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 PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980 petroleum or natural gas (or any derivatives thereof, including chemical feedstocks) and which is produced by chemical or physical transformation (other than washing, coking, or desulfurizing) of domestic sources of— (i) coal, including lignite and peat; (ii) shale; (iii) tar sands, including those heavy oil resources where— (I) the cost and the technical and economic risks make extraction and processing of a heavy oil resource uneconomical under applicable pricing and tax policies; and (II) the costs and risks are comparable to those associated with shale, coal and tar sand resources (other than heavy oil) qualifying for financial assistance under this part; and (iv) water, as a source of hydrogen only through electrolysis. (B) Such term includes mixtures of coal and combustible liquids, including petroleum. (C) Such term does not include solids, liquids, or g:ases, or combinations thereof, derived from biomass, which includes timber, animal and timber waste, municipal and industrial waste, sewage, sludge, oceanic and terrestrial plants, and other organic matter. (18)(A) The term "synthetic fuel project" means any facility using an integrated process or processes at a specific geographic location in the United States for the purpose of commercial production of synthetic fuel. The project may include only— (i) the facility, including the equipment, plant, machinery, supplies, and other materials associated with the facility, which converts the domestic resource to synthetic fuel; (ii) the land and mineral rights required directly for use in connection with the facilities for the production of synthetic fuels; (iii) any facility or equipment to be used in the extraction of a mineral for use directly and exclusively in such conversion; (I) which— (aa) is co-located with the conversion facility or is located in the immediate vicinity of the conversion facility; or (bb) if not co-located or located in the immediate vicinity, is incidental to the project (except in the event of a coal mine where no other reasonable source of coal is available to the project); and (II) which is necessary to the project; and (iv) any transportation facility, electric powerplant, electric transmission line or other facility— (I) which is for the exclusive use of the project; (II) which is incidental to the project; and (III) which is necessary to the project, except that transportation facilities used to transport synthetic fuel away from the project shall be used exclusively to transport synthetic fuel to a storage facility or pipeline connecting to an existing pipeline or processing facility or area within close proximity of the project. (B)(i) Such term may also include a project which will result in the replacement of a significant amount of oil and is—

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