[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1923]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy


Electric and Magnetic Field Effects Research and Public 
Information Dissemination; Solicitation for Non-Federal Financial 
Contributions for Fiscal Year 1996

AGENCY: U. S. Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy today solicits financial 
contributions from non-Federal sources to at least match $3,835,000 in 
Federal funding, in support of the national, comprehensive Electric and 
Magnetic Fields (EMF) Research and Public Information Dissemination 
Program, described in the Notice of Intent to Solicit Non-Federal 
Contributions, published November 9, 1993 (58 FR 59461). The Department 
of Energy has responsibility for program administration, engineering 
research and the dissemination of relevant information to the public. 
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences directs 
research on possible health effects of exposure to electric and 
magnetic fields and will disseminate health information to the public. 
Section 2118 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13475) 
requires the Department of Energy to solicit funds from non-Federal 
sources to offset at least 50 percent of the total funding for all 
activities under this program. Section 2118 also precludes the 
Department of Energy from obligating funds for program activities in 
any fiscal year unless funds received from non-Federal sources are 
available in an amount at least equal to 50 percent of the amount 
appropriated by Congress. Appropriations for expenditure under section 
2118 have been enacted under the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 1996 (Pub. Law 104-46) in the amount of $3,835,000 
for fiscal year 1996.

DATES: Non-Federal contributions are requested as soon as possible in 
order to implement the fiscal year 1996 program in a timely manner. No 
portion of the $3,835,000 in appropriated funds may be expended for 
fiscal year 1996 program activities until DOE has received from non-
Federal sources at least the aggregate sum of $1,917,500.

ADDRESSES: Contributions are to be in the form of a check (wire-
transfers acceptable from our main contributors) payable to ``U.S. 
Department of Energy'' and should include the following annotation: 
``For EPAct 2118, EMF Program.'' Contributions are to be mailed to: 
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Headquarters Accounting 
Operations, Fiscal Operations Division, CR-54, P.O. Box 500, 
Germantown, MD 20875-0500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Roland E. George, Utility Systems 
Division, EE-141, U. S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, 
telephone (202) 586-9398.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 26, 1996.
Christine A. Ervin,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 96-1923 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]
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