[Federal Register: March 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 41)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
National Energy Technology Laboratory; Notice of Availability of
a Funding Opportunity Announcement
AGENCY: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Notice of availability of a Funding Opportunity Announcement.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue, on behalf of
the DOE Office of Energy Assurance (OEA), Funding Opportunity
Announcement No. DE-PS26-04NT42071 entitled Development of Technologies
for Assurance of the U.S. Energy Infrastructure. The funding
opportunity announcement will request applicants to submit proposals in
any of three Areas of Interest: 1. Physical Security, 2. Cyber
Security, and 3. Modeling, Simulation and Analysis. Technologies
proposed in the Areas of Interest should protect the critical energy
infrastructure. Critical infrastructures are systems, such as the
United States' energy system, whose extensive incapacity or destruction
would have a debilitating impact on the defense and economic security
of our Nation. For the purposes of this funding opportunity
announcement, the scope of the energy infrastructure shall be limited
to the following: Electrical Delivery Assets (Non-nuclear central
generation facilities, including fossil-fired and hydroelectric plants;
High-voltage transmission equipment, including critical substations,
switchyards and transmission towers; Low-voltage distribution assets,
including related substations and switchyards; End user & on-site
generation equipment; Control-and-command assets, such as SCADA
(Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) and communications and
monitoring systems associated with electrical delivery). Fuel
Processing & Storage Assets (Refineries; Mid-stream natural gas
processing plants located at the end of gathering systems and
interstate pipelines; Natural gas storage facilities, including
underground areas (aquifers, depleted oil and gas fields, and salt
caverns); Liquid storage facilities, including above-ground facilities
for storing LNG (liquid natural gas), facilities for storing LPG
(liquid
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petroleum gases)-propane, ethane, etc., retail gasoline facilities and
oil/gas tank farms; and, Control-and-command assets, such as SCADA and
communications and monitoring systems associated with fuel processing
and storage). Delivery Systems (Natural gas pipelines, including
compression stations and hubs; Liquid pipelines and pumping stations
delivering/pumping crude oil, refined products, or LPG; Control-and-
command assets, such as SCADA and communications and monitoring systems
associated with delivery systems). Exploration and Production (Onshore
production facilities and Offshore production facilities).
DATES: The funding opportunity announcement will be available on the
``Industry Interactive Procurement System'' (IIPS) Web page located at
http://e-center.doe.gov on or about March 6, 2004. Applicants can
obtain access to the funding opportunity announcement from the address
above or through DOE/NETL's Web site at http://www.netl.doe.gov/business
.
ADDRESSES: Questions and comments regarding the content of the
announcement should be submitted through the ``Submit Question''
feature of IIPS at http://e-center.doe.gov. Locate the announcement on
IIPS and then click on the ``Submit Question'' button. You will receive
an electronic notification that your question has been answered.
Responses to questions may be viewed through the ``View Questions''
feature. If no questions have been answered, a statement to that effect
will appear. You should periodically check ``View Questions'' for new
questions and answers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Patricia Reger,U.S. Department of
Energy,National Energy Technology Laboratory,3610 Collins Ferry
Road,P.O. Box 880,Morgantown WV 26507-0880,E-mail Address:
Patricia.Reger@netl.doe.gov,Telephone Number: 304-285-4084.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National Laboratories are not permitted to
participate as prime contractors in response to this funding
opportunity announcement. Participation by National Laboratories as
subcontractors shall be limited to 10% of the award value. Once
released, the funding opportunity announcement will be available for
downloading from the IIPS Internet page. At this Internet site you will
also be able to register with IIPS, enabling you to submit an
application. If you need technical assistance in registering or for any
other IIPS function, call the IIPS Help Desk at (800) 683-0751 or E-
mail the Help Desk personnel at IIPS_HelpDesk@e-center.doe.gov. The
funding opportunity announcement will only be made available in IIPS,
no hard (paper) copies of the funding opportunity announcement and
related documents will be made available.
Telephone requests, written requests, E-mail requests, or facsimile
requests for a copy of the funding opportunity announcement package
will not be accepted and/or honored. Applications must be prepared and
submitted in accordance with the instructions and forms contained in
the funding opportunity announcement. The actual funding opportunity
announcement document will allow for requests for explanation and/or
interpretation.
Issued in Morgantown, WV, on February 19, 2004.
Dale A. Siciliano,
Director, Acquisition and Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 04-4583 Filed 3-1-04; 8:45 am]
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