PUBLIC LAW 95-238—FEB. 25, 1978
92 STAT. 69
sidered a project asset for the purposes of subsection (g) of this section. "(1)(1) The Administrator is directed to submit a report to the Annual report to Congress within one hundred and eighty days after the enactment of Congress. this section setting forth his recommendations on the best opportunities Recommendato implement a program of Federal financial assistance with the objec- tions. tive of demonstrating production and conservation of energy. Such report shall be updated and submitted to Congress at least annually and shall include specific comments and recommendations by the Secretary of the Treasury on the methods and procedures set forth in subparagraph (B) (viii) of this subsection, including their adequacy, and changes necessary to satisfy the objectives stated in this subsection. This report shall include— "(A) a study of the purchase or commitment to purchase by Study. the Federal Government, for the use by the United States, of all or a portion of the products of any alternative fuel facilities constructed pursuant to this program as a direct or an alternate form of Federal assistance, which assistance, if recommended, shall be carried out pursuant to section 7(a)(4) of this Act; and 42 USC 5906. " (B) a comprehensive plan and program to acquire information Comprehensive and evaluate the environmental, economic, social, and technologi- plan and cal impacts of the demonstration program under this section. In program. preparing such a comprehensive plan and program, the Admin- Consultations. istrator shall consult with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Energy Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of the Treasury, and shall include therein, but not be limited to, the following: "(i) information about potential demonstration facilities proposed in the program under this section; 1 "(ii) any significant adverse impacts which may result from any activity included in the program; "(iii) the extent to which it is feasiple to commercialize the technologies as they affect different regions of the Nation; "(iv) proposed regulations required to carry out the purposes of this section; "(v) a list of Federal agencies, governmental entities, and other persons that will be consulted or utilized to implement the program; "(vi) the methods and procedures by which the information gathered under the program will be analyzed and disseminated; "(vii) a plan for the study and monitoring of the health effects of such facilities on workers and other persons, including, but not limited to, any carcinogenic effect of alternative fuels; and "(viii) the methods and procedures to insure that (I) the use of the Federal assistance for demonstration facilities is kept to the minimum level necessary for the information objectives of this section, (II) the impact of loan guarantees on the capital markets of the United States is minimized, taking into account other Federal direct and indirect securities activities, and any economic sectors which may be negatively impacted as a result of the reduction of capital by the placement of guaranteed loans, and ( III) the granting of , Federal loan guarantees under this Act does not impede movement toward improvement in the climate for attracting pri-
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