A bill to test the commercial, environmental, and social viability of various oil shale technologies.

Summary

Title I: Statement of Findings and Purposes - Declares it the purpose of this Act to establish a Federal program to test the commercial, social, and environmental viability of oil shale technologies. Title II: Oil Shale Commercialization Test Program - Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to select two projects from proposals by non-Federal applicants for oil shale demonstration facilities. Requires the Administrator to consult with the Secretary of the Interior and appropriate State and local officials in selecting appropriate public lands for such demonstration facilities. Establishes criteria for evaluation of the economic, social, and environmental viability of commercial oil shale demonstration facilities. Establishes procedures for disposition of demonstration facilities. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease lands to qualified facilities under the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Establishes a panel to advise the Administrator on the social, environmental, and safety impacts of demonstration facilities authorized by this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to make financial commitments for the purpose of financing essential community development and planning necessitated by the funding of demonstration facilities under this Act. Limits the amount of such commitments to $20,000,000 per year for fiscal years 1978 and 1979. Authorizes the Administrator to make direct loans and grants to eligible States, localities, and Indian tribes should such sums prove insufficient. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1978 for such purposes. Creates a separate fund within the Treasury to carry out such community development and planning assistance programs. Prescribes rules to govern the operation of the fund and related financial matters.

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 27 June 1978

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 24 January 1977

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