HB-4393, As Passed Senate, June 19, 2003
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4393
A bill to make appropriations for the department of environmental
quality for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004; to provide for
the expenditure of those appropriations; to create certain funds and
accounts; to require certain reports; to prescribe the 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:
1 PART 1
2 LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
3 Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this act, the
4 amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department of
5 environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004,
6 from the funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of
House Bill No. 4393 as amended June 19, 2003
1 the appropriations in this part:
2 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
3 Full-time equated unclassified positions........4.0
4 Full-time equated classified positions......<<1,605.7>>
5 GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $ <<346,850,400>>
6 Interdepartmental grant revenues:
7 Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
8 transfers......................................... $ 14,142,900
9 ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................ $ <<332,707,500>>
10 Federal revenues:
11 Total federal revenues.............................. 129,169,500
12 Special revenue funds:
13 Total local revenues................................ 0
14 Total private revenues.............................. 435,700
15 Total other state restricted revenues............... <<146,905,800>>
16 State general fund/general purpose.................. $ 56,196,500
17 FUND SOURCE SUMMARY:
18 Full-time equated unclassified positions........4.0
19 Full-time equated classified positions......<<1,605.7>>
20 GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $ <<346,850,400>>
21 Interdepartmental grant revenues:
22 IDG-MDA............................................. 100,000
23 IDG-MDCH, local public health operations............ 10,472,500
24 IDG-MDSP............................................ 632,200
25 IDG, Michigan transportation fund................... 884,800
26 IDT, interdivisional charges........................ 2,053,400
27 Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
House Bill No. 4393 as amended June 19, 2003
1 transfers......................................... 14,142,900
2 ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................ $ <<332,707,500>>
3 Federal revenues:
4 DOC-NOAA, federal................................... 3,063,500
5 DOD, federal........................................ 455,300
6 DOI, federal........................................ 525,900
7 EPA, multiple....................................... 124,722,900
8 FEMA, federal....................................... 401,900
9 Total federal revenues.............................. 129,169,500
10 Special revenue funds:
11 Private funds....................................... 435,700
12 Total private revenues.............................. 435,700
13 Aboveground storage tank fees....................... 717,500
14 Air emissions fees.................................. 11,572,700
15 CESARS service fee.................................. 26,300
16 Clean Michigan initiative - administration.......... 2,885,700
17 Clean Michigan initiative - clean water fund........ 4,000,000
18 Clean Michigan initiative - response activities..... 1,600,000
19 Cleanup and redevelopment fund...................... <<14,797,200>>
20 Community pollution prevention fund................. 250,100
21 Drinking water revolving fund....................... 6,059,100
22 Environmental education fund........................ 184,500
23 Environmental pollution prevention fund............. 1,492,700
24 Environmental protection fund....................... 15,042,800
25 Environmental response fund......................... 21,504,000
26 Fees and collections................................ 818,700
27 Financial instruments............................... 5,000,100
House Bill No. 4393 as amended June 19, 2003
1 Great Lakes protection fund......................... 2,851,300
2 Groundwater discharge permit fees................... <<1,900,000>>
3 Hazardous materials transportation permit fund...... 87,800
4 Land and water permit fees.......................... 3,330,900
5 Landfill maintenance trust fund..................... 47,200
6 Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............ 68,200
7 Mineral well regulatory fee revenue................. 215,300
8 NPDES fees.......................................... <<3,524,500>>
9 Oil and gas regulatory fund......................... 7,814,200
10 Orphan well fund.................................... 2,002,000
11 Public utility assessments.......................... 786,100
12 Public water supply fees............................ 4,445,700
13 Publication revenue................................. 103,200
14 Retired engineers technical assistance fund......... 1,500,000
15 Saginaw bay and river restoration revenue........... 154,500
16 Sand extraction fee revenue......................... 188,300
17 Scrap tire regulatory fund.......................... 4,642,900
18 Septage waste license fees.......................... 1,752,500
19 Settlement funds.................................... 3,395,900
20 Sewage sludge land application fee.................. 742,500
21 Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund 101,300
22 Solid waste program fees............................ 3,914,500
23 Stormwater permit fees.............................. 2,526,500
24 Submerged log recovery fund......................... 101,700
25 Underground storage tank fees....................... 4,245,400
26 Waste reduction fee revenue......................... 4,464,300
27 Wastewater operator training fees................... 168,400
House Bill No. 4393 as amended June 19, 2003
1 Water analysis fees................................. 2,839,700
2 Water pollution control revolving fund.............. 2,884,300
3 Water quality protection fund....................... 25,100
4 Water use reporting fees............................ 130,200
5 Total other state restricted revenues............... <<146,905,800>>
6 State general fund/general purpose.................. $ 56,196,500
7 Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE
8 Full-time equated unclassified positions........4.0
