June 14, 2001

Inspection of Selected Aspects of the Office of River Protection Performance-Based Incentive Program

The Office of River Protection (ORP), which reports to the Office of Environmental Management, is responsible for remediation of the radioactive waste stored in tanks at the Hanford Site in the State of Washington. For Fiscal Year (FY) 2000, ORP established 26 performance-based contract incentives (PBCIs) that provided its management and operating contractor the opportunity to earn incentive fees totaling about $19.4 million.