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42 U.S. Code § 16232. Bioenergy program
(a) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) BiomassThe term “biomass” means—
(A)
any organic material grown for the purpose of being converted to energy;
(B)
any organic byproduct of agriculture (including wastes from food production and processing) that can be converted into energy; or
(C) any waste material that can be converted to energy, is segregated from other waste materials, and is derived from—
(i)
any of the following forest-related resources: mill residues, precommercial thinnings, slash, brush, or otherwise nonmerchantable material; or
(ii)
wood waste materials, including waste pallets, crates, dunnage, manufacturing and construction wood wastes (other than pressure-treated, chemically-treated, or painted wood wastes), and landscape or right-of-way tree trimmings, but not including municipal solid waste, gas derived from the biodegradation of municipal solid waste, or paper that is commonly recycled.
(2) Lignocellulosic feedstock
The term “lignocellulosic feedstock” means any portion of a plant or coproduct from conversion, including crops, trees, forest residues, and agricultural residues not specifically grown for food, including from barley grain, grapeseed, rice bran, rice hulls, rice straw, soybean matter, and sugarcane bagasse.