9 Full-time equated classified positions.........15.0
10 Director--1.0 FTE positions......................... $ 135,100
11 Deputy director--1.0 FTE positions.................. 110,000
12 Senior policy advisor--1.0 FTE positions............ 114,100
13 Press secretary--1.0 FTE positions.................. 65,700
14 Executive direction--8.0 FTE positions.............. 813,200
15 Office of the Great Lakes--7.0 FTE positions........ 806,700
16 Travel.............................................. 48,300
17 GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $ 2,093,100
18 Appropriated from:
19 Federal revenues:
20 DOI, federal........................................ 120,000
21 EPA, multiple....................................... 101,100
22 Special revenue funds:
23 Environmental education fund........................ 184,500
24 Environmental response fund......................... 43,200
25 Great Lakes protection fund......................... 501,100
26 Oil and gas regulatory fund......................... 89,600
27 Settlement funds.................................... 210,700
1 State general fund/general purpose.................. $ 842,900
2 Sec. 103. DEPARTMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
3 Full-time equated classified positions.........72.0
4 Financial and business services--32.0 FTE positions. $ 1,571,600
5 Field operations support--20.0 FTE positions........ 1,287,900
6 Automated data processing........................... 2,053,400
7 Office of special environmental projects--3.0 FTE
8 positions......................................... 399,300
9 Personnel--13.0 FTE positions....................... 722,500
10 Administrative hearings--4.0 FTE positions.......... 369,200
11 Building occupancy charges.......................... 7,895,000
12 Rent-privately owned property....................... 1,836,900
13 Environmental support projects...................... 5,000,100
14 Travel.............................................. 67,100
15 GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $ 21,203,000
16 Appropriated from:
17 Interdepartmental grant revenues:
18 IDT, interdivisional charges........................ 2,053,400
19 Federal revenues:
20 EPA, multiple....................................... 57,800
21 Special revenue funds:
22 Aboveground storage tank fees....................... 25,600
23 Air emissions fees.................................. 401,800
24 Clean Michigan initiative - administration.......... 162,600
25 Environmental pollution prevention fund............. 62,900
26 Environmental response fund......................... 1,443,700
27 Fees and collections................................ 99,400
1 Financial instruments............................... 5,000,100
2 Land and water permit fees.......................... 107,500
3 Oil and gas regulatory fund......................... 598,100
4 Public utility assessments.......................... 12,300
5 Public water supply fees............................ 528,100
6 Scrap tire regulatory fund.......................... 88,400
7 Settlement funds.................................... 170,600
8 Solid waste program fees............................ 69,600
9 Stormwater permit fees.............................. 50,500
10 Underground storage tank fees....................... 206,600
11 Waste reduction fee revenue......................... 54,700
12 Water analysis fees................................. 187,700
13 Water pollution control revolving fund.............. 14,900
14 Water use reporting fees............................ 8,400
15 State general fund/general purpose.................. $ 9,798,300
16 Sec. 104. AIR QUALITY
17 Full-time equated classified positions........249.5
18 Air quality programs--249.5 FTE positions........... $ 20,111,900
19 Travel.............................................. 434,400
20 GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $ 20,546,300
21 Appropriated from:
22 Federal revenues:
23 EPA, multiple....................................... 3,777,100
24 Special revenue funds:
25 Air emissions fees.................................. 10,029,800
26 Environmental response fund......................... 89,200
27 Fees and collections................................ 343,000
1 State general fund/general purpose.................. $ 6,307,200
2 Sec. 105. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND SERVICES
3 Full-time equated classified positions........184.5
4 Environmental services--26.5 FTE positions.......... $ 1,872,500
5 Laboratory services--68.0 FTE positions............. 5,842,700
6 Municipal assistance--35.5 FTE positions............ 4,633,600
7 Pollution prevention and technical assistance--54.5
8 FTE positions..................................... 4,992,800
9 Pollution prevention outreach....................... 300,000
10 Retired engineers technical assistance program...... 1,499,900
11 Travel.............................................. 164,700
12 GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $ 19,306,200
13 Appropriated from:
14 Interdepartmental grant revenues:
15 IDG-MDA............................................. 100,000
16 Federal revenues:
17 DOC-NOAA, federal................................... 300,000
18 EPA, multiple....................................... 2,150,600
19 Special revenue funds:
20 Private funds....................................... 300,000
21 Air emissions fees.................................. 654,200
22 Clean Michigan initiative - administration.......... 147,900
23 Clean Michigan initiative - response activities..... 1,600,000
24 Drinking water revolving fund....................... 1,273,800
25 Environmental protection fund....................... 58,200
26 Environmental response fund......................... 255,800
27 Public water supply fees............................ 218,000
1 Retired engineers technical assistance fund......... 1,500,000
2 Settlement funds.................................... 363,100
3 Stormwater permit fees.............................. 86,500
4 Waste reduction fee revenue......................... 3,962,900
5 Wastewater operator training fees................... 168,400
6 Water analysis fees................................. 2,496,600
7 Water pollution control revolving fund.............. 2,159,300
8 State general fund/general purpose.................. $ 1,510,900
9 Sec. 106. GEOLOGICAL AND LAND MANAGEMENT
10 Full-time equated classified positions........201.5
11 Program direction--11.0 FTE positions............... $ 786,300
