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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980

94 STAT. 657

the sjmthetic fuel project module for section 136, any real or personal property or services obtained for the facility in a transaction with any person or concern (including an affiliated company as defined in section 2(a)(2) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(2)) and an affiliated person as defined in section 2(a)(3) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(3))) who has, or will have, an ownership or profit interest in the facility shall be valued at the lower of the cost to the project or fair market value, disregarding any portion of such fair market value which is attributable to the prospect of receiving financial assistance under this part. (n) The (Corporation, as a condition to providing financial assistance, other than loans pursuant to section 132 and loan guarantees pursuant to section 133, may require that the Corporation share in profits from the operation of a sjmthetic fuel project on a fair basis. (o) Whenever the (Corporation, by one or more actions, awards a combination of two or more forms of financial assistance for a single synthetic fuel project, the (Corporation shall insure that the recipient of such financial assistance shall bear a reasonable degree of risk in the construction and operation of such project: Provided, however. That any person who is solely in the position of a lender shall not be required to bear such risk. The Corporation shall not award more than a single form of financial assistance under this part unless the Board of Directors determines that multiple forms of financial assistance are required for the viability of the project, and further, that the project is necessary to achieve the purposes of this title and the provisions of this part. (p) The Corporation shall not award financial assistance in the form of loans pursuant to section 132 or joint ventures pursuant to section 136 unless the Board of Directors determines that neither price guarantees, purchsise agreements, nor loan guarsuitees will adequately support the construction and operation of the s)nithetic fuel project or will restrict the available participants for such project. (q) The (Corporation, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall insure to the maximum extent feasible that the timing, interest rate, and substantial terms and conditions of any financial assistance will have the minimum possible impact on the capital markets of the United States, taking into account Federal activities which directly or indirectly influence such capital markets. Additionally, the Corporation shall impose such terms and conditions on any financial assistance (after evaluating the financing of the synthetic fuel project, the tax benefits which would be available to investors in the synthetic fuel project, and any regulatory actions associated with the sjmthetic fuel project) as may be necessary to assure that any investors having an ownership or profit interest in the s)Tithetic fuel project bear a substantial risk of after tax loss in the event of any default or other cancellation of the S5mthetic fuel project. (r) The (Corporation shall insure that financial assistance awarded under this part for (1) loans pursuant to section 132, (2) loan guarantees pursuant to section 133, (3) joint ventures pursuant to section 136, or (4) any combination of forms of financial assistance including one or more of the aforementioned forms, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, encourages and supplements, but does not compete with or supplant, any private capital investment which otherwise would be available to a proposed synthetic fuel project on reasonable terms and conditions which would permit such project to be undertaken. To that end, the (Corporation shall establish intern^