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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Noncompetitive Award of Financial Assistance Pacific Northwest 
and Alaska Bioenergy Program--State Grants

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of noncompetitive financial assistance award.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), Golden Field Office, through 
the Seattle Support Office, announces that pursuant to DOE Financial 
Assistance Rules 10 CFR 600.7(b)(2), it intends to award grants to: 
Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs, Energy Division; 
Idaho Department of Water Resources, Energy Division; Montana 
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Energy Division; 
Oregon Department of Energy; and Washington State Energy Office. The 
awards represent a continuation of DOE funded research, development, 
and demonstration of bioenergy-related technologies. Public Law 97-88 
provides the statutory authority for the proposed award.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through the agencies identified above, the 
states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington have been 
engaged in encouraging the development of bioenergy technologies for at 
least the last eleven years and have made successful advances to:
    (1) Produce cost-shared projects,
    (2) establish regional bioenergy committees,
    (3) Interact with trade and professional associations,
    (4) Provide technical assistance to developers and utilities,
    (5) Produce targeted information, and
    (6) Implement regulatory incentives or reduce regulatory and 
environmental barriers which promote the development of bioenergy 
technologies. Research, development, and demonstration activities 
occurring under these grant agreement will provide needed data and 
information to DOE and the bioenergy industry. This helps remove 
barriers to the utilization of bioenergy technologies.
    Therefore, these financial assistance applications are being 
accepted because the work to be funded is necessary to continue 
activities presently being supported by DOE and the work will enhance 
the public benefit. DOE knows of no other entities within respective 
state boundaries which are conducting these activities in the near or 
distant future. The project period for the grant agreements is expected 
to begin in July 1994 for a five year period. DOE plans to provide 
funding in the amount of $475,000 for each state for this project 
period (State in-kind match equals $125,000 and U.S. DOE funds equal 
$350,000).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey James, U.S. Department of Energy, Seattle Support Office, 800 
Fifth Avenue, Suite 3950, Seattle, WA 98104, (206) 553-2079.
Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, Noncompetitive Award of 
Financial Assistance, Pacific Northwest and Alaska Bionenergy Program--
State Grants.

    Issued in Golden, Colorado on May 24, 1994.

    Dated: May 24, 1994.
John W. Meeker,
Chief, Procurement Team, GO.
[FR Doc. 94-13687 Filed 6-3-94; 8:45 am]
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