12 Coal and sand dune management--3.0 FTE positions.... 590,500
13 Field permitting and project assistance--69.0 FTE
14 positions......................................... 5,672,000
15 Great Lakes shorelands--28.0 FTE positions.......... 2,329,900
16 Metallic mine reclamation--1.0 FTE positions........ 65,700
17 Mineral wells management--3.0 FTE positions......... 212,900
18 Orphan well--2.5 FTE positions...................... 1,987,600
19 Services to oil and gas--61.0 FTE positions......... 6,431,500
20 Water management--23.0 FTE positions................ 2,087,800
21 Submerged log recovery.............................. 101,700
22 Travel.............................................. 501,200
23 GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $ 20,767,100
24 Appropriated from:
25 Interdepartmental grant revenues:
26 IDG, Michigan transportation fund................... 838,500
27 Federal revenues:
1 DOC-NOAA, federal................................... 1,237,900
2 DOI, federal........................................ 405,900
3 EPA, multiple....................................... 453,000
4 FEMA, federal....................................... 401,900
5 Special revenue funds:
6 Environmental response fund......................... 75,900
7 Land and water permit fees.......................... 2,691,700
8 Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............ 68,200
9 Mineral well regulatory fee revenue................. 215,300
10 Oil and gas regulatory fund......................... 6,444,500
11 Orphan well fund.................................... 2,002,000
12 Publication revenue................................. 103,200
13 Sand extraction fee revenue......................... 188,300
14 Submerged log recovery fund......................... 101,700
15 State general fund/general purpose.................. $ 5,539,100
16 Sec. 107. REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT
17 Full-time equated classified positions........304.5
18 Contaminated site investigation, cleanup, and
19 revitalization--233.5 FTE positions............... $ 19,387,700
20 Federal cleanup project management--71.0 FTE
21 positions......................................... 7,023,400
22 Emergency cleanup actions........................... 4,000,100
23 Environmental cleanup and redevelopment program..... 21,715,100
24 State cleanup 451................................... 3,028,000
25 Superfund cleanup................................... 4,000,000
26 Travel.............................................. 750,000
27 GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $ 59,904,300
1 Appropriated from:
2 Federal revenues:
3 DOD, federal........................................ 455,300
4 EPA, multiple....................................... 8,723,200
5 Special revenue funds:
6 Private funds....................................... 135,700
7 Clean Michigan initiative - administration.......... 2,038,200
8 Cleanup and redevelopment fund...................... 13,097,200
9 Environmental protection fund....................... 14,915,600
10 Environmental response fund......................... 18,569,300
11 Landfill maintenance trust fund..................... 47,200
12 Settlement funds.................................... 1,922,600
13 State general fund/general purpose.................. $ 0
14 Sec. 108. WASTE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
15 Full-time equated classified positions........187.5
16 Aboveground storage tank program--9.0 FTE positions. $ 687,300
17 Hazardous waste management program--61.0 FTE
18 positions......................................... 5,561,800
19 Low-level radioactive waste authority--2.0 FTE
20 positions......................................... 765,300
21 Radiological protection program--16.5 FTE positions. 1,471,500
22 Scrap tire regulatory program--11.0 FTE positions... 894,100
23 Solid waste management program--51.0 FTE positions.. 3,756,900
24 Underground storage tank program--37.0 FTE positions 3,973,900
25 Travel.............................................. 354,500
26 GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $ 17,465,300
27 Appropriated from:
House Bill No. 4393 as amended June 19, 2003
1 Interdepartmental grant revenues:
2 IDG-MDSP............................................ 632,200
3 Federal revenues:
4 EPA, multiple....................................... 3,383,400
5 Special revenue funds:
6 Aboveground storage tank fees....................... 691,900
7 Environmental pollution prevention fund............. 1,429,800
8 Environmental response fund......................... 262,700
9 Hazardous materials transportation permit fund...... 87,800
10 Public utility assessments.......................... 769,700
11 Scrap tire regulatory fund.......................... 915,000
12 Solid waste program fees............................ 3,784,900
13 Underground storage tank fees....................... 3,864,900
14 Waste reduction fee revenue......................... 61,900
15 State general fund/general purpose.................. $ 1,581,100
16 Sec. 109. WATER
17 Full-time equated classified positions.....<<369.2>>
18 Aquifer protection and dispute resolution........... $ 500,100
19 Drinking water--84.2 FTE positions.................. 13,481,100
20 Environmental health--30.0 FTE positions............ 2,685,800
21 Fish contaminant monitoring......................... 316,100
22 Groundwater discharge--<<31.0>> FTE positions......... .. <<1,821,500>>
23 Groundwater use reporting........................... 150,100
24 NPDES nonstormwater program--<<121.4>>FTE positions.... <<8,827,600>>
25 Sewage sludge land application program--6.5 FTE
26 positions......................................... 711,000
27 Surface water--96.1 FTE positions................... 14,199,900
House Bill No. 4393 as amended June 19, 2003
1 Travel.............................................. 797,000
2 GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $ <<43,490,200>>
3 Appropriated from:
4 Federal revenues:
5 EPA, multiple....................................... 12,741,400
6 Special revenue funds:
7 CESARS service fee.................................. 26,300
8 Clean Michigan initiative - administration.......... 537,000
9 Clean Michigan initiative - clean water fund........ 4,000,000
10 Drinking water revolving fund....................... 3,369,600
11 Environmental response fund......................... 147,800
12 Fees and collections................................ 376,300
