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["Question and Answer Log DE-FOA-0002738 titled \"BIL:CARBON CAPTURE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS PROGRAM FRONT-END ENGINEERING DESIGN STUDIES FOR INTEGRATED CARBON CAPTURE, TRANSPORT, AND STORAGE SYSTEMS\""]
["Question #","Date Submitted","Question Type","Question","Answer to Question","Updated Response (if applicable)"]
[1,"2022-09-23","Letter of Intent","Please could I get the LOI template for this call? The FOA mentions it should be in the Documents section of the FOA posting but I don't see it there.","The letter is a form that is filled out in OCED exchange system where you input the information.  There is not a template to be provided at this time.","The FOA is going to be amended in the near future to address the inconsistency in the FOA and the use of the OCED exchange system.  For the letters of intent when you click on apply under this FOA number it will take you to the General Page at which time you will be required to fill out some information.  Below in the right corner of this same page is a \"radio button\" that states \"Create Letter of Intent\".  At that point you will then create your letter of intent from within the OCED system.  "]
[2,"2022-09-26","notification of changes under the FOA","Where would one register to received any amendments for this FOA?  I usually received amendment notifications and answer to question notifications for FOAs on FedConnect.  I cannot find this FOA listed on FedConnect.","Please contact the OCED exchange help desk at OCED-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov.  They will be able to assist you with this particular issue.  This email account as outlined in the FOA is to be used for questions regarding the content of the FOA.  This FOA is not posted on Fedconnect.  Ocedexchange will be used for this FOA.","Exchange does not have that functionality at this time."]
[3,"2022-09-26","notification of changes under the FOA","I am having difficulties registering to receive notifications for this opportunity. Would you please assist?","Please contact the OCED exchange help desk at OCED-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov.  They will be able to assist you with this particular issue.  This email account as outlined in the FOA is to be used for questions regarding the content of the FOA."]
[4,"2022-09-26","Q&A Responses","Where will the answers to questions be posted","All answers to the questions relating to the content of this FOA will be posted in OCED exchange under the FOA with a Q&A excel spreadsheet which contain the questions and responses.  The Q&A spreadsheet will be updated as we work to provide responses on questions we have received."]
[5,"2022-09-20","Eligibility for Municipal Electric utility owned by City and Tax credit question","Hello. I work for a municipal electric utility which is owned by a City. If we were to pursue the “Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program” would we also be eligible to utilize the IRA’s “Qualified Carbon Oxide Sequestration Tax Credit”?  Are municipal electric utilities eligible to pursue the CCD Projects Program?","\nTax credits as outlined on page 32 under Cost Sharing states that “ Tax credits may be considered in the overall project business case but cannot be counted towards the cost share requirements.” For eligibility requirements please refer to Section III-Eligibility, Part A-Eligible Applicants to determine if you meet the eligibility requirements of the FOA"]
[6,"2022-09-27","Tech volume and community benefits plans line spacing ","Line spacing in Technical Volume.\n\nPrevious FOAs have required double spacing for the Technical Volume and .  Is double or single spacing required for the 40 page technical volume and for the 20 page community benefit plan?\n","Please see Section IV Application and Submission Information, Part A Application Process the very last bullet  states the following:\n\n“Each submission must not exceed the specified maximum page limit, including cover page, charts, graphs, maps, and photographs when printed using the formatting requirements set forth above and single spaced. If applicants exceed the maximum page lengths indicated below, DOE will review only the authorized number of pages and disregard any additional pages.”"]
[7,"2022-10-06","Webinar","This Oct. 13 webinar registration link was shared with me, but the link no longer functions. \n\nWill there still be a webinar? If so, can you share the correct link?","A webinar was recently considered but it was determined that a webinar is not necessary.  All of the required information can be found within the FOA document along with any additional clarifications that maybe posted within the Q&A."]
[8,"2022-10-03","Misc FOA ","\n\n1.\tThe FOA document describes two FOAs. It states that the second FOA will be for Phases 2-4 of demonstration funding will be released in late 2022, and eligibility will not be limited to recipients of Phase 1 awards under the current FOA. In addition, it states that additional application opportunities will follow. Any guidance on the questions below would be extremely helpful in evaluating these opportunities:\na.\tIs it expected that applicants will apply for both FOA 1 and FOA 2 to qualify for full scale demonstration funding, or is the expectation that selected recipients for FOA 1 will participate in a different funding opportunity for Phase 2-4 funding later after the Phase 1 work has been awarded and is in progress or completed?\nb.\tIs the expectation for FOA 2 that an applicant has already completed the scope that is identified under FOA 1 Section B.i-ii in order to be eligible (i.e. submission of permit applications, completion of EIV, etc.)? If so, is the expectation that this work be completed at the time the application is submitted or before the project would be awarded?\n2.\tWith the extent of information required to support this application, there will be significantly more application content and in most cases, much longer documents than what is typical for a standard FEED.  Is there any potential for an extension on the application submission deadline? ","The requirements for this particular FOA are detailed in the FOA itself and clarified within the Q&A and any subsequent modifications.  Details beyond the envisioned programmatic intent stated in the FOA are not available at this time and will be subject to future congressional appropriations and direction. "]
[9,"2022-10-03","exchange question","Could you or someone in your office provide where to sign up to receive e-mail notifications that a question has been answered and posted or amendment has been posted – similar to Fed Connect?","Exchange does not have that functionality at this time."]
[10,"2022-10-04","cost share question","Are tribal entities or tribal projects able to obtain a waiver of some or all of the 50% cost share for qualifying projects under this FOA?","As stated in Section III:B of the FOA, the cost share must be at least 50% of the total project costs.  There is no waiver process for this FOA, and all applicants must comply with the cost share requirement.  "]
[11,null,"technical question","I am writing in today to seek guidance on whether the recent FOA (DE-FOA-0002738) will consider carbon capture projects for gas processing projects. The FOA doesn’t include gas processing under TA-3 (Integrated CCS systems at Industrial Facilities Not Purposed for Electric Generation), but does include chemical production, mineral production, pulp and paper production, and iron and steel production. But, gas processing is not included in the list of application specifically not of interest, either.\n\nIs DOE going to seriously consider applications for gas processing under TA-3, or will DOE only solicit and fully consider applications which related to chemical production, mineral production, pulp and paper production, and iron and steel production? If the latter, are there other funding opportunities for potential gas processing projects that we should be aware of?","The example technologies listed in the Topic Area 3 description as well as Table 5 are not exhaustive lists.  Gas Processing is not specifically excluded under the \"Applications Specifically Not of Interest\" section.    "]
[12,"2022-10-05","Letter of Intent","DE-FOA-0002738 indicated that there was a letter of intent template, yet when going under the Application Forms and Templates on the OCED site, there is not one present.\n\nDoes the name of the file containing the letter of intent have to be in a certain format?\n\nE.g. for the full application files must be named in a certain fashion.","The FOA is going to be amended in the near future to address the inconsistency in the FOA and the use of the OCED exchange system.  For the letters of intent when you click on apply under this FOA number it will take you to the General Page at which time you will be required to fill out some information.  Below in the right corner of this same page is a \"radio button\" that states \"Create Letter of Intent\".  At that point you will then create your letter of intent from within the OCED system.  "]
[13,"2022-10-05","Letter of Intent"," We are considering to apply for the FOA  - “DE-FOA-0002738”.  In order to submit the letter of intent on Oct 19th (48 hours before the Oct 21st deadline), I received some questions from my management which I could not find in the documentation.\n\nIf possible, would you please answer these questions below?  I apologize if this information indeed is in the documentation.\n\n1.  Will the letter of intent be published in any way to the public?     2.  What level of changes are acceptable from the letter of intent in October to the application in December?  Specifically, can I change the technology provider or zipcode of the proposed carbon capture facility for the FEED?         3. If I cannot change the zipcode, is it acceptable to list 3 different locations that we are considering?   4.   If I cannot change the amine technology provider, is it acceptable to say something like “2nd generation amine technology provider” as a placeholder for the letter of intent?\n\n","DOE does not intend to publish the letter of intent.  However they are subject to a FOIA request so please keep that in mind when preparing the letter of Intent.  2.   The intent of the this Letter of Intent is for DOE to get an idea of the number of applications it will receive for internal planning purposes.   The Letter of Intent does not bind DOE or your organization in any way.   Changes as needed up to the date of submission of the full application  would be acceptable."]
