SENATE BILL NO. 364
EXECUTIVE BUDGET BILL
February 23, 1999, Introduced by Senators BENNETT, GAST, MC MANUS,
NORTH, STEIL, GOUGEON and HOFFMAN and referred to the Committee
on Appropriations.
A bill to make appropriations for the department of environmental
quality for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000; to provide for
the expenditure of those appropriations; to create funds and accounts;
to require reports; to prescribe certain powers and duties of certain
state agencies and officials; to authorize certain transfers by certain
state agencies; and to provide for the disposition of fees and other
income received by the various state agencies.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this bill, the
amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department of
environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,
from the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of
the appropriations in this part:
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:
Full-time equated unclassified positions. . . . . . . 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . 1,608.7
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 396,546,000
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers . . . . . 16,778,700
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 379,767,300
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,831,500
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,195,600
Total private revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460,400
Total other state restricted revenues. . . . . . . . . 155,183,400
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 96,096,400
Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE
Full-time equated unclassified positions. . . . . . . 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . .11.0
Unclassified salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 454,200
Executive direction--7.0 FTE positions . . . . . . . . 1,028,300
Office of the Great Lakes--4.0 FTE positions . . . . . 767,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,249,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOI-federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,300
EPA-federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223,200
Special revenue funds:
Environmental education fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,100
Environmental response fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,600
Oil and gas regulatory fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,300
Settlement funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208,400
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,474,600
Sec. 103. FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . .77.0
Financial support services--27.0 FTE positions . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,497,400
Field operations support--20.0 FTE positions . . . . . 1,380,900
Automated data processing--8.0 FTE positions . . . . . 5,916,800
Office of special environmental projects--6.0
FTE position. . . . . . . 571,800
Personnel--12.0 FTE positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 756,100
Administrative hearings--4.0 FTE positions . . . . . . 386,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,509,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDT-interdivisional charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,765,800
Federal revenues:
EPA-superfund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,400
Special revenue funds:
Above ground storage tank fee revenue. . . . . . . . . 22,900
Environmental response fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766,800
Land and water permit fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,800
Michigan underground storage tank financial
assurance fund. . . . . . 164,200
Public water supply fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,500
Oil and gas regulatory fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413,900
Scrap tire regulatory fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,700
Settlement funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183,900
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,900,300
Sec. 104. DEPARTMENTAL OPERATION SUPPORT
Building occupancy charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,210,600
Rent-privately owned property. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,691,700
Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,002,300
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341,200
Environmental pollution prevention fund. . . . . . . . 37,900
Environmental response fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417,400
Fees and collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,700
Land and water permit fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,600
Medical waste fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,600
Michigan underground storage tank financial
assurance fund. . . . . . 132,300
Oil and gas privilege fee revenue. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Oil and gas regulatory fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269,300
Publication revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000
Public utility assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,300
Public water supply fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,000
Scrap tire regulatory fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,000
Solid waste program fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,900
Stormwater permit fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,300
Waste reduction fee revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,000
State water pollution control revolving fund . . . . . 79,400
Water analysis fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,900
Water use reporting fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,200
Underground storage tank fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . 177,400
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,865,900
Sec. 105. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . .89.5
Services to oil and gas programs--80.0 FTE
positions . . . . . . . . $ 8,415,800
Well plugging - orphan wells--2.5 FTE positions. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,308,000
Coal and sand dune management--3.0 FTE positions . . . . . . . . . . . 582,800
Mineral wells management--3.0 FTE positions. . . . . . 400,200
Metallic mining reclamation program--1.0 FTE
positions . . . . . . . . 62,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,769,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOI-OSMRE, federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303,700
DOI-USGS, federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,300
Special revenue funds:
Environmental response fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,200
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue . . . . . . . 62,900
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue. . . . . . . . . . 400,200
Oil and gas regulatory fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,219,100
Orphan well fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,308,000
Sand extraction fee revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177,800
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 125,500
Sec. 106. LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . 146.0
Land and water administration--15.5 FTE positions. . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,229,800
