SB-0270, As Passed Senate, June 14, 2005
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 270
A bill to make appropriations for the department of
environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2006; 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:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this act, the
Senate Bill No. 270 as amended June 14, 2005
amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department of
environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2006, 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 classified positions........ 1,567.2
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ <<373,963,800>>
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 18,031,100
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ <<355,932,700>>
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 144,062,700
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 0
Total private revenues................................. 450,000
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 180,578,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ <<30,841,400>>
FUND SOURCE SUMMARY:
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,567.2
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ <<373,963,800>>
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDCH, local public health operations............... 10,472,500
IDG-MDSP............................................... 690,100
IDG, Michigan transportation fund...................... 959,400
IDT, interdivisional charges........................... 2,053,400
Senate Bill No. 270 as amended June 14, 2005
IDT, laboratory services............................... 3,855,700
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 18,031,100
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ <<355,932,700>>
Federal revenues:
DHHS, federal.......................................... 4,500
DHS, federal........................................... 1,473,100
DOC-NOAA, federal...................................... 3,506,200
DOD, federal........................................... 508,200
DOI, federal........................................... 575,000
EPA, brownfield cleanup revolving loan fund............ 1,000,000
EPA, multiple.......................................... 136,995,700
Total federal revenues................................. 144,062,700
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 450,000
Total private revenues................................. 450,000
Aboveground storage tank fees.......................... 794,400
Air emissions fees..................................... 13,119,900
Aquifer protection revolving fund...................... 400,000
Campground fund........................................ 242,100
Clean Michigan initiative - administration............. 3,169,600
Clean Michigan initiative - clean water fund........... 3,187,100
Clean Michigan initiative - pollution prevention
activities........................................... 50,000
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 15,774,600
Community pollution prevention fund.................... 250,000
Environmental education fund........................... 203,700
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 1,839,700
Environmental protection fund.......................... 615,100
Environmental response fund............................ 11,224,100
Fees and collections................................... 565,900
Financial instruments.................................. 5,000,000
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 2,547,100
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 1,956,600
Hazardous materials transportation permit fund......... 218,800
Laboratory data quality recognition fund............... 15,400
Land and water permit fees............................. 3,961,100
Landfill maintenance trust fund........................ 52,100
Manufactured housing commission fees................... 633,300
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 250,400
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 69,400
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 231,200
Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance............... 200,000
NPDES fees............................................. 3,437,700
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 9,660,300
Orphan well fund....................................... 2,029,600
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 541,700
Public utility assessments............................. 806,600
Public water supply fees............................... 4,619,200
Publication revenue.................................... 112,700
Refined petroleum fund................................. 34,327,800
Retired engineers technical assistance fund............ 1,500,000
Revolving loan revenue bonds........................... 11,400,000
Saginaw Bay and River restoration revenue.............. 165,300
Senate Bill No. 270 as amended June 14, 2005
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 194,000
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 5,957,500
Septage waste contingency fund......................... 35,600
Septage waste license fees............................. 2,070,400
Settlement funds....................................... 3,006,800
Sewage sludge land application fee..................... 838,700
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 108,300
Solid waste program fees............................... 4,356,000
Stormwater permit fees................................. 2,867,600
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 10,010,700
Underground storage tank fees.......................... 4,493,200
Waste reduction fee revenue............................ 4,671,900
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 177,400
Water analysis fees.................................... 3,404,800
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 3,050,200
Water quality protection fund.......................... 25,000
Water use reporting fees............................... 138,000
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 180,578,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ <<30,841,400>>
Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS AND DEPARTMENT
SUPPORT
Full-time equated unclassified positions ......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 79.0
Unclassified salaries--6.0 FTE positions............... $ 482,600
Administrative hearings
Salaries and fringe benefits........................... 370,300
Travel................................................. 1,000
