PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980
94 STAT. 769
other cooperative, or to a municipality (as defined in section 3(7), part I, of the Federal Power Act), may apply to so much of the 16 USC 796. principal amount of the loan as does not exceed 90 percent of the aggregate cost of the project. In determining the aggregate cost of a project for purposes of the preceding sentence, there shall be excluded the cost of constructing electrical transmission lines to the extent that the cost of constructing such lines exceeds 25 percent of the aggregate cost of the project (as determined without regard to this sentence); except that the Secretary may waive or limit the application of this sentence with respect to any project located in the State of Hawaii upon a finding that such project is remote from the area of primary consumption, that a transmission line is required before the geothermal reservoir can be developed, and that the particular transmission line involved will be used for more than the plant which is the subject of the loan guarantee."; (2) by striking out "the ten-calendar-year period following the date of enactment of this Act" in section 203 and inserting in lieu 30 USC 1143. thereof "fiscal year 1990"; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: "APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF LOAN GUARANTEE APPLICATIONS
"SEC. 206. The Secretary, within sixty days after the enactment of 30 USC 1146. this section, shall establish and implement procedures providing for a final decision on any loan guarantee application within four months of the date of filing. To the maximum extent practical, an applicant should be advised (prior to the submission of the application) of all information which will be required of the applicant in processing the application; and the date of filing shall be considered to be the date when all of such information has been submitted by the applicant. Any application proposed and filed as of the date of the enactment of this section shall be subject to final decision within not more than four months after such date. "APPLICATION OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
"SEC. 207. The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent 30 USC 1147. possible, that any action undertaken pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which is associated 42 USC 4332. with the granting of a loan guarantee under this title takes the maximum cognizance allowable under law of any other action theretofore undertaken pursuant to such section 102(2)(C) with respect to the project which is the subject of such loan guarantee, and that no such action associated with the loan guarantee shall duplicate any action theretofore undertaken under such section 102(2)(C) in connection with such project, so long as all of the requirements which are applicable to such project under such section 102(2)(C) will have been satisfied.". USE OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IN FEDERAL FACILITIES
SEC. 642. The option of using geothermal energy or geothermal 30 USC 1541. energy resources shall be considered fully in any new Federal building, facility, or installation which is located in a geothermal resource area as designated by the Secretary.
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