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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science

Office of Science Financial Assistance

Program Notice 00–15: Theoretical

Research in Plasma and Fusion

Science

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice inviting new and

renewal grant applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fusion Energy

Sciences (OFES) of the Office of Science

(SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

announces its interest in receiving grant

applications for theoretical research in

magnetic fusion energy sciences. All

individuals or groups planning to

submit applications for new or renewal

funding in FY 2001 should submit in

response to this Notice.

The specific areas of interest are:

Magnetohydrodynamics and Stability;

Confinement and Transport; Edge and

Divertor Physics; Plasma Heating and

Non-inductive Current Drive; Innovative

Confinement Concepts; and Atomic and

Molecular Processes in Plasmas.

More specific information on each

area of interest is outlined in the general

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and program specific supplementary

information sections below. Due to the

limited availability of funds, Principal

Investigators with continuing grants

may not submit a new application in the

same area(s) of interest as their current

grant(s). A Principal Investigator may

submit only one application under each

area of interest as listed above.

DATES: To permit timely consideration

for awards in Fiscal Year 2001,

applications submitted in response to

this notice must be received no later

than 4:30 p.m., July 20, 2000. Electronic

submissions of formal applications will

not be accepted.

Applicants are requested to submit a

letter-of-intent by June 15, 2000, which

includes the title of the application, the

name of the Principal Investigator(s), the

requested funding and a one-page

abstract. These letters-of-intent will be

used to organize and expedite review

processes. Failure to submit a letter-ofintent will not negatively prejudice a

responsive formal application submitted

in a timely fashion. Electronic

submissions of letters-of-intent are

acceptable.

ADDRESSES: Formal applications

referencing Program Notice 00–15,

should be sent to: U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Science, Grants and

Contracts Division, SC–64, 19901

Germantown Road, Germantown,

Maryland 20874–1290, ATTN: Program

Notice 00–15. The above address must

also be used when submitting

applications by U.S. Postal Service

Express or any other commercial

overnight delivery service, or when

hand-carried by the applicant.

Letters-of-intent referencing Program

Notice 00–15, should be forwarded to:

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of

Science, Office of Fusion Energy

Sciences, SC–50, 19901 Germantown

Road, Germantown, Maryland 20874–

1290, ATTN: John Sauter. Letters-ofintent can also be submitted via E-mail

at the following E-mail address:

john.sauter@science.doe.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, U.S.

Department of Energy, 19901

Germantown Road, Germantown, MD

20874–1290. Specific contacts for each

area of interest, along with telephone

numbers and Internet addresses, are

listed below:

Magnetohydrodynamics and Stability:

Rostom Dagazian, Research Division,

SC–55, Telephone: (301) 903–4926, or

by Internet address,

Rostom.dagazian@science.doe.gov.

Confinement and Transport: Curt

Bolton, Research Division, SC–55,

Telephone: (301) 903–4914, or by

Internet address,

curt.bolton@science.doe.gov.

Edge and Divertor Physics: Walter

Sadowski, Research Division, SC–55,

Telephone: (301) 903–4678, or by

Internet address,

walt.sadowski@science.doe.gov.

Plasma Heating and Non-inductive

Current Drive: Walter Sadowski,

Research Division, SC–55, Telephone:

(301) 903–4678, or by Internet address,

walt.sadowski@science.doe.gov.

Innovative Confinement Concepts:

Steve Eckstrand, Research Division, SC–

55, Telephone: (301) 903–5546, or by

Internet address,

steve.eckstrand@science.doe.gov.

Atomic and Molecular Processes in

Plasmas: Mike Crisp, Research Division,

SC–55, Telephone: (301) 903–4883, or

by Internet address,

michael.crisp@science.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: General

information about development and

submission of applications, eligibility,

limitations, evaluations and selection

processes, and other policies and

procedures may be found in the

Application Guide for the Office of

Science (SC) Financial Assistance

Program and 10 CFR Part 605.

Electronic access to SC’s Financial

Assistance Guide and required forms is

possible via the Internet using the

following Web site address: http://

www.sc.doe.gov/production/grants/

grants.html. DOE is under no obligation

to pay for any costs associated with the

preparation or submission of an

application if an award is not made.

Program Funding

It is anticipated that $7,600,000 of

Fiscal Year 2001 funding will be

available to start new work or renewals

of existing work from applications

received in response to this Notice. The

number of awards and range of funding

will depend on the number of

applications received and selected for

award. Since future year funding is not

anticipated to increase, applications

should propose constant year effort

(allowing for inflation). Future year

funding will depend upon suitable

progress and the availability of funds.

The cost-effectiveness of the application

will be considered when comparing

applications with differing funding

requirements. Applications requiring

annual funding as low as $50,000 are

welcomed and encouraged.

Collaborative research projects

involving more than one institution, as

well as work in support of the

computational collaborative research

efforts are encouraged. Applications

submitted from different institutions,

which are directed at a common

research activity, should clearly indicate

they are part of a proposed collaboration

and contain a brief description of the

overall research project. However, each

application must have a distinct scope

of work and a qualified principal

investigator, who is responsible for the

research effort being performed at his or

her institution. Synergistic

collaborations with researchers in

federal laboratories and Federally

Funded Research and Development

Centers (FFRDCs), including the DOE

National Laboratories are also

encouraged, though no funds will be

provided to these organizations under

this Notice. Further information on

preparation of collaborative applications

may be accessed via the Internet at

http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/

grants/Colab.html.

