HB-4233, As Passed House, June 13, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4233

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to make appropriations for the department of

 

environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2020; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. There is appropriated for the department of

 

environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2020, from the following funds:

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,274.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    469,425,900


   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................         3,148,600

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    466,277,300

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................       160,432,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Total local revenues...................................                 0

 

Total private revenues.................................         1,061,800

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................       262,263,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     42,519,200

 

FUND SOURCE SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,274.0

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    469,425,900

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from department of state police....................         1,787,100

 

IDG from state transportation department...............         1,361,500

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................         3,148,600

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $    466,277,300

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................       160,432,600

 

Total federal revenues.................................       160,432,600

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................         1,061,800

 

Total private revenues.................................         1,061,800


Air emissions fees.....................................        12,613,200

 

Aquatic nuisance control fund..........................           943,800

 

Campground fund........................................           328,600

 

Clean Michigan initiative - clean water fund...........         2,617,100

 

Clean Michigan initiative - nonpoint source............         2,000,000

 

Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................        20,121,000

 

Coal ash care fund.....................................           260,000

 

Community pollution prevention fund....................           250,000

 

Drinking water declaration of emergency reserve fund...               100

 

Electronic waste recycling fund........................           339,700

 

Environmental education fund...........................           176,500

 

Environmental pollution prevention fund................         6,860,800

 

Environmental protection fund..........................         2,521,400

 

Environmental response fund............................         5,012,200

 

Fees and collections...................................           395,500

 

Financial instruments..................................         8,652,200

 

Groundwater discharge permit fees......................         1,793,900

 

Infrastructure construction fund.......................            51,400

 

Laboratory services fees...............................         4,331,800

 

Land and water permit fees.............................         3,357,400

 

Landfill maintenance trust fund........................            31,000

 

Medical waste emergency response fund..................           342,700

 

Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue...............           101,100

 

Mineral well regulatory fee revenue....................           223,200

 

Native copper mine fund................................            50,000

 

Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance...............           370,200

 

NPDES fees.............................................         4,689,700


Oil and gas regulatory fund............................         7,331,200

 

Orphan well fund.......................................         4,329,800

 

Public swimming pool fund..............................           665,500

 

Public utility assessments.............................           418,500

 

Public water supply fees...............................         5,057,900

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................        41,428,100

 

Renew Michigan fund....................................        68,973,100

 

Revitalization revolving loan fund.....................           103,100

 

Revolving loan revenue bonds...........................        15,000,000

 

Sand extraction fee revenue............................            93,000

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................         5,119,300

 

Septage waste program fund.............................           530,600

 

Settlement funds.......................................           427,000

 

Sewage sludge land application fee.....................         1,020,000

 

Small business pollution prevention revolving loan

 

   fund.................................................           167,400

 

Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund...           175,300

 

Solid waste management fund - staff account............         5,276,200

 

Stormwater permit fees.................................         2,527,000

 

Strategic water quality initiatives fund...............         1,198,200

 

Underground storage tank cleanup fund..................        20,040,500

 

Wastewater operator training fees......................           608,600

 

Water analysis fees....................................         2,275,200

 

Water pollution control revolving fund.................           668,900

 

Water quality protection fund..........................           100,000

 

Water use reporting fees...............................           294,800

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................       262,263,700


State general fund/general purpose..................... $     42,519,200

 

   Sec. 102.  DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 83.0

 

Unclassified salaries--6.0 FTE positions............... $        819,500

 

Accounting service center..............................         1,438,000

 

Administrative hearings................................           396,000

 

Central support services--39.0 FTE positions...........         5,209,500

 

Communications and community outreach--31.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         4,635,200

 

Environmental support projects.........................         5,000,000

 

Executive direction--13.0 FTE positions................         2,123,600

 

Facilities management..................................         1,000,000

 

Property management....................................         7,630,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     28,252,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from department of state police....................            76,500

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................            29,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           364,100

 

Air emissions fees.....................................         1,534,000

 

Campground fund........................................            15,800

 

Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................         1,611,300

 

Electronic waste recycling fund........................            15,300

 

Environmental education fund...........................           176,500


Environmental pollution prevention fund................         1,759,700

 

Environmental protection fund..........................           327,000

 

Environmental response fund............................           531,600

 

Fees and collections...................................           151,500

 

Financial instruments..................................         7,369,100

 

Groundwater discharge permit fees......................           217,700

 

Laboratory services fees...............................           160,700

 

Land and water permit fees.............................           646,800

 