Other operational expenses............................. 30,400
Subtotal - administrative hearings..................... 401,700
Automated data processing.............................. 2,053,400
Central operations
Salaries and fringe benefits--63.0 FTE positions....... 5,229,400
Travel................................................. 210,300
Other operational expenses............................. 1,178,600
Subtotal - central operations.......................... 6,618,300
Environmental support projects......................... 5,000,000
Executive direction
Salaries and fringe benefits--9.0 FTE positions........ 1,734,400
Travel................................................. 53,400
Other operational expenses............................. 362,800
Subtotal - executive direction......................... 2,150,600
Human resource optimization user charges............... 59,100
Office of the Great Lakes
Salaries and fringe benefits--7.0 FTE positions........ 624,400
Travel................................................. 13,300
Other operational expenses............................. 308,200
Subtotal - office of the Great Lakes................... 945,900
Building occupancy charges............................. 7,850,900
Rent - privately owned property........................ 2,066,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 27,629,400
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDT, interdivisional charges........................... 2,053,400
IDT, laboratory services............................... 488,700
Federal revenues:
DOI, federal........................................... 150,900
EPA, multiple.......................................... 262,500
Special revenue funds:
Aboveground storage tank fees.......................... 88,200
Air emissions fees..................................... 848,000
Campground fund........................................ 17,700
Clean Michigan initiative - administration............. 179,700
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 1,368,400
Environmental education fund........................... 203,700
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 62,600
Environmental protection fund.......................... 50,400
Environmental response fund............................ 1,239,000
Fees and collections................................... 50,100
Financial instruments.................................. 5,000,000
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 547,100
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 119,700
Hazardous materials transportation permit fund......... 15,000
Land and water permit fees............................. 111,200
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 20,000
NPDES fees............................................. 319,600
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 1,623,000
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 31,000
Public utility assessments............................. 32,200
Public water supply fees............................... 542,100
Refined petroleum fund................................. 4,447,400
Retired engineers technical assistance fund............ 25,700
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 122,800
Settlement funds....................................... 863,600
Sewage sludge land application fee..................... 38,700
Solid waste program fees............................... 139,300
Stormwater permit fees................................. 220,700
Underground storage tank fees.......................... 275,800
Waste reduction fee revenue............................ 259,700
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 12,900
Water analysis fees.................................... 123,600
Water use reporting fees............................... 8,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 5,666,700
Sec. 103. AIR QUALITY
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 242.0
Air quality programs
Salaries and fringe benefits--242.0 FTE positions...... $ 20,334,700
Travel................................................. 420,300
Other operational expenses............................. 2,581,400
Subtotal - air quality programs........................ 23,336,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 23,336,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
EPA, multiple.......................................... 5,558,500
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees..................................... 11,060,300
Environmental response fund............................ 98,900
Fees and collections................................... 380,000
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 100,000
Refined petroleum fund................................. 2,652,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 3,486,700
Sec. 104. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 184.0
Environmental services
Salaries and fringe benefits--27.5 FTE positions....... $ 2,653,400
Travel................................................. 38,800
Other operational expenses............................. 427,300
Subtotal - environmental services...................... 3,119,500
Laboratory services
Salaries and fringe benefits--68.0 FTE positions....... 4,659,800
Travel................................................. 51,900
Other operational expenses............................. 1,843,200
Subtotal - laboratory services......................... 6,554,900
Municipal assistance
Salaries and fringe benefits--35.5 FTE positions....... 2,078,500
Travel................................................. 47,000
Other operational expenses............................. 2,992,400
Subtotal - municipal assistance........................ 5,117,900
Pollution prevention and technical assistance
Salaries and fringe benefits--53.0 FTE positions....... 3,014,500
Travel................................................. 87,700
Other operational expenses............................. 1,846,800
Subtotal - pollution prevention and technical
assistance........................................... 4,949,000
Pollution prevention outreach.......................... 300,000
Retired engineers technical assistance program......... 1,474,300
Revitalization revolving loan program.................. 1,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 22,515,600
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDT, laboratory services............................... 3,367,000
Federal revenues:
DOC-NOAA, federal...................................... 333,200
EPA, brownfield cleanup revolving loan fund............ 1,000,000
