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[CITE: 42USC8811]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
              CHAPTER 96--BIOMASS ENERGY AND ALCOHOL FUELS
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL BIOMASS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 8811. Biomass energy development plans


(a) Plan respecting maximized production and use by December 31, 1982; 
        preparation, transmission, etc.

    Not later than 180 days after June 30, 1980, the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy shall jointly prepare, and 
transmit to the President and the Congress, a plan for maximizing in 
accordance with this subchapter biomass energy production and use. Such 
plan shall be designed to achieve a total level of alcohol production 
and use within the United States of at least 60,000 barrels per day of 
alcohol by December 31, 1982.

(b) Comprehensive plan respecting maximized production and use from 
        January 1, 1983, to December 31, 1990, preparation, 
        transmission, etc.

    (1) Not later than January 1, 1982, the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of Energy shall jointly prepare, and transmit to the 
President and the Congress, a comprehensive plan for maximizing in 
accordance with this subchapter biomass energy production and use, for 
the period beginning January 1, 1983, and ending December 31, 1990. Such 
plan shall be designed to achieve a level of alcohol production within 
the United States equal to at least 10 percent of the level of gasoline 
consumption within the United States as estimated by the Secretary of 
Energy for the calendar year 1990.
    (2) The plan prepared under this subsection shall evaluate the 
feasibility of reaching the goals set forth in such subsection.

(c) Required guidelines

    The plans prepared under subsections (a) and (b) of this section 
shall each include guidelines for use in awarding financial assistance 
under this subchapter which are designed to increase, during the period 
covered by the plan, the amount of motor fuel displaced by biomass 
energy.

(Pub. L. 96-294, title II, Sec. 211, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 686.)
