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16 U.S.C. § 2707 — Authorizations
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There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1978, September 30, 1979, and September 30, 1980, not to exceed $10,000,000 for loans to be made pursuant to [section 2702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2702&num=0&edition=prelim), such funds to remain available until expended. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1978, September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, not to exceed $100,000,000 for loans to be made pursuant to [section 2703 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2703&num=0&edition=prelim), such funds to remain available until expended.
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There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1978, September 30, 1979, and September 30, 1980, not to exceed $10,000,000 for loans to be made pursuant to [section 2702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2702&num=0&edition=prelim), such funds to remain available until expended. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1978, September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, not to exceed $100,000,000 for loans to be made pursuant to [section 2703 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2703&num=0&edition=prelim), such funds to remain available until expended.
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**(a) Loan authority** The Secretary, after consultation with the Commission, is authorized to make a loan to any municipality, electric cooperative, industrial development agency, nonprofit organization, or other person to assist such person in defraying up to 90 percent of the costs of—
(1) studies to determine the feasibility of undertaking a small hydroelectric power project at an existing dam or dams and
(2) preparing any application for a necessary license or other Federal, State, and local approval respecting such a project at an existing dam or dams and of participating in any administrative proceeding regarding any such application.
**(b) Cancellation** The Secretary may cancel the unpaid balance and any accrued interest on any loan granted pursuant to this section if he determines on the basis of the study that the small hydroelectric power project would not be technically or economically feasible.
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**(a) Authority** The Secretary is authorized to make loans to any municipality, electric cooperative, industrial development agency, nonprofit organization, or other person of up to 75 percent of the project costs of a small hydroelectric power project. No such loan may be made unless the Secretary finds that—
(1) the project will be constructed in connection with an existing dam or dams,
(2) all licenses and other required Federal, State, and local approvals necessary for construction of the project have been issued,
(3) the project will have no significant adverse environmental effects, including significant adverse effects on fish and wildlife, on recreational use of water, and on stream flow, and
(4) the project will not have a significant adverse effect on any other use of the water used by such project.
The Secretary may make a commitment to make a loan under this subsection to an applicant who has not met the requirements of paragraph (2), pending compliance by such applicant with such requirements. Such commitment shall be for period 11 So in original. Probably should be “for a period”. of not to exceed 3 years unless the Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, extends such period for good cause shown. Notwithstanding any such commitment, no such loan shall be made before such person has complied with such requirements.
**(b) Preference** The Secretary shall give preference to applicants under this section who do not have available alternative financing which the Secretary deems appropriate to carry out the project and whose projects will provide useful information as to the technical and economic feasibility of—
(1) the generation of electric energy by such projects, and
(2) the use of energy produced by such projects.
**(c) Information** Eve
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 2706
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘acquisition’’.
2 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘on or’’.
power projects having a proposed installed ca-
pacity of 10,000 kilowatts or less, on a case-by-
case basis or on the basis of classes or categories
of projects, subject to the same limitations (to
ensure protection for fish and wildlife as well as
other environmental concerns) as those which
are set forth in subsections (c) and (d) of section
30 of the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 823a (c)
and (d)] with respect to determinations made
and exemptions granted under subsection (b) of
such section 30 [16 U.S.C. 823a(b)]; and sub-
sections (c) and (d) of such section 30 shall apply
with respect to actions taken and exemptions
granted under this subsection. Except as specifi-
cally provided in this subsection, the granting of
an exemption to a project under this subsection
shall in no case have the effect of waiving or
limiting the application (to such project) of the
second sentence of subsection (b) of this section.
(Pub. L. 95–617, title IV, § 405, Nov. 9, 1978, 92
Stat. 3156; Pub. L. 96–294, title IV, § 408(b), June
30, 1980, 94 Stat. 718; Pub. L. 113–23, §§ 3, 4(b),
Aug. 9, 2013, 127 Stat. 493, 495.)
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The Commission, referred to in text, means the Fed-
eral Energy Regulatory Commission, see section 2602(3)
of this title.
The Federal Power Act, referred to in subsecs. (a),
(b), and (d), is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063,
which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et
seq.) of this title. Part I of the Federal Power Act is
classified generally to subchapter I (§ 791a et seq.) of
chapter 12 of this title. For complete classification of
this Act to the Co
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