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WELD, COUNTY OF
CHAIRMAN BD COMM
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GREELEY, CO 80631-1117
Dear County Official:
I am pleased to notify you that on June 14, 2012, the Department of the Interior issued a
payment to your county under the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program.
The PILT program compensates local jurisdictions for Federal lands within their
boundaries that are administered by agencies within the Department and on behalf of the
Forest Service and the Corps of Engineers. The PILT payments may be used for any
governmental purpose, including important community services such as emergency
response, public schools, and roads. Since counties and local jurisdictions are prohibited
from taxing Federal lands, annual PILT payments help to defray costs associated with
maintaining services that support these lands within their boundaries.
The PILT program is authorized by the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act, 31 U.S.C. 6901-
6907, as amended. The PILT Act prescribes the formula that is used to compute the
annual payments based on per acre and population variables, which are annually adjusted
for inflation and census data. Prior year Federal payments under certain revenue sharing
programs are deducted in formulating the payment amounts. These amounts are reported
by your State through an annual reporting process. A provision in the PILT Act provides
that temporary payments be made to compensate for recent additions to the National Park
System and the National Forest Wilderness areas.
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-343) authorized full
funding for the PILT program beginning in 2008 and through 2012. Over 1,850 local
jurisdictions received a total of$393 million in PILT payments this year. The total is the
largest amount ever distributed under the PILT program, exceeding last year's payments
by about $18 million, and the last to be funded under the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008. President Obama's Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposes a one-
year extension of the current PILT program, maintaining the existing formula for
calculating payments to counties. That proposal is pending before Congress.
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For FY 2012, your county is entitled to a PILT payment of$67,022.00 If current bank
routing and account numbers for your county have been provided to our National
Business Center office or to CCR(Central Contractor Registration), an electronic funds
transfer(EFT) will post to your account on or about June 14, 2012. If this information
has not been received, a check will be mailed to your county's address of record from the
U.S. Treasury in San Francisco, California, on June 14, 2012. Should you require further
information, points of contact are provided in the enclosed list of Frequently Asked
Questions. Additional information about the PILT Program is available at
www.doi.govipilt. This site also includes information on how to register in CCR to
expedite receipt of future PILT payments.
Sincerely,
Ken Salazar
Enclosure
Enclosure 1
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES[PILT]
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS[FAQs]
Question: How are PILT payments computed?
Answer: General information concerning the methods used to compute PILT payments can be found in
the expanded FAQs section of the PILT website located at www.doi.gov/pilt. For more specific
information concerning how a particular unit of local government's payment was computed
please call Mr.Bill Howell,Office of the Secretary,Office of Budget,202-208-3157
(Commercial or FTS). Persons who utilize a telecommunications device for the deaf(TDD)can
call the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339,24-hours a day,seven days a
week,to contact Mr.Howell.
Question: The PILT Notification Letter stated the EFT payment due our county would be credited to
our account several days ago. How can I find out where our payment was sent?
OR
Our county is not enrolled in EFT,and we expected to receive our PILT check several days ago.
Who can we talk to about this?
Answer: The phone number for the PILT Help Desk,at the National Business Center-Denver is
303-969-7722. The Help Desk can answer any inquiries concerning either EFT or check
disbursement of PILT payments.
Question: To expedite receipt of our PILT payment in the future,our county would like to enroll in the
EFT payment program. Where can we get a PILT Electronic Funds Transfer(EFT)
Enrollment/Change form?
Answer: From the PILT Home Page at www.doi.gov/pill,click Frequently Asked Questions;
click on Payment Method and ACH Enrollment Form,about two thirds of the way down the list
of subjects immediately under the yellow topic boxes.
The Agency Information Section third paragraph of the ACH Enrollment Form also lists the
phone and fax numbers where additional information and assistance is available.
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