94-6118. Financial Assistance Award; Intent To Award Grant to Bid-Process Innovation, Inc.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 

Financial Assistance Award; Intent To Award Grant to Bid-Process 
Innovation, Inc.

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of unsolicited application financial assistance award.

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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-FG01-94CE15594 to Bio-Process Innovation, Inc. The proposed 
grant will provide funding in the amount of $92,022 by the Department 
of Energy for purposes of saving energy through development of a low-
energy continuous reactor for the production of ethanol.
    The Department of Energy has determined in accordance with 10 CFR 
600.14(e)(1) that the application submitted by Bio-Process Innovation, 
Inc., is meritorious based on the general evaluation required by 10 CFR 
600.14(d) and that the proposed project represents a unique idea that 
would not be eligible for financial assistance under a recent, or 
planned solicitation. Dr. M. Clark Dale, the inventor and president of 
Bio-Process Innovation, Inc., was awarded a patent for the design of 
the type of bio-reactor which will be developed with the grant, and has 
recently applied for a patent for this specific system which is 
expected to reduce cost per unit of product by about 80 percent. 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.
    The anticipated term of the proposed grant is 18 months from the 
date of the award.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please write the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Placement and 
Administration, ATTN: Rose Mason, HR-531.23, 1000 Independence Ave., 
SW., Washington, DC 20585.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 8, 1994.
Scott Sheffield,
Director, Headquarters Operations Division ``B'', Office of Placement 
and Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-6118 Filed 3-15-94; 8:45 am]
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