[14,"2022-10-05","Letter of Intent","I am reviewing FOA DE-FOA-0002738. On page 41 of the FOA, it states “A sample Letter of Intent is available for download in the Documents section of the FOA posting on https://OCED-eXCHANGE.energy.gov.”\n\nI was unable to find the sample letter of intent on the exchange page. Could you either send me a copy of the sample letter of intent associated with this FOA or direct me to where I can download it?","The FOA is going to be amended in the near future to address the inconsistency in the FOA and the use of the OCED exchange system.  For the letters of intent when you click on apply under this FOA number it will take you to the General Page at which time you will be required to fill out some information.  Below in the right corner of this same page is a \"radio button\" that states \"Create Letter of Intent\".  At that point you will then create your letter of intent from within the OCED system.  "]
[15,"2022-10-05","Letter of Intent","We are reviewing DE-FOA-0002738 - BIL: CARBON CAPTURE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS PROGRAM. It states that “A sample Letter of Intent is available for download in the Documents section of the FOA posting on https://OCED-eXCHANGE.energy.gov.” We have reviewed the website, and have not been able to locate the sample letter.\n\nWould you be able to provide us a copy of the referenced sample letter?","The FOA is going to be amended in the near future to address the inconsistency in the FOA and the use of the OCED exchange system.  For the letters of intent when you click on apply under this FOA number it will take you to the General Page at which time you will be required to fill out some information.  Below in the right corner of this same page is a \"radio button\" that states \"Create Letter of Intent\".  At that point you will then create your letter of intent from within the OCED system.  "]
[16,"2022-10-10","Letter of Intent","While it states on pg. 40 of FOA that LOI’s “will not be used for down-selection purposes” and that the “DOE will not provide feedback on the Letters of Intent” does that mean that the DOE will not give a recommended “Go” or “No Go” assessment after LOIs? And that if an entity intends to submit an application, the LOI is a necessary step in the process, but they should NOT wait for “Go” or “No Go” before proceeding with the full application if they so choose?","The Letter of Intent (LOI) document is a required step towards submission of a full application.  DOE will not be providing a Go or No-Go response to submitted LOIs and applicants should not wait for any response before proceeding with development of the application."]
[17,"2022-10-10","Letter of Intent","The supporting document \"BIL_DE-FOA0002738_9-22-2022 \" for DE-FOA-0002738 reads: \"A sample Letter of Intent is available for download in the Documents section of the FOA posting on https://OCED-eXCHANGE.energy.gov.\" The sample letter does not exist under the Documents section of the FOA posting. If such a document exists, would you please be able to directly link it in the Q&A responses?","The FOA is going to be amended in the near future to address the inconsistency in the FOA and the use of the OCED exchange system.  For the letters of intent when you click on apply under this FOA number it will take you to the General Page at which time you will be required to fill out some information.  Below in the right corner of this same page is a \"radio button\" that states \"Create Letter of Intent\".  At that point you will then create your letter of intent from within the OCED system.  "]
[18,"2022-10-04","technical question","Could you please provide us with a clarification on the technologies that are in scope to Topic Area 2 of the subject FOA? Specifically, is a natural gas-fueled fuel cell electric generation system enabled with carbon capture considered a “NG SMR Facility[y] Producing H2 for Electricity Generation” as contemplated by PUBLIC LAW 116–260 Sec. 962(a)(3)(B)(iv) – a “steam methane reformer that produces hydrogen from natural gas for use in the production of electric energy” and therefore in scope to topic area 2 on page 14  for consideration in grant applications?","The example technologies listed in the Topic Area 3 description as well as Table 4 are not exhaustive lists.  SOFC utilization, provided all other FOA requirements are met, is not specifically excluded under the \"Applications Specifically Not of Interest\" section.  DOE does not make determinations on whether an application is response or in scope to an FOA.  We ask that all applicants read the FOA and make determination on if they should apply or not."]
[19,"2022-10-08","Correct FOA","\nThis FOA appears not to be right FOA for us regarding the over $2.54 Billion Carbon Capture demonstration projects?\nOur situation appears not to fit any of these 3 criteria? And it appears to be only for $189 million of the $2.54 Billion?\n1.\tProjects designed to capture carbon dioxide from a coal electric generation facility.  \n2.\tProjects designed to capture carbon dioxide from a natural gas electric generation facility. \n3.\tProjects designed to capture carbon dioxide from an industrial facility not purposed for electric generation. \n \nThis FOA is talking about not awarding anything until August 2023? By then we will be retrofitted to all 2000 buildings.\nIs there another FOA coming out which will apply to our situation?\n","The Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program and the Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs are two separate DOE programs funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.  This FOA supports the Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program.  The Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs will be funded through other mechanisms which will be announced at a future date. "]
[20,"2022-10-18","Treatment of Confidential Applications","\nIn Section 8, Other Information, Paragraph D, Treatment of Application Information, the requirement states “If an applicant chooses to submit business sensitive, trade secrets, proprietary, or otherwise confidential information, the applicant must provide two copies of the submission (e.g., Full Application). The first copy should be marked, “non-confidential” with the information believed to be confidential deleted. The second copy should be marked “confidential” and must clearly and conspicuously identify the business sensitive, trade secrets, proprietary, or otherwise confidential information and must be marked as described below.” \nWe believe that the application without confidential information will resemble the one-page Summary Slide and Summary for Public Release. Preparing two applications, one with confidential information and one without, presents a significant administrative burden. We recommend that only the complete application, including confidential information, is submitted by the due date. Within 30 days following submission, applicants must submit applications with confidential information removed with the understanding that no other changes can be made to the application. This change will allow applicants to focus on preparing a highly compelling application without consuming precious time to comply with an administrative requirement. \n\nQuestions/Confirmations:\n1.\tPlease confirm whether the recommendation is acceptable.\n2.\tIf the recommendation is not acceptable, are applicants required to submit two sets of all required files? Or, may applicants submit confidential and non-confidential files of the affected files (e.g., Technical Volume)?\n3.\tPlease confirm that applications with confidential information removed will be evaluated for compliance purposes only and not according to evaluation criteria in Section V, Application Review Information.","A modification to the FOA  has been issued remove the requirement of submitting two copies of the full application."]
[21,"2022-10-06","Letter of Intent and CBP Guidance ","1. Page 41 of the FOA states \"A sample Letter of Intent is available for download in the Documents section of the FOA posting on https://OCED-eXCHANGE.energy.gov.\" The OCED website does not currently have this sample letter, please provide.\n\n2. Page 107 of the FOA states \"applicants are encouraged to consult guidance documents posted on the OCED Exchange website at\nhttps://oced-Exchange.energy.gov for assistance with preparing each section of the Initial CBP.\" Could the DOE make this guidance available?","  1.  The FOA is going to be amended to address the inconsistency in the FOA and the use of the OCED exchange system.  For the letters of intent when you click on apply under this FOA number it will take you to the General Page at which time you will be required to fill out some information.  Below in the right corner of this same page is a \"radio button\" that states \"Create Letter of Intent\".  At that point you will then create your letter of intent from within the OCED system.    2.  A modification to the FOA has been issued to remove this from the FOA.  If and when the is additional  guidance is issued then another amendment maybe issued.   Please refer to the information contained in the FOA with regards to CBP."]
[22,"2022-10-12","Eligibility","Page 16, under Topic 3.2\n\nThe carbon capture system will separate a minimum of 300,000 tonnes carbon oxides per year with at least 90% efficiency from one process slipstream at a new or existing domestic industrial facility not purposed for electric generation.\n\nQuestion - How stringent is this requirement of capturing 300,000 MT/y CO2? Our CO2 capture system can capture > 99% CO2, but the facility we are working with has less than 300,000 MT/y CO2. Can we still apply under this FOA. We have completed a prefeed for this facility.","Per Section I.B.ii of the FOA (page 16), applications to TA-3 – “The carbon capture system will separate a minimum of 300,000 tonnes carbon oxides per year with at least 90% efficiency from one process slipstream at a new or existing domestic industrial facility not purposed for electric generation”. Applicants that do not adhere to the minimum defined metrics set within the FOA will be considered noncompliant."]
[23,"2022-10-12","Eligibility Clarification","Can you please clarify the statement under C. Applications Specifically Not of Interest (Pg 19 of FOA)\n\nApplications to advance the maturation of post-combustion and pre-combustion carbon capture technologies, apart from the required FEED design.\n\nWe demonstrated our pre-combustion CO2 capture technology at an integrated pilot scale (TRL 6) under previous DOE funding. It is a non-amine based solvent absorption / regeneration process. We have adapted this technology for natural gas processing to remove CO2 from natural gas streams. CO2 capture efficiency was demonstrated to be > 99% in the pilot. \n\nWe have carried out a preFEED study to remove CO2 prior to NGLs recovery from natural gas. We would like to apply under this FOA Topic 3.2.\n\nAlso, the gas processing for the NGL unit will remove ~200,000 MT/year (600MT/day) CO2 at 99% capture efficiency. FOA calls for 300,000 MT/year CO2 removal. Can we still apply?","Per Section I.B.ii of the FOA (page 16), applications to TA-3 – “The carbon capture system will separate a minimum of 300,000 tonnes carbon oxides per year with at least 90% efficiency from one process slipstream at a new or existing domestic industrial facility not purposed for electric generation”. Applicants that do not adhere to the defined metrics set within the FOA will be considered noncompliant."]
