[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 14713] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-7493] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Notice Inviting Financial Assistance Applications
Agency
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Energy Technology Center (FETC).
Action
Notice inviting financial assistance applications.
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Summary
The Department of Energy announces that it intends to conduct a competitive Program Solicitation and award financial assistance (grants) to successful applicants. Awards will be made to a limited number of applicants based on a scientific and engineering evaluation of the responses received to determine the relative merit of the approach taken in response to this offering by the DOE, and funding availability.
For Further Information Contact
Nancy Toppetta, U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, Acquisition and Assistance Division, P.O. Box 10940, MS 921-143, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940, Telephone: (412)892-5715, FAX: (412)892-6216, E-mail: toppetta@fetc.doe.gov. The solicitation (available in Portable Document Format (PDF)) will be released on DOE's FETC World Wide Web Server Internet System (www.fetc.doe.gov/business/solicit) on or about March 23, 1999.
www.fetc.doe.gov/business/solicitSupplementary Information
Title of Solicitation: ``Improved Natural Gas Storage Well Remediation'' Objectives: Through Program Solicitation No. DE-PS26-99FT40060, the DOE seeks applications from qualified sources for research and development efforts that address storage well damage issues associated with underground geologic reservoirs, such as depleted oil/gas fields, aquifers, etc.; however, such research and development efforts must not include underground storage tanks or mined salt caverns. The general objectives of this research and development effort are to (1) characterize the geochemical conditions of underground geologic natural gas storage reservoirs and injection/withdrawal wells for a selected set of damage mechanisms that lead to decreased performance characteristics and (2) design and successfully demonstrate practical and cost effective remedial techniques for those damage mechanisms. The damage mechanisms to be considered are (1) inorganic precipitates, (2) hydrocarbons, organic residues, and production chemicals, (3) bacterial fouling and plugging, and (4) particulate fouling and plugging. Eligibility: Applications are welcome from all qualified sources. The solicitation will contain a complete description of the technical evaluation factors and relative importance of each factor. Areas of Interest: DOE is interested in development of the above described mechanisms for improved remediation design, especially for effective shallow damage remedial treatments. Awards: DOE anticipates issuing financial assistance (grants) for each project selected. DOE reserves the right to support or not support, with or without discussions, any or all applications received in whole or in part, and to determine how many awards may be made through the solicitation subject to funds available in this fiscal year. Solicitation Release Date: The Program Solicitation is expected to be ready for release on or about March 23, 1999. Applications must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the instructions and forms contained in the Program Solicitation. Richard D. Rogus, Contracting Officer, Acquisition and Assistance Division. [FR Doc. 99-7493 Filed 3-25-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P