15288 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 56 / Thursday, March 23, 1995 / Notices

Dated: March 17, 1995.

L.R. McNees,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Deviation from the Department of

Energy Assistance Regulations

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of class deviation.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) hereby announces a class

deviation from its Financial Assistance

Regulations. This deviation removes, on

a pilot basis for noncompetitive

financial assistance awards of $1

million or less, the requirements to

publish a Federal Register

announcement prior to award and, then,

to delay 14 calendar days before making

the award. This deviation will save

public funds and reduce paperwork by

allowing smaller financial assistance

actions to be awarded in a more timely

fashion involving fewer DOE offices and

employees.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 1995.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this

notice, the Department of Energy

announces that, pursuant to 10 CFR

600.4, the Deputy Assistant Secretary

for Procurement and Assistance

Management has made a determination

of the need for a class deviation to the

Department’s Financial Assistance

Rules. A deviation to 10 CFR 600.7 has

been approved which provides that, on

a Department-wide two year pilot basis,

noncompetitive financial assistance

awards under $1 million are not

required to be published in the Federal

Register 14 calendar days prior to

making an award. This deviation was

approved to avoid the time consuming

and labor intensive efforts involved in

preparation and review of the

announcements, and the 14 days of

publication before award could be made

for relatively low dollar value actions.

Publication of these pending

noncompetitive award announcements

have not resulted in their intended

purpose which was to make potentially

qualified recipients aware of pending

noncompetitive financial assistance

awards so they might make their

qualifications known to the awarding

office, and possibly compete for the

award. During the many years that the

Department has published these

announcements, only a very few

responses have been received, and, of

those, most had nothing to do with the

noncompetitive nature of the awards.

This deviation will result in

streamlining the process of awarding

noncompetitive financial assistance

actions, thereby saving the Government

resources of time and money. It is

anticipated that, by the time the

deviation expires, DOE will have

completed a rulemaking to remove the

publication requirement on a permanent

basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen D. Mournighan, Office of

Management Review and Analysis,

[HR–523], U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September

30, 1994.

Richard H. Hopf,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Procurement

and Assistance Management.

Editorial note: This document was

received at the Office of the Federal Register

on March 20, 1995.

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Seattle Regional Support Office

Notice of Pacific Northwest and Alaska

Regional Bioenergy Program

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Competitive Financial

Assistance Applications Number DE–

PS51–95R020563.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) Seattle Regional Support

Office (SRSO) announces its intention to

issue a competitive solicitation and

make financial assistance awards for

bioenergy-related demonstration,

development and commercialization

projects in support of the Pacific

Northwest and Alaska Regional

Bioenergy Program. This action is

subject to the DOE Financial Assistance

Rules (10 CFR Part 600).

DATES: The solicitation is anticipated to

be released on or about March 17, 1995.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the

solicitation, forward your request to the

U.S. Department of Energy’s Seattle

Regional Support Office, 800 Fifth

Avenue, Suite 3950, Seattle, WA 98104,

Attn: Ms. Carol A. Curtis, Grants/

Contracts Specialist. Only written

requests for this solicitation will be

honored. For convenience, requests for

the solicitation may be faxed to Ms.

Curtis at (206) 553–2200. Please

reference solicitation DE–PS51–

95R020563.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carol Curtis, phone number 206–553–

2166.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The DOE established regional

bioenergy programs to promote the

development of effective uses of

biomass for energy. The legislative

authority (Senate Appropriation Bill)

directs DOE to ‘‘carry out activities

related to technology transfer, industry

support, resource assessment, and

matching local resources to conversion

technologies.’’ The solicitation will be

one approach used to carry out this

directive. The DOE is seeking

applications for projects that

demonstrate bioenergy technologies

which produce energy savings through

displacement of non-renewable

resources, or that produce energy

through the direct combustion of

renewable resources. Projects will also

be evaluated on the ability of the

proposed project to minimize

environmental impacts and improve the

economic viability of a specific

bioenergy industry or technology.

Projects shall be located in the region

consisting of the states of: Washington,

Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and Montana.

All project sponsors will be required to

provide a minimum cost sharing of 1:1.

Acceptable demonstration technologies

will use one or more of the following

biomass fuels: landfill debris and

landfill gas; logging residues;

agricultural crops and wastes; biomass

farming; urban, forest, and forest

products wood wastes; municipal solid

waste; animal wastes; and food

processing wastes. Bioenergy projects

can produce electricity, mechanical

power, space heat, and industrial

process heat. The DOE plans to award

multiple grants valued at approximately

$100,000 for each project. The DOE

funding for this program in FY 1995 is

about $500,000.

This solicitation will be issued on or

about March 17, 1995, and will contain

detailed information on funding, costsharing requirements, eligibility,

application preparation, and evaluation.

Responses to the solicitation will be due

May 10, 1995. Awards will be

announced prior to September 30, 1995.

All responsible sources are

encouraged to submit an application.

All projects must comply with the

requirements of the National Energy

Policy Act (NEPA).

Issued in Seattle, Washington on March 2,

1995.

Carol Curtis,

Grants/Contract Specialist.

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