104 STAT. 1946
PUBLIC LAW 101-512—NOV. 5, 1990
Cooperative
agreements.
Reports.
Of the funds herein provided, $40,250,000 is for implementation of
the June, 1984 multiyear, cost-shared magnetohydrodynamics program targeted on proof-of-concept testing: Provided, That 35 per
centum private sector cash or in-kind contributions shall be required for obligations in fiscal year 1991, and for each subsequent
i^scal year's obligations private sector contributions shall increase
by 5 per centum over the life of the proof-of-concept plan: Provided
further. That existing facilities, equipment, and supplies, or previously expended research or development funds are not cost-sharing for the purposes of this appropriation, except as amortized,
depreciated, or expensed in normal business practice: Provided further. That cost-sharing shall not be required for the costs of constructing or operating Government-owned facilities or for the costs
of Government organizations. National Laboratories, or universities
and such costs shall not be used in calculating the required percentage for private sector contributions: Provided further. That private
sector contribution percentages need not be met on each contract
but must be met in total for each fiscal year.
Of the funds provided herein, $2,500,000 shall be for a grant for
the National Research Center for Coal and Energy, and $2,000,000
shall be for a grant to be matched on an equal basis from other
sources for the University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center.
Of the funds provided herein, $8,000,000 is to initiate a ten-year
industry/government cooperative agreement to design, construct,
and operate a proof-of-concept oil shale facility employing modified
in-situ retorting and surface processing of mined shale and waste at
Federal Prototype Oil Shale Lease Tract Cb near Meeker, Colorado:
Provided, That the Federal contribution to the cooperative agreement shall not exceed $80,000,000 in 1989 dollars escalated yearly by
the annual GNP deflator, or 40 per centum of the total equity in the
project, whichever is less: Provided further. That at no time during
the project shall the Federal contribution exceed 40 per centum of
total equity in the project: Provided further. That in fiscal years
1992 and thereafter, the annual Federal contribution shall not
exceed the annual portion of the remaining allowable Federal contribution distributed evenly over the remaining years of the project:
Provided further. That construction of such facility shall not commence prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any
day in which either House of Congress is not in session because of
adjournment of more than 3 calendar days to a day certain) from the
receipt by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate of a report on such project including the
results of the detailed design, cost estimate, and environmental
compliance activities, and such additional facts and circumstances
as necessary to support project construction and operation.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Monies received as investment income on the principal amount in
the Great Plains Project Trust at the Northwest Bank of North
Dakota, in such sums as are earned as of October 1, 1990, shall be
deposited in this account and immediately transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury.
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