EPA, multiple.......................................... 3,260,000
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 300,000
Air emissions fees..................................... 712,700
Clean Michigan initiative - administration............. 164,000
Environmental protection fund.......................... 64,700
Environmental response fund............................ 625,300
Laboratory data quality recognition fund............... 15,400
Public water supply fees............................... 237,300
Retired engineers technical assistance fund............ 1,474,300
Settlement funds....................................... 220,100
Stormwater permit fees................................. 91,200
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 210,700
Waste reduction fee revenue............................ 4,127,400
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 164,500
Water analysis fees.................................... 3,121,900
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 2,282,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 743,800
Sec. 105. OFFICE OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Full-time equated classified positions........... 68.0
Coal and sand dune management
Salaries and fringe benefits--3.0 FTE positions........ $ 145,400
Travel................................................. 19,500
Other operational expenses............................. 447,400
Subtotal - coal and sand dune management............... 612,300
Metallic mine reclamation
Salaries and fringe benefits--1.0 FTE positions........ 63,600
Travel................................................. 2,200
Other operational expenses............................. 3,600
Subtotal - metallic mine reclamation................... 69,400
Mineral wells management
Salaries and fringe benefits--3.0 FTE positions........ 185,500
Travel................................................. 7,000
Other operational expenses............................. 38,700
Subtotal - mineral wells management.................... 231,200
Nonferrous metallic mining
Salaries and fringe benefits--2.0 FTE positions........ 140,000
Travel................................................. 10,000
Other operational expenses............................. 50,000
Subtotal - nonferrous metallic mining.................. 200,000
Orphan well
Salaries and fringe benefits--2.0 FTE positions........ 238,500
Travel................................................. 29,800
Other operational expenses............................. 1,761,300
Subtotal - orphan well................................. 2,029,600
Services to oil and gas
Salaries and fringe benefits--57.0 FTE positions....... 5,183,000
Travel................................................. 271,100
Other operational expenses............................. 1,581,200
Subtotal - services to oil and gas..................... 7,035,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 10,177,800
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOI, federal........................................... 418,300
Special revenue funds:
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 69,400
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 231,200
Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance............... 200,000
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 6,922,600
Orphan well fund....................................... 2,029,600
Publication revenue.................................... 112,700
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 194,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 106. LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 129.0
Program direction
Salaries and fringe benefits--8.0 FTE positions........ $ 792,900
Travel................................................. 5,600
Other operational expenses............................. 106,000
Subtotal - program direction........................... 904,500
Field permitting and project assistance
Salaries and fringe benefits--72.0 FTE positions....... 4,428,200
Travel................................................. 249,300
Other operational expenses............................. 574,600
Subtotal - field permitting and project assistance..... 5,252,100
Great Lakes shorelands
Salaries and fringe benefits--28.0 FTE positions....... 1,900,900
Travel................................................. 35,400
Other operational expenses............................. 174,900
Subtotal - Great Lakes shorelands...................... 2,111,200
Water management
Salaries and fringe benefits--21.0 FTE positions....... 2,334,300
Travel................................................. 54,900
Other operational expenses............................. 342,100
Subtotal - water management............................ 2,731,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 10,999,100
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, Michigan transportation fund...................... 908,100
Federal revenues:
DHS, federal........................................... 935,500
DOC-NOAA, federal...................................... 1,389,700
EPA, multiple.......................................... 967,100
Special revenue funds:
Land and water permit fees............................. 3,286,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 3,512,700
Sec. 107. REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 297.5
Contaminated site investigation, cleanup, and
revitalization
Salaries and fringe benefits--230.5 FTE positions...... $ 18,596,500
Travel................................................. 557,000
Other operational expenses............................. 2,548,700
Subtotal - contaminated site investigation, cleanup,
and revitalization.................................. 21,702,200
Federal cleanup project management
Salaries and fringe benefits--67.0 FTE positions....... 6,377,400
Travel................................................. 172,500
Other operational expenses............................. 1,336,800
Subtotal - federal cleanup project management.......... 7,886,700
Emergency cleanup actions.............................. 4,000,000
Refined petroleum product cleanup program.............. 22,000,000
State cleanup 451...................................... 2,500,000
Superfund cleanup...................................... 4,000,000
White Lake, Muskegon County nutrient study............. 36,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 62,124,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DHHS, federal.......................................... 4,500
DOD, federal........................................... 498,300
