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The purpose of the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program (9003 Program) is to assist in the development of new and emerging technologies for advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, and biobased product manufacturing. Development is achieved through guarantees for loans to fund the development, construction, and retrofitting of commercial-scale biorefineries using eligible technology and of biobased product manufacturing facilities that use technologically new commercial-scale processing and manufacturing equipment and will require facilities to convert renewable chemicals and other biobased outputs of biorefineries into end-user products on a commercial scale. This final rule will adopt changes from the prior interim rulemaking and amend the definitions of the terms biorefinery and eligible technology to reflect the statutory changes made in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) to those terms.