Medical waste emergency response fund..................            18,200

 

Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue...............             5,200

 

Mineral well regulatory fee revenue....................             9,100

 

Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance...............               800

 

NPDES fees.............................................           278,400

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................           948,000

 

Orphan well fund.......................................            53,600

 

Public swimming pool fund..............................            27,900

 

Public utility assessments.............................            21,400

 

Public water supply fees...............................           291,400

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................         2,652,600

 

Sand extraction fee revenue............................             4,300

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................           175,600

 

Septage waste program fund.............................            20,500

 

Settlement funds.......................................           427,000

 

Sewage sludge land application fees....................           125,800

 

Small business pollution prevention revolving loan

 

   fund.................................................            19,700

 

Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund...            19,100


Solid waste management fund - staff account............           371,400

 

Stormwater permit fees.................................           266,400

 

Wastewater operator training fees......................            35,000

 

Water analysis fees....................................           148,400

 

Water use reporting fees...............................            25,000

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      7,319,800

 

   Sec. 103.  WATER RESOURCES DIVISION

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 312.0

 

Aquatic nuisance control program--6.0 FTE positions.... $        943,800

 

Expedited water/wastewater permits--1.0 FTE position...            51,400

 

Federal - Great Lakes remedial action plan grants......           583,800

 

Federal - nonpoint source water pollution grants.......         4,083,300

 

Fish contaminant monitoring............................           316,100

 

Great Lakes restoration initiative.....................         6,252,100

 

Groundwater discharge permit program--22.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         2,963,000

 

Land and water interface permit programs--82.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................        11,974,700

 

Nonpoint source pollution prevention and control

 

   project program......................................         2,000,000

 

NPDES nonstormwater program--83.0 FTE positions........        13,404,000

 

Program direction and project assistance--27.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................         3,143,700

 

Surface water--86.0 FTE positions......................        15,785,800

 

Technology advancements for water monitoring...........           500,000

 

Water quality protection grants........................           100,000

 

Water withdrawal assessment program--5.0 FTE positions.           825,400


Wetlands program.......................................           800,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     63,727,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from state transportation department...............         1,296,900

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................        26,967,200

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Aquatic nuisance control fund..........................           943,800

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund - clean water fund......         2,617,100

 

Clean Michigan initiative fund - nonpoint source.......         2,000,000

 

Environmental response fund............................         1,404,800

 

Groundwater discharge permit fees......................         1,479,900

 

Infrastructure construction fund.......................            51,400

 

Land and water permit fees.............................         2,359,400

 

NPDES fees.............................................         4,234,300

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................           445,900

 

Sewage sludge land application fees....................           859,600

 

Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund...           143,200

 

Stormwater permit fees.................................         2,171,400

 

Wastewater operator training fees......................           293,200

 

Water pollution control revolving fund.................           146,800

 

Water quality protection fund..........................           100,000

 

Water use reporting fees...............................           253,400

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $     15,958,800

 

   Sec. 104.  LAW ENFORCEMENT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 15.0


Environmental investigations--15.0 FTE positions....... $       3,024,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      3,024,200

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................           575,800

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Air emissions fees.....................................            58,000

 

Campground fund........................................             2,100

 

Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................           192,500

 

Electronic waste recycling fund........................             1,600

 

Environmental pollution prevention fund................           265,400

 

Environmental response fund............................            41,900

 

Fees and collections...................................             4,100

 

Financial instruments..................................           532,800

 

Groundwater discharge permit fees......................            19,600

 

Laboratory services fees...............................            17,300

 

Land and water permit fees.............................            79,900

 

Medical waste emergency response fund..................             2,400

 

Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue...............               700

 

Mineral well regulatory fee revenue....................             1,200

 

NPDES fees.............................................            33,100

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................            89,300

 

Orphan well fund.......................................             7,100

 

Public swimming pool fund..............................             3,700

 

Public utility assessments.............................             2,000

 

Public water supply fees...............................            27,300

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................           375,800


Sand extraction fee revenue............................               600

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................            30,200

 

Septage waste program fund.............................             2,700

 

Sewage sludge land application fees....................            11,700

 

Small business pollution prevention revolving loan

 

   fund.................................................             2,600

 

Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund...             2,600

 

Solid waste management fund - staff account............            42,400

 

Stormwater permit fees.................................            18,300

 

Wastewater operator training fees......................             4,600

 

Water analysis fees....................................            18,300

 

Water use reporting fees...............................             3,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        553,500

 

