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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 72

PUBLIC LAW 95-238—FEB. 25, 1978

"(4) 'biomass' shall include, but is not limited to, animal and timber waste, municipal and industrial waste, sewage, sludge, and oceanic and terrestrial crops. Citizenship " (p)(1) An applicant seeking a guarantee or cooperative agreement requirement. under subsection (b) or subsection (y) of this section must be a citizen or national of the United States. A corporation, partnership, firm, or association shall not be deemed to be a citizen or national of the United States unless the Administrator determines that it satisfactorily meets all the requirements of section 802 of title 46, United States Code, for determining such citizenship, except that the provisions in subsection (a) of such section 802 concerning (A) the citizenship of officers or directors of a corporation, and (B) the interest required to be owned in the case of a corporation, association, or partnership operating a vessel in the boastwise trade, shall not be applicable. Waiver, " (2) The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of State, consultation. may waive such requirements in the case of a corporation, partnership, firm, or association, controlling interest in which is owned by citizens bf countries which are participants in the International Energy Agreement. Non" (q) No part of the program authorzed by this section shall be transtransferability. ferred to any other agency or authority, except pursuant to Act of Congress enacted after the date of enactment of this section. "(r) Inventions made or conceived in the course of or under a guarantee authorized by this section shall be subject to the title and waiver requirements and conditions of section 9 of this Act. 42 USC 5908. "(s) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the obligations of any person receiving financial assistance pursuant to this section to comply with Federal and State environmental, land use, water, and health and safety laws and regulations or to obtain applicable Federal and State permits, licenses, and certificates. Information, "(t) The information maintained by the Administrator under this availability to section shall be made available to the public subject to the provision public. of section 552 of title 5, United States Code, and section 1905 of title 18 United States Code, and to other Government a<i'encies in a manner Nondisclosure. that will facilitate its dissemination: Provided, That upon a showing satisfactory to the Administrator by any person that any information, or portion thereof obtained under this section by the Administrator directly or indirectly from such person would, if made public, divulge (1) trade secrets or (2) other proprietary information of such person, ,^, the Administrator shall not disclose such information and disclosure thereof shall be punishable under section 1905 of title 18, United Cooperation with States Code: Provided further, That the Administrator shall, upon Federal agencies, request, provide such information to (A) any delegate of the Administrator for the purpose of carrying out this Act, and (B) the Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, " the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Energy Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Power Commission, the General Accounting Office, other Federal agencies, or heads of other Federal agencies, when necessary to carry out their duties and responsibilities under this and other statutes, but such agencies and agency heads shall not release such information to the public. This section is not authority to withhold information from Congress, or "Person." from any committee of Congress upon request of the Chairman. For the purposes of this subsection, the term 'person' shall include the borrower.