[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 72655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33603]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice Inviting Financial Assistance Applications

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology 
Laboratory (NETL).

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 Federal Financial 
Assistance (cooperative agreements) for the program entitled ``Ultra-
Clean Transporation Fuels.'' Awards will be made to a limited number of 
applicants based on an evaluation of the technical merit of the 
proposed technology, probable reducibility to practice, formulation and 
organization of the project plan, technical and management 
capabilities, and availability of DOE funding.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David L. Hunter, U.S. Department of 
Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Acquisition and 
Assistance Division, P.O. Box 10940, MS 921-107, Pittsburgh PA 15236-
0940, Telephone: (412) 386-4872, FAX: (412) 386-6039, E-mail: 
[email protected]. This solicitation (available in both WordPerfect 
6.1 and Portable Document Format [PDF]) was released on DOE's NETL 
Internet site (http://www.netl.doe.gov/business) on December 17, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title of Solicitation: ``Ultra-Clean Transportation Fuels.''
    Objectives: Through Program Solicitation No. DE-PS26-00FT40758, the 
DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory, in cooperation with the 
DOE's National Petroleum Technology Office, seeks applications for 
research and development that will lead to the production of ultra-
clean transportation fuels from fossil resources, alone or in 
combination with other hydrocarbon materials. The DOE's Office of 
Fossil Energy intends to create strategic partnerships with industry 
targeted at the development and verification of advanced fuel-making 
processes that utilize fossil feedstocks. These processes will enable 
the production of ultra-clean transportation fuels, that improve the 
environment, while also expanding and diversifying the fossil resource 
base. This solicitation represents a major step toward creating a 
comprehensive DOE Fossil Energy Ultra-Clean Transportation Fuels 
Initiative--Petroleum, Natural Gas and Coal programs joining forces to 
pursue a common strategy. In addition, Fossil Energy is coordinating 
this and its other fuels efforts with DOE Energy Efficiency, and 
Renewable Energy Office of Transportation Technologies, the 
organization responsible for the engine/vehicle/after treatment 
technologies.
    Awards: DOE anticipates issuing financial assistance (cooperative 
agreements) 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 the funds 
available. DOE expects to provide up to $50 million between October 
1999 and September 2005 with approximately $10 to $15 million per 
project. Cost sharing by the applicant is required, and details of the 
cost sharing requirement are contained in the solicitation.
    Solicitation Release Date: A draft of this Program Solicitation is 
available for comment on NETL's World Wide Web Server Internet System 
at http://www.netl.doe.gov/business until January 7, 2000. The final 
Program Solicitation is expected to be ready for release on or about 
January 14, 2000. Applications must be prepared and submitted in 
accordance with the instructions and forms contained in the Program 
Solicitation.
Raymond D. Johnson,
Contracting Officer, Acquisition and Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 99-33603 Filed 12-27-99; 8:45 am]
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