Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 75 / Wednesday, April 19, 1995 / Notices 19575

with: Robert M. Beningson, North

American Energy Conservation, Inc.,

280 Park Avenue, Suite 2700 West, New

York, NY 10017 (212) 557–6200

(Facsimile 212–557–5678); with a copy

to Robert M. Beningson, 74 Haviland

Road, Stamford, CT 06903; AND Jeffrey

Meyers and Harriet Moses, Esq.,

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, 125

W. 55th Street, New York, NY 10019–

5389 (212) 424–8224 (Facsimile 212–

424–8500).

Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.211, protests

and comments will be considered by the

DOE in determining the appropriate

action to be taken, but will not serve to

make protestants parties to the

proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a petition to

intervene under 18 CFR 385.214.

Section 385.214 requires that a petition

to intervene must state, to the extent

known, the position taken by the

petitioner and the petitioner’s interest in

sufficient factual detail to demonstrate

either that the petitioner has a right to

participate because it is a State

Commission; that it has or represents an

interest which may be directly affected

by the outcome of the proceeding,

including any interest as a consumer,

customer, competitor, or a security

holder of a party to the proceeding; or

that the petitioner’s participation is in

the public interest.

A final decision will be made on this

application after a determination is

made by the DOE that the proposed

action will not impair the sufficiency of

electric supply within the United States

or will not impede or tend to impede

the coordination in the public interest of

facilities in accordance with section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

Before an export authorization may be

issued, the environmental impacts of

the proposed DOE action (i.e., granting

the export authorization, with any

conditions and limitations, or denying

it) must be evaluated pursuant to the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969.

Copies of this application will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above.

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 13,

1995.

Anthony J. Como,

Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office

of Fuels Programs, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 95–9692 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Financial Assistance Award: Carsonite

International Corporation

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy announces that pursuant to 10

CFR 600.6(a)(2) it is making a financial

assistance award under Grant Number

DE–FG01–95EE15625 to Carsonite

International Corporation. The proposed

grant will provide funding in the

estimated amount of $99,030 by the

Department of Energy for the purpose of

saving energy through development of

the inventor’s ‘‘Carsonite Noise Barrier

Wall’’.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of Energy has determined in

accordance with 10 CFR 600.14(e)(1)

that the unsolicited application for

financial assistance submitted by

Carsonite International Corporation is

meritorious based on the general

evaluation required by 10 CFR 600.14(d)

and the proposed project represents a

unique idea that would not be eligible

for financial assistance under a recent,

current or planned solicitation. The

subject invention is an innovative

thoroughfare noise barrier. The total

design consists of a mobile production

unit that travels to the roadside and fills

fiberglass modules with locally

shredded automobile and truck tires.

For each one-mile stretch of wall, the

invention proposes to reduce by 6

billion Btu the energy normally required

to produce cement walls. Mr. Donald

Shemanski, Sr., president of Carsonite,

has assembled a staff consisting of an

engineer, technicians and shop and

plant personnel. Mr. Schmanski, who

will serve as the principal investigator

on this project, has spent 25 years

working with heat-resistant plastic

materials for the aerospace industry and

is experienced in working with fiberreinforced composites.

The proposed project is not eligible

for financial assistance under a recent,

current or planned solicitation because

the funding program, the Energy Related

Invention Program (ERIP), has been

structured since its beginning in 1975 to

operate without competitive

solicitations because the authorizing

legislation directs ERIP to provide

support for worthy ideas submitted by

the public. The program has never

issued and has no plans to issue a

competitive solicitation. This award

will be made 14 calendar days after

publication to allow for public

comment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please write the U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Placement and

Administration, ATTN: Rose Mason,

HR–531.21, 1000 Independence Ave.,

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

The anticipated term of the proposed

grant is 24 months from the date of

award.

Lynn Warner,

Contracting Officer, Office of Placement and

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–9690 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

Financial Assistance Award: Incisive

Engineering, Inc.

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Energy announces that pursuant to 10

CFR 600.6(a)(2) it is making a financial

assistance award under Grant Number

DE–FG01–95EE15633 to Incisive

Engineering, Inc. The proposed grant

will provide funding in the estimated

amount of $98,000 by the Department of

Energy for the purpose of saving energy

through development of the inventor’s

‘‘Complex-Mode Vibration-Fluidized

Bed for Coal Pyrolysis.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of Energy has determined in

accordance with 10 CFR 600.14(e)(1)

that the unsolicited application for

financial assistance submitted by

Incisive Engineering, Inc., is meritorious

based on the general evaluation required

by 10 CFR 600.14(d) and the proposed

project represents a unique idea that

would not be eligible for financial

assistance under a recent, current or

planned solicitation. The technology, if

proven economical, will substantially

augment the nation’s fuel supply and

provide a critically-needed alternative

fuel for future generations. This

vibrating bed design for a coal flash

pyrolysis unit prevents agglomeration of

coal particles by using a complex

combination of linear, whirl, and

oscillatory motion. The energy required

for this vibratory motion requires only

10 percent of the power to run a gas

fluidized bed. The design also avoids

significant heat loss inherent in

fluidized-bed and other designs. By

recirculating lime-ash from the furnace

back to the pyrolysis unit to serve as the

heat source, IEI’s technology consumes

only enough energy required to drive

the pyrolysis reaction. Specifically, IEI

estimates that less than two percent of

heat generated in the process is lost, a

tremendous savings over the present

technology, which may lose up to half

the energy generated during pyrolysis.

The grantee will design, build, and test

a complex-mode vibration-fluidized bed

for coal pyrolysis that will produce

liquid and gaseous fuel from crushed

coal. The inventor and principal