Department of Environmental Protection

Department of Environmental Protection.

2200-0100

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $325,000 to $25,266,994 — the figures $250,000 and $425,000 in the text have been reduced to $200,000 and $250,000 respectively

For the operation of the department of environmental protection, including the environmental strike force, the office of environmental results and strategic planning, the bureau of resource protection, the bureau of waste prevention, the Senator William X. Wall experimental station, and a contract with the University of Massachusetts for environmental research, notwithstanding the provisions of section 323F of chapter 94 of the General Laws; provided, that the provisions of section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws shall not apply to fees established pursuant to section 18 of chapter 21A of the General Laws; provided further, that enactment of the appropriations made available by this act to the department shall be deemed a determination, pursuant to subsection (m) of section 18 of chapter 21A of the General Laws; provided further, that said appropriations for ordinary maintenance of said department from state funds other than the Environmental Challenge Fund and the environmental permitting and compliance assurance fund are comparable to the baseline figure, as defined in said subsection, based on inflation, the department's demonstrated program improvements and efficiencies in areas other than those supported by fees and added or reduced programmatic responsibilities of the department; provided further, that of the amount appropriated herein, not more than $91,000 shall be expended in conjunction with phase II of the environmental results program, so-called, including one full-time equivalent position, and training; provided further that not less than $50,000 shall be paid to the town of Clinton for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Mulberry Drive water tanks in the town of Clinton; provided further, that not more than $535,000 shall be expended for technical assistance to communities to comply with provisions of Title V; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be allocated to the Massachusetts Military Reservation Environmental Technology Center, so-called, pursuant to section 252 of chapter 38 of the acts of 1995; provided further, that of the amount appropriated herein the department shall expend $425,000 to develop a comprehensive wastewater management plan, in accordance with all requirements of the department, for communities connected to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Braintree/Weymouth interceptor, so-called; provided further, that $50,000 shall be transferred from this item to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst soil and science department for the purpose of collecting data from, and evaluating innovative greywater recycling systems; and provided further, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before October 1, 1998 detailing the number of full-time equivalent positions assigned to environmental permitting functions and the number of full-time equivalent positions assigned to compliance inspections and environmental enforcement activities

...............................................................$25,591,994

General Fund............................................................. 48.44%

Environmental Permitting and Compliance Fund............................................................. 36.95%

Clean Environment Fund............................................................. 14.61%

2200-0106

For the payment of charges assessed to the department of environmental protection for the payment of workers compensation, unemployment insurance, medicare taxes, health security plan, and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback, so-called; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, prior to April 15, 1999 all funds appropriated herein shall be scheduled in the DD subsidiary, so-called; provided further, that after said date, the commissioner of the department of environmental protection, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, is hereby authorized to transfer from said DD subsidiary to the KK subsidiary, so-called, or the NN subsidiary, so-called, of this account, an amount not to exceed 15 per cent of the funds appropriated herein, if the secretary of administration and finance certifies in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means that the following conditions have been met: (1) that the charges owed by the department for workers compensation, unemployment insurance, medicare taxes, health security plan, and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback are less than the amount appropriated herein; (2) that the department does not require any supplemental appropriation in any of its other items of appropriation; (3) that the department is expected to meet the revenue targets established in sections 1A and 1B; and (4) that the department has not expended any funds for the payment of workers compensation, unemployment insurance, medicare taxes, health security plan, and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback, so-called, in any of its other items of appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of all transfers of funds between subsidiaries as authorized herein; and provided further, that no funds shall be scheduled to any subsidiary in this account which is not explicitly referenced herein

...............................................................$669,385

General Fund............................................................. 90.66%

Clean Air Act Compliance Fund............................................................. 6.13%

Toxics Use Reduction Fund Fund............................................................. 3.21%

2200-0107

For the GG subsidiary expenses, so-called, of the department of environmental protection; provided, that if said department expends funds from any other item of appropriation for the purpose of paying said GG costs, the department shall send written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means within 30 days of making said expenditure, detailing the amount and item from which said payment was made

...............................................................$4,863,863

General Fund............................................................. 94.21%

Clean Air Act Compliance Fund............................................................. 3.47%

Toxics Use Reduction Fund Fund............................................................. 2.32%

2200-0150

For temporary assistance for the implementation of the Massachusetts rivers protection act, so-called, pursuant to chapter 258 of the acts of 1996; provided, that said assistance shall include, but not be limited to, funding of consultant contracts for the circuit rider program, so-called, the development and distribution of maps, and technical guidance materials

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

2210-0100

For the implementation and administration of chapter 21I of the General Laws; provided, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before October 1, 1998 detailing the status of the department's progress in meeting the statutory and regulatory deadlines associated with said chapter 21I and detailing the number of full-time equivalent positions assigned to various implementation requirements of said chapter 21I

...............................................................$999,435

Toxics Use Reduction Fund Fund............................................................. 100.0%

2220-2220

For the administration and implementation of the federal Clean Air Act, including the operating permit program, the emissions banking program, the auto related state implementation program, the low emission vehicle program, and the non-auto related state implementation program, so-called; provided, that not less than $1,456,366 shall be expended for the operating permit program, so-called

...............................................................$2,154,968

Clean Air Act Compliance Fund............................................................. 100.0%

2220-3000

N.B. - The Acting Governor has vetoed this item

For the purpose of researching the long range transport of ground level ozone and its precursors, implementation activities for the proposed revised national ambient air quality standards, so-called, and the assessment and mitigation of the environmental impacts of utility deregulation

...............................................................$250,000

Clean Air Act Compliance Fund............................................................. 100.0%

2250-2000

For the purposes of state implementation of the federal safe drinking water act pursuant to section 18A of chapter 21A of the General Laws

...............................................................$1,691,691

Safe Drinking Water Act Fund............................................................. 100.0%

2260-8870

N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced the appropriation for this item by $25,000 to $15,013,724

For the expenses of the hazardous waste cleanup and underground storage tank programs, notwithstanding the provisions of section 323F of chapter 94 of the General Laws and section 2K of chapter 29 of the General Laws and section 4 of chapter 21J of the General Laws; provided, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the sea change project, so-called, in the evaluation and development of innovative technologies for hazardous waste remediation, brownfields development and ecosystem recovery associated with the superfund cleanup of the New Bedford harbor; and provided further, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before October 1, 1998 detailing the number of full-time equivalent positions assigned to tier IA, tier IB, tier IC and tier II projects

...............................................................$15,038,724

Clean Environment Fund............................................................. 41.70%

Environmental Challenge Fund............................................................. 40.33%

Local Aid Fund............................................................. 8.63%

General Fund............................................................. 5.14%

Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund............................................................. 4.20%

2260-8881

For the operations of the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals, notwithstanding the provisions of section 19A of chapter 21A of the General Laws

...............................................................$295,700

Environmental Challenge Fund............................................................. 100.0%