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Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Chapter 27 — Geothermal Energy

§ 1513. Loan interest rates; repayment periods

Statutory text

(a)

Each loan made under section 1511 of this title shall bear interest at a discount or interest rate equal to the rate in effect (at the time the loan is made) for water resources planning projects under section 80 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962(d)–17(a)).1

(b)

Each such loan shall be for a term which the Secretary deems appropriate, except that no loan term shall exceed twenty years beyond the date on which production of energy or geothermal energy resources begins from the reservoir involved. If revenues are inadequate (as determined by the Secretary) to fully repay the principal and accrued interest within twenty years after production begins, any remaining unpaid amounts shall be forgiven.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. Should be “(42 U.S.C. 1962d–17(a)).”

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Energy Security Act

    Pub. L. 96–294 title VI § 613 · 94 Stat. 611

    Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 1513

    (Pub. L. 96–294, title VI, § 613, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 764.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 96–294, title VI, § 613, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 764.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 613. loan rate and repayment (a) Each loan made under section 611 shall bear interest at a discount or interest rate equal to the rate in effect (at the time the loan is made) for water resources planning projects under section 80 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 42 USC 1962d–17. 1962(d)–17(a)). (b) Each such loan shall be for a term which the Secretary deems appropriate, except that no loan term shall exceed twenty years beyond the date on which production of energy or geothermal energy resources begins from the reservoir involved. If revenues are inadequate (as determined by the Secretary) to fully repay the principal and accrued interest within twenty years after production begins, any remaining unpaid amounts shall be forgiven.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 96–294, title VI, § 613, , 94 Stat. 764.)

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