CX-100798 Categorical Exclusion Determination

Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation
Award Number: DE-EE0006926
CX(s) Applied: A9, A11, B3.6
Advanced Manufacturing Office
Date: 1/23/2017
Location(s): TN
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Collaborative Composite Solutions Corporation for the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) project. The Institute is planned as a consortium established under a Cooperative Agreement with the DOE with participation from sub-recipients of the award, private companies, universities and other educational institutions, as well as other state and federal government agencies and research organizations. IACMI’s technology development and demonstration programs would focus on reducing technical risk and developing a robust supply chain to support growing applications of advanced composites in vehicles, wind energy and compressed gas storage. Participating states would engage their economic development and education programs to encourage new business formation and develop a capable workforce to serve the composites industry. This project has five budget periods but only project activities within budget periods 1, 2, and 3 (BP1, BP2, and BP3) have been defined. DOE has completed three previous NEPA Determinations (GFO-0006926-001; 06/04/2015, GFO-0006926-002; 01/26/16, and GFO-0006929-003; 02/25/16). This NEPA Determination is specific to BP3 only. Further NEPA review will be required for the remaining budget periods once those activities have been defined and negotiated.

Each task/subtask in BP3 would be completed by either the prime recipient or one of the project partners. For the project partners listed in question 2b of the completed EQ1, the scope of work for proposed activities in BP3 are generally laboratory scale operations; equipment installation; data analysis and modeling; or educational, managerial, and reporting activities. The location of the facilities and description of proposed activities for the prime recipient and each partner are detailed within question 2b of the completed EQ1 for the project. Initially, entries detailed in question 2b include only those projects approved by the contracting officer at the start of BP3. Additional entries in question 2b may be incorporated as new partners are brought into the IACMI project and specific sites are identified as long as these additional entries conform to the rationale and CXs applied in this NEPA Determination. Any new partners that do not fit the above will be required to submit separate EQ1s for further review.