[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-19152]


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[Federal Register: August 5, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Chicago Field Office, NREL Area Office; 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 enter into a cooperative agreement with Photonic Sensor Systems, 
Inc. (PSS). This new cooperative agreement will in effect continue a 
research project that had been funded by the Department with Georgia 
Tech Research Corp. (GTRC), (an affiliate of the Georgia Institute of 
Technology) for development of a sensor system to monitor 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: J. K. Lewis, Contract Specialist or 
call (303) 275-4739. 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 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, the applicant has exclusive domestic 
capability to perform the activity successfully based on ownership of 
the fundamental patent rights and technical expertise gained in the 
earlier phases of the project.
    DOE funding for the proposed activity is estimated to be $605,000 
and PSS's share is estimated to be $332,000 for a total of $937,000 
over a three year project period.

    Issued in Golden, CO on July 25, 1994.
John Meeker,
Contract Officer, GO.
[FR Doc. 94-19152 Filed 8-4-94; 8:45 am]
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