For the department of environmental protection, which may expend for the administration and implementation of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act under
chapter 21I of the General Laws an amount not to exceed $2,741,404 from the revenue collected from fees, penalties, grants and tuition under said
chapter 21I; provided, 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 interdepartmental 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 in accordance with said
chapter 21I; provided further, that the department shall enter into an interdepartmental 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 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 amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system