To enable all reviewers in each

category to read all applications in that

category, the application must be

limited to a maximum of twenty (20)

pages (including text and figures) for

applications from 1–2 persons and

thirty (30) pages for applications from

theory groups. In addition, please limit

biographical and publication

information for the principal

investigator and senior personnel to no

more than one page each. Although it is

not required, it would be helpful for

each applicant to submit twelve (12)

copies of their application due to the

anticipated number of reviewers;

otherwise the standard number of

copies must be received with each

application as outlined in the

Application Guide.

In addition to the information

required by 10 CFR Part 605 each

application should contain the

following items: (1) A succinct

statement of the goal of the research, (2)

a detailed research plan, (3) the specific

results expected at the end of the project

period, (4) an analysis of the adequacy

of the budget, and (5) a discussion of the

impact of the proposed research on

other fields of science.

Merit Review

Applications will be subjected to

formal merit review and will be

evaluated against the following criteria,

which are listed in descending order of

importance as set forth in 10 CFR Part

605 (www.sc.doe.gov/production/

grants/605index.html):

1. Scientific and/or technical merit of

the project,

2. Appropriateness of the proposed

method or approach,

3. Competency of the applicant’s

personnel and adequacy of the proposed

resources,

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4. Reasonableness and

appropriateness of the proposed budget.

The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences

shall consider, as part of the evaluation,

other available advice or information as

well as program policy factors such as

ensuring an appropriate balance among

the program areas, ensuring support for

computational teams, ensuring support

for experiments, and quality of previous

performance. Selection of applications/

proposals for award will be based upon

the findings of the technical

evaluations, the importance and

relevance of the proposed research to

the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences’

mission, and funding availability.

Program Specific Supplementary

Information

Magnetohydrodynamics and Stability

Grant applications are solicited for

new research or continuation of past

efforts in MHD theory in support of

Fusion community work in

magnetically confined plasmas. Current

work includes advanced tokamak (AT),

innovative confinement concepts (ICC),

burning plasma physics and steady state

high beta plasma issues. Both analytical

and computational approaches will be

considered. Additional work is

particularly needed in the areas of

nonlinear MHD, neoclassical tearing

modes, extended MHD, including flows

and various non-ideal MHD effects, and

resistive wall modes. Work in support of

the major computational initiative that

involves the development of large-scale

codes to explore non-linear MHD will

also be considered.

Confinement and Transport

Applications will be considered in the

area of confinement and transport in

plasmas. Both analytical and

computational work is of interest. The

general area covers plasma turbulence,

energy, particle, momentum and

radiation transport in the core of the

plasma. The work of interest includes

work in support of tokamak as well as

non-tokamak innovative concepts.

Topics of interest include among others,

electromagnetic effects on turbulence,

shear flow generation and its impacts on

transport, and understanding of the role

of collisions in turbulent plasmas. Work

in support of the major computational

initiative that involves the development

of large-scale codes to explore

turbulence will also be considered.

Edge and Divertor Physics

Applications will be considered in the

area of edge physics theory. Both

analytical and numerical models are of

interest. The general area covers plasma

turbulence, energy, particle and

radiation transport in the edge of the

plasma and in the neighborhood of the

separatrix. The work of interest includes

neutrals transport in divertors and

plasma edge region, atomic physics

processes affecting temperature,

radiation and flame front propagation in

divertors. Techniques and algorithms

for modeling fast particles in the edge

region as well as adaptive grid methods

and their application to modeling of

plasma turbulence and transport in the

edge region will be reviewed.

Plasma Heating and Non-Inductive

Current Drive

Applications will be considered in the

area of RF physics in plasmas. This

includes RF propagation, heating and

current drive. Of interest are both

analytical and numerical treatments of

interaction of plasmas with radio

frequency waves. These include

electron cyclotron, ion cyclotron, lower

hybrid and Bernstein waves. Topics of

interest include, among others, physical

processes involved in conversion layers,

power deposition for temperature

profile control and interaction of waves

of different frequencies to produce

specific effects on the plasma.

Applications for modeling radio

frequency launchers and their coupling

to the edge plasma will also be

considered.

Innovative Confinement Concepts

Grant applications are desired for

theoretical and computational research

on innovative confinement concepts

that have the possibility of leading to

improved magnetic fusion systems. In

1996, the U.S. fusion program began

supporting a broadening array of

innovative confinement concepts (ICC).

Increased theoretical and computational

research is needed to make optimal use

of these experiments as they come into

operation and to support further

development of these concepts.

Additional work is needed particularly

on macroscopic stability and

turbulence/transport in innovative

confinement concepts.

Atomic and Molecular Processes in

Plasmas

Grant applications will be considered

for theoretical research relevant to the

description of atomic processes in

plasmas. In addition to overall scientific

merit, emphasis will be given to work

that promises to aid the understanding

of the basic atomic processes that are

important for modeling of magnetically

confined plasmas and high-density

plasmas found in inertial confinement

fusion experiments. The program has

found that understanding electron-atom

and electron-ion collisions and the

radiation emitted by atoms and ions to

be of importance for the modeling of

plasma behavior in experiments. Some

current areas where atomic processes

are considered to be important include

the effects of transport, the effects of

impurities and the understanding of

diagnostics.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number for this program is

81.049, and the solicitation control number is

ERFAP 10 CFR Part 605.

Issued in Washington, DC on May 11,

2000.

John Rodney Clark,

Associate Director of Science for Resource

Management.

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Commission

[Docket No. RP99–363–004]

Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

May 23, 2000.

Take notice that on May 19,2000,

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