94-6675. Financial Assistance: American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI); Cooperative Agreement

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 

Financial Assistance: American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI); 
Cooperative Agreement

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 
announces that pursuant to the DOE Financial Assistance Rules 10 CFR 
600.14(e), it intends to award a new start Cooperative Agreement Number 
DE-FC07-94ID13284 to the American Iron and Steel Industry (AISI). The 
objectives of the work to be performed under this cooperative agreement 
are to study steel plant waste oxide recycling and resource recovery 
using smelting. The Federal Domestic Catalog Number is 81.078.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ginger Sandwina, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 785 DOE Place, MS 1221, Idaho Falls, 
Idaho [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The statutory authority for the proposed 
award is the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology 
Competitiveness Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-680). The project is also 
consistent with the purpose of the Energy Conservation Program begun in 
1975 under the mandate of the Federal Non-Nuclear Energy Research and 
Development Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-577). The proposal meets the 
criteria for an ``unsolicited application'' for financial assistance as 
set forth in 10 CFR 600.14(e). This research is unique and innovative 
because of the use of thermodynamics to control the precipitation of 
various species at desired location in the by-product recovery circuit. 
No technical barriers are currently known, but the work is high because 
the effect of various combinations of feed material to the smelter must 
be determined. The statement of work contains many tasks and subtasks 
to define the acceptable operating conditions necessary to arrive at 
products with acceptable properties in a safe and environmentally 
acceptable manner. There are no recent, current, or planned 
solicitations under which this unsolicited proposal would be eligible 
for consideration. The project will employ the coal-based ironmaking 
process developed under a cooperative agreement with DOE and will 
continue (essentially without interruption) the contributions of the 
pilot plant facility, personnel, and other resources from the current 
project. The anticipated total project period to be awarded is ten (10) 
months. The amount of the cooperative agreement is $6.645 million. The 
proposed project is to be funded 70% ($4.652M) by DOE and 30% ($1.993M) 
by the steel industry.
David W. Newnam,
Acting Director, Procurement Services Division.
[FR Doc. 94-6675 Filed 3-21-94; 8:45 am]
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