- alcohol
means alcohol (including methanol and ethanol) which is produced from biomass and which is suitable for use by itself or in combination with other substances as a fuel or as a substitute for petroleum or petrochemical feedstocks.
- biomass
means any organic matter which is available on a renewable basis, including agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood and wood wastes and residues, animal wastes, municipal wastes, and aquatic plants.
- biomass energy
means—
- biomass energy project
means any facility (or portion of a facility) located in the United States which is primarily for—
- biomass fuel
means any gaseous, liquid, or solid fuel produced by conversion of biomass.
- Btu
means British thermal unit.
- cogeneration
means the combined generation by any facility of—
- construction
means—
- cooperative
means any agricultural association, as that term is defined in section 1141j(a) of title 12.
- cost of the fuel displaced
means the cost of the fuel (per million Btu’s) which the purchaser of biomass energy would have purchased if the biomass energy had not been available for sale to that purchaser.
- existing municipal waste energy project
means any municipal waste energy project which is not a new municipal waste project.
- Federal agency
means any Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5.
- financial assistance
means any of the following forms of financial assistance provided under this chapter, or any combination of such forms:
- Indian tribe
means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.] which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
- insured loan
means a loan which is made, sold, and insured.
- motor fuel
means gasoline, kerosene, and middle distillates (including diesel fuel).
- municipal waste
means any organic matter, including sewage, sewage sludge, and industrial or commercial waste, and mixtures of such matter and inorganic refuse—
- municipal waste energy project
means any facility (or portion of a facility) located in the United States primarily for—
- new municipal waste energy project
means any municipal waste energy project which—
- Office of Alcohol Fuels
means the Office of Alcohol Fuels established under section 8820 of this title.
- person
means any individual, company, cooperative, partnership, corporation, association, consortium, unincorporated organization, trust, estate, or any entity organized for a common business purpose, any State or local government (including any special purpose district or similar governmental unit) or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or any Indian tribe or tribal organization.
- placed in service
means operated at more than 50 percent of the estimated operational capacity.
- small scale biomass energy project
means a biomass energy project with an anticipated annual production capacity of not more than 1,000,000 gallons of ethanol per year, or its energy equivalent of other forms of biomass energy.
- standard support price
means the average price (per million Btu’s) for No. 6 fuel oil imported into the United States on June 30, 1980, as determined, by rule, by the Secretary of Energy not later than 90 days after June 30, 1980.
- State
means any of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.