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S1245............................................................by FINANCE
APPROPRIATIONS - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - Appropriates
$40,465,000 to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year
2002; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 370.55;
reappropriates unexpended and unencumbered fund balances of the Cooperative
Welfare Fund; directs the transfer of $520,000 to the Environmental
Remediation Fund; provides intent regarding Bunker Hill remediation;
provides intent with regard to transfers of moneys between programs;
provides intent regarding Coeur d'Alene River Basin projects; provides for
a transfer of $510,000 to the Air Quality Permitting Fund; appropriates an
additional $342,900 to the Department of Environmental Quality for the Air
Quality Program for fiscal year 2001; provides intent regarding the use of
the additional moneys for the Air Quality Program to reduce the permitting
backlog; and authorizes one additional full-time equivalent position for
fiscal year 2001.
03/12 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/13 Rpt prt - to Fin
Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/14 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/15 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Ipsen, Keough, Lee, Lodge, Noh, Richardson,
Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne,
Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams,
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Davis, Ingram, King-Barrutia
Floor Sponsor -- Bunderson
Title apvd - to House
03/19 House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
03/20 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/26 3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-1-5
AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bolz,
Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Collins, Cuddy,
Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20),
Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Hansen, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins,
Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford,
Loertscher, Mader, Marley, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss,
Pearce, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Tilman,
Trail, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- McKague
Absent and excused -- Crow, Moyle, Pischner, Wheeler, Wood
Floor Sponsor -- Lake
Title apvd - to Senate
03/28 To enrol
Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/29 Sp signed - to Governor
04/09 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 361
Effective: 04/09/01, secs 8,9,10,11
07/01/01, all other sections
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1245
BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR FISCAL
3 YEAR 2002; LIMITING THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS; REAPPRO-
4 PRIATING CERTAIN UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCES OF MONEYS; PROVIDING
5 THAT THE STATE CONTROLLER SHALL MAKE TRANSFERS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL
6 REMEDIATION FUND; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING THE ENVIRONMEN-
7 TAL REMEDIATION FUND AND REQUIRING AN ANNUAL REPORT; EXEMPTING THE DEPART-
8 MENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FROM THE TEN PERCENT TRANSFER BETWEEN PRO-
9 GRAMS LIMITATION; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH REGARD TO STATE
10 MATCH; APPROPRIATING AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF GENERAL FUND MONEYS
11 TO THE AIR QUALITY PERMITTING FUND; APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL MONEYS TO THE
12 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001; EXPRESSING LEG-
13 ISLATIVE INTENT WITH REGARD TO HIRING CONTRACTORS; AUTHORIZING AN ADDI-
14 TIONAL FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001; AND DECLARING
15 AN EMERGENCY FOR SECTIONS 8, 9, 10 AND 11 OF THIS ACT.
16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
17 SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Environmen-
18 tal Quality the following amounts to be expended for the designated programs
19 according to the designated expense classes from the various funds listed for
20 the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002:
21 FOR
22 FOR FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND
23 PERSONNEL OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT
24 COSTS EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL
25 I. ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES:
26 FROM:
27 General
28 Fund $ 1,753,400 $ 1,090,500 $ 97,600 $ 2,941,500
29 Air Quality
30 Permitting
31 Fund 143,300 285,800 2,000 431,100
32 Public Water System
33 Supervision
34 Fund 276,300 44,500 2,000 322,800
35 Department of
36 Environmental
37 Quality
38 Fund
39 (Receipts) 80,400 15,600 4,000 100,000
2
1 FOR
2 FOR FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND
3 PERSONNEL OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT
4 COSTS EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL
5 Department of
6 Environmental
7 Quality
8 Fund
9 (Federal) 1,663,500 1,022,400 58,000 2,743,900
10 TOTAL $ 3,916,900 $ 2,458,800 $163,600 $ 6,539,300
11 II. AIR QUALITY:
12 FROM:
13 General
14 Fund $ 1,690,400 $ 330,000 $ 87,000 $ 2,107,400
15 Agriculture Smoke
16 Management
17 Fund 30,100 30,100
18 Air Quality
19 Permitting
20 Fund 1,571,100 311,400 54,000 $ 196,800 2,133,300
21 Department of
22 Environmental
23 Quality
24 Fund
25 (Receipts) 10,900 30,500 41,400
26 Department of
27 Environmental
28 Quality
29 Fund
30 (Federal) 1,027,900 266,700 54,000 40,600 1,389,200