Field permitting and project assistance--75.5 FTE
positions . . . . . . . . 6,276,700
Dam safety, erosion control and clean lakes--25.0
FTE positions . . . . . . 2,184,500
Great Lakes shorelands--30.0 FTE positions . . . . . . 3,162,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 12,853,900
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-Michigan transportation fund . . . . . . . . . . . 813,000
Federal revenues:
EPA-federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681,800
DOC-NOAA, federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,547,700
FEMA-federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246,900
Special revenue funds:
Local funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148,700
Land and water permit fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,728,500
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,687,300
Sec. 107. AIR QUALITY
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . 221.5
Air quality programs--57.0 FTE positions . . . . . . . $ 4,893,800
Clean air act implementation--164.5 FTE positions. . . . . . . . . . . 13,149,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18,042,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
EPA-federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,243,900
Special revenue funds:
Environmental response fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,200
Air emissions fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,562,400
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,154,400
Sec. 108. SURFACE WATER QUALITY
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . 207.5
Surface water compliance program--75.0 FTE
positions . . . . . . . . $ 6,156,500
Surface water permits program--35.0 FTE
positions . . . . . . . . 3,177,100
Surface water surveillance program--65.5 FTE
positions . . . . . . . . 7,115,500
State and local water quality management
planning--8.0 FTE positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,641,500
Stormwater discharge program--14.5 FTE positions . . . . . . . . . . . 1,152,900
Sewage sludge land application program--9.5 FTE
positions . . . . . . . . 652,700
Fish contaminant monitoring contracts. . . . . . . . . 321,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20,217,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
EPA-federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,172,300
Special revenue funds:
Local funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,046,900
CESARS service fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,200
Environmental response fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,000
Sewage sludge land application fees. . . . . . . . . . 652,700
State water pollution control revolving fund . . . . . 554,100
Stormwater permit fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,146,500
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,484,500
Sec. 109. DRINKING WATER PROTECTION AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . 199.7
Drinking water--81.2 FTE positions . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,713,800
Environmental health--31.0 FTE positions . . . . . . . 3,502,300
Laboratory services--69.0 FTE positions. . . . . . . . 6,078,400
Radiological protection--18.5 FTE positions. . . . . . 1,544,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 22,839,000
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609,400
Federal revenues:
EPA-federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830,600
EPA-GWDW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,556,000
EPA-radon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173,100
Special revenue funds:
Private funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,700
Drinking water revolving fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,280,700
Medical waste fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378,400
Public water supply fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,274,600
Settlement funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283,100
Water analysis fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,060,800
Water use reporting fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,600
Fees and collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670,900
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,543,100
Sec. 110. LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE AUTHORITY
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . . 3.0
Low level radioactive waste authority--3.0 FTE
positions . . . . . . . . $ 880,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 880,300
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Public utility assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880,300
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 0
Sec. 111. ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . 263.0
Environmental cleanup and redevelopment
program . . . . . . . . . $ 16,352,600
Federal cleanup project management--52.0 FTE
positions . . . . . . . . 5,112,100
Superfund cleanup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,250,000
Contaminated site investigations, cleanup and
revitalization--211.0 FTE positions . . . . . . . . . . 15,527,100
Emergency cleanup action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,000
State cleanup (Part 201 of Public Act 451 of 1994) . . . . . . . . . . 3,397,700
Revitalization revolving loan fund . . . . . . . . . . 7,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 56,639,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOD-federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850,600
EPA-federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,411,000
EPA-superfund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,357,400
Special revenue funds:
Private funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,700
Cleanup and redevelopment fund . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,234,000
Environmental protection fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,000,000
Environmental response fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,531,600
Landfill maintenance trust fund. . . . . . . . . . . . 46,500
Settlement funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,108,300
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 24,966,400
Sec. 112. STORAGE TANKS
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . 120.5
Michigan underground storage tank financial
assurance program--36.5 FTE positions. . . . . . . . . $ 61,794,300
MUSTFA emergency response fund . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000,000
Underground storage tank program--45.0 FTE
positions . . . . . . . . 6,534,100
Above ground storage tank program--9.0 FTE
positions . . . . . . . . 664,600
Leaking underground storage tank cleanup
program . . . . . . . . . 5,966,000
Emergency cleanup action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,000
Leaking underground storage tank program--30.0 FTE
positions . . . . . . . . 4,310,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 84,269,800
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
EPA-LUST trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,467,400
EPA-UST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267,600
Special revenue funds:
Above ground storage tank fees . . . . . . . . . . . . 664,600
Cleanup and redevelopment fund . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,966,000
Emergency response fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,011,600
