99-18431. Federal Energy Technology Center; Notice of Intent To Issue a Program Solicitation for Cooperative Agreements

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38899-38900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18431]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[DE-PS26-99FT40613]


Federal Energy Technology Center; Notice of Intent To Issue a 
Program Solicitation for Cooperative Agreements

AGENCY: Federal Energy Technology Center, DOE.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue a Program 
Solicitation No. DE-PS26-99FT40613 entitled ``Research and Development 
of Technologies for the Management of

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Greenhouse Gases.'' The Federal Energy Technology Center invites any 
university or other institution of higher education, non-profit, not-
for-profit or for-profit organization, non Federal agency, or other 
entity to submit competitive applications for cooperative agreements 
for the conduct of research and development that addresses the 
following six elements of the FETC sequestration program.
     Separation and Capture
     Sequestration of CO2 in Geological Formations
     Ocean Sequestration
     Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems
     Advanced Concepts
     Modeling and Assessments

DATES: Applications may be submitted at any time after the issuance 
date of the solicitation up to and including 1 year after the issue 
date. The issue date of the solicitation is expected to be August 1, 
1999. Applications will be reviewed individually, or in groups which 
will be assembled as often as practical considering the number of 
applications received and availability of competent reviewers. 
Applications must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the 
instructions and forms in the Program Solicitation. Prospective 
offerors should check the Internet location frequently for any 
solicitation amendments prior to submitting applications.

ADDRESSES: The solicitation will be available for viewing and 
downloading from FETC's Internet site at http://www.fetc.doe.gov/
business. Solicitations will not be distributed on diskette or in paper 
form. Candidates may register through FETC's Business Alert 
Notification service on our homepage. The category to register under is 
Advanced Electric Power Generation, Coal Conversion/Solid Fuels and 
Feedstocks, Oil and Gas, or Environmental R&D for Fossil Fuels. In 
accordance with FAR 52.232-18, ``Availability of Funds,'' funds are not 
presently available for this procurement. The Government's obligation 
under this award is contingent upon the availability of appropriated 
funds from which payment for award purposes can be made.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The overall goals for the FETC Carbon 
Sequestration Program are:
     To provide economically competitive and environmentally 
safe options to offset all projected growth in baseline emissions of 
greenhouse gases by the U.S. after 2010, with offsets starting in 2015.
     To achieve the long-term cost goal in the range of $10/ton 
of avoided net costs for carbon sequestration.
     To offset at least one-half the required reductions in 
global greenhouse gases, measured as the difference in a business-as-
usual baseline and a strategy to stabilize atmospheric CO2 
concentrations at 550 ppm, beginning in the year 2025.
    The latter goal represents the global potential for these 
technology options if broadly applied by the United States and other 
countries.
    These research pathways stem directly from the Carbon 
Sequestration: State of the Science report, available from the Office 
of Fossil Energy's web site at www.fe.doe.gov/sequestration. The 
program portfolio covers the entire carbon sequestration ``life cycle'' 
of capture, separation, transport, and storage or reuse. Also of 
interest is the FETC Carbon Sequestration Program Plan is available on 
the web site at www.fetc.doe.gov/products/gcc.
    DOE anticipates multiple cooperative agreement awards resulting 
from this solicitation and no fee or profit will be paid to a recipient 
or subrecipient under the awards.

    Issued: July 9, 1999.
Randolph L. Kesling,
Supervisory Contract Specialist, Acquisition and Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 99-18431 Filed 7-19-99; 8:45 am]
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