Petition and Letters from Secretatry of Energy regarding US DOE Proposal to Congress

Consistent with the mandate issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. United States Department of Energy, (Nos. 11-1066 and 11-1068; D.C. Cir. 2013), and notwithstanding the absence of the determination required to be made pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy
Act of 1982 (NWPA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 10222(a)(4), I hereby propose, subject to any
further judicial decision in this proceeding, including with respect to the petition for rehearing en banc filed on january 3, 2014, to adjust the fee, established by Section 302(a)(2) of the NWPA, 42 U.S.C. 10222(a)(2), to zero