[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8103-8104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2466]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Energy Technology Laboratory


Notice of Availability of a Financial Assistance Solicitation

AGENCY: 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, DE-PS26-01NT41114, and award 
financial assistance (Cooperative Agreements) for the program entitled 
``Supporting Science and Enabling Technologies for Clean Fuels.'' 
Through this solicitation, the DOE/NETL seeks applications on behalf of 
the DOE's Office of Fossil Energy.
    The DOE/NETL, by way of the Federal Financial Assistance 
application process, is seeking proposals for cost-shared research and 
development projects that will lead to advanced clean

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fuels that: (1) Are derived from a diverse mix of secure energy 
resources; (2) enable mobile (ground, air, and marine) and stationary 
systems (e.g., home heating and industrial boilers) to comply with 
increasingly stringent Federal, state, and local emissions standards; 
(3) are compatible with existing liquid, and/or designed in concert 
with future, fuels infrastructures; (4) satisfy commercial and military 
requirements; (5) enable the efficiency of the transportation fleet to 
be more than doubled, and (6) are cost competitive with conventional 
fuels.
    This solicitation seeks to create strategic partnerships targeted 
at the development and verification of advanced fuel-making processes 
that utilize stable fossil resources. These processes will enable the 
production of clean transportation fuels that improve the environment, 
while also expanding and diversifying the fossil resource base. This 
solicitation represents a major step toward establishing the scientific 
and engineering foundation on which the next generation of 
transportation fuel technologies will rest.

DATES: A draft Program Solicitation will be available on or about 
January 24, 2001. Comments and/or questions concerning the draft 
version must be submitted to, and received by the DOE Contract 
Specialist no later than February 23, 2001. The mailing and E-mail 
addresses are provided below.

ADDRESSES: The draft Program Solicitation will be available on the DOE/
NETL's Internet address at http://www.netl.doe.gov/business/solicit. 
The final version of the solicitation along with all amendments will be 
posted at this same Internet address; applicants are therefore 
encouraged to periodically check this NETL address to ascertain the 
status of these documents. Applications must be prepared and submitted 
in accordance with the instructions and forms contained in the final 
version of this Program Solicitation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry D. Gillham, MS: 921-118, U.S. 
Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 626 
Cochrans Mill Road, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940, E-mail 
Address: [email protected], Telephone Number: (412) 386-5817.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOE anticipates award of multiple cost-
sharing cooperative agreements; but the DOE reserves the right to award 
the agreement type and number deemed in its best interest. As required 
in Section 3002, Title XXX of the Energy Policy Act (EPAct), offerors 
are advised that mandatory 20% cost-share will be required for each 
project. Not all of the necessary funds are currently available for 
this solicitation; the Government's obligation under any cooperative 
agreement awarded is contingent upon the availability of appropriated 
FY2001 through FY2006 funds.
    It is DOE's desire to encourage the widest participation including 
the involvement of small business concerns, and small disadvantaged 
business concerns. Multiple pre-solicitation workshops are planned. 
Information on the dates, times and locations of the pre-solicitation 
workshops may be found on the NETL website at http://www.netl.doe.gov/business/solicit/index.html. In order to gain the necessary expertise 
to review proposals, non-Federal personnel may be used as evaluators or 
advisors in the evaluation of proposals.

    Issued in Pittsburgh, PA on January 12, 2001.
Dale A. Siciliano,
Deputy Director, Acquisition and Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 01-2466 Filed 1-26-01; 8:45 am]
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