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 PUBLIC LAW 95-617—NOV. 9, 1978

92 STAT. 3157

(4) "project costs" means the cost of acquisiiton or constiiiction of all facilities and services and the cost of acquisition of all land and interests in land used in the design and construction and operation of a small hydroelectric power project; (5) "nonprofit organization" means any organization described in section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the I n t e r n a l Revenue Code of 1954 and exe;mpt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code 26 USC 501. (but only with respect to a trade or business carried on by such organization which is not an unrelated trade or business, determined by applying section 513(a) to such organization); 26 USC 513. (6) "existing d a m " means any dam, the construction of which was completed or on before April 20, 1977, and which does not require any construction or enlargement of impoundment structures (other than repairs or reconstruction) in connection with the installation of any small hydroelectric power project; (7) "municipality" has the meaning provided in section 3 of the Federal Power Act"; and 16 USC 796. (8) "person" has the meaning provided in section 3 of the Federal Power Act.

TITLE V—CRUDE OIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS SEC. 501. FINDINGS, The Congress finds and declares that— (1) a serious crude oil supply shortage may soon exist in portions of the United States; (2) a large surplus of crude oil on the west coast of the United States is projected; (3) any substantial curtailment of Canadian crude oil exports to the United States could create a severe crude oil shortage in the northern tier States; (4) pending the authorization and completion of west-to-east crude oil delivery systems, Alaskan crude oil in excess of west coast needs will be transshipped through the P a n a m a Canal at a high transportation cost; (5) national security and regional supply requirements may be such that west-to-east crude delivery systems serving both the northern tier States and inland States, consistent with the requirements of section 410 of the Act approved November 16, 1973 (87 Stat. 694), commonly known as the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, are needed; (6) expeditious Federal and State decisions for west-to-east crude oil delivery systems are of the utmost p r i o r i t y; and (7) resolution of the west coast crude oil surplus and the need for crude oil in northern tier States and inland States require the assignment and coordination of overall responsibility within the executive branch to permit expedited action on all necessary environmental assessments and decisions on permit applications concerning delivery systems. SEC. 502. STATEMENT OF PURPOSES. The purposes of this title are— (1) to provide a means for— (A) selecting delivery systems to transport Alaskan and other crude oil to northern tier States and inland States, and

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