Financial Assistance Award; Intent To Award Cooperative Agreement To University of Illinois

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DOE announces that pursuant to 10 CFR 600.6(a)(5), it is making a discretionary financial assistance award based on the criteria set forth at 10 CFR 600.7(b)(2)(i) (B), (C), (D) and 600.14(d) to the University of Illinois, Department of the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) under cooperative agreement number DE-FC01-94E124855. The purpose of the proposed agreement is to revise the Energy Information Administration (EIA) demonstrated reserve base (DRB) of coal for the State of Illinois, with new quantity/quality data. This agreement is necessary to achieve program objectives, conserve public funds and is essential to the public interest. This effort will have a total estimated cost of $83,000 to be provided by the DOE. The (ISGS) is the State authority on Illinois coal resources. This agreement will assist the State of Illinois in its efforts to continually collect analyses on coal quality and perform geological mapping to determine the quantity and quality of coal reserves in the state.