[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 2632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-981]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Idaho Operations Office; Notice of Availability of Solicitation 
for Awards of Financial Assistance

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Solicitation Number DE-PS07-
99ID13751--Metal Casting Industry of the Future.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office 
(ID) is seeking applications for cost-shared research and development 
of technologies which will enhance economic competitiveness, reduce 
energy consumption and reduce environmental impacts of the metal 
casting industry. The research is to address research priorities 
identified by the metal casting industry in the Metal Casting Industry 
Technology Roadmap. The Roadmap can be found at URL: http://
www.oit.doe.gov/metalcast/roadmap/roadmap.html. Approximately $300,000 
to $500,000 of funding will be available to initiate the research 
efforts and additional funding of up to $2,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2000 
federal funds is expected to be available to fund the first year of 
selected research efforts. DOE anticipates making 5 to 10 cooperative 
agreement awards each with a duration of three years or less. A minimum 
50% non-federal cost-share is required for research and development 
projects. Collaborations between industry, university, and National 
Laboratory participants are encouraged. The issuance date of 
Solicitation Number DE-PS07-99ID13751 is on or about January 11, 1999. 
The solicitation is available in its full text via the Internet at the 
following URL address: http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/PSD/proc-div.html.

DATES: The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is February 4, 
1999. The deadline for receipt of full applications is March 24, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Applications should be submitted to: Kara Twitchell, 
Procurement Services Division, U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho 
Operations Office, 850 Energy Drive, Mail Stop 1221, Idaho Falls, Idaho 
83401-1563.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kara Twitchell, Contract Specialist at 
[email protected], or Linda Hallum, Contracting Officer at 
[email protected]. Issued in Idaho Falls on January 6, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The statutory authority for the program is 
the Federal Non-Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 
(Pub. L. 93-577). The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 
Number for this program is 81.086.
Michael L. Adams,
Acting Director, Procurement Services Division.
[FR Doc. 99-981 Filed 1-14-99; 8:45 am]
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