[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 102 (Friday, May 27, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-13016]


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[Federal Register: May 27, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Financial Assistance Award: Microdin Design, Inc.

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy announces that pursuant to 10 
CFR 600.6(a)(2) it is making a discretionary financial assistance award 
based on acceptance of an unsolicited application meeting the criteria 
of 10 CFR 600.14(e)(1) under Grant Number DE-FG01-94CE15596 to Microdin 
Design, Inc. The proposed grant will provide funding in the estimated 
amount of $91,811 by the Department of Energy for the purpose of saving 
energy through development of an energy-efficient device and system for 
drying green veneer sheets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please write the U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Placement and Administration, Attn: Rose Mason, HR-
531.23, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Energy has determined in 
accordance with 10 CFR 600.14(f) that the unsolicited application for 
financial assistance submitted by Michael E. Christian is meritorious 
based on the general evaluation required by 10 CFR 600.14(d) and the 
proposed project represents a unique idea that would not be eligible 
for financial assistance under a recent, current or planned 
solicitation. The market potential for this invention amounts to 
approximately 150 softwood veneer mills plus hundreds of small 
companies producing hardwood veneer. Lay-up mills, which manufacture 
veneer into plywood, represent an additional market. The invention 
conserves energy by using lower temperatures, desiccated air, and 
through the absence of pollution control equipment, such as 
electrostatic precipitators. The energy saving potential of this 
technology exceeds 50 percent. The principal investigator and inventor 
Michael Christian, currently the President of Microdin Designs, Inc., 
has experience as legislative consultant and college instructor and 
training in psychology, for which his B.S. was given, with graduate 
work in environmental psychology. In addition he is a skilled 
programmer. The proposed project is not eligible for financial 
assistance under a recent, current or planned solicitation because the 
funding program, the Energy Related Invention Program (ERIP), has been 
structured since its beginning in 1975 to operate without competitive 
solicitations because the authorizing legislation directs ERIP to 
provide support for worthy ideas submitted by the public. The program 
has never issued and has no plans to issue a competitive solicitation.
    The anticipated term of the proposed grant is 24 months from the 
date of award.

    Issued in Washington, DC on May 19, 1994.
Scott Sheffield, Director,
Headquarters Operations Division ``B'', Office of Placement and 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-13016 Filed 5-26-94; 8:45 am]
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