13 Great Lakes protection fund......................... 450,100
14 Groundwater discharge permit fees................... <<1,900,000>>
15 Land and water permit fees.......................... 425,000
16 NPDES fees.......................................... <<3,524,500>>
17 Public water supply fees............................ 2,034,200
18 Saginaw bay and river restoration revenue........... 154,500
19 Septage waste license fees.......................... 227,400
20 Sewage sludge land application fee.................. 742,500
21 Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund 101,300
22 Stormwater permit fees.............................. 2,389,500
23 Water pollution control revolving fund.............. 590,300
24 Water use reporting fees............................ 121,800
25 State general fund/general purpose.................. $ 9,630,700
26 Sec. 110. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
27 Full-time equated classified positions.........22.0
House Bill No. 4393 as amended June 19, 2003
1 Environmental investigations--22.0 FTE positions.... $ 1,693,600
2 Travel.............................................. 139,000
3 GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $ 1,832,600
4 Appropriated from:
5 Federal revenues:
6 EPA, multiple....................................... 129,900
7 Special revenue funds:
8 Environmental response fund......................... 111,700
9 Oil and gas regulatory fund......................... 137,800
10 Scrap tire regulatory fund.......................... 58,100
11 State general fund/general purpose.................. $ 1,395,100
12 Sec. 111. GRANTS
13 Grants to counties--air pollution................... $ 83,800
14 Water pollution control and drinking water revolving
15 fund.............................................. 102,353,500
16 Noncommunity water grants........................... 1,400,100
17 Coastal management grants........................... 1,800,000
18 Federal - nonpoint source water pollution grants.... 6,500,000
19 Federal - Great Lakes remedial action plan grants... 700,000
<<Grants to counties--water quality monitoring........ 1,700,000>>
20 Great Lakes research and protection grants.......... 1,900,100
21 Pollution prevention local grants................... 250,100
22 Radon grants........................................ 134,300
23 Septage waste compliance grants..................... 1,525,100
24 Scrap tire grants................................... 3,500,100
25 Drinking water revolving fund implementation........ 1,330,100
26 Local health department operations.................. 10,472,500
27 Volunteer river, stream, and creek cleanup.......... 25,100
House Bill No. 4393 as amended June 19, 2003
1 GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $ <<133,674,800>>
2 Appropriated from:
3 Interdepartmental grant revenues:
4 IDG-MDCH, local public health operations............ 10,472,500
5 Federal revenues:
6 DOC-NOAA, federal................................... 1,500,000
7 EPA, multiple....................................... 92,590,000
8 Special revenue funds:
<<Cleanup and redevelopment fund...................... 1,700,000>>
9 Community pollution prevention fund................. 250,100
10 Drinking water revolving fund....................... 1,330,100
11 Great Lakes protection fund......................... 1,900,100
12 Public water supply fees............................ 1,400,100
13 Scrap tire regulatory fund.......................... 3,500,100
14 Septage waste license fees.......................... 1,525,100
15 Water quality protection fund....................... 25,100
16 State general fund/general purpose.................. $ 17,481,600
17 Sec. 112. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
18 Information technology services and projects........ $ 6,567,500
19 GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $ 6,567,500
20 Appropriated from:
21 Interdepartmental grant revenues:
22 IDG, Michigan transportation fund................... 46,300
23 Federal revenues:
24 DOC-NOAA, federal................................... 25,600
25 EPA, multiple....................................... 615,400
26 Special revenue funds:
27 Air emissions fees.................................. 486,900
1 Drinking water revolving fund....................... 85,600
2 Environmental protection fund....................... 69,000
3 Environmental response fund......................... 504,700
4 Land and water permit fees.......................... 106,700
5 Oil and gas regulatory fund......................... 544,200
6 Public utility assessments.......................... 4,100
7 Public water supply fees............................ 265,300
8 Scrap tire regulatory fund.......................... 81,300
9 Settlement funds.................................... 728,900
10 Solid waste program fees............................ 60,000
11 Underground storage tank fees....................... 173,900
12 Waste reduction fee revenue......................... 384,800
13 Water analysis fees................................. 155,400
14 Water pollution control revolving fund.............. 119,800
15 State general fund/general purpose.................. $ 2,109,600
16 PART 2
17 PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
18 GENERAL SECTIONS
19 Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state
20 constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources under
21 part 1 for fiscal year 2003-2004 is $203,025,000.00 and state spending
22 from state resources to be paid to local units of government for
23 fiscal year 2003-2004 is $18,446,000.00. The itemized statement below
24 identifies appropriations from which spending to units of local
25 government will occur:
1 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
2 GRANTS
3 Grants to counties - air pollution.................. $ 83,800
4 Local health department operations.................. 10,472,500
5 Septage waste compliance program.................... 1,525,100
6 Scrap tire grants................................... 3,500,100
7 Noncommunity water grants........................... 1,400,100
8 Radon grants........................................ 134,300
9 Drinking water grants............................... 1,330,100
10 TOTAL............................................... $ 18,446,000
11 Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this act are
12 subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to
13 18.1594.
