[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22490]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Deviation for the Research for Improving Vehicular
Transportation, and Reducing Energy Consumption, and Pollution from
Manufacturing Processes Program
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Class Deviation.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to 10 CFR 600.4,
announces a deviation from its Financial Assistance Rules for the
Research for Improving Vehicular Transportation, and Reducing Energy
Consumption, and Pollution from Manufacturing Processes program. This
program is a joint effort between DOE and the National Science
Foundation (NSF) to further basic research involving vehicles of the
future and environmental technologies. The approval of this deviation
from the requirement of 10 CFR 600.26(b) permits coextensive budget and
project periods for multi-year awards.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 19, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cherlyn D. Seckinger, Business and
Financial Policy Division, [HR-51], U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-8246.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this notice, the DOE announces that,
pursuant to 10 CFR 600, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Procurement
and Assistance Management has made a determination of the need for a
deviation to the DOE Financial Assistance Rules. The determination
document, dated August 26, 1996 provides for a deviation for 18 grants
under the Improving Vehicular Transportation, and Reducing Energy
Consumption and Pollution from Manufacturing Processes program.
The deviation has been approved to achieve program objectives of
uniformity of treatment among proposed awardees and between DOE and NSF
in the administration of the resulting grants. By agreement with NSF,
DOE released a Program Notice (96-05) under 10 CFR 605 for the subject
program which has resulted in 35 applicants being selected for award.
Awards will be of three types: totally DOE funded, totally NSF funded,
and jointly funded. DOE will award all the grants. The proposed
detailed research projects range in term from 12 to 39 months. Standard
NSF grants are made for durations of 6 months to three years and are
fully funded at the time of award. DOE multi-year grants are typically
funded incrementally on an annual basis. Without the deviation,
recipients funded totally by NSF funds could have budget periods longer
than those which will be jointly funded by DOE and NSF or solely by
DOE. Since DOE will award the grants and will oversee their
administration, a consistent approach for handling award requirements
for reporting, budgeting, and continuation/renewal purposes is needed
to assure uniformity in administration of the program.
The deviation waives the limitation of 600.26(b) that coextensive
budget and project periods only be used when the period of performance
for a DOE award will be twelve months or less. Multi- year awards are
generally funded on an annual basis. In such awards, funding for each
budget period within a project period is contingent on DOE approval of
a continuation application submitted in accordance with a schedule
specified by DOE. This deviation will allow both DOE and NSF funded
awards under the program to have coextensive budget and project
periods. This action is necessary to achieve program objectives [see 10
CFR 600.4(b)(1)] in order to ensure consistency in award
administration.
Issued in Washington, DC, August 26, 1996.
Richard H. Hopf,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Procurement and Assistance Management.
[FR Doc. 96-22490 Filed 9-3-96; 8:45 am]
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