[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 9562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3315]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Idaho Operations Office; Aluminum Visions of the Future

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Competitive Financial Assistance Solicitation.

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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 reduce energy consumption, reduce 
environmental impacts and enhance economic competitiveness of the 
domestic aluminum industry. The research is to address research 
priorities identified by the aluminum industry in the Aluminum Industry 
Technology Roadmap and the Inert Anode Roadmap, (available at the 
following URL: http://www.oit.doe.gov/aluminum/alindust.shtml).

DATES: The Standard Form 424, and the technical application (20 page 
maximum), must have an IIPS transmission time stamp of not later than 
3:00 p.m. MST on Wednesday, May 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Completed applications are required to be submitted via the 
U.S. Department of Energy Industry Interactive Procurement System 
(IIPS) at the following URL: http://e-center.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Dahl, Contract Specialist at 
[email protected], facsimile at (208) 526-5548, or by telephone at 
(208) 526-7214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Approximately $2,500,000 in combined fiscal 
year 2002 Federal funds is expected to be available to totally fund the 
first year of selected research efforts. DOE anticipates making six to 
nine awards each with a duration of four years or less. This 
solicitation is requiring 50% cost share to ensure industrial 
involvement in each of the proposals and to ensure that the novel, 
energy efficient processes developed by this R&D program will be fully 
implemented by industry. There will be no waivers of this cost share 
requirement. Multi-partner collaborations between industry, university, 
and National Laboratory participants are encouraged. The issuance date 
of Solicitation Number DE-PS07-01ID14050 is on or about February 6, 
2001. The solicitation is available in its full text via the Internet 
at the following address: http://e-center.doe.gov. The statutory 
authority for this 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.

    Issued in Idaho Falls on January 31, 2001.
R.J. Hoyles,
Director, Procurement Services Division.
[FR Doc. 01-3315 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45 am]
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