Environmental response fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,031,800
Michigan underground storage tank financial
assurance fund. . . . . . 61,794,300
Underground storage tank fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,264,500
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,802,000
Sec. 113. WASTE MANAGEMENT
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . 148.0
Administration and technical support--20.0 FTE
positions . . . . . . .$ 1,488,900
Compliance and enforcement--75.0 FTE positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,548,300
Hazardous waste permits--25.0 FTE positions. . . . . . 1,936,700
Hazardous waste disposal facility closures . . . . . . 1,000,000
Hazardous waste program support. . . . . . . . . . . . 605,000
Groundwater permits--17.0 FTE positions. . . . . . . . 1,307,900
Solid waste program--11.0 FTE positions. . . . . . . . 1,263,700
Solid waste disposal facility closures . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 13,150,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
EPA-federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,903,000
Special revenue funds:
Hazardous waste facility closure revenue . . . . . . . 1,000,000
Hazardous material transportation permit fund. . . . . . 114,300
Solid waste facility closure revenue . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
Solid waste program fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123,300
Environmental pollution prevention fund. . . . . . . . 981,800
Scrap tire regulatory fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,300
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,141,800
Sec. 114. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . 100.0
Environmental services--12.0 FTE positions . . . . . . $ 1,259,500
Pollution prevention outreach programs . . . . . . . . 200,000
Municipal assistance--39.5 FTE positions . . . . . . . 3,192,400
Pollution prevention--28.0 FTE positions . . . . . . . 2,562,600 Technical assistance--20.5 FTE positions. . . . . . . . 2,519,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,734,000
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
EPA-federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783,300
EPA-GWDW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159,600
Special revenue funds:
Private funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000
Air emissions fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612,900
Drinking water revolving fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,218,700
Environmental training revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . 273,900
Settlement revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,100
State water pollution control revolving fund . . . . . 2,474,500
Stormwater discharge permit fees revenue . . . . . . . 80,000
Waste reduction fee revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,213,200
Wastewater operator training fees. . . . . . . . . . . 155,800
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 495,000
Sec. 115. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . .20.0
Criminal investigations-20.0 FTE positions . . . . . . $ 1,673,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,673,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
EPA-federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,400
Special revenue funds:
Michigan underground storage tank financial
assurance fund. . . . . . 104,100
Oil and gas regulatory fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,400
Scrap tire regulatory fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,000
Settlement funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532,400
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 726,400
Sec. 116. GRANTS
Water pollution control and drinking water
revolving fund. . . . . . $ 102,353,500
Noncommunity water grants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400,000
Grants to local air pollution programs . . . . . . . . 2,854,900
Land resource program grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800,000
Federal - nonpoint source water pollution
grants. . . . . . . . . . 3,500,000
Federal - Great Lakes remedial action plan
grants. . . . . . . . . . 700,000
Great Lakes research and protection grants . . . . . . 1,000,000
Local health department operations . . . . . . . . . . 9,590,500
GIS floodplain mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,000
Radon grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,000
Drinking water revolving fund implementation . . . . . 1,330,000
Septage waste compliance grants. . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000
Scrap tire grants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 125,573,900
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDCH-local public health operations. . . . . . . . 9,590,500
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,000,000
DOC-NOAA, federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500,000
EPA-federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,500,000
EPA-radon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,000
FEMA-federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,000
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,664,800
Drinking water revolving fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,330,000
Great Lakes protection fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
Public water supply fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400,000
Scrap tire regulatory fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000
Septage waste license fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 18,588,600
Sec. 118. ENVIRONMENTAL BOND STAFFING
Full-time equated classified positions. . . . . . . . 2.0
Solid waste implementation staff--2.0 FTE
position. . . . . . . . . $ 140,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 140,600
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose . . . . . . . . . . $ 140,600
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 201. (1) Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state
constitution of 1963, total state spending under part 1 for fiscal year
1999-2000 is $251,279,800.00 and state appropriations to be paid to
local units of government are as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Grants to counties - air pollution . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,854,900
Septage waste compliance program . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000
Scrap tire grants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000
Noncommunity water grants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400,000
Radon grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,000
Drinking water grants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,330,000
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,419,900
(2) If it appears to the principal executive officer of a
department or branch that state spending to local units of government
will be less than the amount that was projected to be expended under
subsection (1), the principal executive officer shall immediately give
notice of the approximate shortfall to the state budget director.
Sec. 202. The expenditures and funding sources authorized under
this bill are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
Sec. 203. As used in this bill:
(a) "CESARS" means chemical evaluation search and retrieval system.
(b) "Department" means the Michigan department of environmental
quality.
(c) "DOC" means the United States department of commerce.