EPA, multiple.......................................... 9,168,100
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 150,000
Clean Michigan initiative - administration............. 2,251,600
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 13,307,300
Environmental protection fund.......................... 500,000
Environmental response fund............................ 8,462,500
Landfill maintenance trust fund........................ 52,100
Refined petroleum fund................................. 26,319,000
Settlement funds....................................... 1,411,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 108. WASTE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 183.5
Aboveground storage tank program
Salaries and fringe benefits--8.0 FTE positions........ $ 535,700
Travel................................................. 41,500
Other operational expenses............................. 129,000
Subtotal - aboveground storage tank program............ 706,200
Hazardous waste management program
Salaries and fringe benefits--61.0 FTE positions....... 4,699,000
Travel................................................. 70,000
Other operational expenses............................. 1,283,900
Subtotal - hazardous waste management program.......... 6,052,900
Low-level radioactive waste authority
Salaries and fringe benefits--2.0 FTE positions........ 170,400
Travel................................................. 5,100
Other operational expenses............................. 594,700
Subtotal - low-level radioactive waste authority....... 770,200
Medical waste program.................................. 230,400
Radiological protection program
Salaries and fringe benefits--16.5 FTE positions....... 949,500
Travel................................................. 31,700
Other operational expenses............................. 373,100
Subtotal - radiological protection program............. 1,354,300
Scrap tire regulatory program
Salaries and fringe benefits--11.0 FTE positions....... 874,800
Travel................................................. 22,000
Other operational expenses............................. 88,400
Subtotal - scrap tire regulatory program............... 985,200
Solid waste management program
Salaries and fringe benefits--50.0 FTE positions....... 3,837,600
Travel................................................. 97,900
Other operational expenses............................. 288,700
Subtotal - solid waste management program.............. 4,224,200
Underground storage tank program
Salaries and fringe benefits--35.0 FTE positions....... 2,213,900
Travel................................................. 133,800
Other operational expenses............................. 1,944,500
Subtotal - underground storage tank program............ 4,292,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 18,615,600
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDSP............................................... 690,100
Federal revenues:
EPA, multiple.......................................... 3,857,100
Special revenue funds:
Aboveground storage tank fees.......................... 706,200
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 1,777,100
Hazardous materials transportation permit fund......... 203,800
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 230,400
Public utility assessments............................. 770,200
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 985,200
Solid waste program fees............................... 4,155,200
Underground storage tank fees.......................... 4,039,200
Waste reduction fee revenue............................ 69,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,132,100
Sec. 109. WATER
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 362.2
Aquifer protection program
Salaries and fringe benefits........................... $ 180,000
Travel................................................. 5,000
Other operational expenses............................. 215,000
Subtotal - aquifer protection program.................. 400,000
Drinking water and environmental health
Salaries and fringe benefits--114.2 FTE positions...... 10,684,700
Travel................................................. 278,700
Other operational expenses............................. 5,159,000
Subtotal - drinking water and environmental health..... 16,122,400
Fish contaminant monitoring............................ 316,100
Groundwater discharge
Salaries and fringe benefits--22.0 FTE positions....... 1,703,800
Travel................................................. 48,000
Other operational expenses............................. 216,800
Subtotal - groundwater discharge....................... 1,968,600
NPDES nonstormwater program
Salaries and fringe benefits--121.4 FTE positions...... 8,910,800
Travel................................................. 185,000
Other operational expenses............................. 1,161,300
Subtotal - NPDES nonstormwater program................. 10,257,100
Sewage sludge land application program
Salaries and fringe benefits--6.5 FTE positions........ 623,200
Travel................................................. 26,600
Other operational expenses............................. 150,200
Subtotal - sewage sludge land application program...... 800,000
Surface water
Salaries and fringe benefits--98.1 FTE positions....... 10,004,200
Travel................................................. 272,000
Other operational expenses............................. 5,100,600
Subtotal - surface water............................... 15,376,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 45,241,000
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
EPA, multiple.......................................... 18,456,300
Special revenue funds:
Aquifer protection revolving fund...................... 400,000
Campground fund........................................ 224,400
Clean Michigan initiative - administration............. 574,300
Clean Michigan initiative - clean water fund........... 3,187,100
Environmental response fund............................ 158,000
Fees and collections................................... 135,800
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 1,836,900
Land and water permit fees............................. 454,500
Manufactured housing commission fees................... 633,300
NPDES fees............................................. 3,118,100
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 510,700
Public water supply fees............................... 2,167,900
Refined petroleum fund................................. 825,700
