§ 3391a. “Essential agricultural use” defined

For the purposes of section 3391 of this title , the term “essential agricultural use” shall—

• (1) include use of natural gas in sugar refining for production of alcohol;
• (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 [ 7 U.S.C. 1421 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
• (3) for the 5-year period beginning on June 30, 1980 , include use of natural gas in the distillation of fuel-grade alcohol from food grains or other biomass by facilities in existence on June 30, 1980 , which do not have the installed capability to burn coal lawfully.