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Involving Research, Development and

Demonstration.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) is announcing its

intention to issue the Fiscal Year 2001

Broad Based Solicitation for Submission

of Financial Assistance Applications

Involving Research, Development and

Demonstration (herein referred to as

Broad Based Solicitation), DE–PS36–

01GO90000.

DATES: Supplemental Announcements

to the Broad Based Solicitation will be

issued throughout the year. Each

Supplemental Announcement will

contain technology specific information,

anticipated programmatic funding

levels, any specific eligibility

requirements, any specific application

instructions, evaluation criteria, any

cost sharing requirements, Program

Policy Factors, application deadlines,

and any other requirements specific to

obtaining Financial Assistance Awards.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Fiscal Year

2001 Broad Based Solicitation,

consisting of the first part and all

Supplemental Announcements, will be

posted on the DOE Golden Field Office

Home Page at http://

www.golden.doe.gov/

businessopportunities.html, under

‘‘Solicitations.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under this

announcement, the U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) is announcing its

intention to issue the Fiscal Year 2001

Broad Based Solicitation for Submission

of Financial Assistance Applications

Involving Research, Development and

Demonstration (herein referred to as

Broad Based Solicitation), DE–PS36–

01GO90000. The Broad Based

Solicitation expresses the Department of

Energy (DOE), Office of Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s

(EERE), continuing interest in receiving

Applications for Financial Assistance

Awards (Grants and Cooperative

Agreements) in support of renewable

energy and energy efficiency basic

research, applied research, cooperative

demonstrations, and related activities.

The Broad Based Solicitation will

consist of two parts: the first part which

establishes guidelines and requirements

for submitting Applications in response

to individual Supplemental

Announcements; the second part will

consist of individual Supplemental

Announcements and will be specific to

designated technology areas of interest.

These individual Supplemental

Announcements will contain

technology specific information,

anticipated programmatic funding

levels, any specific eligibility

requirements, any specific application

instructions, evaluation criteria, any

cost sharing requirements, application

deadlines, and any other requirements

specific to obtaining Financial

Assistance Awards. The Broad Based

Solicitation, consisting of the first part

and all Supplemental Announcements,

will be posted on the DOE Golden Field

Office Home Page at http://

www.golden.doe.gov/

businessopportunities.html, under

‘‘Solicitations.’’

DOE intends to issue Supplemental

Announcements to this document

throughout Fiscal Year 2001. Each

Supplemental Announcement will be

posted on the Golden Field Office Home

Page. A notice to release Supplemental

Announcements will be published in

the Federal Register and, if appropriate,

in the Commerce Business Daily or

other publications. Any application that

is submitted in response to this Broad

Based Solicitation must also be in direct

response to a specific Supplemental

Announcement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All

questions concerning the Broad Based

Solicitation must be submitted in

writing to: Ruth E. Adams, DOE Golden

Field Office, 1617 Cole Boulevard,

Golden, CO 80401–3393 or transmitted

via facsimile to Ruth E. Adams at (303)

275–4788, or electronically to

ruth_adams@nrel.gov. Responses to

questions will be made by Amendment

to this Broad Based Solicitation and

posted on the DOE Golden Field Office

Home Page. Questions specific to

individual Supplemental

Announcements should be directed to

the point of contact indicated in the

Supplemental Announcement, and

answers will be posted as Amendments

to the Supplemental Announcement on

the Golden Field Office Home Page.

Issued in Golden, Colorado, on November

22, 2000.

Jerry L. Zimmer,

Director, Office of Acquisition and Financial

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–31161 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science; Continuation of

Solicitation for the Office of Science

Financial Assistance Program—Notice

01–01

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Annual notice of continuation

of availability of grants and cooperative

agreements.

SUMMARY: The Office of Science of the

Department of Energy hereby announces

its continuing interest in receiving grant

applications for support of work in the

following program areas: Basic Energy

Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear

Physics, Advanced Scientific

Computing, Fusion Energy Sciences,

Biological and Environmental Research,

and Energy Research Analyses. On

September 3, 1992, (57 FR 40582), DOE

published in the Federal Register the

Office of Energy Research Financial

Assistance Program (now called the

Office of Science Financial Assistance

Program), 10 CFR part 605, Final Rule,

which contained a solicitation for this

program. Information about submission

of applications, eligibility, limitations,

evaluation and selection processes and

other policies and procedures are

specified in 10 CFR part 605.