14 Sec. 203. As used in this act:
15 (a) "CESARS" means chemical evaluation search and retrieval system.
16 (b) "Department" means the department of environmental quality.
17 (c) "DOC" means the United States department of commerce.
18 (d) "DOC-NOAA" means the DOC national oceanic and atmospheric
19 administration.
20 (e) "DOD" means the United States department of defense.
21 (f) "DOI" means the United States department of interior.
22 (g) "EPA" means the United States environmental protection agency.
23 (h) "FEMA" means the federal emergency management agency.
24 (i) "FTE" means full-time equated.
25 (j) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.
26 (k) "IDT" means intradepartmental transfer.
27 (l) "MDA" means the Michigan department of agriculture.
1 (m) "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.
2 (n) "MDSP" means the Michigan department of state police.
3 (o) "MI" means Michigan.
4 (p) "NPDES" means national pollutant discharge elimination system.
5 Sec. 204. The department of civil service shall bill departments
6 and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the 1% charge
7 authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of
8 1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount of the billing by
9 the end of the second fiscal quarter.
10 Sec. 205. (1) Beginning October 1, a hiring freeze is imposed on
11 the state classified civil service. State departments and agencies
12 are prohibited from hiring any new full-time state classified civil
13 service employees and prohibited from filling any vacant state
14 classified civil service positions. This hiring freeze does not apply
15 to internal transfers of classified employees from 1 position to
16 another within a department.
17 (2) The state budget director shall grant exceptions to the hiring
18 freeze described in subsection (1) when the state budget director
19 believes that the hiring freeze will result in rendering a state
20 department or agency unable to deliver basic services, cause a loss of
21 revenue to the state, result in the inability of the state to receive
22 federal funds, or would necessitate additional expenditures that
23 exceed any savings from maintaining a vacancy. The state budget
24 director shall report quarterly to the chairpersons of the senate and
25 house of representatives standing committees on appropriations the
26 number of exceptions to the hiring freeze approved during the previous
27 quarter and the reasons to justify the exception.
1 Sec. 207. At least 60 days before beginning any effort to
2 privatize, the department shall submit a complete project plan to the
3 appropriate senate and house of representatives appropriations
4 subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal agencies. The plan
5 shall include the criteria under which the privatization initiative
6 will be evaluated. The evaluation shall be completed and submitted to
7 the appropriate senate and house of representatives appropriations
8 subcommittees and the senate and house fiscal agencies within 30
9 months.
10 Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified in this act, the department
11 shall use the internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this
12 act. This may include transmission of reports via electronic mail to
13 the recipients identified for each reporting requirement or it may
14 include placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet site.
15 Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for the
16 purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if competitively
17 priced American goods or services, or both, of comparable quality are
18 available. Preference should be given to goods or services, or both,
19 manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses if they are
20 competitively priced and of comparable value.
21 Sec. 211. The departments and state agencies receiving
22 appropriations under this act shall receive and retain copies of all
23 reports funded from appropriations in part 1. These departments and
24 state agencies shall follow federal and state guidelines for
25 short-term and long-term retention of these reports. To the extent
26 consistent with federal and state guidelines, the requirements of this
27 section are satisfied if the reports funded from appropriations in
1 part 1 are retained in electronic format.
2 Sec. 212. By February 15, the department shall provide the state
3 budget director, the subcommittees on natural resources and
4 environmental quality of the senate and house appropriations
5 committees, and the senate and house fiscal agencies with an annual
6 report on restricted fund balances, projected revenues, and
7 expenditures for the previous and current fiscal years.
8 Sec. 213. (1) From funds appropriated under part 1, the
9 department shall prepare a report that lists all of the following
10 regarding grant or loan or grant and loan programs administered by the
11 department for this fiscal year:
12 (a) The name of each program.
