[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-19152]
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[Federal Register: August 5, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Chicago Field Office, NREL Area Office; Federal Assistance Award
to Photonic Sensor Systems, Inc.
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Noncompetitive Financial Assistance Award.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the DOE
Financial Assistance Rules, 10 CFR 600.7, is announcing its intention
to enter into a cooperative agreement with Photonic Sensor Systems,
Inc. (PSS). This new cooperative agreement will in effect continue a
research project that had been funded by the Department with Georgia
Tech Research Corp. (GTRC), (an affiliate of the Georgia Institute of
Technology) for development of a sensor system to monitor ammonia.
ADDRESSES: Questions regarding this announcement may be addressed to
the U.S. Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, 1617 Cole Blvd.,
Golden, Colorado 80401, Attention: J. K. Lewis, Contract Specialist or
call (303) 275-4739. The Contracting Officer is John W. Meeker.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With assistance from DOE through Cooperative
Agreement # DE-FC02-89ID12905, GTRC developed an optical sensor for
real time detection of ammonia. The original application was to monitor
ammonia transfer from agricultural croplands, and thereby reduce the
amount of nitrogen fertilizer used; however, PSS has determined that
the sensor can also facilitate the use of ammonia in a variety of
industrial applications such as large scale refrigeration where the use
of ammonia as the refrigerant has development of the sensor through
commercial prototype and evaluation of this prototype in full-scale
agricultural and industrial settings..
DOE has performed a review in accordance with 10 CFR 600.7 and has
determined that the activity to be funded is necessary to the
satisfactory completion of, and is a continuation of, an activity
presently being funded by DOE, and for which competition for support
would have a significant adverse effect on continuity and satisfactory
completion of the activity. Also, the applicant has exclusive domestic
capability to perform the activity successfully based on ownership of
the fundamental patent rights and technical expertise gained in the
earlier phases of the project.
DOE funding for the proposed activity is estimated to be $605,000
and PSS's share is estimated to be $332,000 for a total of $937,000
over a three year project period.
Issued in Golden, CO on July 25, 1994.
John Meeker,
Contract Officer, GO.
[FR Doc. 94-19152 Filed 8-4-94; 8:45 am]
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