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Budget Summary FY2018

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Department of Environmental Protection
Data Current as of:  12/6/2017



FISCAL YEAR 2018 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2018
Conference		 FY2018
Vetoes		 FY2018
Overrides		 FY2018
GAA
Department of Environmental Protection Administration 24,733 -161 161 24,733
Wetlands Permitting Fee Retained Revenue 650 0 0 650
Recycling and Solid Waste Master Plan Operations 421 0 0 421
Compliance and Permitting 2,401 0 0 2,401
Compliance and Permitting Fee Retained Revenue 2,500 0 0 2,500
Toxics Use Retained Revenue 3,168 0 0 3,168
Clean Air Act 609 0 0 609
Clean Air Act Operating Permit and Compliance Program 1,302 0 0 1,302
Safe Drinking Water Act 2,137 -175 175 2,137
Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program 12,324 0 0 12,324
Brownfields Site Audit Program 1,179 0 0 1,179
Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup 375 0 0 375
TOTAL    51,800 -336 336 51,800

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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 73,783,000
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 not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Wrentham for a water service project; 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
 		24,733,484
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 Massachusetts 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 		420,750
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 		2,400,750
2220-2220 Clean Air Act
For the administration and implementation of the federal Clean Air Act under 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 and Eastern Canadian Premiers Climate Change Action Plan for reducing acid rain deposition and mercury emissions 		609,247
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 under 42 U.S.C. section 7401 et seq 		1,302,054
2250-2000 Safe Drinking Water Act
For the commonwealth's implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 under section 18A of chapter 21A of the General Laws; provided, that the department may expend funds for the study and remediation of lead in public school drinking water; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the design and construction of a drinking water main-line in the town of Webster; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for costs related to the study, planning and engineering of a water line connection in the town of Ashby; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for costs related to the study, planning and engineering of a water line connection in the town of Sturbridge
 		2,137,185
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 		12,324,125
2260-8872 Brownfields Site Audit Program
For the brownfields site audit program 		1,178,719
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 		375,000

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Retained Revenues
2200-0102 Wetlands Permitting Fee Retained Revenue
For the department of environmental protection, which may expend not more than $650,150 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 		650,150
2200-0112 Compliance and Permitting Fee Retained Revenue
For the department of environmental protection, which may expend not more than $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: (i) this item is abolished or reduced in fiscal year 2018; or (ii) operational funding for the department falls below the level authorized in the general appropriation act for fiscal year 2015 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 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 		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, not more than $3,168,361 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 1, 2018 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 notwithstanding any general or special laws 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 		3,168,361

account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 21,983,175
2200-9706 Water Quality Management Planning
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Water Quality Management Planning 		458,000
2200-9712 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cooperative Agreement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Agreement - Leaking Underground Storage Tanks 		718,598
2200-9717 Department of Defense State Memorandum of Agreement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program 		1,046,492
2200-9724 Superfund Block Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Superfund Block Grant 		606,723
2200-9728 Brownfields Assessment Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Brownfields Assessment Program 		103,121
2200-9732 Statewide Brownfields Support Team
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Statewide Brownfields Support Team 		300,000
2230-9702 Performance Partnership Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Performance Partnership Grant 		16,491,927
2240-9781 Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Environmental Information Exchange Network 		200,000
2250-9712 Clean Air Act Section 103
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Clean Air Act Section 103 		686,196
2250-9716 Massachusetts National Air Toxics Trend Station Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Ambient Air Toxics Pilot Project 		43,833
2250-9726 Homeland Security Co-Op Agreement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Homeland Security Co-op Agreement 		908,630
2250-9732 Underground Storage Tank Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Underground Storage Program 		90,000
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 		50,663
2250-9744 Massachusetts Clean Diesel Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA Clean Diesel Program 		278,992

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