Award Number: DE-EE0007888CXs Applied: A11, A9, B1.31, B3.6, B3.15Advanced Manufacturing OfficeLocation: NYOffice: Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
December 12, 2017
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Award Number: DE-EE0007888
CX(s) Applied: A11, A9, B1.31, B3.6, B3.15
Advanced Manufacturing Office
Location(s): NY
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide Federal funding to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers to establish the Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Institute. The Institute is a consortium established under a Cooperative Agreement with the DOE and with participation from sub-recipients of the award, large and small private companies, universities, as well as national laboratories, and non-governmental organizations. The RAPID Institute is focused on chemicals and commodity processes; natural gas upgrading; renewable bioproducts; intensified process fundamentals; modeling and simulation; and module manufacturing. RAPID plans to research, develop and demonstrate high-impact modular chemical process intensification solutions for U.S. Manufacturing. This project has five budget periods, but only project activities within budget period 1 and 2 (BP1 and BP2) have been defined. BP1 was reviewed under a previous NEPA determination (GFO-0007888-BP1; 3/16/2017). This NEPA determination is specific to BP2 only. Further NEPA review will be required for the remaining budget periods once those activities have been defined and negotiated.