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authority under the Atomic Energy Act

of 1954, as amended.

Dated: July 17, 1998.

John T. Conway,

Chairman.

[FR Doc. 98–19509 Filed 7–17–98; 3:32 pm]

BILLING CODE 3670–01–M

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES

SAFETY BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provision of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. § 552b), notice is hereby given of

the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety

Board’s (Board) meeting described

below.

TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: 12:30 p.m. on

August 5, 1998.

PLACE: Federal Building Auditorium,

825 Jadwin Avenue, Richland,

Washington 99352.

STATUS: Open.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Robert M. Andersen, General Counsel,

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,

625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700,

Washington, D.C. 20004, (800) 788–

4016. This is a toll-free number.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Board

members will review with the

Department of Energy (DOE) and its

contractors the status of implementation

of the Board’s Recommendation 93–5.

Recommendation 93–5 called for the

accelerated characterization of the tank

wastes at Hanford. This characterization

information is needed to support

resolution of safety issues and to

support design of processing and

disposal systems.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board

has repeatedly expressed the view that

the Department of Energy needs to

accelerate characterization of high-level

radioactive waste in underground tanks

at the Hanford Site. On July 19, 1993,

the Board formally recommended to the

Secretary of Energy (Recommendation

93–5) that DOE accelerate its actions to

sample and characterize the Hanford

tank wastes. The Secretary accepted the

Board’s recommendation, and

characterization of the Hanford waste

tanks is proceeding in accordance with

the Secretary’s Implementation Plan.

The Implementation Plan has two major

objectives: (1) characterize the tank

waste sufficiently to support resolution

of tank safety issues, and (2)

characterize the tank waste safety

sufficiently to support design of

processing and disposal systems.

A public meeting will be conducted

by the Board to hear from DOE and its

contractors responsible for the Tank

Waste Remediation System. Those

individuals will brief the Board on the

status of activities under the Secretary’s

Implementation Plan for

Recommendation 93–5.

A transcript of this proceeding will be

made available by the Board for

inspection by the public at the Board’s

Washington, D.C. office and at the

DOE’s Public Reading Room, 2770

University Drive, CIC, Room 101L, Box

999, mail stop H2–53, Richland,

Washington 99352. Recommendation

93–5 in its entirety is also on file at

DOE’s Public Reading Room in Richland

and at the Board’s Washington, D.C.

office.

The Board reserves its right to further

schedule and otherwise regulate the

course of this meeting, to recess,

reconvene, postpone or adjourn the

meeting, and otherwise exercise its

authority under the Atomic Energy Act

of 1954, as amended.

Dated: July 17, 1998.

John T. Conway,

Chairman.

[FR Doc. 98–19510 Filed 7–17–98; 3:32 p.m.]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Chicago Operations Office, Office of

Transportation Technologies (OTT);

Notice of Solicitation for Research and

Development on Automotive Integrated

Power Modules (AIPM)

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation

Availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy’s (DOE) Office of Transportation

Technologies (OTT) plans to issue a

financial assistance solicitation (FAS)

for Research and Development on

Automotive Integrated Power Modules

(AIPM). This solicitation, which is due

to be released on or about July 15, 1998,

supports the Government/automotive

industry Partnership for a New

Generation of Vehicles (PNGV).

The Partnership is developing lightduty vehicles that achieve up to three

times the fuel economy of comparable

conventional vehicles, meet emission

standards, and offer the same level of

performance and cost as today’s

vehicles. Additional information on the

Partnership can be obtained at the

USCAR web site http://uscar.org.

Hybrid electric propulsion, integrated

power electronics, along with direct

injection engines, fuel cells, and lightweight materials have been selected for

development due to their potential for

attaining the goal of 80-mpg fuel

economy in a six-passenger sedan. The

AIPM is a cross-cutting system

development technology that supports

DOE’s automotive fuel cell and direct

injection engine programs and their

introduction into pre-production

automobiles. Applicants shall develop

and demonstrate their AIPM innovation

by using open architecture concepts that

permit scalable low-cost manufacturing

to meet automotive goals and

requirements. Further, the Applicant

shall participate with DOE and its

automotive industry partners to

demonstrate the system development

capabilities of the proposed AIPM. DOE

plans to do a vehicle system validation

of this technology. Those prototypes

that are successful may be used to

develop automotive engineering

solutions for operation under extreme

conditions.

The AIPM specification was

coordinated with the Navy’s Power

Electronic Building Block (PEBB)

program and the IEEE. Additional

information can be found on the PEBB

web site http://pebb.onr.navy.mil and

the IEEE web site http://

stdsbbs.ieee.org/groups/1461. System

integration issues for the AIPM include

delivery of complete scale modules

incorporating the principles of design

for manufacturing and means to update

DOE existing cost analyses. Proposals

are sought for light-duty transportation

applications; however, a scale up to

medium and heavy duty transportation

application may also be considered.

