[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15789-15790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8781]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Financial Assistance: County of Lake, Special Districts 
Administration Lakeport, CA

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

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 
announces that pursuant to the DOE Financial Assistance Rules 10 CFR 
600.6, it intends to award a new grant Number DE-FG07-96ID13428 to the 
County of Lake, Lakeport, California. The objective of the work to be 
performed under this grant is to provide funding for project management 
support for the pipeline construction of the Southeast Geysers Effluent 
Pipeline and Injection Project. This cooperative project between the 
geothermal operators in the southeast portion of The Geysers Steam 
Field and the County of Lake provides for the engineering, design, and 
construction of the pipeline to The Geysers and for the operators to 
connect to the pipeline at the boundary of the geothermal field. The 
Federal Domestic Catalog Number is 81.087.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen M. Stallman, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 850 Energy Drive, MS 1221, Idaho 
Falls, Idaho 83401-1563, (208) 526-7038.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The statutory authority for the proposed 
award is the Geothermal Energy Research, Development & Demonstration 
Act of 1974 (Pub.L. 93-410, codified at 30 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); and 
Title III of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 
1996 (Pub.L. 104-46). The proposal meets the criteria for ``non-
competitive'' financial assistance as set forth in 10 CFR Part 
600.6(c)(3). The applicant represents a unit of government and the 
activity to be supported is related to the performance of a government 
function within the subject jurisdiction. The County of Lake is the 
leader of this project and is the appropriate agency to construct the 
pipeline, since they will be the owner and operator of the pipeline 
carrying the effluent from the county wastewater treatment plant to The 
Geysers. The anticipated period to complete the award is eighteen (18) 
months. The Office of Utility Technologies has provided $1,700,000 to 
the DOE, Idaho Operations Office for support of this project. This 
grant would augment the County's funds and funds from local, state, and 
industrial sources to design and construct the

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approximately $40,000,000 cost-shared pipeline project.
R. Jeffrey Hoyles,
Director, Procurement Services Division.
[FR Doc. 96-8781 Filed 4-8-96; 8:45 am]
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