DATES: Applications may be submitted

at any time in response to this Notice of

Availability.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be sent

to: Director, Grants and Contracts

Division, Office of Science, SC–64, U.S.

Department of Energy, 19901

Germantown Road, Germantown, MD

20874–1290. When preparing

applications, applicants should use the

Office of Science Financial Assistance

Program Application Guide and Forms

located on the World Wide Web at http:/

/www.science.doe.gov/production/

grants/grants.html. Applicants without

Internet access may call 301–903–5212

for information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published annually and

remains in effect until it is succeeded by

another issuance by the Office of

Science, usually published after the

beginning of the fiscal year. This annual

Notice 01–01 succeeds Notice 00–01,

which was published November 5,

1999.

It is anticipated that approximately

$400 million will be available for grant

and cooperative agreement awards in

FY 2001. The DOE is under no

obligation to pay for any costs

associated with the preparation or

submission of an application. DOE

reserves the right to fund, in whole or

in part, any, all, or none of the

applications submitted in response to

this Notice.

In addition, the following program

descriptions are offered to provide more

in-depth information on scientific and

technical areas of interest to the Office

of Science:

1. Basic Energy Sciences

The Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

program supports fundamental research

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in the natural sciences and engineering

leading to new and improved energy

technologies and to understanding and

mitigating the environmental impacts of

energy technologies. The science areas

and their objectives are as follows:

(a) Materials Sciences

The objective of this program is to

increase the understanding of

phenomena and properties important to

materials behavior that will contribute

to meeting the needs of present and

future energy technologies. It is

comprised of the subfields metallurgy,

ceramics, condensed matter physics,

materials chemistry, and related

disciplines where the emphasis is on

the science of materials.

Program Contact: (301) 903–3427.

(b) Chemical Sciences

The objective of this program is to

expand, through support of basic

research, knowledge of various areas of

chemistry, chemical engineering and

atomic molecular and optical physics

with a goal of contributing to new or

improved processes for developing and

using domestic energy resources in an

efficient and environmentally sound

manner. Disciplinary areas where

research is supported include atomic

molecular and optical physics; physical,

inorganic and organic chemistry;

chemical physics; photochemistry;

radiation chemistry; analytical

chemistry; separations science; actinide

chemistry; and chemical engineering

sciences.

Program Contact: (301) 903–5804.

(c) Engineering Research

This program’s objectives are: (1) To

extend the body of knowledge

underlying current engineering practice

in order to open new ways for

enhancing energy savings and

production, prolonging useful

equipment life, and reducing costs

while maintaining output performance,

and environmental quality; and (2) to

broaden the technical and conceptual

base for solving future engineering

problems in the energy technologies.

Long-term research topics of current

interest include: foundations of

bioprocessing of fuels and energy

related wastes, micro- and nano-scale

energy transport, fracture mechanics,

fundamental studies of multiphase

flows and heat transfer, robotics and

intelligent machines, nanotechnology,

and diagnostics and control for plasma

processing of materials.

Program Contact: (301) 903–3427.

(d) Geosciences

The goal of this program is to develop

a quantitative and predictive

understanding of those geologic

processes related to energy and

environmental quality. The emphasis is

on disciplinary areas of geophysics,

geomechanics, hydrogeology and

geochemistry with a focus on the upper

levels of the earth’s crust. Particular

emphasis is on rock-fluid systems and

interactions emphasizing processes

taking place at the atomic and molecular

scale. Specific topical areas receiving

emphasis include: High resolution

geophysical imaging; rock physics,

physics of fluid transport, and

fundamental properties and interactions

of rocks, minerals, and fluids.

Program Contact: (301) 903–5804.

(e) Energy Biosciences

The primary objective of this program

is to generate the fundamental

understanding of biological mechanisms

in the areas of botanical and

microbiological sciences that will

support technological developments

related to DOE’s mission. The research

serves as the basic information

foundation with respect to an

environmentally responsible renewable

resource production for fuels and

chemicals, microbial conversions of

renewable materials and biological

systems for the conservation of energy.

