[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 9780-9781] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-4947] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Energy Outreach; Electric and Magnetic Field Effects Research and Public Information Dissemination Program; Solicitation for Non-Federal Financial Contributions for Fiscal Year 1998 AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Energy solicits financial contributions from non-Federal sources to at least match $3,446,500 in Federal funding, in support of the national, comprehensive Electric and Magnetic Field Effects Research and Public Information Dissemination Program, described in the Notice of Intent to Solicit Non-Federal Contributions, published November 9, 1993 (58 FR 59461). 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 Appropriation Act, 1998 (Pub. L. 105-271) in the amount of $3,446,500 for fiscal year 1998. Fiscal year 1998 is the final year of the Electric and Magnetic Field Effects Research and Public Information Dissemination Program. [[Page 9781]] DATES: Non-Federal contributions are requested as soon as possible in order to implement the fiscal year 1998 program in a timely manner. No portion of the $3,446,500 in appropriated funds may be expended for fiscal year 1998 program activities until DOE has received from non- Federal sources at least an aggregate sum of $1,723,250. ADDRESSES: Contributions should be made in the form of a check 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: For additional information contact Dr. Imre Gyuk, Office of Energy Outreach, EE-14, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585. Issued in Washington, DC, on February 20, 1998. Dan W. Reicher, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. [FR Doc. 98-4947 Filed 2-25-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P