   Sec. 105.  AIR QUALITY DIVISION

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 187.0

 

Air quality programs--187.0 FTE positions.............. $      27,800,400

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     27,800,400

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................         7,392,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Air emissions fees.....................................        10,340,700

 

Fees and collections...................................           205,400

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................           142,400

 

Public utility assessments.............................           150,000

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................         3,697,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      5,872,500


   Sec. 106.  RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 324.0

 

Drinking water and environmental health--120.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $     17,661,100

 

Drinking water program grants..........................           830,000

 

Hazardous waste management program--45.0 FTE positions.         6,692,400

 

Low-level radioactive waste authority--2.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................           237,200

 

Medical waste program--2.0 FTE positions...............           312,100

 

Municipal assistance--29.0 FTE positions...............         4,897,500

 

Noncommunity water grants..............................         1,905,700

 

Oil, gas, and mineral services--57.0 FTE positions.....        10,968,100

 

Pollution prevention--7.0 FTE positions................         2,284,000

 

Radiological protection program--12.0 FTE positions....         1,995,600

 

Recycling initiative--3.0 FTE positions................           997,700

 

Scrap tire grants......................................         3,500,000

 

Scrap tire regulatory program--10.0 FTE positions......         1,349,200

 

Septage waste compliance grants........................           275,000

 

Solid waste management program--37.0 FTE positions.....         5,264,000

 

Water state revolving funds............................       119,500,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $    178,669,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG from department of state police....................         1,691,300

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................       117,626,200

 

   Special revenue funds:


Private funds..........................................           505,200

 

Campground fund........................................           302,300

 

Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................           997,700

 

Coal ash care fund.....................................           260,000

 

Community pollution prevention fund....................           250,000

 

Electronic waste recycling fund........................           316,300

 

Environmental pollution prevention fund................         4,366,600

 

Fees and collections...................................            34,500

 

Medical waste emergency response fund..................           312,100

 

Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue...............            92,500

 

Mineral well regulatory fee revenue....................          208,000

 

Native copper mine fund................................            50,000

 

Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance...............           369,100

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................         5,818,000

 

Orphan well fund.......................................         4,239,600

 

Public swimming pool fund..............................           618,800

 

Public utility assessments.............................           237,200

 

Public water supply fees...............................         4,270,300

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................           721,400

 

Revolving loan revenue bonds...........................        15,000,000

 

Sand extraction fee revenue............................            85,800

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................         4,849,200

 

Septage waste program fund.............................           496,100

 

Small business pollution prevention revolving loan

 

   fund.................................................           134,400

 

Solid waste management fund - staff account............         4,687,700

 

Strategic water quality initiatives fund...............         1,198,200


Wastewater operator training fees......................           256,600

 

Water pollution control revolving fund.................           514,700

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      8,159,800

 

   Sec. 107.  REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 308.0

 

Contaminated site investigations, cleanup and

 

   revitalization--130.0 FTE positions.................. $     15,073,600

 

Emergency cleanup actions..............................         2,000,000

 

Environmental cleanup support..........................         1,000,000

 

Federal cleanup project management--40.0 FTE positions.         7,132,600

 

Laboratory services--39.0 FTE positions................         6,441,000

 

Refined petroleum product cleanup program--99.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................        34,772,900

 

Superfund cleanup......................................         1,000,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     67,420,100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................         6,480,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Private funds..........................................           192,500

 

Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................        16,510,600

 

Environmental protection fund..........................         2,107,000

 

Environmental response fund............................         2,864,800

 

Laboratory services fees...............................         4,089,000

 

Landfill maintenance trust fund........................            31,000

 

Public water supply fees...............................           317,800

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................        32,689,800


Revitalization revolving loan fund.....................           103,100

 

Water analysis fees....................................         2,034,200

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 108.  UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK AUTHORITY

 

   Full-time equated classified positions............ 5.0

 

Underground storage tank cleanup program--5.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................ $      20,040,500

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     20,040,500

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Underground storage tank cleanup fund..................        20,040,500

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

   Sec. 109.  RENEWING MICHIGAN'S ENVIRONMENT

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 40.0

 

Mapping and other support--5.0 FTE positions........... $      4,296,200

 

Renewing Michigan's environment program--35.0 FTE

 

   positions............................................        68,973,100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     73,269,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Renew Michigan fund....................................        68,973,100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $      4,296,200

 

   Sec. 110.  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

Information technology services and projects........... $       7,222,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      7,222,600

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:


IDG from department of state police....................            19,300

 

