Assistance program
Transport of Transuranic Wastes to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: States and Tribal Concerns, Proposed Solutions
$44.3 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Energy, Department of, Energy, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements)
- CFDA number
- 81.106
- What it does
- To enlist cooperation among the Tribal and the Southern, Western, and Midwest state governments along the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) shipping corridors in developing plans and procedures for the safe and uneventful transportation of transuranic waste from current temporary storage facilities to the WIPP
- Who benefits
- Benefits from this program will go to DOE and the State and tribal governments located on the WIPP disposal phase shipping corridor.
- Who applies
- Eligibility is restricted by action of the Western Interstate Energy Board, Southern States Energy Board, the State of New Mexico, Council of State Governments (midwest region), and tribal governments along WIPP transportation routes. DOE administers agreements with 10 southern State governments, and two Midwest state governments. The Western Interstate Energy Board is the negotiating body for 11 western states on the WIPP transportation route. Each tribal government on the WIPP transportation route elected to represent themselves. Participation in this program is restricted to the above list of organizations and to the affected tribal governments.
- Authorized by
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act, 102-579, as amended by Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Withdrawal Act, Public Law 104-201
- National Security and Military Application of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act, Public Law 96-164
- Program site
- http://www.wipp.energy.gov/ ↗
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