[24,"2022-10-13","Multiple Topic Areas","In reference to DE-FOA-0002738, Topic Area 2 (p.14): If a project at an electric generation facility meets all criteria for both Subtopic Areas TA-2.1 and TA-2.2 according to the criteria described on pages 14, 15, and 19, is the project eligible to apply for either TA-2.1 or TA-2.2? Can DOE provide any additional guidance on which Subtopic Area would be most relevant if the project is eligible for both TA-2.1 and TA-2.2?","A1:  An entity may submit more than one Full Application to this FOA, provided that each application describes a unique, scientifically distinct project and be tailored to the specific topic area   If an entity intends to submit multiple Full Applications to this FOA, an individual Letter of Intent and associated control number is required for each Full Application intended for submission.  Control numbers will be assigned to each individual Letter of Intent and can then only be associated with a single Full Application. See page 38 of the FOA.\nA2:  No, DOE does not assist with decisions on which Subtopic Area to apply; it lies solely with the applicant."]
[25,"2022-10-12","Performance of Work in the United States","Section I.iii, Page 63 of the subject FOA states: \"All of the direct labor cost for the project (including subrecipient labor) must be performed in the United States.\"\n\nHowever, Appendix N Page 159 of the subject FOA states \"As set forth in Section IV.H.iii, at least 90% of the direct labor cost for the project (including subrecipient labor) must be performed in the United States.\"\n\nWould the DOE please clarify if the requirement is 90% or 100%?","The FOA has been modified to clarify that ALL of the direct labor cost for this project (including subrecipient labor) must be performed in the United States.   See also Appendix N for Waiver Requests for FOREIGN ENTITY PARTICIPATION AND FOREIGN WORK."]
[26,"2022-10-13","Letters of Intent Public","Will any, or all, of the information submitted in connection with the Letter of Intent (LOI), due to be submitted no later than 5:00pm on Oct. 21, be made publicly available?","Letters of Intent (LOIs) should not contain any proprietary or sensitive business information. DOE does not intend to publish the letter of intent to the extent permitted by law and the Freedom of Information Act. Please keep that in mind when preparing the letter of Intent.   The intent of this Letter of Intent is for DOE to get an idea of the number of applications it will receive for internal planning purposes.   The Letter of Intent does not bind DOE or your organization in any way.    Reminder: If an organization does not submit a Letter of Intent, they will NOT be eligible to submit a full application under the FOA."]
[27,"2022-10-13","allowable cost and cost share","Assuming the detailed site characterization of selected carbon storage is completed and included within application: \n\nWould the remaining plans and items required for the class 6 permit be valid costs for DOE share?\nWould the drilling of a characterization well if needed in preparation for class 6 permit be a valid DOE cost share item?\n\nReferring to comment about detailed site characterization on page 20 about applications not of interest, \np.9 \"Detailed site characterization of the selected carbon storage site is required to be completed prior to application\"\np. 20 \"Applications to perform detailed site and subsurface characterization for the proposed carbon storage host site\"","Provided all other FOA requirements are met and if selected for award, this would be discussed during negotiations."]
[28,"2022-10-14","Letter of Intent ","We had the following questions regarding the Letter of Intent, which is due by 21st Oct.\n \n1.\tDoes it need to be addressed to anyone in particular, viz. Contracting Officer at OECD?\n \n2.\tDoes the Prime Recipient necessarily need to submit the Letter of Intent? Or can a sub-recipient also submit the Letter of Intent? ","The Letter of intent is to be created in the OCED exchange system.  This can be done by clicking on create letter of intent in the OCED exchange system.  Please fill out the required information contained in those fill in boxes.  The letter of intent does not need to be addressed to anyone in particular.  The Prime Applicant should be the organization submitting the Letter of Intent because a control number is issued which will then allow you submit a full application.  If any organization does not submit a Letter of Intent, they will NOT be eligible to submit a full application under the FOA."]
[29,"2022-10-14","IPMP Guidance","On page 59 of FOA-0002738 Section IV.D.xxv states \"Guidance regarding the contents of IPMP is available from DOE upon request.\"\n\nWould the DOE please provide us this guidance?","A modification to the FOA has been issued to update this information.  If any additional guidance becomes available other than what is currently within in the content of the FOA regarding the IPMP, then another modification would be issued.  "]
[30,"2022-10-17","Site Selection and Letter of Intent","Our client intends to submit a Letter of Intent to DE-FOA-0002738 CIL: Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program – Front-End Engineering Design Studies For Integrated Carbon Capture, Transport, and Storage Systems.\n\nThey are in the process of finalizing a site for their project from about three potential sites.\n\nOur two questions are:\n1.\tFor the Letter of Intent, does a site have to be finalized prior to submission of the Letter of Intent? If not, is it permissible to note multiple potential sites for a project?\n2.\tFor the purposes of the Full Application, does a site have to be finalized prior to submission of the Full Application?","1.  The intent of the this Letter of Intent is for DOE to get an idea of the number of applications it will receive for internal planning purposes.   The Letter of Intent does not bind DOE or your organization in any way.   Changes as needed up to the date of submission of the full application  would be acceptable.  Therefore the sites do not need to be finalized for submission of the letter of intent.  2. Please see Section 1.B.i Table 2 - Key Technical Application Requirements for site deliverables needed as part of the FOA application. additional details for the extent of site information to be included in the application can be found in Section 1.B (Topic Areas) and Section IV.D.i (Full Application Content Requirements).   Reminder: If an organization does not submit a Letter of Intent, they will NOT be eligible to submit a full application under the FOA."]
[31,"2022-10-17","Letter of Intent","Hello:  I was getting myself familiar with the new OCED eXCHANGE and inadvertently submitted the Letter of Intent before I was ready.  I had not yet hit the “create letter” button, but ended up in the full application with a Control Number and email saying my LOI was successfully submitted.   I do not see any way to edit the LOI?  Only the full application.  How can I make changes to my LOI and add missing information?  Sorry, and Thanks!","Please reach out to the OCED-Exchange Support (OCED-ExchangeSupport@hq.doe.gov) and/or submit a second letter of intent which would have all of the preferred information."]
[32,"2022-10-17","Letter of Intent ","In the event that a prime applicant changes from the Concept Paper to Full Application Submission, is it possible to transfer the Concept Paper application and control number from one entity to the new prime organization?"," Concept papers are not required under this FOA.  So we assume you mean the Letter of  Intent.  The entity submitting the LOI should be the same as the entity submitting the Full Application. If a prime recipient has yet to be determined, project teams can submit same/similar LOI under multiple applicant profiles.  "]
[33,"2022-10-18","Site Selection ","Would you please provide more information on what is required for the transportation and storage in the application? Specifically:\n-\tCan we select a site where there is no transportation and storage right now, but there are plans to get the permits / construction in the near future?","Please see Section 1.B.i Table 2 - Key Technical Application Requirements for deliverables needed as part of the FOA application. Additional information may be found in Appendix A, subsections xxxiii (Readiness of Carbon Storage Site or Off-take Agreement) and xxxiv (Carbon Oxides Pipeline Transportation Route Proposed)."]
[34,"2022-10-18","Multiple Applications","We are currently working on 2 separate carbon capture projects.  We, along with our project partners, would like to apply for financial assistance on both project’s FEED studies.  The question we have is whether we can apply for both at the same time and if both are eligible for funding?  \n \nWe came across the following section on page 38 of the FOA: \"F. Limitation on Number of Full Applications Eligible for Review...\"\n\n\nI believe this means we can submit multiple applications but we are unclear if we can receive funding for multiple projects?  Or if we submit multiple applications are we only able to receive funding for 1 of the acceptable projects?","As stated on Section III:F on page 38, \"An entity may submit more than one Full Application to this FOA, provided that each application describes a unique, scientifically distinct project.  If an entity intends to submit multiple Full Applications to this FOA, an individual Letter of Intent and associated control number is required for each Full Application intended for submission.\"  It is possible for an entity to participate, either as a Prime Recipient and/or subrecipient, on multiple selections resulting from this FOA."]
