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 94 STAT. 666

PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980 (b) The power of the Corporation to own and contract for the construction and operation of a Corporation construction project shall include, among other things, the authority to— (1) take delivery of synthetic fuel from such project; (2) transport and store and have processed and refined such S5Tithetic fuel; (3) subject to section 172(d), sell such sjnithetic fuel to a person; and (4) take all actions reasonably necessary therewith: Provided, That to the maximum extent feasible, the Corporation shall utilize the private sector for the activities associated with this subsection. (c) Contracts for Corporation construction projects shall be negotiated on the basis of solicited bids pursuant to section 127: Provided, That any such contracts shall be expressly contingent upon the availability of sufficient funds. (d) If, after undertaking a Corporation construction project, the Board of Directors determines that the total revised estimated cost of such Corporation construction project will exceed the initial estimated cost specified in the contract pursuant to subsection (c), the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, amend, modify, or renegotiate such contract to cover such additional costs; except that, if the revised estimated cost exceeds 175 per centum of the initial estimated cost, the Corporation shall not make such amendment, modification, or renegotiation unless the Corporation has transmitted to the Congress a Corporation S3aithetic fuel action pursuant to section 128 and such Corporation synthetic fuel action has not been disapproved. (e) The Corporation is authorized to undertake contractual agreements with, among others, any Federal department or agency (including the Department of Energy, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the Tennessee Valley Authority) to provide the design, the construction, or the management of the operation of Corporation construction projects: Provided, That in the case of a Federal department or agency, such department or agency has the available, experienced personnel to perform such project management function. LIMITATIONS ON CORPORATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

42 USC 8742. Ante, p. 644.

SEC. 142. (a) Prior to the approval of a comprehensive strategy pursuant to section 126(c), the Corporation is authorized not more than three Corporation construction projects subject to the requirements of sections 126(a)(l)(D) and 141. (b) After the approval of a comprehensive production strategy pursuant to section 126(c), the Corporation shall not undertake any new, or expand any existing. Corporation construction project. ENVIRONMENTAL, LAND USE, AND SITING MATTERS

42 USC 8743.

SEC. 143. (a) Corporation construction projects and joint ventures by the Corporation pursuant to section 136 shall be subject to all Federal and nondiscriminatory State and local environmental, land use, and siting laws to the same extent as such laws apply to privately sponsored synthetic fuel projects receiving financial assistance under this part and other similarly situated and used property.

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