Adminstrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. The application forms must be downloaded from the specific funding opportunity announcement posted on the Grants.gov web-site: http://www.grants.gov. Unsolicited Proposals (USP) should be submitted in accordance with the instructions posted at the following web site: http://www.netl.doe.gov/business/usp/USPGuide.pdf This program is subject to the provisions of FAR 15.6. Award Procedure: DOE opportunity announcement set forth award procedures. Unsolicited proposals will be evaluated by DOE personnel assigned to the specific area with merit reviews as required. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Deadlines: Dec 30, 2012: Deadlines are subject to change, Please check with contact person(s) listed. Deadlines vary and are subject to change. There are deadlines stated in the financial assistance opportunity announcement (FOA) posted at http://www.grants.gov For USP, there are no deadlines. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Appeals: None. Renewals: Awards may be amended or extended as required. Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula. This program has no matching requirements. Varies with each award instrument (grant, cooperative agreement, interagency agreement, etc). MOE requirements are not applicable to this program. This program does not have MOE requirements. The time period for a grant or cooperative agreement is dependent upon FOA and the individual project award. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: TBD. Reports: Quarterly progress and financial reports are required. The final In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Required by grant and cooperative agreement award document. 89-0224-0-1-271. Obligations: (Cooperative Agreements) FY 15 $441,763,487; FY 16 est $357,945,926; and FY 17 est $485,747,344 Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Award size varies according to the funding opportunity announcement. A majority of the active projects are in the range from $200,000 to $10,000,000+. TAFS Codes: 89-0213. RELATED PROGRAMS: 81.057 University Coal Research EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fiscal Year 2015: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2016: High-hydrogen Criteria varies according to the specific funding opportunity announcements. Typically the selection criteria includes criteria related to merit of the technical work proposed, the reasonableness and thoroughness of the technical approach, the quality of the technical capabilities, facilities and personnel involved in the scope of work, and the thoroughness of the project management plan. 81.104 ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND WASTE PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL Environmental Management FEDERAL AGENCY: Department of Energy AUTHORIZATION: Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, Public Law 99-240; Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, Public Law 93-438; Atomic Energy Act of 1954, Section 31, as amended, Public Law 83-703; Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977, as amended, Public Law 96-573; Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990, Public Law 101-615. OBJECTIVES: The Environmental Management Research and Development Program provides for the development of technologies to safely expedite tank waste processing and tank closure, remediation of contaminated groundwater and soil, disposition of nuclear materials and spent (used) nuclear fuel, and deactivation and decommissioning of contaminated excess facilities. The Environmental Management Research and Development program transforms science and innovation into practical solutions for environmental cleanup. The new technologies will transform the Environmental Management cleanup effort by reducing risk (technological, environmental, safety, and health), schedule, and cost. The Environmental Management Research and Development program focuses on resolving technical challenges with an overall emphasis on transformational technical solutions in response to the highest priority needs of Environmental Management sites. Applied engineering and research demonstrating the technical feasibility of high-risk, high-payoff technologies are included. The Environmental Management Research and Development program matures technologies from concept/basic science through feasibility assessment and technology development (bench scale and scale-up testing and flow-sheet evaluation), then production-level demonstration, and finally to full deployment. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Cooperative Agreements; Project Grants Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. Application Procedures: This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. A formal proposal by the organization interested in doing th work must be submitted through an appropriate official of the corporate entity, organization, or institution. Financial assistance requests will be reviewed pursuant to the Office of Environmental Management Merit Review System (May 5, 1991) and the DOE Financial Assistance Manual, as amended. Award Procedure: Award decisions may be made by DOE Headquarters throughout the fiscal year. Deadlines: Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: The approximate approval/disapproval time is from 2 months to 1 year. Appeals: Program Descriptions December 2016 the program provisions d es establistas ccordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Suirements, non-Federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 hore in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit "ducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a zation in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that r, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503. Costs incurred are subject to audit ughout the contract or grant period and before final close-out. The extent als, grup, frequency of audits depend on the size of the contract/grant and the specific izations tract/grant provisions. ficial aft hnetium-99, including removal of Technetium-99 from off-gas recycle cessing