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Implementing the Payments-Equal-To-Taxes (PETT) program in Nevada

Conference ·
OSTI ID:140861
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  1. Science Applications International Corp., Las Vegas, NF (US)
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended (NWPA), contains a unique entitlement provision for local units of government that are affected by the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The Secretary of Energy is required to make Payments-Equal-To-Taxes (PETT) for the Federal activities associated with the proposed repository. The PETT program is designed to provide affected jurisdictions with the revenue they would have received if the proposed repository sites was being characterized and developed by a private entity rather than the Federal government. The Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Office (YMPO) is in the process of implementing the PETT program in Nevada. This paper describes how the YMPO is following the required procedures to implement the PETT program.
OSTI ID:
140861
Report Number(s):
CONF-920430--; ISBN 0-87262-891-4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English