Department of Environmental Management

Department of Environmental Management.

State Appropriations

2100-0005

For the department of environmental management pursuant to the purposes of section 10A and one-half of chapter 91 of the General Laws

......................................................$2,856,121

Harbors and Inland Water Maintenance Fund .................. 100.0%

2100-1000

For the operation of the department of environmental management

......................................................$2,178,219

Local Aid Fund .................. 100.0%

2100-2002

The department is hereby authorized to expend $75,000 from revenues received from interstate fire fighting services authorized under section 44 of chapter 138 of the acts of 1991; provided, that the department may expend from this item an amount equal to the costs of overtime and shift hours worked by employees of the department and the metropolitan district commission from reimbursements collected from the federal government for the costs of interstate fire fighting; provided further, that the department shall allocate such amounts to the metropolitan district commission for such purposes; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, said department and commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system

......................................................$75,000

2100-2030

For the recreational and resource conservation operations of the department; provided, that funds appropriated herein shall be used to operate all of the department's parks, heritage state parks, reservations, campgrounds, beaches, and pools, and for the oversight of rinks; provided further, that funds appropriated herein shall be used to protect and manage the department's lands and natural resources including the forest and parks conservation services and the bureau of forestry developments; provided further, that $35,000 shall be expended for a supervisor at Lake Whitehall in Hopkinton; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended on the preparation and distribution of campground directories; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal employees, so-called; provided further, that the city of Newburyport shall receive a grant for the completion of purchase and installation of three new floats, so-called, in the Merrimack river in the city of Newburyport; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be obligated for the Schooner Ernestina commission; provided further, that said commission shall submit a management plan to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that said plan shall be submitted no later than April 1, 1998; provided further, that the department shall study the feasibility of making the operations of said commission self-sufficient, which shall include, but not be limited to, a cost-benefit analysis and the phase-out of the state subsidy by the year 2001; provided further, that said study shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than March 2, 1998; provided further, that $52,500 shall be expended for phase two, so-called, for the improvement and preservation of the Craigville pond and Centerville river system, known as the Red Lily Pond Restoration Project; provided further, that the department shall enter into contracts with the Red Lily Pond Project Association; and provided further, that the department shall expend $180,000 for the purchase of a brush breaker, so-called, to be used for the state parks located in the town of Plymouth

......................................................$19,037,918

2100-2040

For additional expenses, upkeep, and improvements to the department of environmental management's parks and recreation system, including an internship program for students at the university of Massachusetts Stockbridge school of forestry or other academic institutions providing similar training and education programs in forestry, recreation, natural resources, watershed management, or fire science; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the promotion of tourism in the city of Fall River, including the Fall River heritage state park; provided further, that such funds shall be administered by the city of Fall River; provided further, that the department shall hire an additional laborer II position and two laborer I positions at the Wachusett mountain state reservation; provided further, that the department shall expend no less than $130,000 for Maudslay state park, including staff, maintenance and capital needs; and provided further, that no less than $87,500 shall be expended for upkeep and improvements at Sandy Point State Reservation on Plum Island

......................................................$2,500,000

Second Century Fund .................. 100.0%

2100-2045

For the one time inventory of the department of environmental management's state forest system

......................................................$200,000

2100-3010

For the summer and fall seasonal hires of the department, including hires for the fire control unit; provided, that the same number of lifeguards shall be assigned to Salisbury beach in fiscal year 1998 as were assigned to said beach in fiscal year 1997; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for year-round seasonal employees, so-called; and provided further, that seasonal employees of the department who are hired prior to the second Sunday before Memorial Day and whose employment continues beyond the Saturday following Labor Day and who received health insurance benefits in fiscal year 1997 shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 1998 during the period of their seasonal employment

......................................................$3,302,547

Local Aid Fund .................. 90.0%

Highway Fund .................. 10.0%

2100-3011

For the winter and spring seasonal hires of the department, including hires for the fire control unit; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for year-round seasonal employees, so-called; and provided further, that seasonal employees who are hired prior to the second Sunday before Memorial Day and whose employment continues beyond the Saturday following Labor Day and who received health insurance benefits in fiscal year 1997 shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 1998 during the period of their seasonal employment

......................................................$1,218,032

Local Aid Fund .................. 90.0%

Highway Fund .................. 10.0%

Federal Appropriations

2100-9721

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Connecticut River Valley & National Park Service

......................................................$15,000

2120-9702

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, USDA Forest Service, Rural Community Fire Protection

......................................................$16,000

2120-9707

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Urban and Community Forestry

......................................................$90,000

2120-9708

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Improved Wood Utilization

......................................................$11,280

2121-9705

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, USFS Shade Tree and Health

......................................................$371,402

2121-9709

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Forestry Planning

......................................................$62,432

2121-9711

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, USFS Rural Fire Prevention

......................................................$150,000

2121-9712

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Forest Health Research

......................................................$19,645

2121-9714

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Resource Conservation and Development

......................................................$18,000

2121-9716

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Agriculture Conservation Program

......................................................$10,000

2121-9718

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Forestry Incentives Program

......................................................$3,000

2121-9719

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, USFS Wood In Transportation Project

......................................................$10,000

2121-9722

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, USFS Forest Resource Management

......................................................$24,563

2121-9726

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, USFS Forest Health Management

......................................................$18,000

2121-9728

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, USFS Forest Health Monitoring

......................................................$13,000

2121-9730

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, USFS North American Maple Project

......................................................$8,500

2121-9750

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Insect Disease Control-Gypsy Moth Suppression

......................................................$35,000

2130-9705

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, SUASCO Watershed Flood Control Reservoir

......................................................$38,000

2140-9709

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, WBNERR Operation and Management

......................................................$140,000

2140-9710

For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, WBNERR exhibits and renovations

......................................................$220,000