[35,"2022-10-18","424 Forms ","Page 52 of the solicitation contains a link to the Individual and Family version of the SF-424. This version seems to be for individuals applying for assistance, as opposed to corporate entities.\n\nWould the DOE confirm that the correct  SF-424 is the version with OMB Number: 4040-0004 that contains a field for the UEI number?","SF424 Application for Federal Assistance (OMB4040-0004) is the correct document to be utilized and it located at: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/sf-424-family.html. The current DE-FOA-0002738 Modification 000001 has the following link https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/sf-424-individual-family.html, but the OMB4040-0004 document can be reached from there.  This will likely be updated in  future modification to the FOA."]
[36,"2022-10-19","Topic Area 3.2 Eligibility","We'd like to confirm if ethanol to SAF facilities are eligible for this FOA for topic area 3.2?","The example technologies listed in the Topic Area 3 description as well as Table 4 are not exhaustive lists.  Ethanol production is specified as not of interest.  However ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), provided all other FOA requirements are met, is not specifically excluded under the \"Applications Specifically Not of Interest\" section.   DOE does not make determinations on whether an application is responsive or in scope to the FOA in the Q&A forum.  We ask that all applicants read the FOA and make determination on if they should apply or not."]
[37,"2022-10-19","Letter of Intent ","I am reaching out on behalf of one of our clients to see if a Letter of Intent for the DE-FOA-0002738 (FEED studies on integrated CCS) can be submitted while their UEI application is still pending.\n \nOur client has joined a consortium putting forth an application, but they are also interested in submitting an application independent of this group. Since they would be the primary applicant for this submission, they recognized the need to apply for a UEI number. Their application is still pending, and they have been told it can take up to two weeks to hear back, which will take them past the Friday deadline to submit the Letter of Intent. \n \nI know that they need a UEI in order to create an eXCHANGE account, but I was curious if they could use some type of placeholder/filler in place of the UEI, and provide it to you the moment that it becomes available to them?","Per the LOI Application in Exchange: Please provide the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) for your organization or select N/A if it does not apply. You may also select N/A if the UEI number is still in progress (i.e., has not yet been assigned to the organization). In the case that the UEI number is still in progress, you may update the UEI associated with your account once the UEI is assigned. Please note that each applicant (unless the applicant is an individual or federal awarding agency that is excepted from those requirements under 2 CFR 25.110(b) or (c), or has an exception approved by the federal awarding agency under 2 CFR 25.110(d)) is required to provide a valid UEI in its application."]
[38,"2022-10-19","Letter of Intent","We just went through the process of submitting an LOI in OCED Exchange and did not find a place to attach our LOI (drafted to comply with layout as requested on pgs. 40-41 of the FOA). The control number assigned. Please let us know where the LOI may be uploaded or attached, especially as the submission form did not include anywhere to show graphics or zip codes affected.","The FOA has been amended to address the inconsistency in the FOA and the use of the OCED exchange system.  For the letters of intent when you click on apply under this FOA number it will take you to the General Page at which time you will be required to fill out some information.  Below in the right corner of this same page is a \"radio button\" that states \"Create Letter of Intent\".  At that point you will then create your letter of intent from within the OCED system.  "]
[39,"2022-10-20","Carbon Matchmaker","I am reaching out to inquire how a company can take part as a stakeholder in one of the prospective projects without joining a team prior to the LOI deadline. Basically, how can one find a project team in a particular topic area to join after the LOI deadline? Would the carbon-matchmaker platform be helpful in this situation?","Carbon Matchmaker is intended to help facilitate regional carbon management team formation by allowing carbon management producers, end-users, and other stakeholders to self-identify and align potential needs in specific geographic areas within the United States"]
[40,"2022-10-20","Letter of Intent ","We received a confirmation email from OCED Exchange that states we have submitted a Concept Paper but in the OCED exchange database, in the MY SUBMISSIONs section it reflects no concept paper has been submitted (see screen-print below):\n\nCan you confirm if my LOI has been accepted?","The FOA does not require concept papers.  The FOA requires the Letter of Intent and Full Application, with the Letter of Intent due on October 21, 2022.  DOE will not provide responses to the LOIs, if an LOI is submitted on time and meeting all requirements as stated in the FOA, the applicant team may proceed with their full application"]
[41,"2022-10-20","Technical question","Hi, does “detailed characterization of the selected carbon storage site is required to be completed prior to application” require a characterization well already drilled? Would you please elaborate on what “detailed characterization” means and what exactly is required","There should be no additional planned characterization included in the proposed scope.  If additional characterization is later determined to be needed to inform permitting or other project activities, this may be an allowable task under the project.  Provided all other FOA requirements are met and if selected for award, this would be discussed during negotiations."]
[42,"2022-10-21","Extension Question","We are aware that some other entities preparing applications for DE-FOA-0002738 have requested or are planning to request a delay in the submission deadline for applications. We strongly believe that the application submission deadline should remain as currently set in the FOA and not delayed, for the following reasons:\n\n1.\tApplicants were given clear and sufficient notice to prepare for the FOA. The NOI released in July stated that the FOA was anticipated to be released in the August-September timeframe and would likely have a closing at least 60 days after issuance. The FOA was released at the end of this timeframe with a closing more than 70 days after issuance.\n\n2.\tThe current FOA and award timeline already has a significant risk of resulting in delayed project implementation timelines compared to what may be possible without multiple award phase steps. Any further FOA and award selection delays may increase the risk of project delays and associated costs. \n\n3.\tDelaying the submissions deadline for applications to this FOA would result in a greater chance of overlap with application preparation for subsequent FOAs, which would result in an even larger resource challenge for applicants completing multiple applications.\n\n4.       Any delay in selection of the FEED study awards in this FOA will negatively impact the readiness for awarded projects to apply for the upcoming FOA2 for following stages of demonstration project development.","Thank you for your input.  At this time, there will not be an extension to the FOA close date.  Any changes to FOA requirements will be posted through subsequent modifications to the FOA.   "]
[43,"2022-10-21","Letter of Intent","We have submitted a Letter of Intent for this opportunity through the OCED portal.  Upon submission, we were immediately notified that we can now submit the full proposal.  This has never happened before in our grant experience.  We normally have to wait for a request for the full proposal from the funding agency.  I wanted to be certain that we are to move forward with this prior to our spending the time to produce a full proposal.  Can you please confirm that a full proposal is the next step in this process and that no invitation following the LOI is needed?","DOE will not provide responses to the LOIs, if an LOI is submitted on time and meeting all requirements as stated in the FOA, the applicant team may proceed with their full application. "]
[44,"2022-10-24","Project Schedule Format","The application instructions on page 152, Appendix L state \"An Integrated Project Schedule for the entire project at the task level of detail.\"\n\nPlease confirm that subtasks need not be shown on this schedule.","DOE can confirm that task level of detail is sufficient for the Project Management Plan's integrated project schedule."]
[45,"2022-10-24","Page Format","The application instructions on page 152, Appendix L state \"The Baseline Cost Plan should identify the planned cost for each task on a monthly basis.\"\n\nFor a 24-month project, this would be very difficult to present on a monthly basis in an 8.5\"x11\" format. We request that for the Integrated Project Schedule and the Baseline Cost Plan, the DOE allow the use of 11\"x17\" format for these items."," There will be a modification in the future to updated the these requirements."]
[46,"2022-10-24","Extension Request","The Carbon Utilization Research Council (CURC) would like to request an extension of the application submission date for DE-FOA-0002738. Please note that not all CURC members support this extension request, but the majority of our members support an extension, not to delay the implementation of these programs but rather to provide applicants adequate time to prepare complete applications.","Thank you for your input. At this time, there will not be an extension to the FOA close date. Any changes to FOA requirements will be posted through subsequent modifications to the FOA."]
[47,"2022-10-24","Extension Request","I am submitting a question to ask if the DOE would consider an extension for submittal of the full application for this funding opportunity?  Something reasonable, but to put us on the other side of Christmas and the New Year holidays?  Perhaps January 13th 2023?  This modest request should not materially affect other schedules, but will greatly help to manage resources which can be very unpredictable during the holiday season.   Thank you for considering this request.  ","Thank you for your input. At this time, there will not be an extension to the FOA close date. Any changes to FOA requirements will be posted through subsequent modifications to the FOA."]
[48,"2022-10-24","FOA 2 Question","In page 4 it states that “FOA 2 is expected to be initially released in late 2022, with additional application opportunities to follow”. Please state if the FOA 2 will include more than one application opportunity.","Yes, more than one application window will be afforded with FOA 2.  The details will be included in FOA 2 once released."]
