[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 19, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-9404]


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[Federal Register: April 19, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Golden Field Office; Notice of Federal Assistance Award to 
Photonic Sensor Systems, Inc.

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of noncompetitive financial assistance award.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the DOE 
Financial Assistance Rules, 10 CFR 600.7, is announcing its intention 
to award a cooperative agreement to Photonic Sensor Systems, Inc. (PSS) 
for continuation of a project currently being conducted under a 
cooperative agreement with Georgia Tech Research Corp. (GTRC), (an 
affiliate of the Georgia Institute of Technology) for development of a 
sensor system to monitor gaseous nitrogen (in the form of ammonia).

ADDRESSES: Questions regarding this announcement may be addressed to 
the U.S. Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, 1617 Cole Blvd., 
Golden, Colorado 80401, Attention: Mr. Matt Barron, Contract 
Specialist. The Contracting Officer is John W. Meeker.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With assistance from DOE through Cooperative 
Agreement # DE-FC02-89ID12905, GTRC developed an optical sensor for 
real time detection of ammonia. The original application was to monitor 
ammonia transfer from agricultural croplands, and thereby reduce the 
amount of nitrogen fertilizer used; however, PSS has determined that 
the sensor can also facilitate the use of ammonia in a variety of 
industrial applications such as large scale refrigeration where the use 
of ammonia as the refrigerant has efficiency advantages in many 
applications. PSS proposes to continue development of the sensor 
through commercial prototype and evaluation of this prototype in full-
scale agricultural and industrial settings.
    DOE has performed a review in accordance with 10 CFR 600.7 and has 
determined that the activity to be funded is necessary to the 
satisfactory completion of, and is a continuation of, an activity 
presently being funded by DOE, and for which competition for support 
would have a significant adverse effect on continuity and satisfactory 
completion of the activity. Also, PSS the new participant, now has the 
exclusive domestic capability to perform the activity successfully 
based on the recent acquisition of both the critical patent rights and 
technical expertise.
    DOE funding for the proposed activity is estimated to be $451,000 
and PSS's share is estimated to be $426,000 for a total of $877,000 
over a three year project period.

    Issued in Chicago, Illinois, on March 30, 1994.
Alan E. Smith,
Director, Information Management and Support Division.
[FR Doc. 94-9404 Filed 4-18-94; 8:45 am]
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