(a) Capital Loan Fund applications.--Applications for assistance under the act of July 2, 1984 (P.L. 545, No. 109),¹ known as the Capital Loan Fund Act, which have been approved by the department prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of the Capital Loan Fund Act. Applications for assistance which have been received by the department but which have not been approved prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be evaluated and processed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Air Quality Improvement Fund, Storage Tank Loan Fund and Recycling Incentive Development Account applications.--Applications for assistance made under section 7.13 of the act of January 8, 1960 (1959 P.L. 2119, No. 787),² known as the Air Pollution Control Act, section 709 of the act of July 6, 1989 (P.L. 169, No. 32),³ known as the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act, and made to the Recycling Incentive Development Account, which have been approved by the Secretary of Environmental Protection or the Department of Environmental Protection prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be processed in accordance with these respective statutory provisions. Applications for assistance which have been received by the Department of Environmental Protection but which have not been approved prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be evaluated and processed in accordance with Chapter 13.