[49,"2022-10-25","Permitting Question","1.\tThe FOA says “Applicants are required to provide a summary of the UIC Class VI permit application materials in the format provided in Appendix F.” In what stage of readiness does the Class VI permit application need to be at the time of proposal submission– that is, is it fine to have application materials prepared although not yet submitted, or do application materials need to have been submitted?\n2.\tThe FOA says “DOE will preference applications for which (i) UIC Class VI Permit is available or (ii) is submitted to relevant regulatory authority.”  If the UIC Class VI permit has not been obtained nor submitted, how far advanced does the subsurface geological characterization need to be?\n3.\tWill DOE’s determination of the level of NEPA review required occur during this project (FOA 1), or at the start of FOA 2?\n4.\tBy the end of the project (FOA 1) do permit applications for air emissions, wastewater, storm water, and hazardous waste need to be submitted, or just prepared for submission pending approval for FOA 2? (other similar DOE funded projects led by UIUC waited to submit permit applications once funding for construction was issued)","1. You do not need to have your Class VI permit submitted.  However, a summary of the Class VI permit application process to date.     \n2. As outlined in the FOA, detailed site characterization of the selected carbon storage site is required to be completed prior to application. Alternatively, an off-take agreement may be utilized. \n3. For FOA 1, submission of the Environmental Information Volume is required for the proposed project.  A DOE determination regarding the level of NEPA review required will not occur during FOA 1.\n4. Permit applications (aside from Class VI) are not required FOA 1 deliverables."]
[50,"2022-10-27","Missed Date for Letter of Intent","We have a client who wish to submit an application to this FOA but unfortunately missed the LOI due date.\nIs it still possible to submit a full application?"," As stated in the FOA the letters of intent are required to be eligible to submit a full application.  If the Letter of Intent was not submitted by the due date outlined in the FOA an organization is NOT eligible to submit a full application. "]
[51,"2022-10-27","Missed Date for Letter of Intent","We have strong interest in carbon capture from jet engine emissions.  I missed the Submission Deadline for Letter of Intent:  10/21/2022.  Can I still submit a full application?  Are there any alternatives that we could pursue?","As stated in the FOA the letters of intent are required to be eligible to submit a full application.  If the Letter of Intent was not submitted by the due date outlined in the FOA an organization is NOT eligible to submit a full application.  Please continue to check for future Funding Opportunities that maybe of interest to you."]
[52,"2022-10-31","Change of Prime Organization","We submitted an LOI with our organization as lead but may wish to have one of the partner organizations be the lead (prime) on the full application and project (if selected). It would be same project concept, overall team members and control #, just a change in the lead. Is this acceptable? ","As previously responded to regarding Letters of Intent, the Prime Applicant should be the organization submitting the Letter of Intent because a control number is issued which will then allow you submit a full application.  If any organization does not submit a Letter of Intent, they will NOT be eligible to submit a full application under the FOA.  "]
[53,"2022-10-31","IPMP","On page 59 the FOA states \"Applicants must submit an executed IPMP between the members of the consortia or team.\"\n\nHowever page 85 states \"As part of negotiations for award, selected applicants must submit an executed IPMP between the members of the consortia or team.\"\n\nCould the DOE please clarify if:\n\n(1) the IPMP is to be submitted with the application and\n(2) if so, does the IPMP submitted with the application need to be already executed by the team members, or is the execution required only during negotiations","An executed IPMP must be submitted with the application and it may be subject to revision during negotiations.  The IPMP must be executed prior to application, and if any revisions are required, the document would need to be re-executed prior to award."]
[54,"2022-11-01","technical question","FOA page 16: Section TA-3.2 - For the industrial process stream, how will the 300,000 the/y be calculated? Is it the direct sum of the carbon oxides CO2 and CO, or is it the CO2 equivalent flow of the oxides?","It is the direct sum of the carbon oxides CO2 and CO."]
[55,"2022-11-02","Letters of Support","If we have partners/proposed subs that will provide cost-share, a host site, storage site, and participate in the team, can these partners combine these letters into one letter that addresses all four items or should three be four separate letters per partner if all apply?","A letter may contain multiple aspects (cost share, host siting, etc.) for each partner/sub.  Please include duplicate copies of the letter in all applicable attachments to ensure compliance with FOA requirements and to make it simple for reviewers to locate the requested information."]
[56,"2022-11-02","technical question","For TA 3.2, Please clarify if byproducts of refining reactions, specifically Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) combustion coke, are an eligible feedstock. ","Per FOA Modification 000001 on 10/18/2022, oil refineries were added to the non-exhaustive list of potential host sites. So long as all other FOA requirements are met various refinery streams may be considered as viable feedstocks"]
[57,"2022-11-02","Extension Request","We would like to respectfully request a two-week extension to the application due date due to the late addition of natural gas processing and oil refining to TA 3.2 on 10/18/2022.","Thank you for your input.  At this time, there will not be an extension to the FOA close date.  Any changes to FOA requirements will be posted through subsequent modifications to the FOA"]
[58,"2022-11-02","technical question","The term \"Off-take Agreement\" (OA) is not defined in the FOA.\n\nIf a carbon oxide (e.g., carbon dioxide) is proposed to be captured from an eligible Facility and transported offsite to a third party under a long-term OA, is beneficial usage by the third party an eligible form of OA? Beneficial usage includes use of the carbon oxide for a purpose for which a commercial market exists. For example, beneficial usage may be permanently embedded in concrete products.","The General Information for All Topic Areas (TA) section in the FOA specifies \"For all TAs, captured carbon will be stored in a secure, domestic carbon storage facility that has sufficient capacity to store carbon from the proposed CCS facility for at least 12 years of operation.\"  \n\nAdditionally, the Background and Context section in the FOA states that: \"...BIL will invest $2.537 billion for fiscal years (FY) 2022 through 2025 to fund domestic commercial-scale CCS demonstration projects designed to further the development, deployment, and commercialization of technologies to capture and geologically store carbon emissions.\" \n\nFor the purpose of this FOA, beneficial usage is restricted to geological storage and this may be addressed either directly by a project partner or through offtake agreement(s) to other entities"]
[59,"2022-11-03","Required Phase Information","FOA page 4: Section ii - Please confirm the request for information for this FOA is for the FEED study phase only? For example, the budget workbook requires pricing information for phase 1 - FEED study only? Information for phases 2-4 is not required. Please confirm this applies to all other documents also - the request for information applies to the phase 1 - FEED study only. ","Yes, all documentation should only cover Phase 1/FOA 1."]
[60,"2022-11-03","Definition of Team","Please clarify the definition of 'team'.\n\nFor example FOA page 52: Section v states: \"Cost share commitment letter(s) are required from any party (other than the organization submitting the application) proposing to provide all or part of the required cost share (including sub-recipients).\"\n\nFOA page 53 states: In addition to the commitment letters listed above, applicants are required to submit a letter of commitment from each team member that agrees to participate in the FEEDs for integrated CCS system including the following organizations, at a minimum: carbon capture technology developer or licensor, carbon oxides pipeline operator (if applicable), Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Firm(s) (EPCs) and CBP consultant(s).\n\nFOA page 61 states: Applicants must submit an executed IPMP between the members of the consortia or team.\n\nOur application is a firm to submit one application under one FOA. We do not have a consortium or partners, but we do have a firm we are working with for EPC tasks. Please clarify which documents as listed on FOA pages 41 & 42 are required and which ones are not.","All members, including the EPC firm, are required to submit commitment letters for their participation on the project.  Only those that are providing cost share to the project would need to submit a letter of commitment of cost share.\n\nAn executed IPMP must be submitted with the application and it may be subject to revision during negotiations.  The IPMP must be executed prior to application, and if any revisions are required, the document would need to be re-executed prior to award.\n\nWhether through the applicant itself, or project partners, the application must describe that sufficient resources are available and committed to executing the project. "]
[61,"2022-11-03","Eligibility Question","[Could the domestic subsidiary of a foreign parent company apply to the FOA as the prime?]","As stated in Appendix N of the FOA, projects selected under this FOA, all recipients and subrecipients must be organized, chartered or incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a state or territory of the United States; have majority domestic ownership and control; and have a physical location for business operations in the United States. To request a waiver of this requirement, an applicant must submit an explicit waiver request in the Full Application. \n \nIn limited circumstances, DOE may approve a waiver to allow a foreign entity to participate as a prime recipient or subrecipient. A foreign entity may submit a Full Application to this FOA, but the Full Application must be accompanied by an explicit written waiver request as described in Appendix N.\n\nLikewise, if the applicant seeks to include a foreign entity as a subrecipient, the applicant must submit a separate explicit written waiver request in the Full Application for each proposed foreign subrecipient.  \n\nAppendix N lists the information that must be included in a foreign entity waiver request. The applicant does not have the right to appeal DOE’s decision concerning a waiver request."]
