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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Financial Assistance Award to the Yakima Indian Nation

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), Richland Operations Office.
ACTION: Notice of intent to renew a noncompetitive financial assistance 
award.

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SUMMARY: The DOE Richland Field Office, Office of Environmental 
Assurance, Permits and Policy, in accordance with 10 CFR 600.7(b)(2), 
gives notice of its plan to renew a noncompetitive assistance award to 
the Yakima Indian Nation (YIN). Under the terms of the award, the YIN 
will continue to conduct activities related to the protection of YIN 
treaty rights which may be impacted by activities associated with DOE's 
environmental restoration activities at the Hanford Site. This award 
implements elements of the DOE Five Year Plan recognizing DOE's 
commitment to the participation of affected Indian tribes in the review 
and implementation of planned cleanup and waste management activities. 
Tribal participation in these activities is expected to continue for 
several years. The award will be renewed for a four year period, with 
FY94 funding expected to be approximately $900,000. Funding for the 
following years is anticipated to be approximately $1,000,000 per year, 
subject to negotiation between DOE and the YIN.
    DOE has determined that renewal on a noncompetitive basis is 
appropriate because the recipient is a unit of government and the 
activities to be supported are related to the performance of 
governmental functions within the jurisdiction of that unit of 
government, thereby precluding DOE provision of support to another 
entity. Since the award is related to agreements and treaties already 
made between the United States Government and the YIN, it would clearly 
be inappropriate for DOE to consider funding any other entity to be 
responsible for carrying out these activities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marji W. Parker, U.S. Department of 
Energy Richland Field Office, Procurement Division, P.O. Box 550, 
Richland, WA 99352. Telephone: (509) 376-2029.

    Dated: March 15, 1994.
Robert D. Larson,
Director, Procurement Division, Richland Operations Office.
[FR Doc. 94-7562 Filed 3-29-94; 8:45 am]
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