Sec. 201. Definitions
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In this subtitle: The term covered land means land that is— public land administered by the Secretary of the Interior; and not excluded from the development of geothermal, solar, or wind energy under— a land use plan established under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); or other Federal law. The term Director means the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. The term exclusion area means covered land that is identified by the Bureau of Land Management as not suitable for development of renewable energy projects.
The term priority area means covered land identified by the land use planning process of the Bureau of Land Management as being a preferred location for a renewable energy project. The term Federal land means— land of the National Forest System (as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1609(a) )); and public land. The term Fund means the Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund established by section 207(c)(1).
The term public land has the meaning given the term public lands in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 ). The term renewable energy project means a project carried out on covered land that uses wind, solar, geothermal, wave, current, tidal, or ocean thermal energy to generate electricity. The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. The term variance area means covered land that is— not an exclusion area; not a priority area; and identified by the Secretary as— potentially available for renewable energy development; and land on which such development can be conducted under a land use plan previously approved, and consistent with the principles of multiple use applicable, under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
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