Saginaw Bay and River restoration revenue.............. 165,300
Septage waste contingency fund......................... 35,600
Septage waste license fees............................. 545,400
Sewage sludge land application fee..................... 800,000
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 108,300
Stormwater permit fees................................. 2,555,700
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 631,400
Water use reporting fees............................... 129,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 7,586,600
Sec. 110. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
Full-time equated classified positions........... 22.0
Environmental investigations
Salaries and fringe benefits--22.0 FTE positions....... $ 1,715,000
Travel................................................. 27,100
Other operational expenses............................. 705,500
Subtotal - environmental investigations................ 2,447,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 2,447,600
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DHS, federal........................................... 520,300
EPA, multiple.......................................... 143,800
Special revenue funds:
Environmental response fund............................ 123,600
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 339,200
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 266,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,054,600
Sec. 111. GRANTS
Coastal management grants.............................. $ 2,000,000
Federal - Great Lakes remedial action plan grants...... 700,000
Federal - nonpoint source water pollution grants....... 6,500,000
Grants to counties--air pollution...................... 83,700
Radon grants........................................... 90,000
Water pollution control and drinking water revolving
fund................................................. 113,053,500
Drinking water revolving fund implementation........... 1,330,000
Great Lakes research and protection grants............. 2,000,000
Household hazardous waste collection program........... 50,000
Local health department operations..................... 10,472,500
Noncommunity water grants.............................. 1,400,000
Pollution prevention local grants...................... 250,000
Septage waste compliance grants........................ 1,525,000
Scrap tire grants...................................... 4,500,000
Volunteer river, stream, and creek cleanup............. 25,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 143,979,700
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues
IDG-MDCH, local public health operations............... 10,472,500
Federal revenues:
DOC-NOAA, federal...................................... 1,700,000
EPA, multiple.......................................... 93,920,000
Special revenue funds:
Clean Michigan initiative - pollution prevention
Senate Bill No. 270 as amended June 14, 2005
activities........................................... 50,000
Community pollution prevention fund.................... 250,000
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 2,000,000
Public water supply fees............................... 1,400,000
Refined petroleum fund................................. 83,700
Revolving loan revenue bonds........................... 11,400,000
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 4,500,000
Septage waste license fees............................. 1,525,000
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 9,800,000
Water quality protection fund.......................... 25,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 6,853,500
Sec. 112. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ <<6,896,700>>
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ <<6,896,700>>
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues
IDG, Michigan transportation fund...................... 51,300
Federal revenues:
DHS, federal........................................... 17,300
DOC-NOAA, federal...................................... 83,300
DOD, federal........................................... 9,900
DOI, federal........................................... 5,800
EPA, multiple.......................................... 1,402,300
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees..................................... 498,900
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 1,098,900
Environmental response fund............................ 516,800
Senate Bill No. 270 as amended June 14, 2005
Land and water permit fees............................. 109,400
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 675,500
Public utility assessments............................. 4,200
Public water supply fees............................... 271,900
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 83,400
Settlement funds....................................... 511,600
Solid waste program fees............................... 61,500
Underground storage tank fees.......................... 178,200
Waste reduction fee revenue............................ 215,800
Water analysis fees.................................... 159,300
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 136,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ <<804,700>>
Part 2
Provisions Concerning Appropriations
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state
constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources
under part 1 for fiscal year 2005-2006 is <<$211,420,000.00>> and state
spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2005-2006 is $5,988,700.00. The itemized
statement below identifies appropriations from which spending to
local units of government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
WASTE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Radiological protection program....................... $ 25,000
GRANTS
Drinking water grants................................. $ 1,330,000
Grants to counties - air pollution..................... 83,700
Household hazardous waste collection program........... 50,000
Noncommunity water grants.............................. 1,400,000
Scrap tire grants...................................... 1,575,000
Septage waste compliance program....................... 1,525,000
TOTAL................................................. $ 5,988,700
Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this act are
subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101
to 18.1594.
Sec. 203. As used in this act:
(a) "CESARS" means chemical evaluation search and retrieval
system.
