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[FR Doc No: 94-5738]


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[Federal Register: March 11, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Indian Energy Resource Development Program

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Solicitation for Applications; Indian Energy Resource 
Development.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Technical and Financial Assistance, Assistant 
Secretariat for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, through the 
Chicago Operations Office, invites applications for grants for two 
distinctly different Indian energy resource activities authorized by 
sections 2603 and 2606 of title XXVI, Public Law 102-486, The Energy 
Policy Act of 1992.
    Title XXVI supports both fossil and renewable energy resource 
development on Indian reservations. The provisions of the title are 
broad and designed to stimulate the creation and vertical integration 
of energy-related reservation enterprises; develop and improve tribal 
technical capabilities; train and educate Native Americans in energy 
fields; improve environmental protection; and overall, to promote 
tribal self-sufficiency when reservation energy matters are dealt with.
    Even though the scope of title XXVI is very broad, the solicitation 
announced in this Notice only invites applications under two provisions 
of the Statute: (1) Section 2603, Subsection (a)(2), Demonstration 
Programs for Vertical Integration Projects; and (2) Section 2606, 
Tribal Government Energy Assistance Program in Support of Renewable 
Energy Projects on Indian Reservations.

DATES: The solicitation for applications will be available on and after 
March 11, 1994. Applications must be received at the location 
designated below by 3 p.m., May 9, 1994.

ADDRESSES: The solicitation, required forms, and application 
instructions are available from: Indian Energy Resource Development 
Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Denver Support Office, 2801 
Youngfield--suite 380, Golden, CO 80401-2266, (303) 231-5750, ext. 132.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An applicant for assistance under section 
2603, subsection (a)(2), Demonstration Programs for Vertical 
Integration, must be an Indian tribe. An applicant for assistance under 
section 2606, Tribal Government Energy Assistance Program in Support of 
Renewable Energy Projects on Indian Reservations, must be either an 
Indian tribe or private sector person working in cooperation with an 
Indian tribal government.
    An Indian tribe is defined as any tribe, band, nation, or other 
organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or 
regional or village corporation (as defined in, or established under, 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) that is recognized by the 
United States as eligible for the special programs and services 
provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as 
Indians.
    ``Private sector person'' is defined as any individual or entity 
engaged in free enterprise for the purpose of making a profit from the 
sale of goods, property, merchandise, commodities, products, materials, 
or services.
    ``Public sector'' entities, i.e., state, county, and local 
governments, state colleges and universities, etc. may not be 
applicants for assistance, but can participate as contributing partners 
when tribes or private sector entities are the prime applicants.
    Applicants may submit applications for 2603(a)(2)-type projects and 
2606-type projects, but may not combine them on a single application. 
Funding percentages and eligibility requirements differ for each 
section thereby precluding consideration of applications which combine 
or mix project types.
    The Fiscal Year 1994 appropriation is $5,000,000. Awards made under 
section 2603(a)(2) are anticipated to range from $1 million to $2.5 
million. Grants made under section 2606 are anticipated to be less than 
$250,000 each. In all, the DOE expects to make from 25 to 30 grant 
awards.
    An applicant is advised to concentrate only on its strongest, most 
promising, and best developed energy resource project. The DOE 
discourages multiple applications from the same entity, for the same 
section of title XXVI, e.g., two or more applications for assistance 
under 2603(a)(2) from Tribe ``X''.
    Applicants must show evidence of tribal involvement in the proposed 
energy project. Most commonly this will be by including in the 
application a tribal resolution, or similarly official tribal document, 
which reflects the tribe's support for and understanding of the project 
for which funding is applied.
    It is currently anticipated that the review of applications will 
begin on or about May 16, 1994. Selections will commence approximately 
mid-June. Awards will be issued during the period of late June through 
September 1994.

    Issued this day in Chicago, IL March 7, 1994.
Johnnie D. Greenwood,
Director, Contracts Division.
[FR Doc. 94-5738 Filed 3-10-94; 8:45 am]
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