This program has special requirements

for the submission of preapplications,

when to submit, and the length of the

applications. Applicants are encouraged

to contact the program regarding these

requirements.

Program Contact: (301) 903–2873.

2. High Energy and Nuclear Physics

This program supports about 90% of

the U.S. efforts in high energy and

nuclear physics. The objectives of these

programs are indicated below:

(a) High Energy Physics

The primary objectives of this

program are to understand the ultimate

structure of matter in terms of the

properties and interrelations of its basic

constituents, and to understand the

nature and relationships among the

fundamental forces of nature. The

research falls into three broad

categories: Experimental research,

theoretical research, and technology

R&D in support of the high energy

physics program.

Program Contact: (301) 903–3624.

(b) Nuclear Physics (Including Nuclear

Data Program)

The primary objectives of this

program are an understanding of the

interactions and structures of atomic

nuclei and nuclear matter at the most

elementary level possible, and an

understanding of the fundamental forces

of nature as manifested in nuclear

matter.

Program Contact: (301) 903–3613.

3. Advanced Scientific Computing

Research

This program fosters and supports

fundamental research in advanced

computing research (applied

mathematics, computer science and

networking), and operates

supercomputer, networking, and related

facilities to enable the analysis,

modeling, simulation, and prediction of

complex phenomena important to the

Department of Energy.

Mathematical, Information, and

Computational Sciences

This subprogram supports a spectrum

of fundamental research in applied

mathematical sciences, computer

science, and networking from basic

through prototype development. Results

of these efforts are used to form

partnerships with users in scientific

disciplines to validate the usefulness of

the ideas and to develop them into

tools. Testbeds on important

applications for DOE are supported by

this subprogram. Areas of particular

focus are:

Applied Mathematics: Research on

the underlying mathematical

understanding and numerical

algorithms to enable effective

description and prediction of physical

systems such as fluids, magnetized

plasmas, or protein molecules. This

includes, for example, methods for

solving large systems of partial

differential equations on parallel

computers, techniques for choosing

optimal values for parameters in large

systems with hundreds to hundreds of

thousands of parameters, improving our

understanding of fluid turbulence, and

developing techniques for reliably

estimating the errors in simulations of

complex physical phenomena.

Computer Science: Research in

computer science to enable large

scientific applications through advances

in massively parallel computing such as

very lightweight operating systems for

parallel computers, distributed

computing such as development of the

Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) software

package which has become an industry

standard, and large scale data

management and visualization. The

development of new computer and

computational science techniques will

allow scientists to use the most

advanced computers without being

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overwhelmed by the complexity of

rewriting their codes every 18 months.

Networking: Research in high

performance networks and information

surety required to support high

performance applications—protocols for

high performance networks, methods for

measuring the performance of high

performance networks, and software to

enable high speed connections between

high performance computers and

networks. The development of high

speed communications and

collaboration technologies will allow

scientists to view, compare, and

integrate data from multiple sources

remotely.

Program Contact: (301) 903–5800.

4. Fusion Energy Sciences

The mission of the Fusion Energy

Sciences program is to advance plasma

science, fusion science, and fusion

technology and, thereby the knowledge

base needed for an economically and

environmentally attractive fusion energy

source. The Office of Fusion Energy

Sciences (OFES) supports basic and

applied research, encourages technical

connectivity with the broader U.S.

science community, and uses

international collaboration to

accomplish this mission.

(a) Research Division

This Division seeks to develop the

physics knowledge base needed to

advance the Fusion Energy Sciences

program toward its goals. Research into

physics issues associated with medium

to large-scale confinement devices is

essential to studying conditions relevant

to the production of fusion energy.

Experiments on this scale of devices are

used to explore the limits of specific

confinement concepts, as well as study

associated physical phenomena.

Specific areas of interest include: (1)

Reducing plasma energy and particle

transport at high densities and

temperatures, (2) understanding the

physical laws governing confinement of

high pressure plasmas, (3) investigating

plasma wave interactions, and (4)

studying and controlling impurity

particle transport and exhaust in

plasmas.

