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PUBLIC LAW 93-410-SEPT. 3, 1974

[88 STAT.

(8) technologies are not presently available for the development of most of these geothermal resources, but technologies for the generation of electric energy from geothermal resources are potentially economical and environmentally desirable, and the development of geothermal resources offers possibilities of process energy and other nonelectric applications; (9) much of the known geothermal resources exist on the public lands; (10) P'ederal financial assistance is necessary to encourage the extensive exploration, research, and development in geothermal resources which will bring these technologies to the point of commercial application; (11) the advancement of technology with the cooperation of private industry for the production of useful forms of energy from geothermal resources is important with respect to the Federal responsibility for the general welfare, to facilitate commerce, to encourage productive harmony between man and his environment, and to protect the public interest; and (12) the Federal Government should encourage and assist private industry through Federal assistance for the development and demonstration of practicable means to produce useful energy from geothermal resources with environmentally acceptable processes. DKFINITIONS 30 USC 1102.

SEC. 3. For the purposes of this Act— (1) the term "geothermal resources" means (A) all products of geothermal processes, embracing indigenous steam, hot water, and brines, (B) steam and other gases, hot water and hot brines, resulting from water, gas, or other fluids artificially introduced into geothermal formations, and (C) any byproduct derived from them; (2) the term "byproduct" means any mineral or minerals which are found in solution or in association with geothermal resources and which have a value of less than 75 percent of the value of the geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources 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) "pilot plant" means an experimental unit of small size used for early evaluation and development of new or improved processes and to obtain technical, engineering, and cost data; (4) "demonstration plant" means a complete facility which produces electricity, heat energy, or useful byproducts for commercial disposal from geothermal resources and which will make a significant contribution to the knowledge of full-size technology, plant operation, and process economics; (5) the term "Project" means the Geothermal Energy Coordination and Management Project established by section 101(a); (6) the term "fund" means the Geothermal Resources Development Fund established by section 204(a); and (7) the term "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Project. TITLE 1—GEOTHERMAL E N E R G Y C O O R D I N A T I O N AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT ESTABIJSIIMEXT

30 USC 1121.

Membership.

SEC. 101. (a) There is hereby established the (xeothermal Energy Coordination and Management Project. ^|^^ ^-|^^ rpj^p Project shall bc composed of six members as follows:

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