28000700 - Dam Regulatory Office

Account Description FY2018
Spending
FY2019
GAA
2800-0700 Dam Regulatory Office
For the office of dam safety; provided, that the office shall, in collaboration with the department of environmental protection and the department of fish and game, establish and maintain a comprehensive inventory of all dams and develop a coordinated permitting and regulatory approach to dam removal for stream restoration and public safety; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Friends of Leverett Pond for the repair, design, permitting and construction of the Leverett Pond dam

642,579 720,361

Veto Explanation:   I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.