[62,"2022-11-03","Confidential Information","State-Point Data Table - Bidder notes that some of the information required is proprietary and subject to patent protection.  Bidder intends to mark some data as Confidential.  Would the following mark-up of the table be acceptable: (some cells are filled out, some are marked as confidential).","The State-Point Data Table is required to be completed and submitted with your application. Applicants that do not submit a completed State-Point Data Table or submit an incomplete table will be considered non-compliant and DOE will not review or consider noncompliant submissions.  If information is redacted or otherwise unaccessible to DOE and the review panel, this will be considered non-compliant.\n\nIn order to be deemed compliant, all requested information must be provided.  Anything deemed confidential may be highlighted/labeled as such.  See Section VII.D \"D. Treatment of Application Information\" of the FOA for complete guidance on how to identify confidential information.  DOE does not intend to publish the state point data table to the extent permitted by law and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). "]
[63,"2022-11-07","UEI Questions","Q1: Is a subrecipient required to register in SAM?\nQ2:  Is a vendor required to register in SAM?\nQ3 Is a SAM registration required for subawardees/subrecipients?\nQ4:  Is a SAM registration required for vendors?\nQ5: Can a subrecipient/subawardee obtain a UEI number without registering in SAM? \nQ6: Is a vendor required to obtain a UEI number:","Please reference the Registration Requirements in the FOA.\nA1:  Yes\nA2 No\nA3 Yes\nA4: No\nQ5: Yes but both are required for subawardees/subrecipients\nQ6: Yes"]
[64,"2022-11-07","Location of Work/References","1.\tOn page 60 of the FOA, the “Locations of Work” instructions say to “complete the supplied template by listing the city, state, and zip code + 4 and State for each location where project work will be performed by the prime recipient or subrecipient{s)”. \nCan you please clarify if we should include location information for only the prime recipient and any subawardees included in the budget? Or whether we should include all locations at which work is to be conducted as part of the entire project, including locations pertaining to organizations that are not direct subawardees of the lead organization?\n2.\tThe instructions for the Initial CBP say that within the page limits for the section, “Applicants should provide sufficient data and references to justify the claims and approaches made in the Initial CBP. However, DOE and reviewers are under no obligation to review cited sources.” \nCan you please clarify if in-text citations (e.g., O'Brien, 2017) will be sufficient, or would it also be required to provide the complete references for any citations included in the Initial CBP section.","1.  Please provide locations for prime applicants and proposed subawardees as well as the locations of host/storage sites that may differ from the addresses of the applicants.  Provide locations where any work will be performed. \n\n2. Please provide full citation information.  Although DOE and reviewers are not obligated to review the cited sources, reviewers (at their discretion) may wish to review the citation. "]
[65,"2022-11-08","LCA Start/End","Referencing Appendix K: Life Cycle Analysis on page 147 of DE-FOA-0002738 and the NETL LCA Guidance 2.1.4 System Boundary (Direct Replacement) on page 4, would the DOE please confirm that a cradle starting point of either crude oil/natural gas extraction or post combustion and a gate ending point of injection for sequestration and/or CO2 EOR meets the LCA requirements for FOA2738?","The LCA must address the impacts of the project over existing, baseline conditions.  DOE will give preference to applications that credibly show the potential to reduce GHG emissions to the greatest extent across the full end-to-end project inclusive of upstream and downstream emissions."]
[66,"2022-11-08","Buy American Requirement","In relation to “Buy America” requirements, the FOA indicates: “privately owned infrastructure that is solely utilized for private use is not considered “infrastructure” for purposes of Buy America applicability”. Could you clarify how these requirements will therefore apply to CO2 pipelines and CO2 capture facilities if the applicant is a for-profit entity? Also, it is indicated in the FOA: “Within the first 2 pages of the Workplan, include a short statement on whether the project will involve the construction, alteration, and/or repair of infrastructure in the United States.” Could you clarify if something else, in addition to this short statement, is required for the “Buy America” requirements to apply for Phase 1?\nIn addition, is it expected a change in the language for Phases 2-4 similar to the FOA-0002779 where the “Buy America” requirements are defined based on the legal type of the applicant (for-profit/non-profit)","As stated in Appendix O of the FOA:  the infrastructure in question must be publicly-owned or must serve a public function; privately owned infrastructure that is solely utilized for private use is not considered “infrastructure” for purposes of Buy America applicability. The Agency, not the applicant, will have the final say as to whether a given project includes infrastructure, as defined herein. Accordingly, in cases where the “public” nature of the infrastructure is unclear, DOE strongly recommends that applicants complete their full application with the assumption that Buy America requirements will apply to the proposed project.\n\nThe Buy America requirements stated in this FOA are based on current guidance and policy which may change with future FOAs or other programs."]
[67,"2022-11-08","Off Take Agreement Commitment","In relation to CO2 storage requirements in FOA 2738, to what extent is the level of commitment from the off-taker expected to be for the application of Phase 1? Would it be acceptable to include letters of support as result of ongoing discussions with potential CO2 off-takers, and the storage host site to be defined and characterized during phase 1 if the project is awarded?","The work to be completed by the combined effort of the project team whether it be through direct activities or work to be addressed through an offtake or other subcontracted agreement must address all FOA requirements. "]
[68,"2022-11-08","UEI/SAM registration","If a sub-recipient or vendor has registered with SAM and UEI but has not yet been validated, but is expected to be fully registered prior to award date is that acceptable and can subrecipient cost share be allocated in the application while UEI validation is pending?","Only a UEI number for the prime applicant is required to submit a full application.  Subawardees/subrecipients at all tiers must also obtain an UEI from the SAM and provide the UEI to the Prime Recipient before the subaward can be issued.  At the time of application, cost share commitments are demonstrated through cost share commitment letters.   "]
[69,"2022-11-09","Project Management Plan guidance","In the FOA Appendix L and Appendix R both provide  Project Management Plan guidance but the guidance provided is not consistent. Which Appendix takes precedence?","An amendment will be forth coming in the near future to correct this error.  "]
[70,"2022-11-11","Late LOI Submission","I am going to assume that we missed the LOI deadline so cannot submit a proposal.","Applicants must have submitted a LOI by the requested date in order to be eligible to submit a full application."]
[71,"2022-11-13","Project Management Plan guidance","FOA 2738 Mod 2 has two appendices both titled “Project Management Plan Guidance” – Appendix L and Appendix R. Which one should be used? Does an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) need to be created, as it’s only listed in Appendix R? If Appendix L is the appropriate version, where should the SOPO go in the proposal (as the bullet point referencing that document is removed)?","An amendment will be forth coming in the near future to correct this error. "]
[72,"2022-11-13","Appendix K Questions ","The FOA states in Appendix K the following key requirements:\n“Applicants shall provide a screening-level, greenhouse-gas only analysis with scopes and functional units as defined above for TAs 1, 2, and 3 and a contribution analysis showing at a minimum the impacts from fuel extraction and delivery, plant direct emissions, and carbon oxides transport and storage.” \nCan these requirements be confirmed?\n\nAppendix K also recommends utilization of the NETL CO2U LCA standards to conduct the preliminary LCA, although it does not require it for the preliminary LCA.\nHowever, there is no guidance in the NETL CO2U LCA standards on how to conduct a preliminary LCA.\n\nThe application is for carbon storage and transportation requirements, falling under TA.3. Can the following assumptions for the preliminary LCA please be confirmed:\n•\tThe boundary revolves only around the technology in question, not the underlying facility (e.g., the preliminary LCA does not include the emissions from the facility from which the CO2 is captured)\n•\tCapital equipment emissions (such as from machinery) are not included in the LCA\n•\tThe boundary for TA.3 applications is cradle-to-grave\n•\tThe preliminary LCA does not require a comparison LCA (i.e. only the applicant’s process shall be included in the preliminary LCA)\n•\tA technology readiness level (TRL) is not required to be conducted for the purposes of the preliminary LCA","Applications should be reflective of the requirements defined in the relative Topic Area of interest section of the FOA. Appendix K outlines preliminary LCA guidance, in addition it provides links that can be referenced when compiling the LCA deliverables. Applications that illustrate improvements over baseline conditions for a facility, as a whole, may better characterize the merits of the proposed project. DOE expects that the boundaries of the preliminary LCA for the application may be further refined over the course of the project.  The tools and references discussed in the FOA are available for applicants to use, however they are not required if applicants have other means to prepare the information needed for the application."]
[73,"2022-11-14","Letters of Support","Page 22 of the FOA states:  \n\n\"If applicable, provide an assessment of and evidence of (e.g., letters of support, MOUs, etc.) existing labor and community support for and/or concerns with the project, including a description of steps taken to gather this information\"\n\nMay we attach these letters as an Appendix to the Initial Community Benefits Plan? We request that such letters of support be excluded from the page limit.","The FOA was clarified to state that letters do not count towards the page limit for the attachment."]
