[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 59144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27572]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC)

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of intent to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement and 
availability of Request for Information (RFI).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) intends to issue a Funding 
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) in early January 2010 for management of 
parts of the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or to obtain a 
copy of this Request for Information (RFI), please contact DOE at 
[email protected] or call 202-586-5800. The RFI is also available on 
DOE's Web site at http://www.energy.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This week, the U.S. Department of Energy 
(DOE), China's Ministry of Science and Technology, and China's National 
Energy Administration are signing the Protocol formally establishing 
the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC). Today, the DOE is 
issuing a RFI to solicit comments on a possible approach to 
implementing U.S. activities under CERC. After reviewing responses to 
this RFI, the U.S. DOE intends to issue a FOA in January 2010 for 
management of parts of the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center 
(CERC).

    Dated: November 10, 2009.
Kristina Johnson,
Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy.
David Sandalow,
Under Secretary, Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. E9-27572 Filed 11-16-09; 8:45 am]
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