DATES: The solicitation will be available

on or about July 15, 1998, on the DOE

Chicago Internet Home Page at http://

www.ch.doe.gov/business/ACQ.htm

under the heading ‘‘Current Acquisition

Activities,’’ Solicitation No. DE–SC02–

09EE50525, with applications due on or

about August 17, 1998. Any

amendments to this solicitation will be

posted on the Internet. Please note that

users will not be alerted when the

solicitation is issued on the Internet or

when amendments are posted on the

Internet. Prospective applicants are,

therefore, advised to check the above

Internet address on a daily basis. The

cooperative agreements are anticipated

to be awarded on or about January 1,

1999.

ADDRESSES: Completed applications

referencing Solicitation Notice DE–

FC02–98EE50525 must be submitted to:

U.S. Department of Energy, Chicago

Operations Office, Attn: Earlette

Robinson, Bldg. 201, Room 3E–10, 9800

South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439–

4899
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE’s

Office of Transportation Technologies

anticipates that approximately two

cooperative agreements will result from

this solicitation. Periods of performance

may range from 24 to 36 months and

total estimated DOE funding is

$10,000,000 each. Cost sharing

requirements will be at 50 percent of

total estimated costs. Awards are subject

to the availability of funds. The

solicitation will not obligate DOE to

make any award(s). Any non-profit or

for-profit organization, university of

other institution of higher education, or

non-federal agency or entity is eligible

to apply. Federal laboratory

participation will be limited to

Designated Scientific User Facilities.

The solicitation will provide further

guidance in this area. Awards resulting

from this solicitation will be subject to

the requirements of the Energy Policy

Act which in general requires that the

awardee be a United States-owned

company (including certain non-profits)

or that the foreign country in which the

parent company is located meets certain

conditions of reciprocity in the

treatment of investments, access to

research and development programs,

and protection of intellectual property.

All responsible sources, as indicated

above, may submit an application which

will be considered by the Government.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTRACT:

Earlette Robinson at (630) 252–2667,

U.S. Department of Energy, 9800 South

Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439–4899;

by fax at (630) 252–5045; or by e-mail

at earlette.robinson@ch.doe.gov.

Issued in Chicago, Illinois on July 13, 1998.

John D. Greenwood,

Acquisition and Assistance Group Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–19369 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket Nos. 92–123–NG]

Office of Fossil Energy; Orders

Granting, Amending and Transferring

Authorizations to Import and/or Export

Natural Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of orders.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy

(FE) of the Department of Energy gives

notice that it has issued Orders granting,

amending and transferring various

natural gas and liquefied natural gas

import and export authorizations. These

Orders are summarized in the attached

appendix.

These Orders may be found on the FE

web site at http://www.fe.doe.gov., or

on the electronic bulletin board at (202)

586–7853.

They are also available for inspection

and copying in the Office of Natural Gas

& Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Docket Room 3E–033,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585,

(202) 586–9478. The Docket Room is

open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on July 14,

1998.

John W. Glynn,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

APPENDIX—ORDERS GRANTING, AMENDING AND TRANSFERRING IMPORT/EXPORT AUTHORIZATION

[DOE/FE Authority]

Order No. Date issued Importer/exporter FE docket

No.

Two-year maximum

Comments

Import volume Export volume

717–A 06/02/98 San Diego Gas & Electric 92–

123–NG.

........................... ........................... Decrease in volumes of long-term import authority.

1226–A 06/05/98 Engage Energy Canada, L.P.

(Successor to Westcoast

Gas Services Inc.), 96–87–

NG.

........................... ........................... Transfer of blanket import/export authority.

1254–A 06/06/98 Engage Energy Canada, L.P.

(Successor to Westcoast

Gas Services, Inc.), 96–82–

NG.

........................... ........................... Transfer of long-term import authority.

1390 06/22/98 AG-Energy, L.P., 98–41–NG .. 113.14 Bcf ........ ........................... Import from Canada beginning first delivery

after June 30, 1998.

1391 06/23/98 New York State Electric &

Gas Corporation, 98–43–

NG.

50 Bcf Import and export up to a combined total

from and to Canada beginning on July 1,

1998, through June 30, 2000.

1009–A 06/25/98 Pan-Alberta Gas (U.S.) Inc.

(Successor to Northwest

Alaskan Pipeline Company),

84–15–NG, 87–40–NG, 94–

96–NG.

........................... ........................... Transfer of long-term import authority.

1223–A 06/25/98 Power City Partners, L.P., 96–

85–NG.

........................... ........................... Increase in volumes from 500,000 Mcf to

16,060,000 Mcf over the two year term.

1392 06/26/98 National Fuel Resources, Inc.,

98–45–NG.

20 Bcf Import and export from and to Canada up to

an aggregate beginning on June 1, 1998,

through May 31, 2000.

1393 06/26/98 Merchant Energy Group of the

Americas, Inc., 98–44–NG.

400 Bcf Import and export from and to Canada up to

a combined total beginning on date of first

import or export.

1394 06/29/98 Energy Unlimited, Inc., 98–

47–NG.

10 Bcf Import and up to a combined total, including

liquefied natural gas (LNG) from and to

Canada and Mexico and LNG from other

countries, beginning on the date of first import or export.