[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-5988]


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[Federal Register: March 15, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Morgantown Energy Technology Center Financial Assistance Award; 
Grant

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of noncompetitive financial assistance award.

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SUMMARY: Based upon a determination made pursuant to 10 CFR 
600.7(b)(2)(i) Criteria (B), the DOE, Morgantown Energy Technology 
Center (METC) gives notice of its plan to award a Grant to the Texas 
A&M University-Kingsville of Texas, Department of Chemical and Natural 
Gas Engineering, Campus Box 193, Kingsville, TX 78363, in the amount of 
approximately $155,000, including cost-sharing of $30,000, and will be 
comprised of two (2), twelve (12) month budget periods.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly J. Harness, I-07, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Morgantown Energy Technology Center, P.O. Box 
880, Morgantown, West Virginia 26507-0880, Telephone: (304) 291-4089, 
Procurement Request No. 21-94MC31162.000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The pending award is based on an unsolicited 
application for work being or would be conducted by the applicant using 
its own resources or those donated or provided by third parties; 
however, DOE support of that activity would enhance the public benefits 
to be derived and DOE knows of no other entity which is conducting or 
is planning to conduct such and activity. The Grant award is to provide 
financial assistance to the university to advance the technology and 
improve the economics of the commercial iron-based chelate processes 
such as LO-CAT and Sulferox processes utilizing biologically enhanced 
reoxidation of the redox solutions used in these processes. By 
providing financial support, the public benefits of the proposed 
natural gas processing technology are the potential of increased 
capacity, increased efficiency, and reduced equipment size in natural 
gas processing. If technology is successful, it is expected that the 
U.S. shall have more natural gas available by expanding the resource 
base from which natural gas can be economically recovered and by 
reducing the cost for processing, thereby, yielding a substitute for 
imported oil and in helping to stabilize our energy supply.

    Issued in Washington, DC, March 7, 1994.
Louie L. Calaway,
Director, Acquisition and Assistance Division, Morgantown Energy 
Technology Center.
[FR Doc. 94-5988 Filed 3-14-94; 8:45 am]
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