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 92 STAT. 2724

23 USC 105.

23 USC 134. Redesignation, agreement.

PUBLIC LAW 95-599—NOV. 6, 1978 hensive to the degree appropriate based on the complexity of the transportation problems. After July 1, 1965, the Secretary shall not approve under section 105 of this title any program for projects in any urban area of more than fifty thousand population unless he finds that such projects are based on a continuing comprehensive transportation planning process carried on cooperatively by States and local communities in conformance with the objectives stated in this section. No highway project may be constructed in any urban area of fifty thousand population or more unless the responsible public officials of such urban area in which the project is located have been consulted and their views considered with respect to the corridor, the location, and design of the project.". (b) Section 134 is further amended by adding a new subsection (b) as follows and redesignating existing subsection (b) as subsection (c): "(b)(1) Within one year after enactment of this subsection, in the absence of State law to the contrary, units of general purpose local government within an urbanized area or contiguous urbanized areas for which a metropolitan planning organization has been designated prior to enactment of this subsection, may by agreement of at least 75 per centum of the units of general purpose local government representing at least 90 per centum of the population of such urbanized area or areas, and in cooperation with the Governor, redesignate as the metropolitan planning organization any representative organization. "(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), after the date of enactment of this subsection designations of metropolitan planning organizations shall be by agreement among the units of general purpose local government and the Governor.". NATIONAL ALCOHOL FUELS COMMISSION

Establishment. 42 USC 5904 note. Investigation and study.

Membership.

SEC. 170. (a)(1) There is hereby established a Commission to be known as the National Alcohol Fuels Commission hereinafter referred to as the "Commission". (2) The Commission shall make a full and complete investigation and study of the long- and short-term potential for alcohol fuels, from biomass (including, but not limited to, animal, crop and wood waste, municipal and industrial waste, sewage sludge, and oceanic and terrestrial crops) and coal, to contribute to meeting the Nation's energy needs. It shall take into consideration the technical, economic, legal, environmental, and social factors associated with the production, manufacture, distribution, and use of such fuels. It will evaluate the costs and benefits of alternative feedstocks, and their possible end uses, and analyze the feasibility and desirability of converting these resources to alcohol fuels. Based on such study it shall recommend those policies, and their attendant costs and benefits, most likely to minimize our dependence on petroleum, insure adequate energy supplies, and contribute to the economic health of the Nation. (3) Members of the Commission shall be appointed by February 1, 1979. The Commission shall be established within sixty days of being provided with funds. The Commission shall be comprised of nineteen members as follows: (A) a Chairman and five members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate from the membership of the Committee

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