DOE Rebates

[rsg@inel.gov (Russ Garcia)]

	ARE  YOU  ELIGIBLE  FOR  PART  OF  $4M?


December 31 is the deadline for claiming a portion of about $4M being held 
in the Department of Energy.  Anyone who disposed of radioactive waste at 
facilities in Barnwell, SC; Richland, WA; or Beatty, NV, during calendar 
years 1990, 1991, or 1992 is potentially eligible.  Page 15196 of the 
Federal Register notice published March 31, 1994, lists the required 
information and the address for submitting requests.  Call Paul Smith at 
208-526-6083 (E-mail: pps@inel.gov) for additional information.

Background   A law passed by Congress in 1985 included a monetary incentive 
for states and compact regions to develop new commercial low-level 
radioactive waste disposal facilities by 1993.  Users of disposal sites paid 
for this incentive (about $22M) through "non-penalty" surcharges on their 
radioactive waste disposed during calendar years 1990, 1991, or 1992.  No 
new facilities were built.  However, most states and compact regions 
provided for 18 months of extended access to the Barnwell, SC, and received 
about half of the available funds.  The remainder (about $11M) is refundable 
to those organizations that paid the surcharges.  To date, about 250 
businesses have claimed almost $7M.  The remaining $4M must be claimed by 
the end of December or it will be sent to the states that collected the 
funds - South Carolina, Washington, and Nevada.

Take care for now!

Russ Garcia (rsg@inel.gov)
National Low-Level Waste Management Program
P.O. Box 1625
Idaho Falls, ID  83415-2420

ph: 208-526-0483
fax: 208-526-9165