IDG from state transportation department...............            64,600

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Federal funds..........................................         1,361,000

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Air emission fees......................................           680,500

 

Campground fund........................................             8,400

 

Cleanup and redevelopment fund.........................           808,900

 

Electronic waste recycling fund........................             6,500

 

Environmental pollution prevention fund................           469,100

 

Environmental protection fund..........................            87,400

 

Environmental response fund............................           169,100

 

Financial instruments..................................           750,300

 

Groundwater discharge permit fees......................            76,700

 

Laboratory services fees...............................            64,800

 

Land and water permit fees.............................           271,300

 

Medical waste emergency response fund..................            10,000

 

Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue...............             2,700

 

Mineral well regulatory fee revenue....................             4,900

 

Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance...............               300

 

NPDES fees.............................................           143,900

 

Oil and gas regulatory fund............................           333,500

 

Orphan well fund.......................................            29,500

 

Public swimming pool fund..............................            15,100

 

Public utility assessments.............................             7,900

 

Public water supply fees...............................           151,100

 

Refined petroleum fund.................................           845,500


Sand extraction fee revenue............................             2,300

 

Scrap tire regulatory fund.............................            64,300

 

Septage waste program fund.............................            11,300

 

Sewage sludge land application fees....................            22,900

 

Small business pollution prevention revolving loan

 

   fund.................................................            10,700

 

Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund...            10,400

 

Solid waste management fund - staff account............           174,700

 

Stormwater permit fees.................................            70,900

 

Wastewater operator training fees......................            19,200

 

Water analysis fees....................................            74,300

 

Water pollution control revolving fund.................             7,400

 

Water use reporting fees...............................            13,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        358,600

 

   Sec. 111. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS

 

Drinking water declaration of emergency................ $             100

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $            100

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Drinking water declaration of emergency reserve fund...               100

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $              0

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020

 

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 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 is

 

$304,782,900.00 and state spending from state resources to be paid

 

to local units of government for the fiscal year ending September

 

30, 2020 is $19,646,000.00. The itemized statement below identifies

 

appropriations from which spending to local units of government

 

will occur:

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

Surface water.......................................... $        160,000

 

Technology advancements for water monitoring...........          500,000

 

Drinking water program grants..........................          600,000

 

Medical waste program..................................           70,000

 

Noncommunity water grants..............................        1,830,000

 

Pollution prevention...................................          250,000

 

Recycling initiative...................................          500,000

 

Scrap tire grants......................................          500,000

 

Septage waste compliance grants........................          120,000

 

Emergency cleanup actions..............................          116,000

 

Renewing Michigan's environment........................       15,000,000

 

TOTAL.................................................. $     19,646,000

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this part and

 

part 1 are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 

MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this part and part 1:

 

     (a) "Department" means the department of environmental

 

quality.


     (b) "Director" means the director of the department.

 

     (c) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (d) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (e) "NPDES" means national pollution discharge elimination

 

system.

 

     Sec. 204. The departments and agencies receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall use the internet to fulfill the

 

reporting requirements of this part. This requirement 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. 205. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference shall be given to

 

goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality. In addition, preference shall be given to goods or

 

services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality.

 

     Sec. 206. The director shall take all reasonable steps to

 

ensure businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for

 

and perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. The

 

director shall strongly encourage firms with which the department

 

contracts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and

 

deprived communities for services, supplies, or both.


     Sec. 207. The departments and agencies receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall prepare a report on out-of-state

 

travel expenses not later than January 1 of each year. The travel

 

report shall be a listing of 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 house and senate appropriations committees, the

 

house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.

 

The report shall include the following information:

 

     (a) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (b) The total 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.

 

     Sec. 208. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by a

 

principal executive department, state agency, or authority to hire

 

a person to provide legal services that are the responsibility of

 

the attorney general. This prohibition does not apply to legal

 

services for bonding activities and for those activities that the

 

attorney general authorizes.

 

     Sec. 209. Not later than November 30, the state budget office

 

shall prepare and transmit a report that provides for estimates of

 

the total general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses at the

 

close of the prior fiscal year. This report shall summarize the

 

projected year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation


lapses by major departmental program or program areas. The report

 

shall be transmitted to the chairpersons of the senate and house

 

appropriations committees and the senate and house fiscal agencies.

 

     Sec. 210. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 

there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $30,000,000.00 for

 

federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

in part 1 under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,

 

1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     (2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $5,000,000.00 for state

 

restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

in part 1 under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,

 

1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     (3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for local

 

contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1

 

under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 

MCL 18.1393.