Research is also carried out in the

following areas: (1) Basic plasma

science research directed at furthering

the understanding of fundamental

processes in plasmas; (2) theoretical

research to provide the understanding of

fusion plasmas necessary for

interpreting results from present

experiments, planning future

experiments, and designing future

confinement devices; (3) critical data on

plasma properties, atomic physics and

new diagnostic techniques for support

of confinement experiments; (4)

supporting research on innovative

confinement concepts; and (5) research

on issues that support the development

of Inertial Fusion Energy, for which

target development is carried out by the

Office of Defense Programs in the

Department of Energy’s National

Nuclear Security Agency.

Program Contact: (301) 903–4095.

(b) Facilities and Enabling Technologies

Division

This Division is responsible for

overseeing the facility operations and

enabling research and development

activity budgets within the OFES. Grant

program opportunities are in the

enabling research and development

activity. (Grants for scientific use of the

facilities operated/maintained by this

Division should be addressed to the

Research Division.) The enabling

technologies program supports the

advancement of fusion science in the

nearer-term by carrying out research on

technological topics that: (1) Enable

domestic experiments to achieve their

full performance potential and scientific

research goals; (2) permit scientific

exploitation of the performance gains

being sought from physics concept

improvements; (3) allow the U.S. to

enter into international collaborations

gaining access to experimental

conditions not available domestically;

and (4) explore the science underlying

these technological advances.

The enabling technologies program

supports pursuit of fusion energy

science for the longer-term by

conducting research aimed at innovative

technologies, designs and materials to

point toward an attractive fusion energy

vision and affordable pathways for

optimized fusion development.

Program Contact: (301) 903–3068.

5. Biological and Environmental

Research Program

For over 50 years the Biological and

Environmental Research (BER) Program

has been investing to advance

environmental and biomedical

knowledge connected to energy. The

BER program provides fundamental

science to underpin the business thrusts

of the Department’s strategic plan.

Through its support of peer-reviewed

research at national laboratories,

universities, and private institutions,

the program develops the knowledge

needed to identify, understand, and

anticipate the long-term health and

environmental consequences of energy

production, development, and use.

(a) Life Sciences Research

Research is focused on using DOE’s

unique resources and facilities to

develop fundamental biological

information and advanced technologies

to understand and mitigate potential

health effects of energy development,

energy use, and waste cleanup. The

objectives are: (1) To create and apply

new technologies and resources in

sequencing, comparative genomics, and

bioinformatics to characterize the

human genome; (2) to develop and

support DOE national user facilities for

use in fundamental structural biology;

(3) to use model organisms to

understand human genome

organization, human gene function and

control, and the functional relationships

between human genes and proteins; (4)

to characterize and exploit the genomes

and diversity of microbes with potential

relevance for energy, bioremediation, or

global climate; (5) to understand and

characterize the risks to human health

from exposures to low levels of

radiation; and (6) to anticipate and

address ethical, legal, and social

implications arising from genome

research.

Program Contact: (301) 903–5468.

(b) Medical Applications and

Measurement Science

The research is designed to develop

beneficial applications of nuclear and

other energy-related technologies for

medical diagnosis and treatment. The

research is directed at discovering new

applications of radiotracer agents for

medical research as well as for clinical

diagnosis and therapy. A major

emphasis is placed on application of the

latest concepts and developments in

genomics, structural biology,

computational biology, and

instrumentation. Much of the research

seeks breakthroughs in noninvasive

imaging technologies such as positron

emission tomography. The measurement

science activities focus on research in

the basic science of chemistry, physics

and engineering as applied to

bioengineering.

Program Contact: (301) 903–3213.

(c) Environmental Remediation

The research is primarily focused on

the fundamental biological, chemical,

geological, and physical processes that

must be understood for the development

and advancement of new, effective, and

efficient processes for the remediation

and restoration of the Nation’s nuclear

weapons production sites. Priorities of

this research are bioremediation and

operation of the William R. Wiley

Environmental Molecular Sciences

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Laboratory (EMSL). Bioremediation

activities are centered on the Natural

and Accelerated Bioremediation

Research (NABIR) program, a basic

research program focused on

determining the conditions under which

bioremediation will be a reliable,

efficient, and cost-effective technique.

