{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s3391a","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3391a.","heading":"\u201cEssential agricultural use\u201d defined","text":"\u00a7\u202f3391a.\n\u201cEssential agricultural use\u201d defined\nFor the purposes of\n(1) include use of natural gas in sugar refining for production of alcohol;\n(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 [\n7 U.S.C. 1421\n(3) for the 5-year period beginning on\nJune 30, 1980\nJune 30, 1980","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s3391a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s3391a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3391a."},{"t":"heading","text":"\u201cEssential agricultural use\u201d defined","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purposes of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 3391 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t15/s3391","tail":", the term \u201cessential agricultural use\u201d shall\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s3391a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" include use of natural gas in sugar refining for production of alcohol;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s3391a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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 [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"7 U.S.C. 1421","href":"/us/usc/t7/s1421","tail":" 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"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s3391a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" for the 5-year period beginning on ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"June 30, 1980","tail":", include use of natural gas in the distillation of fuel-grade alcohol from food grains or other biomass by facilities in existence on "},{"t":"text","text":"June 30, 1980","tail":", which do not have the installed capability to burn coal lawfully."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}