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Account	Description	FY07 GAA	FY08 GAA
4510-0600	Environmental Health Services For an environmental and community health hazards program, including control of radiation and nuclear hazards, consumer products protection, food and drugs, lead poisoning prevention in accordance with chapter 482 of the acts of 1993, lead-based paint inspections in day care facilities, inspection of radiological facilities, licensing of x-ray technologists and the administration of the division of environmental epidemiology and toxicology for the purposes of chapter 111F of the General Laws the "Right-to-Know" law; provided, that the expenditures from this item for the fair packaging and labeling survey program shall be contingent upon the prior approval of the proper federal authorities for reimbursement of 100 per cent of the amounts so expended; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a comprehensive study on lyme disease; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the completion of the comprehensive study of the exposure routes and patterns of contaminants in the Maple Meadowbrook Aquifer migrating to and affecting the Wilmington drinking water supply and the study of incidents of childhood cancer in the town of Wilmington; provided further, that not less than $107,500 shall be expended for the Silent Spring Institute to complete the household exposure study; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to hire additional food and air quality inspectors to rectify the inadequacies reported by the state auditor in March 2007; provided further, that not more than $14,800 shall be allocated to the Franklin Regional Council of Governments for costs associated with the regional public health program; provided further, that $195,000 shall be expended for the purpose of the director of the bureau of environmental health assessment of the department of public health to continue an environmental risk assessment of the health impacts of the General Lawrence Logan Airport in the East Boston section of the city of Boston on any community that is located within a 5 mile radius of the airport and is potentially impacted by the airport; provided further, that the assessment may include, but not be limited to, examining incidences of respiratory diseases and cancers and performing medical and laboratory tests and examinations of residents of these communities; provided further, that the bureau shall report its findings, together with any recommended response actions by the commonwealth, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008; provided further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate ways and means committees, the joint committee on public health, and the joint committee on health care financing, on the status of local health inspections of food establishments, consistent with the department of public health food safety regulations and a report on the current waiting list for indoor air inspections by October 1, 2007; and provided further, that no funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for the purpose of siting or locating a low-level radio-active waste facility in the commonwealth	3,509,106	3,996,868

 
 

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)

SPENDING CATEGORY	FY04 Spending	FY05 Spending	FY06 Spending	FY07 Spending	FY08 GAA
Wages & Salaries	2,411	2,887	3,245	3,242	3,608
Pensions & Benefits	20	17	23	36	23
Operating Expenses	76	88	134	163	119
Public Assistance	30	30	115	65	248
TOTAL	2,537	3,023	3,517	3,506	3,997

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

 

 

Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION	FY08
Comprehensive Study at Maple Meadowbrook Aquifer and Wilmington drinking water	150,000
Comprehensive Study on Lyme Disease	75,000
Environmental risk assessment of the health impacts of the Logan Airport in East Boston or any community within 5 miles	195,000
Franklin Regional Council regional public health program	14,800
Funds to hire Additional Food and Air Quality Inspectors	500,000
Silent Spring Institute - Household Exposure Study	107,500