibility for, the fuel and energy needs of rural and urban residents as such needs pertain to home heating and cooling, transportation, agricultural production, electrical generation, conservation, and research and development...
Page 313 - No loan may be guaranteed under this section unless (1) research indicates the total energy content of the products and byproducts to be manufactured by the loan applicant will exceed the total energy input from fossil fuels used in the manufacture of such products and byproducts, and (2) such other conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate to achieve the purposes of this section are met.
Page 373 - the Secretary is authorized and directed to formulate and carry out a pilot program for the production and marketing of industrial hydrocarbons derived from agricultural commodities and forest products for the purpose of stabilizing and expanding the market for such commodities and products and expanding the Nation's supply of industrial hydrocarbons.
Page 379 - Manager in writing without delay; (1) That the first disbursement is ready to be made, together with evidence from the borrower that the project has commenced or is about to commence; (2...
Page 314 - Biomass" includes, for example, such diverse materials as the grain and stalks of corn, wheat, and rice; cottonseed hulls; fruits and vegetables and their processing byproducts and residues; poultry and livestock manures and residues; wood products including bark, pulp, chips, and residues from logging and paper manufacturing; aquatic plants; and specific energy-farm crops. (c) An industrial hydrocarbon must chemically consist of carbon plus hydrogen as the major constituent. (d) Alcohols are a class...
Page 376 - However, the guaranty agreement may provide that patents or other proprietary intellectual property rights utilized in the project which are owned or controlled by the borrower shall be made available to other domestic parties upon reasonable terms and conditions which protect the confidentiality of...
Page 382 - ... conservation ; and (D) disseminating information resulting from such programs, including disseminating information on the commercial feasibility and use of energy from fossil, nuclear, solar, geothermal, and other energy technologies : (6) to place major emphasis on the development and commercial use of solar, geothermal, recycling and other technologies utilizing renewable energy resources...