31 TOTAL $ 4,300,300 $ 968,700 $195,000 $ 237,400 $ 5,701,400
32 III. WATER QUALITY:
33 FROM:
34 General
35 Fund $ 4,848,000 $ 2,244,000 $ 41,700 $2,945,300 $10,079,000
36 Public Water System
37 Supervision
38 Fund 813,200 150,900 4,000 330,200 1,298,300
39 Department of
40 Environmental
41 Quality
42 Fund
43 (Receipts) 303,200 75,600 2,000 50,600 431,400
44 Department of
45 Environmental
46 Quality
47 Fund
48 (Federal) 2,853,200 1,246,300 20,000 1,600,200 5,719,700
49 TOTAL $ 8,817,600 $ 3,716,800 $ 67,700 $4,926,300 $17,528,400
50 IV. WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION:
51 FROM:
52 General
53 Fund $ 1,414,000 $ 297,200 $ 13,500 $ 101,500 $ 1,826,200
3
1 FOR
2 FOR FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND
3 PERSONNEL OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT
4 COSTS EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL
5 Water
6 Pollution
7 Control
8 Fund 1,000,000 1,000,000
9 Environmental
10 Remediation
11 Fund 166,700 649,600 10,200 826,500
12 Department of
13 Environmental
14 Quality
15 Fund
16 (Receipts) 361,900 559,200 6,000 50,800 977,900
17 Bunker Hill
18 Trust Fund 300,000 300,000
19 Department of
20 Environmental
21 Quality
22 Fund
23 (Federal) 2,215,500 1,204,200 4,000 15,200 3,438,900
24 TOTAL $ 4,158,100 $ 3,710,200 $ 23,500 $ 477,700 $ 8,369,500
25 V. INEEL OVERSIGHT:
26 FROM:
27 General
28 Fund $ 192,400 $ 19,200 $ 211,600
29 Department of
30 Environmental
31 Quality
32 Fund
33 (Federal) 1,141,400 374,900 $ 12,700 $ 585,800 2,114,800
34 TOTAL $ 1,333,800 $ 394,100 $ 12,700 $ 585,800 $ 2,326,400
35 GRAND
36 TOTAL $22,526,700 $11,248,600 $462,500 $6,227,200 $40,465,000
37 SECTION 2. In accordance with Section 67-3519, Idaho Code, the Department
38 of Environmental Quality is authorized no more than three hundred seventy and
39 fifty-five hundredths (370.55) full-time equivalent positions at any point
40 during the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002, unless specifically
41 authorized by the Governor. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee will be
42 notified promptly of any increased positions so authorized.
43 SECTION 3. There is hereby reappropriated to the Department of Environ-
44 mental Quality any unexpended and unencumbered balances of the Department of
45 Environmental Quality Fund as appropriated to the Department of Environmental
46 Quality for fiscal year 2001, to be used for nonrecurring expenditures only
47 for the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002. The Department of Environ-
48 mental Quality shall adjust the amount of reappropriation so as not to exceed
49 available moneys.
50 SECTION 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 39-3630, Idaho Code,
51 the State Controller is hereby directed to transfer $520,000 from the Water
4
1 Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation Fund for the period
2 July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002.
3 SECTION 5. It is legislative intent that moneys deposited into the Envi-
4 ronmental Remediation Fund are to be used solely for Bunker Hill remediation
5 within the site and that in accordance with the Bunker Hill Remedial Action
6 Management Plan, an annual report shall be filed no later than January 1 of
7 each year with the Governor, the Legislature, and the Bunker Hill Superfund
8 Task Force on the remediation progress and the expenditures involved.
9 SECTION 6. The Department of Environmental Quality is hereby exempted
10 from the provisions of Section 67-3511(2), Idaho Code, for all moneys appro-
11 priated to it for the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002. Transfers of
12 moneys between the programs in this act are still subject to the approval of
13 the Division of Financial Management and the Board of Examiners.
14 SECTION 7. It is legislative intent that the appropriation of moneys from
15 the Water Pollution Control Fund in Section 1 of this act specifically super-
16 sedes the provisions of Section 39-3630, Idaho Code, and that such moneys are
17 to be used solely for projects in the Coeur d'Alene River Basin in such a man-
18 ner so as to count toward the ten percent (10%) state match required for work
19 done at the Bunker Hill superfund site.
20 SECTION 8. There is hereby appropriated and the State Controller is
21 hereby directed to transfer $510,000 from the General Fund to the Air Quality
22 Permitting Fund for the period July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001.
23 SECTION 9. In addition to the appropriation made in Section 1, Chapter
24 402, Laws of 2000, there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Environ-
25 mental Quality the following amounts to be expended for the designated program
26 according to the designated expense classes from the listed funds for the
27 period July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001:
28 FOR FOR
29 PERSONNEL OPERATING
30 COSTS EXPENDITURES TOTAL
31 I. AIR QUALITY:
32 FROM:
33 General
34 Fund $310,000 $310,000
35 Department of Environmental
36 Quality Fund
37 (Federal) $28,700 4,200 32,900
38 TOTAL $28,700 $314,200 $342,900
39 SECTION 10. It is legislative intent that the amounts appropriated from
40 the General Fund for the Air Quality program in Section 9 of this act are to
41 be used one-time to hire outside contractors to reduce the backlog of permits
42 to construct. The Department of Environmental Quality will prepare a quarterly
43 report to be presented to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee detailing
44 the progress in addressing the permitting backlog and projecting future per-
45 mitting needs.
