PUBLIC LAW 95-238—FEB. 25, 1978
92 STAT. 75
project responsibility will be assigned to one agency; (ii) energyrelated projects for recovery of synthetic fuels or other forms of energy from solid waste shall be the responsibility of the Energy Kesearch and Development Administration; and (iii) the Environmental Protection Agency shall retain responsibility for the environmental, economic, and institutional aspects of solid waste projects and for assurance that such projects are consistent with any applicable suggested guidelines pursuant to section 1008 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), as amended, and any applicable State or regional 42 USC 6907. solid waste management plan. " (F) With respect to any obligation which is issued after the enactment of this section by, or in behalf of, any State, political subdivision, or Indian tribe and which is either guaranteed under, or supported by taxes levied by said issuer which are guaranteed under, this section, the interest paid on such obligation and received by the purchaser thereof (or the purchaser's successor in interest) shall be included in gross income for the purpose of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended: 26 USC 1 et seq. Provided, That the Administrator shall pay to such issuer out of Interest, the fund established by this section such portion of the interest on payment. such obligations, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be appropriate after taking into account current market yields (i) on obligations of said issuer, if any, and (ii) on other obligations with similar terms and conditions the interest on which is not so included in gross income for purposes of chapter 1 of such Code, and in accordance with, such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury shall require.". 42 USC 5556a. SEC. 208. (a) The Secretary of Energy shall— (1) initiate and conduct an "application and system design Solar study", cooperatively with appropriate Federal agencies, to deter- photovoltaic mine the potential for the use of solar photovoltaic systems at systems at Federal specific Federal installations; and this study shall— installations, (A) include an analysis of those sites that are currently study. cost-effective for solar photovoltaic energy systems, using life-cycle costing techniques, as well as those which would be cost-effective at expected future market prices; (B) identify potential sites and uses of solar photovoltaic energy systems at the following agencies as well as any others which the Secretary of Energy deems necessary: (i) the Department of Defense; (ii) the Department of Transportation (including the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration); (iii) the Department of Commerce; (iv) the Department of Agriculture; and (v) the Department of the Interior; • (C) provide a preliminary report to Congress within nine Preliminary report to months following the enactment of this Act; (D) include the presentation of a detailed plan for the Congress. implementation of solar photovoltaic energy systems for power generation at specific sites in Federal (jovernment agencies to Congress within twelve months following the enactment of this Act; (2) initiate and conduct a study of the options available to the Solar Federal Government to provide for the adequate growth of the photovoltaic solar photovoltaic industry and to include such possible incentives industry growth study, report to Congress.
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