# Use of Prior Year (Defense Environmental

**Agency:** Energy  
**Account:** Defense (050)  
**Source document:** Energy Programs · p. 17  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/energy/use-of-prior-year-defense-environmental  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.


## Energy discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $36.30B, FY2026 $58.20B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

This PBS can be found within the Defense Environmental Cleanup appropriation. This PBS includes all activities necessary for the disposal of contact-handled and remote-handled transuranic waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Key operations elements include: 1) operation of the disposal facility - including mining, waste handling, and the maintenance/repair of infrastructure to safely maintain the facility and operations in compliance with all Federal and state laws, regulations, and environmental requirements; and 2) environmental compliance - maintenance of compliance certification through monitoring and verifying the performance of the FY 2027 funding includes the following activities: surface and underground operations, including transuranic waste emplacement in existing approved disposal panels and mine stability (ground control); maintenance and repair of facilities and equipment; quality assurance; nuclear safety measures, including Documented Safety Analysis maintenance; security, safety and health programs, including safety management program and oversight program enhancements such as fire protection systems; regulatory compliance; project planning and control; mining and panel closure recruiting events which include purchase of merchandise that highlights the WIPP mission; and management and oversight and interagency programs. It is estimated that around 300 shipm


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Energy › Energy Programs › Defense (050) › Defense Environmental Cleanup


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