(b) "Department" means the department of environmental
quality.
(c) "DHS" means the United States department of homeland
security.
(d) "DHHS" means the United States department of health and
human services.
(e) "DOC" means the United States department of commerce.
(f) "DOC-NOAA" means the DOC national oceanic and atmospheric
administration.
(g) "DOD" means the United States department of defense.
(h) "DOI" means the United States department of interior.
(i) "EPA" means the United States environmental protection
agency.
(j) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(k) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.
(l) "IDT" means intradepartmental transfer.
(m) "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.
(n) "MDSP" means the Michigan department of state police.
(o) "MI" means Michigan.
(p) "NPDES" means national pollutant discharge elimination
system.
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) 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 1 position
to another within a department.
(2) The state budget director shall grant exceptions to the
hiring freeze described in subsection (1) when the state budget
director believes that the hiring freeze will result in rendering a
state department or agency unable to deliver basic services, cause
a loss of revenue to the state, result in the inability of the
state to receive federal funds, or would necessitate additional
expenditures that exceed any savings from maintaining a vacancy.
The state budget director shall report quarterly to the
chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing
committees on appropriations the number of exceptions to the hiring
freeze approved during the previous quarter and the reasons to
justify the exception.
Sec. 206. The department shall use the Internet to fulfill the
reporting requirements of this act. This may include transmission
of reports via electronic mail to the recipients identified for
each reporting requirement or it may include placement of reports
on an Internet or Intranet site.
Sec. 207. The departments and state agencies receiving
appropriations under this act shall receive and retain copies of
all reports funded from appropriations in part 1. These departments
and state agencies shall follow federal and state guidelines for
short-term and long-term retention of these reports. To the extent
consistent with federal and state guidelines, the requirements of
this section are satisfied if the reports funded from
appropriations in part 1 are retained in electronic format.
Sec. 208. By February 15, 2006, the department shall provide
the state budget director, the subcommittees on natural resources
and environmental quality of the senate and house appropriations
committees, and the senate and house fiscal agencies with an annual
report on restricted fund balances, projected revenues, and
expenditures for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2005 and
September 30, 2006.
Sec. 209. (1) From funds appropriated under part 1, the
department shall prepare a report that lists all of the following
regarding grant or loan or grant and loan programs administered by
the department for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006:
(a) The name of each program.
(b) The goals of the program, the criteria, eligibility,
process, filing fees, nominating procedures, and deadlines for each
program.
(c) The maximum and minimum grant and loan available and
whether there is a match requirement for each program.
(d) The amount of any required match, and whether in-kind
contributions may be used as part or all of a required match.
(e) Information pertaining to the application process,
timeline for each program, and the contact people within the
department.
(f) The source of funds for each program, including the
citation of pertinent authorizing acts.
(g) Information regarding plans for the next fiscal year for
the phaseout, expansion, or changes for each program.
(h) A listing of all recipients of grants or loans awarded by
the department by type and amount of grant or loan.
(2) The reports required under this section shall be submitted
to the state budget office, the senate and house appropriations
committees, and senate and house fiscal agencies by January 1,
2006.
Sec. 210. The department shall notify the legislature and
shall provide a public meeting and public comment opportunity with
respect to any request received by the state of Michigan to divert
water from the Great Lakes pursuant to the water resources
development act of 1986, Public Law 99-662, 100 Stat. 4082.
Sec. 211. (1) The department shall report all of the following
information relative to allocations made from appropriations for
the environmental cleanup and redevelopment program, state cleanup,
emergency actions, superfund cleanup, the revitalization revolving
loan program, the brownfield grants and loans program, the leaking
underground storage tank cleanup program, the contaminated lake and
river sediments cleanup program, and the environmental protection
bond projects under section 19508(7) of the natural resources and
environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19508, to the
state budget director, 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 that site closure activities will be
completed.
(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.
(2) The report prepared under subsection (1) shall also
include all of the following:
(a) The status of all state-owned facilities that are on the
list compiled under part 201 of the natural resources and
environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101 to
324.20142.
(b) The report shall include the total amount of funds
expended during the fiscal year and the total amount of funds
awaiting expenditure.
