[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9821-9822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4583]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


National Energy Technology Laboratory; Notice of Availability of 
a Funding Opportunity Announcement

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Funding Opportunity Announcement.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue, on behalf of 
the DOE Office of Energy Assurance (OEA), Funding Opportunity 
Announcement No. DE-PS26-04NT42071 entitled Development of Technologies 
for Assurance of the U.S. Energy Infrastructure. The funding 
opportunity announcement will request applicants to submit proposals in 
any of three Areas of Interest: 1. Physical Security, 2. Cyber 
Security, and 3. Modeling, Simulation and Analysis. Technologies 
proposed in the Areas of Interest should protect the critical energy 
infrastructure. Critical infrastructures are systems, such as the 
United States' energy system, whose extensive incapacity or destruction 
would have a debilitating impact on the defense and economic security 
of our Nation. For the purposes of this funding opportunity 
announcement, the scope of the energy infrastructure shall be limited 
to the following: Electrical Delivery Assets (Non-nuclear central 
generation facilities, including fossil-fired and hydroelectric plants; 
High-voltage transmission equipment, including critical substations, 
switchyards and transmission towers; Low-voltage distribution assets, 
including related substations and switchyards; End user & on-site 
generation equipment; Control-and-command assets, such as SCADA 
(Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) and communications and 
monitoring systems associated with electrical delivery). Fuel 
Processing & Storage Assets (Refineries; Mid-stream natural gas 
processing plants located at the end of gathering systems and 
interstate pipelines; Natural gas storage facilities, including 
underground areas (aquifers, depleted oil and gas fields, and salt 
caverns); Liquid storage facilities, including above-ground facilities 
for storing LNG (liquid natural gas), facilities for storing LPG 
(liquid

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petroleum gases)-propane, ethane, etc., retail gasoline facilities and 
oil/gas tank farms; and, Control-and-command assets, such as SCADA and 
communications and monitoring systems associated with fuel processing 
and storage). Delivery Systems (Natural gas pipelines, including 
compression stations and hubs; Liquid pipelines and pumping stations 
delivering/pumping crude oil, refined products, or LPG; Control-and-
command assets, such as SCADA and communications and monitoring systems 
associated with delivery systems). Exploration and Production (Onshore 
production facilities and Offshore production facilities).

DATES: The funding opportunity announcement will be available on the 
``Industry Interactive Procurement System'' (IIPS) Web page located at 
http://e-center.doe.gov on or about March 6, 2004. Applicants can 
obtain access to the funding opportunity announcement from the address 
above or through DOE/NETL's Web site at http://www.netl.doe.gov/business.

ADDRESSES: Questions and comments regarding the content of the 
announcement should be submitted through the ``Submit Question'' 
feature of IIPS at http://e-center.doe.gov. Locate the announcement on 
IIPS and then click on the ``Submit Question'' button. You will receive 
an electronic notification that your question has been answered. 
Responses to questions may be viewed through the ``View Questions'' 
feature. If no questions have been answered, a statement to that effect 
will appear. You should periodically check ``View Questions'' for new 
questions and answers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Patricia Reger,U.S. Department of 
Energy,National Energy Technology Laboratory,3610 Collins Ferry 
Road,P.O. Box 880,Morgantown WV 26507-0880,E-mail Address: 
[email protected],Telephone Number: 304-285-4084.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National Laboratories are not permitted to 
participate as prime contractors in response to this funding 
opportunity announcement. Participation by National Laboratories as 
subcontractors shall be limited to 10% of the award value. Once 
released, the funding opportunity announcement will be available for 
downloading from the IIPS Internet page. At this Internet site you will 
also be able to register with IIPS, enabling you to submit an 
application. If you need technical assistance in registering or for any 
other IIPS function, call the IIPS Help Desk at (800) 683-0751 or E-
mail the Help Desk personnel at center.doe.gov">IIPS_HelpDesk@e-center.doe.gov. The 
funding opportunity announcement will only be made available in IIPS, 
no hard (paper) copies of the funding opportunity announcement and 
related documents will be made available.
    Telephone requests, written requests, E-mail requests, or facsimile 
requests for a copy of the funding opportunity announcement package 
will not be accepted and/or honored. Applications must be prepared and 
submitted in accordance with the instructions and forms contained in 
the funding opportunity announcement. The actual funding opportunity 
announcement document will allow for requests for explanation and/or 
interpretation.

    Issued in Morgantown, WV, on February 19, 2004.
Dale A. Siciliano,
Director, Acquisition and Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 04-4583 Filed 3-1-04; 8:45 am]
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