---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3430.701"
title: "7"
number: "3430.701"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3430.701"
---

# §3430.701. Purpose.


In carrying out the program, NIFA, in cooperation with the Department of Energy, is authorized to make competitive awards under [section 9008(e)](/cfr/7/9008.md?p=e) of FSRIA ([7 U.S.C. 8108(e)](/usc/7/8108.md?p=e)) to develop:

- (a) Technologies and processes necessary for abundant commercial production of biofuels at prices competitive with fossil fuels;
- (b) **High-value biobased products—**
  - (1) To enhance the economic viability of biofuels and power,
  - (2) To serve as substitutes for petroleum-based feedstocks and products, and
  - (3) To enhance the value of coproducts produced using the technologies and processes; and
- (c) A diversity of economically and environmentally sustainable domestic sources of renewable biomass for conversion to biofuels, bioenergy, and biobased products.

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 33498, June 14, 2010, as amended at 76 FR 38549, July 1, 2011]

### Source

Source: 75 FR 33498, June 14, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 3316; Pub. L. 106-107 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note)

### Source

Source: 74 FR 45740, Sept. 4, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 33498, June 14, 2010, as amended at 76 FR 38549, July 1, 2011]