22000100 - Department of Environmental Protection Administration

Account Description FY2016
Spending
FY2017
GAA
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, that $125,000 shall be expended for the Buzzards Bay Coalition for coastal water quality monitoring in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Falmouth Water Stewards, Inc. for water quality monitoring in the town of Falmouth; provided, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for the pipe cleaning program in Webster; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization to operate a water quality monitoring program in the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord rivers

24,325,181 25,037,437

Veto Explanation:   I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended, and I am reducing this item to the amount projected to be necessary.