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Budget Recommendations

Executive Office of Environmental Affairs

FISCAL YEAR 1998 RESOURCE SUMMARY ($000)
DEPARTMENT Direct Budgetary Appro. Budgetary Retained Revenue Total Budgetary Spending Intragov- ernmental Service Federal Grant Spending Trust & Other Spending Total Spending Budgetary Revenues
Office of the Secretary 10,188  200  10,388  350  2,892  0  13,630  205 
Low-Level Radioactive Waste 426  0  426  0  0  0  426  426 
Dept of Environmental Mgt. 30,607  0  30,607  0  945  512  32,064  4,430 
Environmental Protection 48,142  0  48,142  0  12,936  9,725  70,803  28,222 
Fisheries, Wildlife & Environmental Law Enforcement 24,990  250  25,240  160  912  409  26,721  15,595 
Metropolitan District Comm. 52,529  474  53,002  650  0  3,175  56,827  16,500 
Dept of Food & Agriculture 11,907  0  11,907  0  909  13  12,828  1,549 
TOTAL     178,789  924    179,713  1,160  18,594  13,833    213,300  66,927 

The Executive Office of Environmental Affairs is responsible for the protection and enhancement of the Commonwealth's environmental resources.

The Office of the Secretary coordinates land preservation, coastal protection, waste management, drinking water, and clean air programs. The Office is responsible for directing an aggressive land acquisition and protection program which has added 74,377 acres to Massachusetts open space since the inception of the Weld/Cellucci Administration and will have 100,000 acres under protection by the end of Fiscal Year 1998. The Secretariat also ensures compliance with the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, the Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Land Conservation Services Program.

Budget Recommendations

The Fiscal Year 1998 recommendation includes an additional $1.8 million to fund recycling programs to maximize the State's resource management and conservation efforts.





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Executive Office for Administration & Finance
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Boston, MA 02133
(617) 727-2081

Last updated on January 22, 1997

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