[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 14713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7493]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice Inviting Financial Assistance Applications

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Energy Technology 
Center (FETC).

ACTION: Notice inviting financial assistance applications.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy announces that it intends to conduct 
a competitive Program Solicitation and award financial assistance 
(grants) to successful applicants. Awards will be made to a limited 
number of applicants based on a scientific and engineering evaluation 
of the responses received to determine the relative merit of the 
approach taken in response to this offering by the DOE, and funding 
availability.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Toppetta, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, Acquisition and Assistance 
Division, P.O. Box 10940, MS 921-143, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940, 
Telephone: (412)892-5715, FAX: (412)892-6216, E-mail: 
[email protected]. The solicitation (available in Portable Document 
Format (PDF)) will be released on DOE's FETC World Wide Web Server 
Internet System (http://www.fetc.doe.gov/business/solicit) on or about 
March 23, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Solicitation: ``Improved Natural Gas Storage Well 
Remediation''
    Objectives: Through Program Solicitation No. DE-PS26-99FT40060, the 
DOE seeks applications from qualified sources for research and 
development efforts that address storage well damage issues associated 
with underground geologic reservoirs, such as depleted oil/gas fields, 
aquifers, etc.; however, such research and development efforts must not 
include underground storage tanks or mined salt caverns. The general 
objectives of this research and development effort are to (1) 
characterize the geochemical conditions of underground geologic natural 
gas storage reservoirs and injection/withdrawal wells for a selected 
set of damage mechanisms that lead to decreased performance 
characteristics and (2) design and successfully demonstrate practical 
and cost effective remedial techniques for those damage mechanisms. The 
damage mechanisms to be considered are (1) inorganic precipitates, (2) 
hydrocarbons, organic residues, and production chemicals, (3) bacterial 
fouling and plugging, and (4) particulate fouling and plugging.
    Eligibility: Applications are welcome from all qualified sources. 
The solicitation will contain a complete description of the technical 
evaluation factors and relative importance of each factor.
    Areas of Interest: DOE is interested in development of the above 
described mechanisms for improved remediation design, especially for 
effective shallow damage remedial treatments.
    Awards: DOE anticipates issuing financial assistance (grants) for 
each project selected. DOE reserves the right to support or not 
support, with or without discussions, any or all applications received 
in whole or in part, and to determine how many awards may be made 
through the solicitation subject to funds available in this fiscal 
year.
    Solicitation Release Date: The Program Solicitation is expected to 
be ready for release on or about March 23, 1999. Applications must be 
prepared and submitted in accordance with the instructions and forms 
contained in the Program Solicitation.
Richard D. Rogus,
Contracting Officer, Acquisition and Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 99-7493 Filed 3-25-99; 8:45 am]
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