Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 33 / Friday, February 16, 2001 / Notices 10675

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

[FE Docket No. 01–01–NG, 01–02–NG]

Transco Energy Marketing Co.; Selkirk

Cogen Partnership, L.P.; Orders

Granting Authority To Import and

Export 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 during January 2001, it

issued Orders granting authority to

import and export natural gas. These

Orders are summarized in the attached

appendix and may be found on the FE

website 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 &

Export Activities, Docket Room 3E–033,

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585,

(202) 586–9478. The docket room is

open between the hours of 8 a.m. and

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

except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, DC on February 12,

2001.

Clifford P. Tomaszewski,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of

Natural Gas & Petroleum Import & Export

Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

APPENDIX—ORDERS GRANTING IMPORT/EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS

[DOE/FE Authority]

Order

No.

Date

Issued

Importer/Exporter

FE Docket No.

Import

Volume

Export

Volume Comments

1665 ..... 1/22/01 Transco Energy Marketing

Company 01–01–NG.

730 Bcf .............. Import from Canada beginning on February 7, 2001, and extending through February 6, 2003

1664 ..... 1/26/01 Selkirk Cogen Partners, L.P.

01–02–NG.

57 Bcf Import and export a combined total from and to Canada, beginning on January 29, 2001, and extending through January 28,

2003

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

[DE–PS36–01GO90000]

Innovative Technologies for

Conversion of Biomass to Fuels and

Chemicals

AGENCY: Golden Field Office, Office of

Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of request for

applications for research and

development projects in support of the

DOE Biomass Program.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fuels

Development is funding a competitive

financial assistance program in support

of the DOE Biomass Program. Proposals

are requested under the Supplemental

Announcement Number 04, Innovative

Technologies for Conversion of Biomass

to Fuels and Chemicals, to the Broad

Based Solicitation DE–PS36–

01GO90000 that is anticipated to result

in the award of several cooperative

agreements in Fiscal Year 2001.

DATES: Applications should be

submitted as described in the

Supplemental Announcement by March

27, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S.

Department of Energy, Golden Field

Office, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden,

CO 80401–3393. The Project Engineer is

Andrew Trenka, FAX (303) 275–4753 or

e-mail at andy_trenka@nrel.gov. The

Contract Specialist is Andrea Lucero,

FAX (303) 275–4788 or e-mail at

andrea_lucero@nrel.gov. The

Supplemental Announcement can be

obtained from the Golden Field Office

website at www.golden.doe.gov/

businessopportunities.html under

‘‘Solicitations.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background Information: The Office

of Fuels Development of the Department

of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency

and Renewable Energy (EERE) is

supporting the issuance of this

Supplemental Announcement to the

EERE Broad Based Solicitation for

Submission of Financial Assistance

Applications Involving Research,

Development and Demonstration, DE–

PS36–01GO90000. The Broad Based

Solicitation contains information that

must be used in conjunction with this

Supplemental Announcement when

applying for an award. Thus, in order to

prepare a complete application, it is

mandatory to comply with requirements

of the overall Broad Based Solicitation

document, DE–PS36–01GO90000, found

on the DOE Golden Field Office Home

Page at http://www.golden.doe.gov/

businessopportunities.html under

‘‘Solicitations’’, as well as with the

requirements of this Supplemental

Announcement 04 document.

Under this Supplemental

Announcement, DOE is soliciting

applications to support innovative

technologies that will increase the

efficiency and/or lower the cost of

producing and converting biomass to

transportation fuels and chemicals. The

three specific areas of interest for this

solicitation include the following:

pretreatment fundamentals; biomass

sugars technologies; and microbial

strain development.

Award under this Supplemental

Announcement will be Cooperative

Agreements with a term of up to 12

months. University-led efforts with

participation of industry and other nonfederal research organizations are

strongly encouraged. A minimum cost

share of 20% of the total project cost is

required under the Supplemental

Announcement. Awards, if any, will

result from a merit review process

applied to the applications.

The Supplemental Announcement

can be obtained from the Golden Field

Office website at www.golden.doe.gov/

businessopportunities.html under

‘‘Solicitations.’’

Issued in Golden, Colorado on January 25,

2001.

Jerry L. Zimmer,

Director, Office of Acquisition and Financial

Assistance.

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