[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 178 (Thursday, September 15, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-22878]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Notice of Intent To Make a Noncompetitive Financial Assistance 
Award to the Navajo Nation

AGENCY: Albuquerque Operations Office, Department of Energy.

SUMMARY: The Albuquerque Operations Office (ALO) of the Department of 
Energy (DOE), pursuant to the DOE Financial Assistance Rules, 10 CFR 
600.7, is announcing its intention to enter into a noncompetitive 
financial assistance cooperative agreement with the Navajo Nation. 
Assistance of $300,000.00 will support technology development and 
personnel staff identification for the purpose of the development of an 
environmental assessment infrastructure for the Navajo Nation. The 
proposed award will provide the recipient with technical and 
administrative resources necessary to the identification, 
understanding, and development of environmental issues impacting Tribal 
lands and its people.

DATES: Comments must be received no later than September 29, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Address comments to the attention of Margaret 
Hodge, Contracts and Procurement Division, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Albuquerque Operations Office, P.O. Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM 87185-
5400. Telephone: (505) 845-5361.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The financial assistance is authorized under 
the DOE Organization Act, Public Law 95-91, as amended.
    A non-competitive award is appropriate. In particular, this award 
meets the criteria of 10 CFR 600.(b)(2)(i) (B), (C), (D), and (E) in 
that--
    (1) the work to be funded would have been conducted by the tribe 
using its own resources; however, DOE support of the activity will 
enhance the ability of the tribe to carry out the activities and 
benefit the public. DOE knows of no other entity which is conducting or 
is planning to conduct similar activities.
    (2) the tribe is a unit of government and the activities to be 
funded are related to the performance of this governmental function 
within the tribe's jurisdiction.
    (3) the tribe has the exclusive capability to implement the 
cooperative agreement in consonance with the spirit of a government-to-
government relationship. The tribe is the governmental authority that 
has jurisdiction over Indian lands affected by DOE facilities and 
activities.
    (4) the tribe is a sovereign entity for certain purposes, and in 
that respect, is similar to a foreign government. The purpose of the 
cooperative agreement is to extend the value of the previously signed 
Accord, thus affirming and strengthening the Government-to-Government 
relationship between DOE and the tribe.
Richard A. Marquez,
Assistant Manager for Management and Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-22878 Filed 9-14-94; 8:45 am]
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