[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-23031]


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[Federal Register: September 16, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

Financial Assistance Award; Intent To Award a Grant to National 
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy announces that pursuant to 10 CFR 
600.6(a)(5), it is making a discretionary financial assistance award 
based on the criteria set forth at 10 CFR 600.7(b)(2)(i)(H) to the 
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), under 
Cooperative Agreement number DE-FC01-94RW00304. The NARUC will provide 
administrative support to a Special Intergovernmental Review Panel in 
its charge to conduct an independent, financial and management 
evaluation of the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Project in Nevada. The 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (P.L. 97-425), as amended by P.L. 100-
203, December 22, 1987, established the Office of Civilian Radioactive 
Waste Management (OCRWM) within the DOE, and directed the office to 
investigate a site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, to determine if this site 
is suitable for the construction of a repository for the disposal of 
high level nuclear waste. Work on site characterization has been 
underway for several years. This work has been funded by Congressional 
appropriations from a Nuclear Waste Fund to which contributions have 
been made by electric utility ratepayers through electric utilities 
generating power from nuclear power stations. The period of performance 
is contemplated to be twelve (12) months commencing on or about 
September 9, 1994 and ending September 8, 1995. The total estimated 
cost of this effort is $1,000,000 which will be provided by DOE. No 
cost sharing is anticipated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please write the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Placement and 
Administration, ATTN: Rosemarie Marshall, HR-531.11, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20585.
    Based on the evaluation of relevance to the accomplishment of a 
public purpose, it is determined that the NARUC has the experience to 
provide objective administrative management of the proposed project and 
fulfill the requirements of the agreement. The criterion set forth at 
10 CFR 600 7(b)(2)(i)(H) is being relied upon to justify a 
noncompetitive award to the NARUC. This criterion authorizes 
noncompetitive awards when the Office of Emergency Planning, with the 
approval of the Director, determines that a noncompetitive award is in 
the public interest. In this case, such a determination is supported by 
the following: (1) The NARUC has the experience to provide the 
administrative management of the proposed project; (2) the requested 
funding will enhance the public benefit to be derived from the 
agreement by accelerating the completion of the review. NARUC is in a 
position to expedite the work of the Special Review Panel in its 
selection of an acceptable contractor to accomplish the objectives of 
the Project Description.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 7, 1994.
Jeffrey Rubenstein,
Director, Operations Division ``A'', Office of Placement and 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-23031 Filed 9-15-94; 8:45 am]
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