The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency plans, coordinates, and administers the state and local response to natural or man-made disasters in order to preserve the lives and property of the citizens of the Commonwealth. The agency also coordinates the activities of all federal, state, and local organizations engaged in all phases of emergency management including mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Since Fiscal Year 1991, over $77 million in state and federal disaster relief funds have been distributed to state agencies and municipalities throughout the Commonwealth.

Budget Recommendations

The amount recommended for Fiscal Year 1998 will enable the Agency to provide the same level of services as in Fiscal Year 1997.

Budgetary Direct Appropriations

MASSACHUSETTS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
8800-0001	For the operations of the Massachusetts emergency management agency; provided, that expenditures from this item shall be contingent upon the prior approval of the proper federal authorities	775,056
	Local Aid Fund 100%

NUCLEAR SAFETY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM
8800-0100	For the nuclear safety preparedness program of the Massachusetts emergency management agency; provided, that the costs of said program, including fringe benefits and indirect costs, shall be assessed upon nuclear regulatory commission licensees operating nuclear power generating facilities in the commonwealth; provided further, that the department of public utilities shall develop an equitable method of apportioning said assessments among said licensees; and provided further, that said assessments shall be paid during the current fiscal year as provided by the department of public utilities and shall be credited to the General Fund	402,717
	Local Aid Fund 100%

RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN EVALUATIONS
8800-0200	For the Seabrook nuclear safety preparedness program; provided, that the cost of said program shall be assessed on electric companies in Massachusetts which own, in whole or in part, or purchase power from, nuclear power plants located outside the commonwealth whose nuclear power plant areas, as defined in section two B of chapter six hundred thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty, as added by section twenty-four of chapter seven hundred ninety-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy-nine, include communities located within the commonwealth, and shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that for the purposes of this item electric companies shall mean all persons, firms, associations and private corporations which own or operate works or a distributing plant for the manufacture and sale or distribution and sale of electricity within the commonwealth; and provided further, that the term electric company shall not include municipalities or municipal light plants	263,800

Federal Grant Spending

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE - PERSONNEL AND ADMINSTRATIVE EXPENSES
8800-0003	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Emergency Management Assistance - Personnel and Adminstrative Expenses	891,078

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE - DISTRIBUTION TO CITIES AND TOWNS
8800-0004	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Emergency Management Assistance - Distribution to Cities and Towns	676,200

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ASSISTANCE
8800-0005	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Disaster Preparedness Assistance	50,000

RADIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE
8800-0006	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Radiological Systems Maintenance	206,109

RADIOLOGICAL DEFENSE OFFICER
8800-0007	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Radiological Defense Officer	57,107

POPULATION PROTECTION PLANNING PROGRAM
8800-0008	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Population Protection Planning Program	208,994

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAINING - STATE/LOCAL PERSONNEL
8800-0009	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Emergency Management Training - State/Local Personnel	112,832

EARTHQUAKE LOSS STUDY
8800-0010	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Earthquake Loss Study	88,600

SUPERFUND AMENDMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION ACTS OF 1986
8800-0019	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Acts of 1986	60,000

HURRICANE BOB - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
8800-0025	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hurricane Bob - Public Assistance	350,000

COASTAL STORM - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE MAJOR COASTAL STORM 10/30/91-11/02/91
8800-0026	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Coastal Storm - Public Assistance Major Coastal Storm 10/30/91-11/02/91	400,000

URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE
8800-0039	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Urban Search and Rescue	32,000

WINTER COASTAL STORM 12/11/92-12/13/92 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
8800-0040	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Winter Coastal Storm 12/11/92-12/13/92 Public Assistance	1,500,000

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION ACT
8800-0042	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hazardous Materials Transportation Act	110,000

HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS
8800-0043	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hurricane Preparedness	46,430

COUNTER TERRORISM PREPAREDNESS
8800-0044	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Counter Terrorism Preparedness	25,000

FLOOD DISASTER OF 10/26/96 RELIEF
8800-0054	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Flood Disaster of 10/26/96 Relief	39,960,619

Trust and Other Spending

8800-0024

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TRUST

1,110,950