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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Testing and Evaluation of Electric Vehicles As Part of the 
Department of Energy's Site Operators Program: Financial Assistance 
Award No. DE-FC07-94ID13309

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Energy's 
(DOE) Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy through the DOE Idaho 
Operations Office intends to negotiate and award on a noncompetitive 
basis, Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FC07-94ID13309 to the Department of 
Water and Power, City of Los Angeles, CA (Recipient). The award has an 
estimated overall total value of $320.000, of which DOE's share will be 
approximately $112,288. The award will allow the Recipient to continue 
R&D efforts started under prior DOE Grant Number DE-FG07-90ID12942, 
which was satisfactorily completed on March 31, 1994. Also, it will 
allow the Recipient to continue participating as a member of the U.S. 
Department of Energy's ``Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Site Operators 
Program.'' The Recipient's project is entitled, ``Test and Evaluation 
of Electric Vehicles.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dallas L. Hoffer, Contract Specialist, (208) 526-0014; U.S. Department 
of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 850 Energy Drive, Mail Stop 1221, 
Idaho Falls, ID 83401-1563.

BACKGROUND: DOE continues to support work directed toward providing the 
nation with viable alternatives to the internal combustion engine (ICE) 
as an energy source for transportation.
    The Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Site Operator Program was chartered 
to provide DOE assistance and support in the test and evaluation of new 
technologies, which includes new vehicles and components, as they 
become available. The work anticipated under the new award is expected 
to have a significant impact towards meeting that goal. The project 
will benefit the public in two ways. First, it will provide for the 
test and evaluation of vehicle designs, furthering the effort to 
provide the nation with a commercially viable electric vehicle, and 
second, it will support the objectives of the Los Angeles Basin Clean 
Air Initiative to identify and test alternate fueled vehicles. The non-
competitive award justification is Criteria (A) and (B) of 10 CFR 
600.7(b)(2)(i), as follows:
    (A) The activity to be funded is necessary to the satisfactory 
completion of, or is a continuation or renewal of, and activity 
presently being funded by DOE or another Federal agency, and for which 
completion for support would have a significant adverse effect on 
continuity or completion of the activity.
    (B) The activity(ies) is (are) 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 an activity(ies). The 
Statutory Authority for the new award is Public Law 95-224 and Public 
Law 97-258 to enter into discretionary financial assistance; Public Law 
93-577, Federal Non-Nuclear Energy R&D Act of 1974.

Procurement Request Number: 07-94ID13309.000

    May 4, 1994.
Michael L. Adams,
Acting Director Procurement Services Division.
[FR Doc. 94-11458 Filed 5-16-94; 8:45 am]
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