The Payments-Equal-To-Taxes (PETT) provisions of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended (NWPA) (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.).provide that DOE will make these payments to eligible States, affected units of local government, and affected Indian Tribes for activities related to siting, development, and operation of a high-level radioactive waste and spent-fuel repository, and any monitored retrievable storage (MRS) facility. The scope of this Notice is limited to site characterization activities related to the repository or MRS facility. Development and operational phases of the repository and MRS facility will be addressed at a later date. The jurisdictions are eligible for payments equivalent to the amount they would receive if authorized to tax the Federal site characterization activities at such site.