13 (b) The goals of the program, the criteria, eligibility, process,
14 filing fees, nominating procedures, and deadlines for each program.
15 (c) The maximum and minimum grant and loan available and whether
16 there is a match requirement for each program.
17 (d) The amount of any required match, and whether in-kind
18 contributions may be used as part or all of a required match.
19 (e) Information pertaining to the application process, timeline
20 for each program, and the contact people within the department.
21 (f) The source of funds for each program, including the citation
22 of pertinent authorizing acts.
23 (g) Information regarding plans for the next fiscal year for the
24 phaseout, expansion, or changes for each program.
25 (h) A listing of all recipients of grants or loans awarded by the
26 department by type and amount of grant or loan.
27 (2) The reports required under this section shall be submitted to
1 the state budget office, the senate and house appropriations
2 committees, and senate and house fiscal agencies by January 1.
3 Sec. 214. By March 1, the department shall provide an annual
4 report on the total amount of funds received from responsible parties
5 and legal settlements, and the disposition of these funds. Included
6 in the report shall be a listing of the individual settlement cases,
7 the location of the facilities involved, the type of violation
8 committed, and the amount of funds received.
9 Sec. 215. The department shall notify the legislature and shall
10 provide a public meeting and public comment opportunity with respect
11 to any request received by the state of Michigan to divert water from
12 the Great Lakes pursuant to the water resources development act of
13 1986, Public Law 99-662, 100 Stat. 4082.
14 Sec. 216. (1) The department shall report all of the following
15 information relative to allocations made in part 1 for the
16 environmental cleanup and redevelopment program, state cleanup,
17 emergency actions, superfund cleanup, the revitalization revolving
18 loan program, the brownfield grants and loans program, the leaking
19 underground storage tank cleanup program, the contaminated lake and
20 river sediments cleanup program, and the environmental protection bond
21 projects under section 19508(7) of the natural resources and
22 environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19508, to the state
23 budget director, the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
24 environmental quality, and the senate and house fiscal agencies:
25 (a) The name and location of the site for which an allocation is
26 made.
27 (b) The nature of the problem encountered at the site.
1 (c) A brief description of how the problem will be resolved if the
2 allocation is made for a response activity.
3 (d) The estimated date that site closure activities will be
4 completed.
5 (e) The amount of the allocation, or the anticipated financing for
6 the site.
7 (f) A summary of the sites and the total amount of funds expended
8 at the sites at the conclusion of the fiscal year.
9 (g) The number of sites that would qualify as brownfields that
10 were redeveloped.
11 (2) The report prepared under subsection (1) shall also include
12 all of the following:
13 (a) The status of all state-owned facilities that are on the list
14 compiled under part 201 of the natural resources and environmental
15 protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101 to 324.20142.
16 (b) The report shall include the total amount of funds expended
17 during the fiscal year and the total amount of funds awaiting
18 expenditure.
19 (c) The total amount of bonds issued for the environmental
20 protection bond program pursuant to part 193 of the natural resources
21 and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19301 to
22 324.19306, and bonds issued pursuant to the clean Michigan initiative
23 act, 1998 PA 284, MCL 324.95101 to 324.95108.
24 (3) The report shall be made available by March 31 of each year.
25 Sec. 217. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1
26 for the environmental cleanup and redevelopment program and the
27 leaking underground storage tank cleanup program, the department of
1 environmental quality is authorized to expend amounts remaining from
2 prior fiscal year appropriations to meet funding needs of
3 legislatively approved sites.
4 (2) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from
5 appropriations from the environmental protection bond fund contained
6 in 1989 PA 180, 1990 PA 55, 1990 PA 194, 1991 PA 31, 1991 PA 160, 1993
7 PA 74, 1993 PA 353, 1994 PA 442, 1996 PA 353, and 1997 PA 114 are
8 appropriated for expenditure for any site listed in this act and any
9 site listed in the public acts referenced in this section.
10 (3) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from
11 appropriations from the cleanup and redevelopment fund and unclaimed
12 bottle deposits fund contained in 1996 PA 319, 1997 PA 113, 1997
13 PA 114, 1998 PA 292, 1999 PA 125, 2000 PA 275, 2001 PA 43, and 2002 PA
14 520 are appropriated for expenditure for any site listed in this act
15 and any site listed in the public acts referenced in this section.
16 (4) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from
17 appropriations from the clean Michigan initiative fund - response
18 activities contained in 1999 PA 111, 2000 PA 52, 2000 PA 506, and 2001
19 PA 120 are appropriated for expenditure for any site listed in this
20 act and any site listed in the public acts referenced in this
21 section.