(c) The total amount of bonds issued for the environmental
protection bond program pursuant to part 193 of the natural
resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL
324.19301 to 324.19306, and bonds issued pursuant to the clean
Michigan initiative act, 1998 PA 284, MCL 324.95101 to 324.95108.
(3) The report shall be made available by March 31 of each
year.
Sec. 212. (1) The department of environmental quality is
authorized to expend amounts remaining from the current and prior
fiscal year appropriations to meet funding needs of legislatively
approved sites for the environmental cleanup and redevelopment
program and the leaking underground storage tank cleanup program.
(2) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from
appropriations from the environmental protection bond fund
contained in 2003 PA 173, are appropriated for expenditure for any
site listed in this act and any site listed in the public acts
referenced in this section.
(3) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from
appropriations from the cleanup and redevelopment fund and
unclaimed bottle deposits fund contained in 2003 PA 171, 2003 PA
173, 2003 PA 237, and 2004 PA 350 are appropriated for expenditure
for any site listed in this act and any site listed in the public
acts referenced in this section.
(4) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from
appropriations from the clean Michigan initiative fund - response
activities contained in 2000 PA 52, 2001 PA 120, 2003 PA 173, 2003
PA 237, 2004 PA 309, 2004 PA 350, and 2005 PA 11 are appropriated
for expenditure for any site listed in this act and any site listed
in the public acts referenced in this section.
(5) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from
appropriations from the environmental protection fund contained in
2001 PA 43, 2002 PA 520, 2003 PA 171, and 2004 PA 350 are
appropriated for expenditure for any site listed in this act and
any site listed in the public acts referenced in this section.
Sec. 213. Of the money appropriated from the environmental
education fund in part 1, $5,000.00 shall be allocated to Michigan
State University Extension Service - 4-H Youth Programs to fund the
Michigan Youth Conservation Council.
Sec. 214. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for
information technology, departments and agencies shall pay user
fees to the department of information technology for technology-
related services and projects. These user fees shall be subject to
provisions of an interagency agreement between the department and
the department of information technology.
Sec. 215. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information
technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward
to support department of environmental quality technology projects
under the direction of the department of information technology.
Funds designated in this manner are not available for expenditure
until approved as work projects under section 451a of the
management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.
Sec. 216. (1) Due to the current budgetary problems in this
state, out-of-state travel for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2006 shall be limited to situations in which 1 or more of the
following conditions apply:
(a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or
for law enforcement purposes.
(b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of
Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar
circumstances.
(c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to
increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal
funds or securing additional federal funds.
(d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal
requirements.
(e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for
staff that is not available within this state.
(f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate
funds.
(2) If out-of-state travel is necessary but does not meet 1 or
more of the conditions in subsection (1), the state budget director
may grant an exception to allow the travel. Any exceptions granted
by the state budget director shall be reported on a monthly basis
to the house and senate appropriations committees.
(3) Not later than January 1 of each year, each department
shall prepare a travel report listing all travel by classified and
unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately
preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with
funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be
submitted to the chairs and members of the house and senate
appropriations committees, the fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director. The report shall include the following
information:
(a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel
outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.
(b) The destination of each travel occurrence.
(c) The dates of each travel occurrence.
(d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel
occurrence.
(e) The transportation and related costs of each travel
occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general
fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state
restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,
and the proportion funded with other revenues.
(f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the
immediately preceding fiscal year.
Sec. 217. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for
the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if
competitively priced and comparable quality American goods or
services, or both, are available. Preference should be given to
goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable
quality.
Sec. 218. The department shall collaborate with the statewide
public advisory council, local advisory councils, the United States
environmental protection agency, and other appropriate federal
agencies, the department of natural resources, and other
appropriate parties to develop a long-term strategy to restore and
formally remove Michigan's Great Lakes areas of concern from the
federal listing. Among other information, the strategy should
include a list of cleanup, source control, monitoring, and
assessment activities eligible for funding under the federal Great
Lakes legacy act; their estimated cost; options for meeting any
nonfederal funding match requirements for these activities,
including recommendations for changes to existing appropriations
and program expenditures to qualify as matching funds for federal
grant programs; a description of the optimum staffing level for the
areas of concern program and available funding options; and a
description of the department's role in seeking the formal removal
of areas of concern, or specific beneficial use impairments, from
the federal list, including minimum cleanup goals for identified
impairments based on applicable state and federal regulatory
standards and the monitoring programs available for assessing
progress in achieving those goals. In addition, the department
shall strive to apply for an equitable share of federal funding and
technical assistance available to support the area of concern
program and strive to provide the funds needed to meet nonfederal
Senate Bill 270 as amended June 14, 2005
funding requirements.