(d) "DOC-NOAA" means the DOC national oceanic and atmospheric
administration.
(e) "DOD" means the United States department of defense.
(f) "DOI" means the United States department of interior.
(g) "DOI-OSMRE" means the DOI office of surface mine reclamation.
(h) "DOI-USGS" means the DOI United States geological survey.
(i) "EPA" means the United States environmental protection agency.
(j) "EPA-GWDW" means the EPA groundwater drinking water.
(k) "EPA-LUST trust" means the EPA leaking underground storage tank
trust fund.
(l) "EPA-UST" means the EPA underground storage tank.
(m) "EPA-radon" means the EPA radon grants.
(n) "FEMA" means the federal emergency management agency.
(o) "FTE" means full-time equated position.
(p) "GIS" means geographic information system.
(q) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.
(r) "IDT" means intradepartmental transfer.
(s) "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.
(t) "MDSP" means the Michigan department of state police.
(u) "MI" means Michigan.
(v) "MUSTFA" means the Michigan underground storage tank financial
assurance fund.
(w) "NPL" means the federal national priority list.
Sec. 203. (1) Beginning October 1, 1999, a hiring freeze is imposed
on the state classified civil service. State departments and agencies
are prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil
service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state
classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not apply
to internal transfers of classified employees from one position to
another within a department or to positions that are funded with 80% or more federal or restricted funds.
(2) The state budget director shall grant exceptions to this hiring
freeze when the state budget director believes that the hiring freeze
will result in rendering a state department or agency unable to deliver
basic services.
Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill departments
and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the 1% charge
authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of
1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount of the billing by
the end of the second fiscal quarter.
Sec. 205. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $30,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in
this bill pursuant to section 393(2) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $5,000,000.00 for state restricted
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure until
they have been transferred to another line item in this bill pursuant
to section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1393.
(3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for local contingency
funds. These funds are not available for expenditure until they have
been transferred to another line item in this bill pursuant to section
393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(4) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item in this bill pursuant
to section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1393.
Sec. 206. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated for the
environmental cleanup and redevelopment program listed in section 111,
the department of environmental quality is authorized to expend amounts
remaining from prior fiscal year appropriations to meet funding needs
of legislatively approved sites.
(2) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from
appropriations from the environmental protection bond fund contained in
1989 PA 180, 1990 PA 55, 1990 PA 194, 1991 PA 31, 1991 PA 160, 1993 PA
74, 1993 PA 353, 1994 PA 442, 1996 PA 353, and 1997 PA 114 are
appropriated for expenditure for any site listed in this bill and any
site listed in the public acts referenced in this subsection.
(3) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from
appropriations from the cleanup and redevelopment fund and unclaimed
bottle deposits fund contained in 1996 PA 319, 1997 PA 113, 1997 PA
114, and 1998 PA 292 are appropriated for expenditure for any site
listed in this bill and any site listed in the public acts referenced
in this subsection.
(4) The department of environmental quality shall provide an annual
report by April 1, 2000 to the state budget director, the house and
senate appropriations subcommittees on environmental quality, and the
house and senate fiscal agencies that separately identifies the
expenditures authorized by this section from the revenues available
from the environmental bond fund, the unclaimed bottle deposit fund,
and the cleanup and redevelopment fund.
AIR QUALITY
Sec. 301. From the funds appropriated in section 107, the
department shall report on the status of implementation planning and permit backlog reduction activities under part 55 of the natural
resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5501
to 324.5542, including status of revenue collections, on an annual
basis. The report shall be provided to the house and senate
appropriations subcommittees on environmental quality, the standing
committees of the house of representatives and the senate that are
responsible for issues pertaining to air quality, and the state budget
director on or before March 1, 2000.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE
Sec. 401. From the appropriation in part 1 for the environmental
cleanup and redevelopment program, the department shall continue to
make authorizations for response activities at environmental
contamination sites and for the administration of the program created
by part 201 of the natural resources and environmental protection act,
1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101 to 324.20142.
Sec. 402. The unexpended portion of the appropriation in part 1 for
the state cleanup program, environmental cleanup and redevelopment
program, emergency cleanup action, NPL-municipal landfill match grants,
and superfund cleanup projects is considered work project
appropriations and any unencumbered or unallotted funds are carried
forward into the succeeding fiscal year. The following is in compliance
with section 451(3) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1451:
(a) The purpose of the projects to be carried forward is to provide
contaminated site cleanup.
(b) The projects will be accomplished by contract.