[74,"2022-11-14","Statement of Project Objectives","The project management plan, section 2 states:\n\nA detailed description of work to be performed under each task, known as a Statement of Project Objectives (for format see model cooperative agreement, which is a separate attachment to this announcement).\n\n1.\tPlease confirm the attached document is the correct model cooperative agreement.\n2.\tThe instructions in the EERE document requires listing and describing all tasks required to complete the milestones in the schedule – basically all the line items of the schedule, one at a time (see page 3 of the Statement of Project Objectives attachment page 36 of 222 of the pdf.) Ten such tasks takes up about 1 page and there are well over 100 tasks in the schedule.  Given that the PMP is only 12 pages, please provide guidance on this request.","1. The model cooperative agreement referenced is specific to EERE.  Projects resulting from this FOA will have similar terms and conditions that will be customized to the organization and also incorporate any new requirements, such as Bipartisan Infrastructure Law terms, which are currently under development.\n2. Please follow FOA guidance on SOPO format in Appendix Q.  Additional clarification was added to state that applicants should only provide sufficient task and subtask detail to describe the major project activities and objectives.  Subtasks do not need to be discussed at the work package or activity level.  "]
[75,"2022-11-16","Foreign Work Waiver","If we have a participant (but not a direct subrecipient) on the project who will have some engineering work done outside of the U.S., will there need to be foreign work waiver requests submitted on their behalf? As they will not be receiving funding from the grant if awarded but are working on the same project. ","Per Section IV.I.iii of the FOA, all direct labor costs for the project (including subrecipient labor) must be performed in the United States. This requirement covers all project funding, both cost share and Federal funding. Any participant who receives funds, whether cost share or Federal, must perform work within the U.S. or submit a Foreign Work Waiver."]
[76,"2022-11-16","FEED APPROACH","In FOA 2738, first paragraph of Appendix C, item 3 (Engineering Design Package), it is mentioned that the FEED should include, at a minimum, \"carbon capture process model scaled-up for the proposed industrial facility\". A process simulation of the facility will be developed in a computer software but the file will not be part of the FEED deliverables (it will be internal). Is that approach acceptable?","Applicants must anticipate sharing sufficient information with DOE for DOE to monitor project progress through its substantial involvement requirements.  See Section VI.B.x of the FOA for more information on what substantial involvement may involve.  Further discussion and clarification of required deliverables will be addressed during project negotiation."]
[77,"2022-11-17","State Point Data Table","It is mentioned (4th line of 1st para) that \"Applicants shall submit the State Point Data Table as a separate document to the FOA technical volume\". However, Table 8, regarding Application Content does not list the State Point Data Table as a separate individual document. Please advise","The FOA will be amended to incorporate submission instructions for the State Point Data Table."]
[78,"2022-11-17","Buy American Requirement","We are planning to apply for the FEED study of a carbon capture project at a power plant; the CO2 is planned to be stored onsite. So our interpretation of the word \"infrastructure\" is that while the power plant counts as infrastructure, the carbon capture and sequestration project planned to be retrofitted does not constitute \"infrastructure\" and hence the Buy America  requirements are not applicable. Please confirm if our understanding is correct.\n\nIn case the Buy in America requirements are applicable, for the purposes of the Application, will it be sufficient to give a declaration in the workplan that the FEED will be designed in such a way that the Buy in America requirements are met and followed during the project implementation phase?","As stated in Appendix O of the FOA:  the infrastructure in question must be publicly-owned or must serve a public function; privately owned infrastructure that is solely utilized for private use is not considered “infrastructure” for purposes of Buy America applicability. The Agency, not the applicant, will have the final say as to whether a given project includes infrastructure, as defined herein. Accordingly, in cases where the “public” nature of the infrastructure is unclear, DOE strongly recommends that applicants complete their full application, including resource planning, with the assumption that Buy America requirements will apply to the proposed project."]
[79,"2022-11-17","SOPO Subtask 1.2 and 2","The task of CBP updation seems to be repeated in 1.2 and 2.0. Please clarify","The FOA will be amended to clarify placement of the Community Benefits Plan within the statement of project objectives."]
[80,"2022-11-17","Clarification on exporting electricity","Our industrial facility (industrial sector for TA-3.2) occasionally produces excess electricity that exceeds our internal use needs.  When this occurs, it is sold back to the grid as an ancillary part of our operations; our industrial facility is “not purposed for electric generation”.    \nCan you please confirm Footnote 14 and the statement under I.C. Applications Specifically Not of Interest (“Applications proposing industrial facilities that export electric power to the grid (for TA-3)”) do not prohibit an application from an industrial facility that currently has the type of ancillary export of electricity summarized above?  The power produced at the proposed carbon capture unit will not be exported to the grid.     ","The primary purpose of the facility should be used when determining which topic area to apply under."]
[81,"2022-11-17","SF-LLL","SF-LLL is listed as a required form under the FOA.  Our industrial facility has not engaged in any lobbying activity related to this federal program, however there is no ability to indicate that on the form; that is, submission of the form seems to imply that the Reporting Entity has engaged in Lobbying Activity related to the Federal Program.  Please confirm if (a) ALL applicants are required to submit the form, regardless of whether any lobbying activity has taken place with respect to this Federal Program or (b) if submission of the form is only required where an applicant has Lobbying Activity to disclose related to this Federal Program.   ","Recipients and subrecipients are required to complete and submit SF-LLL, “Disclosure of Lobbying Activities” This form is required for all applicants and the answer \"None\" or \"N/A\" can be used to indicate no lobbying activity. "]
[82,"2022-11-17","CO2 Take off agreement requirements","For the situation where the planned carbon capture project will utilize a CO2 offtake agreement with a 3rd party, and the point of offtake will be the plant boundary, do the Storage Field Development Plan described in Appendix E and Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI Permit to Construct described in Appendix F still need to be developed as part of the FEED study?","The work to be completed by the combined effort of the project team whether it be through direct activities or work to be addressed through an offtake or other subcontracted agreement must address all FOA requirements. "]
[83,"2022-11-18","Foreign Work Waiver","Clarification kindly requested in relation to Foreign Work Waivers. Our company is American, but we might need very limited support from our sister company in Europe. We assume that this would be required for the prime and subrecipient. But as vendor, do we still need to request a waiver of this requirement?","The Agency, not the applicant, will have the final determination as to whether a project partner is a subrecipient or a vendor.  In cases where the nature of the subcontractor relationship is unclear, DOE strongly recommends that applicants complete their full application, including submitting a Foreign Work Waiver request, as described in Appendix N."]
[84,"2022-11-18","Buy American Requirement","For a planned carbon capture project at a steel plant,  the CO2 is planned to be sold/transferred to an offtaker at the plant gate. The CO2 pipeline and disposition infrastructure downstream from the transfer point shall be created by the offtaker with private funding. \n\nIs it correct that the envisaged carbon capture project in this situation does not constitute \"infrastructure\" and hence the Buy America  requirements are not applicable?\n\nIn case the Buy in America requirements are applicable, for the purposes of the Application, will it be sufficient to give a declaration in the workplan that the FEED will be designed in such a way that the Buy in America requirements are met and followed during the project implementation phase?","As stated in Appendix O of the FOA:  the infrastructure in question must be publicly-owned or must serve a public function; privately owned infrastructure that is solely utilized for private use is not considered “infrastructure” for purposes of Buy America applicability. The Agency, not the applicant, will have the final determination as to whether a given project includes infrastructure, as defined herein. Accordingly, in cases where the “public” nature of the infrastructure is unclear, DOE strongly recommends that applicants prepare their full application, including resource planning, with the assumption that Buy America requirements will apply to the proposed project."]
[85,"2022-11-23","Utilization","I was reviewing the carbon capture demo FOA and it was not entirely clear to me if utilization will be eligible.  Any clarification would be appreciated. ","Please review section I.C Applications Specifically Not of Interest in the FOA.  DOE does not assist with decisions on compliance and eligibility; it lies solely with the applicant. "]
[86,"2022-11-26","Font Size","p.39\tUse Calibri typeface, a black font color, and a font size of 12 point or larger (except in figures or tables, which may be 10-point font). \tOther places of the FOA mention font size 11. Please clarify","All pages must be formatted to fit on 8.5 x 11 inch paper with margins not less than one inch on every side. Use Calibri typeface, a black font color, and a font size of 12 point or larger (except in figures or tables, which may be 10-point font). References to 11 point font will be removed in the next modification of the FOA. Applicants will not be penalized for using 11 point font.","All pages must be formatted to fit on 8.5 x 11 inch paper with margins not less than one inch on every side. Use Calibri typeface, a black font color, and a font size of 12 point or larger (except in figures or tables, which may be 10-point font).  Applicants will not be penalized for using 11 point font."]
