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<br />64 <br /> <br />(a) One or more energy-based projects (coal mines, oil shale or <br />coal gasification plants, power plants, uranium mines, etc.) <br />are planned within commuting distance of the potential boom <br />town. <br /> <br />(b) The combination of construction, permanent and local service <br />(induced) employees expected to reside in the community will <br />cause a significant (for example, 10 percent per year or more) <br />increase in population for a period of at least two years. <br /> <br />(c) The economic base of the community can be expected to become <br />heavily dependent on new energy-related projects. <br /> <br />(d) The present population base of the community is less than <br />50,000. <br /> <br />(e) An initial analysis of the community's ability to provide <br />public services and facilities indicates problems which go <br />beyond the community's available financial and managerial <br />resources. <br /> <br />(f) Critically important public facilities, such as water and <br />sewer systems, cannot be readily expanded to accommodate an- <br />ticipated growth. <br /> <br />(g) A serious shortgage of housing, both permanent and pads for <br />mobile homes, is likely to develop. <br /> <br />(h) School classroom capacity will be inadequate, in the short run, <br />to handle the additional student load without overcrowding. <br /> <br />II. Energy Impact Assistance Fund <br /> <br />Cpeate an Enepgy Impact Assistance Fund to ppovide front-end <br />financing fop enepgy-impacted areas in the state. <br />