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General Appropriations Act FY2008

Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Data Current as of:  10/29/2007



Account Description FY07
GAA
FY08
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2200-0100 Department of Environmental Protection
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 Senator William X. Wall experimental station, and a contract with the University of Massachusetts for environmental research; provided, that 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 $200,000 shall be expended for the administration and enforcement of the mercury management act; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be provided to the town of Millville for water contamination remediation services; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for department of environmental protection pump testing at the Cole property site for a municipal water supply for the town of Carver; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program; provided further, that $168,000 shall be expended for sediment control in Lake Webster; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for wetlands protection near the department of public works in the town of Millis; provided further, that not less than $145,000 shall be provided to the City of Revere under the provisions of chapter 351 of the Acts of 1996; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to install and maintain a twenty-four hour canister ambient air quality monitoring system around the Allegheny Rodney Strip Division and Brittany Dyeing and Printing Corporation facilities in the City of New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be provided for Brownfield redevelopment in the City of Lynn; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for site contamination services associated with the Caryville Mill Senior Housing Program
34,030,671 34,791,004

 
 
HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)
SPENDING CATEGORY FY04
Spending
FY05
Spending
FY06
Spending
FY07
Spending
FY08
GAA
Wages & Salaries 20,571 20,571 23,179 24,301 25,067
Pensions & Benefits 433 509 476 507 503
Operating Expenses 6,939 6,682 6,879 7,784 8,273
Aid to Cities & Towns 75 1,418 168 2,283 948
TOTAL 28,018 29,180 30,703 34,875 34,791

* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.

 

Pie Chart: Wages & Salaries=72%, Pensions & Benefits=1%, Operating Expenses=24%, Aid to Cities & Towns=3%



 
Earmarks
EARMARK DESCRIPTION
FY08
24-hour air quality testing at 3 locations in New Bedford 50,000
Brownfield Redevelopment in Lynn 90,000
City of Revere under Chapter 351 of the acts of 1996 145,000
DEP Pump Testing at the Cole Property Site 50,000
Mercury Management Act 200,000
Sediment Control for Lake Webster 168,000
Site contamination at Caryville Mill Senior Housing 100,000
Water Contamination Remediation Services 35,000
Wetlands Protection near the DPW in the town of Millis 60,000