This subprogram also includes basic

research in support of pollution

prevention, sustainable technology

development and other fundamental

research to address problems of

environmental contamination.

Program Contact: (301) 903–3281.

(d) Environmental Processes

The program seeks to understand the

basic physical, chemical, and biological

processes of the Earth’s atmosphere,

land, and oceans and how these

processes may be affected by energy

production and use. The research is

designed to provide data that will

enable an objective assessment of the

potential for and consequences of global

warming at global and regional scales.

The program is comprehensive with an

emphasis on understanding and

simulating the radiation balance from

the surface of the Earth to the top of the

atmosphere (including the effect of

clouds, water vapor, trace gases, and

aerosols) and on enhancing the

quantitative models necessary to predict

possible climate change at global and

regional scales.

The Climate Change Technology

(CCT) research seeks the understanding

necessary to exploit the biosphere’s

natural carbon sequestration processes

to enhance the sequestration of carbon

dioxide in terrestrial systems and the

ocean and to understand its potential

environmental implications. The CCT

includes research that can lead to the

development of approaches to reduce or

overcome the environmental and

biological factors or processes that limit

the sequestration of carbon in these

systems to enhance the net

sequestration of carbon in terrestrial and

ocean systems. The research includes

studies on terrestrial and ocean carbon

sequestration and disposal, including

research to modify the carbon

sequestration capacity and rate by

marine and terrestrial organisms and to

understand the potential environmental

implications of purposeful policies

intended to enhance the natural

sequestration of carbon in terrestrial and

marine systems and/or dispose of

carbon by deep ocean injection.

Program Contact: (301) 903–3281.

6. Energy Research Analyses

This program supports energy

research analyses of the Department’s

basic and applied research activities.

Specific objectives include assessments

to identify any duplication or gaps in

scientific research activities, and

impartial and independent evaluations

of scientific and technical research

efforts. Consistent with these overall

objectives, this program conducts

numerous research studies to assess

directions in science and to identify and

assess new and improved approaches to

science management.

Program Contact: (202) 586–9942.

7. Experimental Program To Stimulate

Competitive Research (EPSCoR)

The objective of the EPSCoR program

is to enhance the capabilities of EPSCoR

states to conduct nationally competitive

energy-related research and to develop

science and engineering manpower to

meet current and future needs in

energy-related fields. This program

addresses basic research needs across all

of the Department of Energy research

interests. Research supported by the

EPSCoR program is concerned with the

same broad research areas addressed by

the Office of Science programs that are

described in this notice. The EPSCoR

program is restricted to applications,

which originate in nineteen states

(Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho,

Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,

Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska,

Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South

Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, West

Virginia, and Wyoming) and the

commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is

anticipated that only a limited number

of new competitive research grants will

be awarded under this program subject

to the availability of funds.

Program Contact: (301) 903–3427.

Issued in Washington, DC on: November

30, 2000.

John Rodney Clark,

Associate Director of Science for Resource

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–31159 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–113–000]

Algonquin Gas Company; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

December 1, 2000.

Take notice that on November 22,

2000, Algonquin Gas Transmission

Company (Algonquin) tendered for

filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Fourth Revised Volume No. 1, Third

Revised Sheet No. 707 and First Revised

Sheet No. 708, to be effective on January

1, 2001.

Algonquin states that the purpose of

this filing is to revise the phone number

of the person to whom complaints

should be directed regarding

Algonquin’s compliance with the

Commission’s gas marketing affiliate

rules and to provide for the posting on

Algonquin’s Internet Web site of

information regarding shared operating

employees and shared facilities, as well

as any physical office space barriers and

card key protections that may be

necessitated by virtue of shared office

space, consistent with Commission

precedent.

Algonquin states that copies of its

filing has been mailed to all affected

customers and interested state

commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. Protests will

be considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). Comments and protests may

be filed electronically via the internet in

lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–31130 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–114–000]

Algonquin LNG, Inc.; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

December 1, 2000.

Take notice that on November 22,

2000, Algonquin LNG, Inc. (ALNG)