(c) The total estimated cost of all projects is identified in each
line-item appropriation.
(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2001.
Sec. 403. Of the funds appropriated in section 111 as state match for the superfund cleanup program, an amount not to exceed $250,000.00
shall be expended as state match for the hazardous substance research
center.
Sec. 404. The department shall report by March 1, 2000, all of the
following information relative to allocations made in section 111 for
the environmental cleanup and redevelopment program, state cleanup,
emergency actions, superfund cleanup, and revitalization revolving loan
fund and the environmental projects under part 195 of the natural
resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19508
(7) to the state budget director, the standing committees of the senate
and house of representatives, the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on environmental quality and the senate and house fiscal
agencies:
(a) The name and location of the site for which an allocation is
made.
(b) The nature of the problem encountered at the site.
(c) A brief description of how the problem will be resolved if the
allocation is made for a response activity.
(d) The estimated date of site closure.
(e) The amount of the allocation, or the anticipated financing for
the site.
(f) A summary of the sites and the total amount of funds expended
at the sites at the conclusion of the fiscal year.
(g) The number of sites that would qualify as brownfields that were
redeveloped.
STORAGE TANKS
Sec. 501. (1) The funds appropriated in section 112 from the
Michigan underground storage tank financial assurance fund for the
purpose of carrying out the duties and responsibilities as specified in
part 215 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.21501 to 324.21551, are considered work project
appropriations and any unencumbered funds are carried forward into the
succeeding fiscal year. The following is in compliance with section
451(3) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451:
(a) The purpose of the projects to be carried forward is to carry
out the responsibilities of part 215 of the natural resources and
environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.21501 to 324.21551.
(b) The projects will be accomplished by contract and state
employees.
(c) The total estimated cost is identified in a line-item
appropriation.
(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2001.
(2) The Michigan underground storage tank financial assurance
policy board shall allocate the amount of the underground storage tank
financial assurance fund to be distributed to the department. If the
amount recommended by the board is less than that appropriated in
section 112, expenditures shall be adjusted accordingly.
(3) Included in the amounts appropriated in section 112 from the
Michigan underground storage tank financial assurance fund are amounts
sufficient to pay debt service costs on the bonds or notes issued
pursuant to part 215 of the natural resources and environmental
protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.21501 to 324.21551.
Sec. 502. The department shall provide reports to the state budget
director, the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
environmental quality and the senate and house fiscal agencies no later
than March 31, 2000, and October 31, 2000, on the Michigan underground
storage tank financial assurance fund. Reports shall include the fund
balance, estimate of available revenues, number and dollar value of
claims processed through September 30, 1999, and total estimated claims
liability through December 22, 2001.
Sec. 503. The unexpended portion of the appropriation in section
112 for the leaking underground storage tank cleanup program is
considered work project appropriations and any unencumbered or
unallotted funds are carried over into the succeeding fiscal year. The
following is in compliance with section 451(3) of the management and
budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451:
(a) The purpose of the projects to be carried over is to provide
for cleanup of sites of environmental contamination.
(b) These projects will be accomplished by contract.
(c) The total estimated costs of all projects is identified in each
line-item appropriation.
(d) The tentative completion date for these projects is September
30, 2001.
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Sec. 601. (1) The level of revenue appropriated in part 1 of this
bill from environmental pollution prevention fund revenue is contingent
on the enactment into law of amendatory legislation to establish
hazardous waste user fees.
(2) The department shall discontinue hazardous waste management
operations and all hazardous waste management program responsibilities
shall revert to the United States environmental protection agency on
October 1, 1999, or when it is determined that the environmental
pollution prevention fund revenue has been fully expended, whichever is
later.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
Sec. 701. The department shall provide training in support of
local efforts to regulate solid waste disposal. Department
environmental conservation officers shall be directed to help train law
enforcement officers and other enforcement personnel to develop
community partnerships to combat illegal dumping at the local level.
GRANTS
Sec. 801. If a certified health department does not exist in a
city, county, or district or does not fulfill its responsibilities
under part 117 of the natural resources and environmental protection
act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11701 to 324.11719, then the department may
spend funds appropriated in section 116 under the septage waste
compliance program in accordance with section 11716 of part 117 of the
natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL
324.11716.
Sec. 802. Loans provided by the water pollution control revolving
fund pursuant to the appropriation in section 116 are to be repaid on
schedule and penalties shall be assigned for delinquent repayment as
provided in part 53 of the natural resources and environmental
protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5301 to 324.5316.
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