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7 U.S. Code § 8103. Biorefinery, renewable chemical, and biobased product manufacturing assistance
(a) PurposeThe purpose of this section is to assist in the development of new and emerging technologies for the development of advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, and biobased product manufacturing so as to—
(1)
increase the energy independence of the United States;
(2)
promote resource conservation, public health, and the environment;
(3)
diversify markets for agricultural and forestry products and agriculture waste material; and
(4)
create jobs and enhance the economic development of the rural economy.
(b) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) Biobased product manufacturing
The term “biobased product manufacturing” means development, construction, and retrofitting of technologically new commercial-scale processing and manufacturing equipment and required facilities that will be used to convert renewable chemicals and other biobased outputs of biorefineries into end-user products on a commercial scale.
(2) Eligible entity
The term “eligible entity” means an individual, entity, Indian tribe, or unit of State or local government, including a corporation, farm cooperative, farmer cooperative organization, association of agricultural producers, National Laboratory, institution of higher education, rural electric cooperative, public power entity, or consortium of any of those entities.
(3) Eligible technologyThe term “eligible technology” means, as determined by the Secretary—
(A) a technology that is being adopted in a viable commercial-scale operation of a biorefinery that produces any 1 or more, or a combination, of—
(i)
an advanced biofuel;
(ii)
a renewable chemical; or
(iii)
a biobased product; and
(B) a technology not described in subparagraph (A) that has been demonstrated to have technical and economic potential for commercial application in a biorefinery that produces any 1 or more, or a combination, of—
(i)
an advanced biofuel;
(ii)
a renewable chemical; or
(iii)
a biobased product.