Sec. 219. The department shall not take disciplinary action
against an employee for communicating with a member of the
legislature or his or her staff.
<<Sec. 220. The department shall annually report to the state budget director, the senate and house appropriations committees, and the senate and house fiscal agencies an accounting of all civil and criminal fine revenue collected during the year. That report shall include the total amount of fines and penalties assessed and collected by program area and a 3-year comparison of fines assessed.>>
AIR QUALITY
Sec. 401. The department shall report quarterly, via the
department's Internet website, on air quality program expenditures
and revenues. The report shall include expenditures and revenues by
fund source and by program function.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND SERVICES
Sec. 501. By July 1, 2006, 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 provided for in part 197 of the natural
resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, 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 leveraged from bond proceeds, and the
remaining bond proceeds and bond authorization.
GEOLOGICAL AND LAND MANAGEMENT
Sec. 601. The department may waive permit fees for nonprofit
organizations conducting approved stream habitat improvement
projects.
REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT
Sec. 701. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for
emergency cleanup actions are 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 451a(1) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
(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, 2010.
Sec. 702. The appropriation in part 1 for the refined
petroleum product cleanup program shall not be expended until a
Senate Bill No. 270 as amended June 14, 2005
list of project sites is enacted into law following the issuance of
cleanup program recommendations from the refined petroleum cleanup
advisory council.
Sec. 703. From funds appropriated in part 1 for activities
related to cleanup sites under part 201 of the natural resources
and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20101 to
324.20142, the department shall incorporate into remedial action
plans area-wide or site-specific cleanup criteria derived from
peer-reviewed risk assessment based on bioavailability studies,
site-specific human exposure data, and any other scientifically
based risk assessment studies that are available and relevant.
WASTE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Sec. 801. The department shall notify the members of the
senate and house of representatives of the appropriate district at
least 48 hours in advance of a departmental order which suspends or
red tags any wholesale or retail sale of petroleum products.
<<Sec. 802. The department shall annually report to the city of Romulus the various impacts of the proposed deep well injection facility.>>
WATER
Sec. 901. By February 1, 2006, 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.
Sec. 902. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for safe
drinking water assistance activities under part 54 of the natural
resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL
324.5401 to 324.5418, the department shall allocate the full 2%
available for technical assistance under 42 USC 300j-12.
Sec. 903. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used to
support the development of, or activities that promote the
development of, guidelines, rules, standards, protocols, or other
Senate Bill No. 270 as amended June 14, 2005
similar mandates that regulate, permit, monitor, or otherwise
control the quantity of groundwater use. The department shall
notify the chairs of the senate and house of representatives
appropriations standing committees and the chairs of the senate and
house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on
environmental quality prior to convening a work group, holding a
public hearing, or submitting proposed administrative rules to the
legislature regarding rules, policies, guidelines, or procedures
that regulate, permit, monitor, or otherwise control the quantity
of groundwater use. The notification shall include the date, time,
and location of any meeting or action.
<<Sec. 904. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall not implement or enforce administrative rules, policies, guidelines, or procedures that require a person to obtain a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit if the person has not been found by the department to have a regulated discharge of pollutants into waters of the state.>>
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
Sec. 1001. From funds appropriated in part 1, the department
shall conduct periodic inspections of imported solid waste at
disposal facilities to mitigate the unpermitted disposal of waste
at Michigan disposal sites.
GRANTS
Sec. 1101. 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
324.11720, then the department may spend funds appropriated in part
1 under the septage waste compliance program in accordance with
section 11716 of the natural resources and environmental protection
act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11716.
Sec. 1102. Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for scrap tire
grants, $100,000.00 shall be available for grants to communities to
cover scrap tire fire suppression costs, provided owner liability
bonds and other available funding sources have been exhausted.