[87,"2022-11-26","Go/No-go Review","p.88\tGo/No-Go Review\tDo applicants have to comulsorily include the Go/No-Go review as part of the SOPO and will it have any bearing on the merit review criteria scoring? Or will DOE determine when to conduct a Go/No-Go review?","Go/No-Go decision points, and other factors as discussed in the FOA, are evaluated in the Technical Approach and Project Management criterion, are an example project control element as stated in the SOPO template provided in Appendix Q, and per section VI.B.xv may be used as a project management tool during project execution."]
[88,"2022-11-26","State Point Data Table","p.42\tState Point Data Table\tIn FOA amendment 3, Page 42 last row says that the State Point Data Table should be submitted as an Excel. However, page 60 last 2 lines say that it should be a pdf. Pls. clarify","The State Point Data Table should be submitted in Excel format. References to pdf formatting for this section will be removed in the next modification of the FOA"]
[89,"2022-11-27","CBP Consultant","Is it a requirement to have a CBP consultant as a team member even if my company has the expertise to do this work in- house?  \n\nTeam Commitment Letter(s)\nIn addition to the commitment letters listed above, applicants are required to submit a letter of commitment from each team member that agrees to participate in the FEEDs for integrated CCS system including the following organizations, at a minimum: carbon capture technology developer or licensor, carbon oxides pipeline operator (if applicable), Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Firm(s) (EPCs) and CBP consultant(s). These letters are required and must be signed by the person authorized to commit resources on behalf of that team member’s organization. Letters should demonstrate the team member’s level of commitment to the project, such as data access, consultation, etc. The applicant should submit the letter(s) in PDF format. Save this information in a single file named “ControlNumber_LeadOrganization_TeamCL","Whether through the applicant itself, or project partners, the appilcation must desribe that sufficient resources are available and committed to executing the project. "]
[90,"2022-11-27","Vendor Quotes","In the budget excel spreadsheet, under the contractual tab it states in the instructions at the top: \n\n3. Vendors (including contractors): List all vendors and contractors supplying commercial supplies or services used to support the project. For each Vendor cost with total project costs of $250,000 or more, a Vendor quote must be provided. \n\nWhere do the vendor’s quotes go in the application?","Vendor quotes can either be embedded in the Budget Justification Workbook or submitted as a separate Subrecipient Budget Justification file. "]
[91,"2022-11-28","Technology Readiness Level","We are assisting a client applying under TA-3.2 and wanted some clarification on the TRL level sought in this category for the purposes of this FOA.\n \nThe FOA states that the chosen carbon capture technology must be validated at a minimum of TRL 6, with the DOE’s preference for funding projects that have already achieved TRL 7. Does this mean that technologies already validated at TRL 8 or TRL 9 are also acceptable, or will it only consider technologies at TRL 6 or 7?\n \nIf the TRL levels above 7 are acceptable, will a TRL 8 or 9 be at a disadvantage to a TRL 7? Any clarification you can provide on this would be greatly appreciated.","Technologies that have achieved a TRL of 7 or greater will be preferenced"]
[92,"2022-11-28","Life Cycle Analysis","When performing the preliminary LCA, the DOE guidance for power plants retrofitted with flue gas capture requires that the derate (electricity required to operate the capture plant) be made up with electricity from the regional grid, and specifies that applicants should assume the prevailing grid CO2 emissions rate as stated in NETL guidance. This would make it very difficult for any power plant retrofit -- in particular one located in a state with a relatively carbon intensive grid -- to demonstrate greater than 90% capture. Do you have any guidance on how the DOE would treat such a project, given that the preliminary LCA requires showing potential for greater than 90% capture?","The LCA must address the impacts of the project over existing, baseline conditions.  DOE will give preference to applications that credibly show the potential to reduce GHG emissions to the greatest extent across the full end-to-end project inclusive of upstream and downstream emissions."]
[93,"2022-11-29","Lead/Prime Organization","Our question is in regard to the Lead Organization for the application. Is it permitted to change the lead organization from what was submitted in the LOI? ","The control number is tied to the Lead Organization that submitted the original Letter of Intent.  As addressed in previous Q&A, the Prime Applicant should be the organization submitting the Letter of Intent because a control number is issued which will then allow you submit a full application.  If any organization does not submit a Letter of Intent, they will NOT be eligible to submit a full application under the FOA."]
[94,"2022-11-29","State Point Data Table/Final FOA/Extension","I have two questions:\n1.\tThe newly added State Point Data Table deliverable is not listed in the application upload list in the OCED Exchange submission system. It is listed in the FOA as a REQUIRED document for each application and access needs to be provided as soon as possible.\n2.\tWhen should we expect to receive the FINAL FOA version, with new edits from the recent Q&A? With less than a week until the deadline, these last-minute changes to formatting, revisions in the FOA, and deliverable inclusions are a disadvantage to applicants, unless an extension is granted to provide sufficient and fair time to properly comply.\nAn accurate FOA is critical to gaining a full understanding of the solicitation requirements. With the new addendum yet to be released, we are requesting an extension of the existing deadline of December 5th to fully assimilate the changes and prepare a compelling project proposal. \n\nFurther, we are requesting that a notice of this extension be announced as soon as possible, in order to make the best use of the time made available by the extension.","As has been stated multiple places in all versions of the FOA, the State-Point Data Table attachment is not a new requirement. \nC. Applications Specifically Not of Interest explicitly lists \"Applications that do not submit a complete State-Point Data Table;\". \nIV.D.xxvii. State Point Data Table states \"The State-Point Data Table is required to be completed and submitted with your application.  Applicants that do not submit a State-Point Data Table or submit an incomplete table will be considered non-compliant and DOE will not review or consider noncompliant submissions. See Section III.\"\nAppendix A vi. State Point Data Table states \"Note: The State-Point Data Table is required to be completed and submitted with your application. Applicants that do not submit a State-Point Data Table or submit an incomplete table will be considered non-compliant and DOE will not review or consider noncompliant submissions. See Section III.\"\nAPPENDIX H: STATE-POINT DATA TABLES states: \"APPLICANT REMINDER: The State-Point Data Table is required to be completed and submitted with your application. Applicants that do not submit a State-Point Data Table or submit an incomplete table will be considered non-compliant and DOE will not review or consider noncompliant submissions. See Section III.\""]
[95,"2022-11-30","State Point Data Table","Modification 3 to DE-FOA-0002738 added the State Point Data Table as a submittal document, but there is no place on the OCED Funding Opportunity Exchange uploads page to submit it.  Is that being added?","An upload interface has been created and it will accept either Excel or PDF."]
[96,"2022-12-02","exchange question","I submitted a full application for the DE-FOA-000-2738. The instructions have strict naming requirements for each file, with which we complied. When the documents uploaded, the file name appeared not to have changed on the OCED website. Is this a problem for the submission?  Please advise. ","Applicants must include their application control number and lead organization name in the title of their application files prior to uploading the files to OCED Exchange. OCED Exchange will not automatically change the title of the application files to include the control number and lead organization name.","OCED Exchange has been updated to address this issue."]
[97,"2022-12-04","exchange question","On page 40 of the FOA - Modification #3 it outlines in section B how to name files to upload multiple documents under the same section. The OCED exchange is not set up this way. Only one Technical Volume document is accepted. We need multiple uploads for the FEED and PMP sections to upload the word document and PDF attachments for Gantt Charts and drawings. Please allow multiple versions of documents for each section, such as word and PDF.","Please follow the instructions in the FOA for each application document. The FOA specifies the number of documents and file type (e.g. pdf, word) that DOE will accept for each application document. Only one Technical Volume document will be accepted. Per section IV.D.ii of the FOA, save the Technical Volume in a single PDF file using the following convention for the title “ControlNumber_LeadOrganization_TechnicalVolume”. Applicants must provide sufficient citations and references to the primary research literature to justify the claims and approaches made in the Technical Volume. The Technical Volume to the Full Application may not be more than 40 pages single-spaced, including the cover page, table of contents, and all citations, charts, graphs, maps, photos, or other graphics. \n\nOCED Exchange has separate upload sections for the Project Management Plan and Summary of Carbon Capture FEED Study, Pre-FEED Study, or Techno-economic Analysis."]
[98,"2022-12-05","exchange question","In response to an RFI in the file posted on OCED Exchange (FOA 2738 Q&A Updated 12/05/2022 row 98) we would like to clarify with OCED how files are to be uploaded.  In the process of uploading files over the weekend, as individual files were uploaded to the application, the title of the file itself was changed from our specific control number and lead organization to a generic name.","OCED Exchange has been updated to address this issue."]