46 SECTION 11. In addition to the authorization made by Section 3, Chapter
47 402, Laws of 2000, the Department of Environmental Quality is hereby autho-
48 rized one (1) full-time equivalent position for the period July 1, 2000,
5
1 through June 30, 2001.
2 SECTION 12. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
3 declared to exist, Sections 8, 9, 10 and 11 of this act shall be in full force
4 and effect on and after passage and approval.
| Statement of Purpose |
| RS10392 |
This is the fiscal year 2002 appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality in the amount of $40,465,000. It limits the FTPs to 370.55; provides reappropriation authority for all unexpended FY 2001 funds; authorizes the transfer of $520,000 from the Water pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation Fund; exempts DEQ from the 10% transfer between programs limitation; and directs the uses of $1 million in Water Pollution Control Funds. The bill also transfers $510,000 from the General Fund to the Air Quality Permitting Fund and provides a fiscal year 2001 supplemental appropriation of $342,900.
 
| FY 2001 Original Appropriation |
357.55 |
16,248,200 |
6,129,200 |
14,239,300 |
36,616,700 |
| Reappropriations |
0.00 |
109,100 |
2,300,900 |
0 |
2,410,000 |
| Department of Environmental Quality |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1. Air Quality Permitting Interest |
0.00 |
510,000 |
0 |
0 |
510,000 |
| 2. Permits to Construct |
0.00 |
310,000 |
0 |
0 |
310,000 |
| 3. Ada County PM10 Maintenance Plan |
1.00 |
0 |
0 |
32,900 |
32,900 |
| Recover Gain Sharing (Neg Supp) |
0.00 |
(260,000) |
(101,000) |
(253,200) |
(614,200) |
| Other Approp Adjustments |
0.00 |
(510,000) |
0 |
0 |
(510,000) |
| FY 2001 Total Appropriation |
358.55 |
16,407,300 |
8,329,100 |
14,019,000 |
38,755,400 |
| Expenditure Adjustments |
7.00 |
0 |
422,400 |
720,800 |
1,143,200 |
| FY 2001 Estimated Expenditures |
365.55 |
16,407,300 |
8,751,500 |
14,739,800 |
39,898,600 |
| Base Adjustments |
(8.00) |
(783,900) |
(2,747,300) |
(907,900) |
(4,439,100) |
| Other Base Adjustments |
0.00 |
260,000 |
101,000 |
253,200 |
614,200 |
| FY 2002 Base |
357.55 |
15,883,400 |
6,105,200 |
14,085,100 |
36,073,700 |
| Personnel Cost Rollups |
0.00 |
88,800 |
35,600 |
83,200 |
207,600 |
| Inflationary Adjustments |
0.00 |
108,100 |
36,300 |
84,700 |
229,100 |
| Replacement Items |
0.00 |
192,300 |
74,000 |
148,700 |
415,000 |
| Nonstandard Adjustments |
0.00 |
44,900 |
0 |
44,700 |
89,600 |
| Change in Employee Compensation |
0.00 |
362,100 |
140,700 |
352,000 |
854,800 |
| Fund Shifts |
0.00 |
0 |
624,900 |
(624,900) |
0 |
| FY 2002 Program Maintenance |
357.55 |
16,679,600 |
7,016,700 |
14,173,500 |
37,869,800 |
| Enhancements |
|
|
|
|
|
| Department of Environmental Quality |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1. Increase Federal Grants |
7.00 |
0 |
453,100 |
1,154,700 |
1,607,800 |
| 2. CDA Basin Support Staff |
1.00 |
79,900 |
0 |
0 |
79,900 |
| 3. CDA Basin Cleanup |
0.00 |
(500,000) |
1,000,000 |
0 |
500,000 |
| 4. Air Quality Workload |
2.00 |
746,600 |
(577,000) |
0 |
169,600 |
| 5. Wastewater Permitting |
2.00 |
139,600 |
0 |
0 |
139,600 |
| 6. Nitrate Contamination |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 7. State NPDES Program |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 8. Ada County PM10 Maintenance Plan |
1.00 |
0 |
0 |
78,300 |
78,300 |
| 9. Recategorize Pocatello Aquifer |
0.00 |
20,000 |
0 |
0 |
20,000 |
| FY 2002 Total |
370.55 |
17,165,700 |
7,892,800 |
15,406,500 |
40,465,000 |
| Chg from FY 2001 Orig Approp |
13.00 |
917,500 |
1,763,600 |
1,167,200 |
3,848,300 |
| % Chg from FY 2001 Orig Approp. |
3.6% |
5.6% |
28.8% |
8.2% |
10.5% |
The total General Fund impact of this bill is $17,985,700.
Contact: Ray Houston 334-4741
Legislative Services Office, Budget & Policy Analysis
| Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note |
Bill No. S1245 |