North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 43 - Industrial Commission › Article 43-03 - Contracts for Land Reclamation Research and Research, Development, and Marketing of Lignite Products Derived From Lignite › Chapter 43-03-04 - Application Requirements › Section 43-03-04-01 - Application format

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
An application must be direct, concise, and informative. It
				  must be accompanied with the application fee set forth in section
				  43-03-04-03. It must be typed and
				  double spaced on eight and one-half-inch by eleven-inch [21.59-centimeter by
				  27.94-centimeter] paper. Thirty-five copies of the application are to be
				  submitted to the following address.
State of North Dakota
The Industrial Commission
State Capitol
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
ATTN: Lignite Research Program
The application must contain the following:
1.
Transmittal letter.
A
				transmittal letter setting forth a binding commitment on behalf of the
				applicant to complete the project as described in the application if the
				commission makes the grant requested. The letter must be signed by someone
				authorized to contract on behalf of the applicant.
2.
Title page.
A title page
				setting forth the project title, applicant, principal investigator, date of
				application, and amount of the request.
3.
Table of contents.
4.
Abstract.
A one-page abstract
				of the project stating its objective, expected results, duration, total project
				cost, and participants.
5.
Project summary.
An overview of the project that includes an
				explanation of its objectives. The overview must include enough information to
				allow members of the technical review committee to determine if they are
				qualified to review the application.
6.
Project description.
A
				detailed description of the project, including its objectives; its methodology;
				its anticipated results; the facilities, resources, and techniques to be used
				and their availability and capability; the environmental and economic impacts
				of the project while it is underway; its ultimate technological and economic
				impacts; and why the project is needed.
7.
Standards of success.
The
				standards by which the success of the project is to be measured.
8.
Background.
A summary of
				prior work related to the project conducted by the applicant and other
				participants as well as by other organizations.
9.
Qualifications.
A summary of
				the experience and qualifications pertinent to the project of the applicant,
				principal investigator, and other participants in the project.
10.
Value to North Dakota.
An
				explanation of what parts of the public and private sector will likely make use
				of the project's results, and when and in what way; of the potential that
				commercial use will be made of the project's results; how the project will
				enhance the use of North Dakota lignite and lignite products; how it will
				preserve existing jobs and create new ones; and how it will otherwise satisfy
				the priorities established in North Dakota Century Code section
				54-17.5-03.
11.
Management.
A description of
				how the applicant will manage and oversee the project to ensure it is being
				carried out on schedule and in a manner that best ensures its objectives will
				be met, and a description of the evaluation points to be used during the course
				of the project.
12.
Timetable.
A project schedule setting forth the starting and
				completion dates, dates for completing major project activities, and proposed
				dates upon which the interim reports required by section
				43-03-05-08 will be submitted.
13.
Budget.
An
				itemized list of the project's capital costs; direct operating costs, including
				salaries; and indirect costs; and an explanation of which of these costs will
				be supported by the grant and in what amount. An explanation why the funding
				requested is necessary to achieve the project's objectives and, if less funding
				is available than that requested, whether the project's objectives will be
				unattainable or delayed.
14.
Matching funds.
An identification of all other committed and
				prospective funding sources and the amount of funding from each source.
15.
Tax liability.
An
				affidavit stating that the applicant does not have an outstanding tax liability
				owed to the state of North Dakota or any of its political subdivisions.
16.
Confidential
				information.
Any information in the application that is entitled to
				confidentiality and which the applicant wants to be kept confidential should,
				if possible, be placed in an appendix to allow for administrative ease in
				protecting the information from public disclosure while allowing public access
				to the rest of the application. Such information must be clearly labeled as
				confidential and the applicant must explain why the information is entitled to
				confidentiality.
17.
Appendices.
Any necessary supporting documentation.
General Authority: NDCC
					 57-61-01.5
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 54-17.5-03,
					 54-17.5-04,
					 57-61-01.5