FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2009
Conference
FY2009
Vetoes
FY2009
Overrides
FY2009
GAA
FY2009
Total
Spending
Department of Environmental Protection 36,273 -433 433 36,273 33,589 #
Wetlands Permitting Fee Retained Revenue 1,200 0 0 1,200 403  
Toxics Use Reduction Act 1,008 0 0 1,008 1,005  
Clean Air Act 1,080 0 0 1,080 1,080  
Clean Air Act Operating Permit and Compliance Program 2,104 0 0 2,104 1,977  
Safe Drinking Water Act 1,674 0 0 1,674 1,668  
Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program 16,663 -90 90 16,663 16,499  
Brownfields Site Audit Program 1,911 0 0 1,911 1,911  
Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals 415 0 0 415 411  
TOTAL    62,328 -523 523 62,328 58,544  

# Programs will be absorbed by off-budget sources.


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account description amount
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 58,543,575
Budgetary Direct Appropriations  
Direct Appropriations
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 not more than $200,000 shall be expended for a wastewater management study and environmental impact report for the town of Acushnet; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended for the administration and enforcement of the mercury management act; provided further, that $168,000 shall be expended for sediment control in Lake Webster; provided further, that no less than $100,000 shall be expended for the town of Marblehead; provided further, that no less than $67,660 shall be expended for the town of Spencer for a drinking water revolving fund; provided further, that no less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Municipal Grant Program; provided further, that not less than $30,000 be expended for erosion protection at the Center Cemetery in the town of Gill; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for emergency milfoil control of Noyes Pond in the town of Tolland; and provided further, that the department may investigate ways to ease the financial burden on municipalities of compliance with state and federal mandates, whether imposed judicially, statutorily, or through regulation, regarding clean water requirements, including, but not limited to, the extension of time period for compliance and financing
33,589,348
2210-0100 Toxics Use Reduction Act
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 not later than February 1, 2009 detailing the status of the department's progress in meeting the statutory and regulatory deadlines associated with chapter 21I and detailing the number of full-time equivalent positions assigned to various implementation requirements of chapter 21I
1,005,410
2220-2220 Clean Air Act
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, the non-auto-related state implementation program, and the commonwealth's commitments under the New England Governor's/Eastern Canadian Premier's Action Plans for reducing acid rain deposition and mercury emissions
1,079,944
2220-2221 Clean Air Act Operating Permit and Compliance Program
For the administration and implementation of the operating permit and compliance program required under the federal Clean Air Act
1,976,775
2250-2000 Safe Drinking Water Act
For the purposes of state implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act under section 18A of chapter 21A of the General Laws
1,668,327
2260-8870 Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program
For the expenses of the hazardous waste cleanup and underground storage tank programs, notwithstanding section 4 of chapter 21J of the General Laws; provided, that not less than $90,000 shall be provided for the city of Lynn
16,499,213
2260-8872 Brownfields Site Audit Program
For the brownfields site audit program
1,911,111
2260-8881 Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals
For the operations of the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals, notwithstanding section 19A of chapter 21A of the General Laws
410,940

account description amount
Retained Revenues
2200-0102 Wetlands Permitting Fee Retained Revenue
For the department of environmental protection which may expend an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 from revenues collected from fees collected from wetland permits; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment the amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; provided further, that the department shall submit a report by January 12, 2009 on implementation of the wetlands fee, the amount of the fee increase and the revenue that has been collected; and provided further, that the wetlands fees that will be directed into the General Fund shall not be lower than the amount deposited at the end of fiscal year 2004
402,507

account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 25,738,934
2200-9706 Water Quality Management Planning
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Water Quality Management Planning
534,866
2200-9712 Cooperative Agreement for Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Agreement-Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
984,806
2200-9717 Environmental Restoration Program for Department of Defense
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, D.O.D. Environment Restoration Program for Department of Defense
1,391,070
2200-9724 Superfund Block Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Superfund Block Grant
975,728
2200-9728 Brownfield Assessment Program Multi-Site Cooperative Agreement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Brownfields Assessment Program - Multi-Site Cooperative Agreement
231,390
2200-9729 Brownfield Pilot Cooperative Agreements
For the purposes of a Federally funded grant entitled, Brownfield Pilots Cooperative Agreements
22,314
2200-9731 Brownfields Response
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Brownfield Response
1,570,062
2230-9702 Air, Water and Hazardous Waste Management Regulatory Programs
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Air, Water and Hazardous Waste Management Regulatory Programs
17,611,753
2230-9709 Environmental Information Exchange
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Environmental Information Exchange
195,494
2230-9710 FY07 Network
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FY07 Network
186,004
2240-9762 Reimbursement to Operators of Small Water Systems for Training and Certification
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Reimbursement to Operators to Small Water Systems for Training and Certification
304,404
2240-9764 Special Appropriation Set-Aside Administration
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Appropriation Set-Aside Administration
44,365
2240-9769 Estuaries Watershed Permitting
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Estuaries Watershed Permitting
18,915
2240-9773 Tech Assist and Training for Drinking Wa
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Technical Assistance and Training for Drinking Water
58,500
2250-9712 Clean Air Act - Fine Particulate Matter Air Monitoring
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Clean Air Act-Fine Particulate Matter Air Monitoring
445,837
2250-9716 Ambient Air Toxics Pilot Project
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Ambient Air Toxics Pilot Project
133,645
2250-9724 Mass Food Waste Resource Conservation Challenge Project
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Food Waste RCC Program
31,649
2250-9725 Innovative Environment Compliance Strategies
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Innovation Environment Compliance Strategies
55,470
2250-9726 Homeland Security Co-op Agreement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Homeland Security Co-op Agreement
863,645
2250-9727 School Bus Retrofit
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, School Bus Retrofit
20,000
2250-9728 Off Road Construction (ORCVRP)
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Off Road Construction (ORCVRP)
5,000
2250-9729 Composting Recycling
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Composting Recycling
5,000
2250-9730 Air Toxic-Spatial Trends
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Air Toxic-Spatial Trends
49,017