[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 70335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29889]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Idaho Operations Office; Testing Fish Passage Characteristics for 
Low Power and Low Head Hydropower Turbine Technology

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of availability of financial assistance solicitation.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Idaho Operations Office 
is soliciting applications from qualified hydropower turbine 
developers. These applications are for cost-shared testing of new 
hydropower turbine technology for fish passage characteristics. 
Qualified developers must own the rights to the new turbine technology. 
The technology must also be advanced to the stage that hardware exists 
or can be readily constructed; i.e., design has been completed. The 
cost-shared testing is to determine the fish passage performance 
characteristics of the turbine technology. This activity is also 
limited to turbine technology that falls within the low power (1 MW or 
less) and the low head (30 feet or less) ranges. This work will be in 
support of the U.S. DOE Advanced Hydropower Turbine System (AHTS) 
Program.
    The issuance date of Solicitation Number DE-PS07-01ID14011 will be 
on or about November 17, 2000. The deadline for receipt of applications 
will be approximately on January 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The solicitation in its full text will be available on the 
Internet at the following URL address: http://www.id. doe.gov/doeid/PSD/proc-div.html or http://e-center.doe.gov.
    Applications should be submitted to: Seb Klein, 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: Seb Klein, Contract Specialist, 
[email protected] gov.

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 81.087.

    Issued in Idaho Falls on November 6, 2000.
R.J. Hoyles,
Director, Procurement Services Division.
[FR Doc. 00-29889 Filed 11-21-00; 8:45 am]
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