22 Sec. 218. Of the money appropriated from the environmental
23 education fund in part 1, $5,000.00 shall be allocated to Michigan
24 State University Extension Service - 4-H Youth Programs to fund the
25 Michigan Youth Conservation Council.
26 Sec. 219. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for information
27 technology, the department shall pay user fees to the department of
1 information technology for technology-related services and projects.
2 These user fees shall be subject to provisions of an interagency
3 agreement between the department and the department of information
4 technology.
5 Sec. 220. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information
6 technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward to
7 support department of environmental quality technology projects under
8 the direction of the department of information technology. Funds
9 designated in this manner are not available for expenditure until
10 approved as work projects under section 451a of the management and
11 budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.
12 AIR QUALITY
13 Sec. 401. The department shall report quarterly, via the
14 department's Internet website, on air quality program expenditures and
15 revenues. The report shall include expenditures and revenues by fund
16 source and by program function.
17 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND SERVICES
18 Sec. 501. The funds appropriated in part 1 for pollution
19 prevention and technical assistance include authorization for 1.0 FTE
20 position and $60,000.00 to provide technical assistance to
21 organizations and businesses involved in recycling and composting.
22 Sec. 502. The recycling coordinator shall conduct a study of the
23 state's capacity to handle material recovered for recycling, the
24 feasibility of collecting and transporting the material for recycling
25 within the state, and the ability of the state to sustain markets for
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1 products containing recycled content. The department shall make
2 recommendations for improving and expanding recycling in the state in
3 a report submitted to the legislature, the state budget director, and
4 the senate and house fiscal agencies no later than December 30.
<<Sec. 503. By September 30, the department shall prepare and submit a report to the state budget director, the legislature, the chairs of the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with primary responsibility for issues related to natural resources and the environment, and the chairs of the subcommittees of the senate and house appropriations committees with primary responsibility for appropriations for the department of environmental quality, outlining the implementation of the Great Lakes water quality bond, 2002 PA 397, MCL 324.19701 to 324.19708, including, but not limited to, the amount of bonds issued and the date they were issued, the number of applications received for loans from the state water pollution control revolving fund created in section 16a of the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141.1066a, the total amount of loans requested, a listing of the applicants receiving loans and the total amount of loans provided to those applicants, a listing of applicants whose loan applications were not approved and the reasons why those applications were not approved, the amount of the loans granted that were paid from bond proceeds, and the remaining bond proceeds and bond authorization.>>
5 GEOLOGICAL AND LAND MANAGEMENT
6 Sec. 601. The department shall collect Great Lakes bottomland
7 permit fees uniformly and fairly from commercial and noncommercial
8 users of the Great Lakes bottomlands.
9 Sec. 602. The department may waive permit fees for nonprofit
10 organizations conducting approved stream habitat improvement
11 projects.
12 REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT
13 Sec. 701. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the
14 state cleanup program, environmental cleanup and redevelopment
15 program, emergency cleanup action, contaminated site investigations,
16 cleanup and revitalization, state site cleanup, leaking underground
17 storage tank cleanup program, and superfund cleanup projects are
18 considered work project appropriations and any unencumbered or
19 unallotted funds are carried forward into the succeeding fiscal year.
20 The following is in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management
21 and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
22 (a) The purpose of the projects to be carried forward is to
23 provide contaminated site cleanup.
24 (b) The projects will be accomplished by contract.
25 (c) The total estimated cost of all projects is identified in each
1 line-item appropriation.
2 (d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2008.
3 Sec. 702. The funds appropriated in part 1 for the environmental
4 cleanup and redevelopment program shall be used to fund redevelopment
5 and cleanup activities on the following sites:
6 Allegan Sunrise Landfill
7 Berrien Coloma DCPA
8 Berrien Bendix
9 Branch Bronson Area Wells
10 Cass U.S. Aviex
11 Eaton Parsons Chemical
12 Gladwin Gladwin Bulk Oil Plant State St.
13 Gratiot Velsicol Chemical Corporation
14 Gratiot Pine R Downstream of St. Louis
15 Houghton Torch Lake
16 Ingham Americhem Corporation
17 Iosco Res Wells Bachman Rd.
18 Jackson Exxon Petroleum
19 Kalamazoo Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River
20 Kent Former Autostyle Plastics, Inc.
21 Mecosta Joe's Tire/Ridderman Oil
22 Midland Tittabawasee River
23 Montmorency Mary D's
24 Muskegon Green Ridge Subdivision
25 Muskegon Laketon Auto Clinic
26 Muskegon Meat Block
27 Wayne Plymouth Industrial Center Holding Company
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1 Sec. 703. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for the
2 environmental cleanup and redevelopment program, an amount not to
3 exceed $2,000,000.00 shall be expended for the NPL municipal landfill
4 match grants.
