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[FR Doc No: 94-8898]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Award of a Cooperative Agreement, Noncompetitive Financial 
Assistance

agency: Department of Energy (DOE), Richland Operations Office.

action: Notice of intent to make a noncompetitive financial assistance 
award.

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summary: The Department of Energy (DOE), Richland Operations Office 
(RL) announces that pursuant to Public Law 95-224 and section 646 of 
the Department of Energy Organization Act, it intends to make a 
discretionary financial assistant award based on the criterion set 
forth in 10 CFR 600.7(b)(2)(i)(B) to the Yakima Indian Nation (YIN), 
Toppenish, Washington, under Cooperative Agreement Number DE-FC06-94RL 
12914. The primary purpose of the cooperative agreement is the 
replenishment of chinook salmon in the Columbia River. This one year 
effort will have a total estimated cost of $170,000, of which $120,000 
will be provided by DOE and $50,000 will be provided by YIN.

for further information contact: Questions regarding this announcement 
should be addressed to the U.S. Department of Energy, Richland 
Operations Office, Procurement Division, Mail Stop A7-80, P.O. Box 550, 
825 Jadwin Avenue, Richland, Washington 99352, ATTN: Jo Laughlin, 
Contract Specialist.

supplementary information: In support of the transformation within the 
Department of Energy as it redirects its focus from a primarily 
mission-oriented, inward-facing agency to a service-oriented, customer-
driven agency, the Secretary of Energy has implemented plans for 
supporting economic development and community assistance activities 
around DOE sites affected by changing program missions. Each Operations 
Office has been charged with notifying the public of available 
facilities, technology partnership opportunities and economic 
development and diversification programs for the purpose of stimulating 
local economic growth through community partnerships. In addition, as 
part of the cleanup and restoration mission for the Hanford Site and 
the nearby Columbia River, plans for replenishing, replacing and 
enhancing the stock of returning chinook salmon to this area are 
encouraged. With the closure of all nuclear reactors on the Hanford 
Site, a number of facilities have become available for use by others. 
The Yakima Indian Nation is proposing to use water treatment pools 
located at the site of the former 100 Area K-E reactor for the purpose 
of rearing and acclimating one-half million upriver bright fall chinook 
salmon. It is anticipated that some portion of the juvenile fall 
chinook salmon reared and released as a result of this project will 
return as adults. These returning adults will contribute to the area 
economy by increasing the salmon available for tribal, commercial, and 
sports fishermen. In addition, some of these returning adults will 
spawn naturally to continue the cycle for future generations. The 
ultimate goal is to restore the chinook salmon to its historic level in 
the Columbia River. The Yakima Indian Nation, as co-manager of the 
Columbia River salmon resources, has coordinated the development of the 
project with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, the 
National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service. The project has also been authorized and endorsed by the 1993-
94 Columbia River Production Agreement in which the Yakima Indian 
Nation was identified as the lead agency for implementing this project.

    Dated: April 5, 1994.
Robert D. Larson,
Director, Procurement Division, Richland Operations Office.
[FR Doc. 94-8898 Filed 4-12-94; 8:45 am]
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