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Department of Environmental Protection
Data Current as of:  10/17/2014





FISCAL YEAR 2015 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2015
Conference
FY2015
Vetoes
FY2015
Overrides
FY2015
GAA
Department of Environmental Protection Administration 29,004 0 0 29,004
Wetlands Permitting Fee Retained Revenue 650 0 0 650
Recycling and Solid Waste Master Plan Operations 500 0 0 500
Compliance and Permitting 2,500 0 0 2,500
Compliance and Permitting Fee Retained Revenue 2,500 0 0 2,500
Toxics Use Retained Revenue 3,121 0 0 3,121
Clean Air Act 848 0 0 848
Clean Air Act Operating Permit and Compliance Program 1,513 0 0 1,513
Safe Drinking Water Act 1,505 0 0 1,505
Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program 13,944 0 0 13,944
Brownfields Site Audit Program 1,166 0 0 1,166
Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup 390 0 0 390
TOTAL    57,641 0 0 57,641

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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 79,668,432
Direct Appropriations
2200-0100 Department of Environmental Protection Administration
For the operation of the department of environmental protection, including the environmental strike force, the bureau of planning and evaluation, the bureau of resource protection, the bureau of waste prevention, the Senator William X. Wall Experiment 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 under section 18 of chapter 21A of the General Laws; provided further, that $300,000 shall be expended for the Buzzards Bay Coalition and Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, in conjunction with the Marine Biological Laboratory and the University of Massachusetts at Boston, for a coastal water quality monitoring program in Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound, Nantucket Sound and Cape Cod Bay; provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended to enter into an agreement with a not-for-profit organization to operate a water quality monitoring program in the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord rivers; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for a matching grant for sediment control and other enhancements to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in the town of Webster; provided further, that the matching grant may be provided through the municipality by local appropriation or through donations from nonprofit organizations or individual, corporate or foundation gifts; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for environmental programs in the town of Belmont; and provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for Brownfield redevelopment of the city of Lynn
29,003,667
2200-0107 Recycling and Solid Waste Master Plan Operations
For technical assistance, grants and support of efforts consistent with the Massachusetts recycling and solid waste master plan and the climate protection plan; provided, that funds may be expended for a recycling industries reimbursement program pursuant to section 241 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997
500,000
2200-0109 Compliance and Permitting
For the department of environmental protection for the sole purpose of ensuring sufficient staff for timely permit decisions and compliance assurance
2,500,000
2220-2220 Clean Air Act
For the administration and implementation of the federal Clean Air Act, Public Law 88-206, as amended, as codified at 42 U.S.C. section 7401 et seq. 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 Governors/Eastern Canadian Premiers climate change action plan for reducing acid rain deposition and mercury emissions
847,831
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, Public Law 88-206, as amended, as codified at 42 U.S.C. section 7401 et seq
1,513,064
2250-2000 Safe Drinking Water Act
For the commonwealth's implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, Public Law 93-52, as amended, under section 18A of chapter 21A of the General Laws
1,504,682
2260-8870 Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program
For the expenses of the hazardous waste cleanup and underground storage tank programs including, but not limited to, monitoring unlined landfills, notwithstanding section 4 of chapter 21J of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of environmental protection shall investigate and report on any state and federal resources available to the owners of the surrounding property on Bolton Street in Marlborough who have sustained damage due to the negligent release of petroleum from an underground storage tank leak during the month of April 2012; and provided further, that said report shall be presented to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before January 15, 2015
13,944,080
2260-8872 Brownfields Site Audit Program
For the brownfields site audit program
1,166,067
2260-8881 Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup
For the operation of the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals, notwithstanding section 19A of chapter 21A of the General Laws
390,211

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 $650,151 collected from fees for wetland permits; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system
650,151
2200-0112 Compliance and Permitting Fee Retained Revenue
For the department of environmental protection, which may expend an amount not to exceed $2,500,000 collected from permit and compliance fees for the sole purpose of ensuring sufficient staff for timely permit decisions and compliance assurance; provided, that if: (a) this item is abolished or reduced in fiscal year 2015; or (b) operational funding for the department falls below the level authorized in the general appropriation act for fiscal year 2014 excluding appropriations for earmarks and nonrecurring operating costs, the fee increase supporting this item shall terminate; and provided further, that 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 amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system
2,500,000
2210-0106 Toxics Use Retained Revenue
For the department of environmental protection, which may expend for the administration and implementation of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act, pursuant to chapter 21I of the General Laws an amount not to exceed $3,120,894 collected from fees, penalties, grants, and tuition under said chapter 21I; provided, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 2, 2015 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; provided further, that not less than $1,629,860 from this item shall be made available for the operation of the Toxics Use Reduction Institute program at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell; provided further, that the department shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the University of Massachusetts to make such funding available for this purpose; provided further, that not less than $644,096 from this item shall be made available for toxics use reduction technical assistance and technology under said chapter 21I; provided further, that the department shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the executive office of energy and environmental affairs to make such funding available for this purpose; and provided further, that, 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 amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system
3,120,894

account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 22,027,785
2200-9706 Water Quality Management Planning
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Water Quality Management Planning
649,230
2200-9712 Cooperative Agreement Leaking Underground Storage Tank
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Agreement-Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
753,184
2200-9717 Department of Defense State Memorandum of Agreement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program
1,319,000
2200-9724 Superfund Block Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Superfund Block Grant
439,000
2200-9728 Brownfields Assessment Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Brownfields Assessment Program
225,000
2200-9731 Brownfields Response
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Brownfields Response
769,822
2230-9702 Performance Partnership Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Performance Partnership
14,794,684
2240-9773 Technical Assistance and Training for Drinking Water
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Technical Assistance and Training for Drinking Water
3,826
2240-9777 Public Water Supply Supervision Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Public Water Supply Supervision
17,811
2250-9712 Clean Air Act Section 103
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Clean Air Act Section 103
709,935
2250-9716 Ambient Air Toxics Pilot Project
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Ambient Air Toxics Pilot Project
56,909
2250-9726 Homeland Security Co-Op Agreement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Homeland Security Co-op Agreement
1,411,342
2250-9732 Underground Storage Tank Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Underground Storage Program
663,592
2250-9736 Massachusetts Clean Diesel
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Clean Diesel
82,225
2250-9738 Airport Lead Ambient
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Airport Lead Ambient
12,374
2250-9739 Near Road Number 2 Ambient Air Monitoring Network
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Near Road Number 2 Ambient Air Monitoring Network
89,000
2250-9741 MA Clean Diesel Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA Clean Diesel Program
30,851

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