<<Sec. 704. The department shall work with local stakeholders to identify the sources of contamination in the ruddiman creek watershed and shall submit an application for federal funding pursuant to the Great Lakes legacy act of 2002, title I of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain act of 2002, Public Law 107-303, 116 Stat. 2355, for this sediment cleanup project when the application process is opened.>>
<<WASTE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Sec. 801. The department shall place a priority on inspections of landfills, which receive waste in excess of 3,000 tons per day.
Sec. 802. By February 1, the department shall submit to the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing committees on appropriations, the chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on environmental quality, the state budget director, and the senate and house fiscal agencies a report on out-of-state waste disposed of in landfills in this state. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the amount, type, and state of origin for all out-of-state waste.>>
5 WATER
6 Sec. 901. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for water quality
7 monitoring, $20,000.00 may be provided, on a 50:50 cost-sharing basis,
8 to erect signs at beaches owned by governmental entities. These signs
9 will inform the public where the most recent beach water quality
10 information may be found.
11 Sec. 902. The appropriation in part 1 for aquifer protection and
12 dispute resolution includes a $100,000.00 interdepartmental grant to
13 the Michigan department of agriculture to cover costs related to
14 implementation of part 317 of the natural resources and environmental
15 protection act, 1994 PA 451.
16 Sec. 903. The funds appropriated in part 1 for groundwater use
17 reporting shall be awarded as a grant for the development of a
18 groundwater database needed to model the demands for domestic water
19 uses of groundwater supplies.
20 Sec. 904. The appropriation in part 1 for drinking water
21 includes $1,000,000.00 from the clean Michigan initiative - clean
22 water fund for preparation of the statewide groundwater inventory and
23 map established in section 32802 of the natural resources and
24 environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.32802.
25 Sec. 907. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for safe drinking
26 water assistance activities pursuant to part 54 of the natural
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1 resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5401
2 to 324.5419, the department shall allocate to a Michigan nonprofit
3 organization the full 2% available for technical assistance under
4 section 1452 of part E of title XIV of chapter 373, popularly known as
5 the safe drinking water act, 110 Stat. 1662, 42 U.S.C. 300j-12.
<<Sec. 908. Of the appropriation in part 1 for NPDES nonstormwater program, at least $426,500.00 is for compliance activities.
Sec. 909. By February 1, the department shall submit a report on the department’s use of the national pollutant discharge elimination system fund created in MCL 324.3121 for the previous fiscal year, to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on environmental quality and natural resources, the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over issues primarily related to natural resources and the environment, and the senate and house fiscal agencies. The report shall include a summary of how the appropriations in part 1 for NPDES nonstormwater program were used for the various permissible uses of the fund and shall include specific information on all of the following:
(a) The number of compliance and complaint inspections completed, by category, the number of on-site compliance inspections conducted, and the number of compliance inspections that were not announced in advance to the permittee or licensee.
(b) The number and percent of permit and license inspections that were found to be in significant noncompliance, by category.
(c) The number of administrative enforcement actions taken for permit or license violations and the results of the enforcement actions, including the amount of fines and penalties collected.
(d) The number of judicial enforcement actions taken for permit or license violations and the results of the enforcement actions, including the amount of fines and penalties collected.
(e) A listing of the supplemental environmental projects agreed to as a result of a consent agreement including all of the following: the case name, the monetary value of the supplemental environmental project, and a description of the project.>>
6 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
7 Sec. 1001. From funds appropriated in part 1, the department
8 shall conduct periodic inspections of imported solid waste at disposal
9 facilities to mitigate the unpermitted disposal of waste at Michigan
10 disposal sites.
11 Sec. 1002. With funds appropriated in part 1, the department
12 shall provide training in support of local efforts to regulate solid
13 waste disposal. Department environmental conservation officers shall
14 be directed to help train law enforcement officers and other
15 enforcement personnel to develop community partnerships to combat
16 illegal dumping at the local level.
17 GRANTS
18 Sec. 1101. If a certified health department does not exist in a
19 city, county, or district or does not fulfill its responsibilities
20 under part 117 of the natural resources and environmental protection
21 act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11701 to 324.11719, then the department may
22 spend funds appropriated in part 1 under the septage waste compliance
23 program in accordance with section 11716 of the natural resources and
24 environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11716.
25 Sec. 1102. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for scrap tire
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1 grants, $100,000.00 shall be available for grants to communities to
2 cover scrap tire fire suppression costs, provided owner liability
3 bonds and other available funding sources have been exhausted.
4 Sec. 1103. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the
5 drinking water revolving loan program, the department shall provide
6 low-interest loans for public water supply systems found to be out of
7 compliance with federal arsenic standards.
<<Sec. 1104. Of the money appropriated in part 1 for grants to counties--water quality monitoring, $700,000.00 is for the city of St. Clair Shores for dredging of contaminated canals and $1,000,000.00 is to establish and operate a comprehensive monitoring program to protect and manage the environmental quality of the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, and the Clinton River watershed, consistent with the appropriation made for this purpose in section 1205 of 2002 PA 520.>>