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the projected changes to environmental emissions in the U.S. and regionally within the U.S. if each technology proposed were to meet its anticipated U.S. market potential. The projected environmental impacts of anticipated commercialization of the candidate technologies will be discussed.

Such discussion will address, in qualitative

terms, unresolved environmental issues, identify areas where important environmental information is incomplete or unavailable, and evaluate

tradeoffs between short-term and long-term effects, to the maximum extent possible.

To enable DOE to perform this analysis, offerors shall complete and submit with their proposal, as part of Volume III, Business and Management Proposal, the forms provided in Appendix K, "Summary Environmental Data for the Commercialized Technology," using that information deemed to best characterize the commercial version of the clean coal technology being proposed.

Pre-Selection Project-Specific Environmental Review:

For proposals that meet the qualification criteria, DOE will prepare and consider before the selection of proposals an environmental impact analysis which will focus on environmental issues

pertinent to decision making. Such analysis will summarize

the strengths and weaknesses of each proposal against the environ-
mental evaluation criteria including, to the maximum extent possible,
a discussion of alternative sites and/or processes reasonably avail-
able to the offeror; a brief discussion of the environmental impacts
of each proposal; practicable mitigating measures; and, to the
extent known, a list of permits which must be obtained in imple-
menting the proposal.

This environmental impact analysis will be provided to the Source Selection Official. In addition, DOE will document the consideration given to environmental factors in a publicly available selection statement to record that the relevant environmental consequences of reasonable alternatives have been evaluated in the selection process. This selection statement will be filed with the Environmental Protection Agency, in accordance with the DOE NEPA guidelines.

27.3 Post-Selection NEPA Review:

Upon award of federal financial assistance under this PON, offerors
will be required to submit the environmental information specified
in Appendix J. This detailed site- and project-specific information
will be used as the basis for site-specific NEPA documents to be
prepared by DOE for each selected project. Such NEPA documents

shall be prepared, considered, and published in full conformance
with the requirements of 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508 and in advance of a
go/no-go decision to proceed beyond preliminary design. Since
federal funds from the Clean Coal Technology Program will not be
provided for detailed design, construction, operation and/or dis-
mantlement until the NEPA process has been successfully completed,
offerors at their own risk may choose to begin preparation of this
material early so that delay can be avoided. See SECTION VI.3,
"Allowable Project Costs for Cost-Sharing Purposes."

In addition to the requirements discussed above, each cooperative agreement entered into will require an environmental monitoring plan to ensure that significant site- and technology-specific environmental data are collected and disseminated.

28. PROPRIETARY DATA OR CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION

The proposal submitted in response to this solicitation may contain
technical data and other data, including trade secrets and privi-
leged or confidential commercial or financial information, that may
be exempt from public disclosure. To help DOE to identify such
data, the proposer must specifically identify each page, including
each line or paragraph thereof, containing data that the offeror

would like withheld from public disclosure to the extent permitted by law, and must mark the cover sheet of the proposal with the following notice:

NOTICE

The data contained on pages

of this proposal have been submitted in confidence and contain trade secrets and/or privileged or confidential commercial or financial information, and such data shall be used or disclosed only for evaluation purposes, provided that if a cooperative agreement is awarded to this proposer as a result of or in connection with the submission of this proposal, the Government shall have the right to use or disclose data herein to the extent provided in the cooperative agreement. This restriction does not limit the Government's right to use or disclose data obtained without restriction from any source, including the proposer.

Mark each and every sheet that contains data that you wish to restrict with the following legend:

"Use or disclosure of the proposal data in lines specifically identified by asterisk (*) are subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal."

In the event any data contained in a proposal submitted in response to this PON are requested pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, such requests will be reviewed in accordance with the procedures provided in 10 CFR 1004.11 (1984). Prior to

disclosure of information, DOE may request additional information from the proposer, including an explanation of why he believes information included in the proposal is exempt from disclosure under the FOIA. Prompt action and cooperation by the proposer will ensure that DOE has all the information necessary to determine whether disclosure is required by the FOIA.

29. PREPARATION OF OFFERS

(a) Offerors are expected to examine the entire contents of this

PON, including all instructions. The offeror assumes the risk of failure to comply with all the provisions of this PON.

(b)

Each offeror shall furnish the information required by this
PON. The offeror shall complete and sign the Financial
Assistance Application Form (Appendix E) in accordance with the
accompanying instructions. Erasures or other changes must be
initialed by the person signing the offer. Offers signed by an
agent shall be accompanied by evidence of that agent's authority.

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