[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9690]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Financial Assistance Award: Carsonite International Corporation

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 financial assistance award under Grant 
Number DE-FG01-95EE15625 to Carsonite International Corporation. The 
proposed grant will provide funding in the estimated amount of $99,030 
by the Department of Energy for the purpose of saving energy through 
development of the inventor's ``Carsonite Noise Barrier Wall''.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Energy has determined in 
accordance with 10 CFR 600.14(e)(1) that the unsolicited application 
for financial assistance submitted by Carsonite International 
Corporation 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 subject invention is an innovative 
thoroughfare noise barrier. The total design consists of a mobile 
production unit that travels to the roadside and fills fiberglass 
modules with locally shredded automobile and truck tires. For each one-
mile stretch of wall, the invention proposes to reduce by 6 billion Btu 
the energy normally required to produce cement walls. Mr. Donald 
Shemanski, Sr., president of Carsonite, has assembled a staff 
consisting of an engineer, technicians and shop and plant personnel. 
Mr. Schmanski, who will serve as the principal investigator on this 
project, has spent 25 years working with heat-resistant plastic 
materials for the aerospace industry and is experienced in working with 
fiber-reinforced composites.
    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. This award will be 
made 14 calendar days after publication to allow for public comment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please write the U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Placement and Administration, ATTN: Rose Mason, HR-
531.21, 1000 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585.
    The anticipated term of the proposed grant is 24 months from the 
date of award.
Lynn Warner,
Contracting Officer, Office of Placement and Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-9690 Filed 4-18-95; 8:45 am]
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