streams. monstrate performance of alternate waste forms, support the Cementitious riers Partnership and long-term glass studies, and develop improved abilities to optimize slurry mixing and transport waste loading including stigation and development of novel mixing methods. ntinue development of strategies and technologies to understand, optimize e and accelerate tank waste characterization and continue development of eted cleaning methods thus enabling waste processing and tank closure edules to be accelerated and costs reduced. velop near-source tank separations, treatment and removal technologies for onuclides of interest for possible development at the Hanford and Savannah er Sites. ntinue development of next generation remote and robotic platforms and urt tooling systems. nduct a pilot project installing reliable sensors and remote network systems long-term monitoring of containment release from permanently entombed activation and Decommissioning facilities. gram Descriptions Continue development of various technologies to ensure the safe and cost-effective removal of Plutonium-238 from Savannah River Sites Building 235 F. Fiscal Year 2016: Tank Waste Develop the technical basis to identify, evaluate, and recommend cost-effective and environmentally-acceptable strategies and technologies to characterize, mitigate, and manage Technetium-99 in tank waste, including removal of Technetium-99 processing recycle streams. Develop predictive tools to predict and demonstrate the performance of alternate waste forms, support the Cementitious Barriers Partnership, continue long-term glass studies, and develop improved capabilities such as computational fluid dynamic tools to optimize slurry mixing and transport waste loading including investigation and development of novel mixing methods. Pursue technical efforts to develop strategies and technologies to understand, evaluate, optimize scale, and accelerate tank waste characterization and continue development of targeted cleaning methods thus enabling waste processing and tank closure schedules to be accelerated and costs reduced. Identify, develop, evaluate, and demonstrate near-source tank separations, treatment and removal technologies for mercury and radionuclides of interest for possible development at the Hanford and/ or Savannah River Sites. Begin efforts to demonstrate that a commercially available ion exchange technology for removing Cs-137 can be technically modified to treat the Savannah River Site highly radioactive waste tanks. Use of the technology will accelerate tank closure. Nuclear Waste Management and Disposition Build on previous aging management efforts to monitor safe storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel. New Technology will support requirements for NRC license. Conduct deep borehole field test. Soil and Groundwater Remediation Support the utilization of Advanced Simulation Capability for Environmental Management initially at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Savannah River Site, and the Nevada National Security Site. Test and demonstrate the multi-agency exit strategy for pump and treat systems. Complete pilot demonstration of a new paradigm for a long-term monitoring using master geochemical variables. Complete the initial laboratory-scale evaluations of in-situ stabilization methods for elemental mercury in soil. Complete the update of the conceptual model for mercury contamination at the Oak Ridge Reservation. Deactivation and Decommissioning Develop the prerequisite level of project plans to facilitate and initiate development of next generation remote and robotic platforms and smart tooling systems to improve efficiency of decontamination and demolition operations. Continue development/testing of the GrayQb 3-D Radiation Mapping Device to validate and provide real time intensity and location readouts. Develop and test automated digital non-destructive assay methods optimization resulting in near-real time defensible data. Develop and test advanced coatings and materials to significantly reduce/eliminate radiolysis effects in radiological waste containment bags. Conduct final testing and seek commercialization of incombustible agents and fixatives with delivery systems for remote decontamination operations. Develop, test and conduct a pilot project, installing reliable sensors and remote network systems for long-term monitoring of containment release and movement from permanently entombed D&D facilities. Continue with further application of the ISD Sensor Network at entombed and/or facilities awaiting entombment to establish data to augment the existing compliance monitoring network. Fiscal Year 2017: Near-Term Innovative Solutions: Continue investigating alternative disposition pathways and novel technologies for dispositioning high consequence materials such as the Cesium and Strontium waste. Continue to demonstrate non-elutable resins and alternative filtration techniques for radioactive contaminants. Continue evaluating and testing remedial technologies for mercury contamination in soils, water, and biota; and technologies and techniques for mercury removal from the waste processing stream. Continue to investigate the speciation, transformation, and behavior of Technetium-99 in waste process streams and pursue related technologies and solutions that help close uncertainty gaps. Through the development, deployment, and transfer of technologies and innovative solutions, continue to address new and emerging operational challenges in waste processing, waste retrieval and tank closure, process intensification, aging facility and infrastructure management, and facility deactivation and decommissioning. Mission Enabling Technologies/Solutions: Continue to infuse and integrate robotic solutions technologies for: (1) handling of high-hazard, high-consequence materials and waste, (2) performing worker/operator tasks that are dirty, dull, and dangerous; (3) easing the performance of worker/operator tasks that are physically demanding on or stressful to human body; (4) performing tasks that are beyond human abilities; (5) enhanced emergency response and recovery; (6) improving the safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity of facility operations. Continue establishing radioactive test bed capability for demonstrating innovative tooling, treatment technologies, and other technical solutions at existing EM nuclear facilities and assets. Continue to invest in mission-relevant innovations in data acquisition and management, including: non-destructive testing and evaluation; imaging, surveying, mapping, and 3D rendering; data analytics; data mining; and mathematical modeling and computation fluid dynamics. Develop and define risk-informed remediation end points to reduce the need to excavate and dispose of contaminated soil and groundwater. Develop new geophysical monitoring tools to assess current and future deep vadose zone contamination distributions and flux to groundwater. Develop a test bed for the testing of tools and processes to remove and/or stabilize mercury in the subsurface to prevent flux to receptors. Department of Energy AUTHORIZATION: Energy Policy Act of 1992, as amended, Public Law 102-486; Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977, as amended, Public Law 95-91. OBJECTIVES: This program is in close-out. Financial assistance will not be provided in the future. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: PROJECT GRANTS USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: None. Applicant Eligibility: None. Beneficiary Eligibility: Both state and local governments benefited from these grants. Commercial firms with expertise in waste reduction and pollution prevention, large and small businesses, and others in the business of preventing pollution and energy conserving technologies also benefited. Credentials/Documentation: No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles. Preapplication Coordination: Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform None. Deadlines: Not Applicable. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not Applicable. Appeals: Unsuccessful applicants from the competitive solicitation were entitled to a debriefing by DOE program officials with a clear explanation of why the proposal was not accepted for funding. Renewals: Not Applicable. Formula and Matching Requirements: Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program. Projects covered a period of up to 3 years with release of funding subject to work progress. Access to process implementation and efficiency data is to be available for 10 years after project completion to measure performance against expectation and to support commercialization of the technology. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Not Applicable. Reports: Not Applicable. Audits: Not Applicable. Records: Access to process implementation and efficiency data must be available for 10 December 2016 PES OF ASSISTANCE: ject Grants (Cooperative Agreements) ES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: e participating States, tribes, and the DOE will work to develop, coordinate, 1 implement activities in accident prevention, emergency preparedness, and lic information programs to help ensure the safe transportation of nsuranic waste to the WIPP site and safe disposal operations. Financial istance is provided to support cooperation among the tribes, the Southern, estern, and Midwestern states along the WIPP shipping corridors, in eloping plans and procedures for the safe uneventful transportation of nsuranic waste from current temporary storage facilities to WIPP. strictions on the use of these funds depend on the specific collaborative tement. Applicants must meet the guidelines established by DOE. plicant Eligibility: Eligibility is restricted by action of the Western Governors' Association, Southern States Energy Board, the State of New Mexico, Council of State Governments (midwest region), and tribal governments along WIPP transportation routes. DOE administers agreements with 10 southern State governments, and two Midwest state governments. The Western Governors' Association is the negotiating body for 12 western states on the WIPP transportation route. Each tribal government on the WIPP transportation route elected to represent themselves. Participation in this program is restricted to the above list of organizations and to the affected tribal governments. Beneficiary Eligibility: Benefits from this program will go to DOE and the State and tribal governments located on the WIPP disposal phase shipping corridor. Credentials/Documentation: No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E- Cost Principles. Preapplication Coordination: Environmental impact information may be required for the WIPP route road repairs only. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. Application Procedures: 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. After informal communication, a formal proposal by the applicant is submitted to the DOE Carlsbad Field Office. Note: All eligible parties are participating in the program and applications from others will not be accepted. Award Procedure: Decisions are made by DOE Carlsbad Field Office. Award documents are then prepared. Deadlines: Not Applicable. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not Applicable. Appeals: Not Applicable. Renewals: Awards to state and tribal governments may be renewed as long as WIPP shipments are still being transported through those states or tribes. Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this program. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Schedule for DOE payments will be established during negotiations. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: After receipt and review of the recipient's proposal, the award document is prepared and issued to the recipient. Reports: Quarterly financial reports are submitted using SF-425. Quarterly/Annual progress reports containing accomplishments and information on cost status. No cash reports are required. Progress reports are required quarterly and annually. A reporting schedule will be established during negotiations. Performance monitoring is not applicable. Audits: In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-Federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that |