§ 3391a. — "Essential agricultural use" defined.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC3391a]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 60--NATURAL GAS POLICY
SUBCHAPTER IV--NATURAL GAS CURTAILMENT POLICIES
Sec. 3391a. ``Essential agricultural use'' defined
For the purposes of section 3391 of this title, the term ``essential
agricultural use'' shall--
(1) include use of natural gas in sugar refining for production
of alcohol;
(2) include use of natural gas for agricultural production on
set-aside acreage or acreage diverted from the production of a
commodity (as provided under the Agricultural Act of 1949 [7 U.S.C.
1421 et seq.]) to be devoted to the production of any commodity for
conversion into alcohol or hydrocarbons for use as motor fuel or
other fuels; and
(3) for the 5-year period beginning on June 30, 1980, include
use of natural gas in the distillation of fuel-grade alcohol from
food grains or other biomass by facilities in existence on June 30,
1980, which do not have the installed capability to burn coal
lawfully.
(Pub. L. 96-294, title II, Sec. 273, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 711.)
References in Text
The Agricultural Act of 1949, referred to in par. (2), is act Oct.
31, 1949, ch. 792, 63 Stat. 1051, as amended, which is classified
principally to chapter 35A (Sec. 1421 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 1421 of Title 7 and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels
Act of 1980 which is title II of the Energy Security Act, and not as
part of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 which comprises this chapter.
