PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980
94 STAT. 765
AUTHORIZATIONS
SEC. 616. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for loans 30 USC 1516. under this subtitle not to exceed $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, and not to exceed $20,000,000 for each of the four succeeding fiscal years. Amounts so appropriated shall be deposited in the Geothermal Resources Development Fund for purposes of this subtitle, and shall remain available for such purposes until expended. SUBTITLE B RESERVOIR INSURANCE PROGRAM STUDY
SEC. 621. The Secretary shall conduct a detailed study of the need Report to for and feasibility of establishing a reservoir insurance and reinsur- ^nlf^p^^irni ance program incorporating the terms, conditions, and provisions set forth in section 622, and shall submit to the Congress within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act a report on the results of such study including his findings and recommendations with respect thereto. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM
SEC. 622. (a) If the report of the Secretary submitted pursuant to 30 USC 1522. section 621 affirmatively recommends the establishment of the program and the Congress by law (after review of such recommendation) specifically authorizes the establishment of the program, the Secretary shall establish and implement within six months after the date of the enactment of such authorization a program, in cooperation with the insurance and reinsurance industry, to provide reservoir insurance to qualified eligible applicants in accordance with this section. (b) For the purpose of this section— Definitions (1) the term "investment" means the expenditure of, and any irrevocable legal obligation to expend, funds (together with the reasonable interest costs thereof) for the purcheise or construction of machinery, equipment, and facilities manufactured, or for services contracted to be furnished, for the development and utilization of a geothermal resource in the United States to provide energy in the form of heat for direct use or for generation of electricity; (2) the term "geothermal resource" means a resource in the United States including (A) all products of geothermal processes embracing indigenous steam, hot water, and hot brines; (B) steam and other gases, hot water and hot brines resulting from water, gas, or other fluids artificially introduced into geothermal formations; (C) heat or other associated energy found in geothermal formations; and (D) any byproducts derived from them, where "byproduct" means any mineral or minerals (exclusive of oil, hydrocarbon gas, and helium) which are found in solution or in association with other geothermal resources and which have a value of less than 75 per centum of the value of the geothermal steam or are not, because of quantity, quality, or technical difficulties in extraction and production, of sufficient value to warrant extraction and production by themselves; (3) the term "risk" means the hazard that a reservoir of geothermal resources will cease to provide sufficient quantities of geothermal resources at minimum conditions required to
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