 

     (4) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 for private

 

contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure

 

until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1

 

under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 

MCL 18.1393.


     Sec. 211. The department shall cooperate with the department

 

of technology, management, and budget to maintain a searchable

 

website accessible by the public at no cost that includes, but is

 

not limited to, all of the following for each department or agency:

 

     (a) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by category.

 

     (b) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by appropriation unit.

 

     (c) Fiscal year-to-date payments to a selected vendor,

 

including the vendor name, payment date, payment amount, and

 

payment description.

 

     (d) The number of active department employees by job

 

classification.

 

     (e) Job specifications and wage rates.

 

     Sec. 212. Within 14 days after the release of the executive

 

budget recommendation, the department shall cooperate with the

 

state budget office to provide the senate and house appropriations

 

chairs, the senate and house appropriations subcommittee chairs,

 

and the senate and house fiscal agencies with an annual report on

 

estimated state restricted fund balances, state restricted fund

 

projected revenues, and state restricted fund expenditures for the

 

fiscal years ending September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2020.

 

     Sec. 213. The department shall maintain, on a publicly

 

accessible website, a department scorecard that identifies, tracks,

 

and regularly updates key metrics that are used to monitor and

 

improve the agency's performance.

 

     Sec. 214. Total authorized appropriations from all sources

 

under part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September

 

30, 2020 are estimated at $31,893,100.00. From this amount, total


agency appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are

 

estimated at $15,504,000.00. Total agency appropriations for

 

retiree health care legacy costs are estimated at $16,389,100.00.

 

     Sec. 216. (1) The department shall report all of the following

 

information relative to allocations made from appropriations for

 

the environmental cleanup and redevelopment program, state

 

cleanups, emergency actions, superfund cleanups, 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, the refined

 

petroleum product 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 by September 30, 2020.


     (g) The number of brownfield projects that were successfully

 

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 section 20108c of the natural resources and

 

environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.20108c.

 

     (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. 217. (1) The department may 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, the refined petroleum product cleanup

 

program, brownfield grants and loans, waterfront grants, and the

 

environmental bond site reclamation program.

 

     (2) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from

 

appropriations from the environmental protection bond fund

 

contained in 2003 PA 173, 2005 PA 109, 2006 PA 343, 2011 PA 63, and

 

2012 PA 236 are appropriated for expenditure for any site listed in


this part and part 1 and any site listed in the public acts

 

referenced in this section.

 

     (3) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from

 

appropriations from the clean Michigan initiative fund - response

 

activities contained in 2000 PA 52, 2004 PA 309, 2005 PA 11, 2006

 

PA 343, 2007 PA 121, 2011 PA 63, 2013 PA 59, 2014 PA 252, 2015 PA

 

84, 2016 PA 268, and 2017 PA 107 are appropriated for expenditure

 

for any site listed in this part and part 1 and any site listed in

 

the public acts referenced in this section.

 

     (4) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from

 

appropriations from the refined petroleum fund activities contained

 

in 2007 PA 121, 2008 PA 247, 2009 PA 118, 2010 PA 189, 2011 PA 63,

 

2012 PA 200, 2013 PA 59, 2014 PA 252, 2015 PA 84, 2016 PA 268, 2017

 

PA 107, and 2018 PA 207 are appropriated for expenditure for any

 

site listed in this part and part 1 and any site listed in the

 

public acts referenced in this section.

 

     (5) Unexpended and unencumbered amounts remaining from the

 

appropriations from the strategic water quality initiatives fund

 

contained in 2011 PA 50, 2011 PA 63, 2012 PA 200, 2013 PA 59, 2014

 

PA 252, 2015 PA 84, 2016 PA 268, 2017 PA 107, and 2018 PA 207 are

 

appropriated for expenditure for any site listed in this part and

 

part 1 and any site listed in the public acts referenced in this

 

section.

 

     Sec. 219. Unexpended settlement revenues at the end of the

 

fiscal year may be carried forward into the settlement fund in the

 

succeeding fiscal year up to a maximum carryforward of

 

$2,500,000.00.


     Sec. 220. The department shall not take disciplinary action

 

against an employee for communicating with a member of the

 

legislature or his or her staff.

 

     Sec. 221. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used

 

by the department to promulgate a rule that will apply to a small

 

business and that will have a disproportionate economic impact on

 

small businesses because of the size of those businesses if the

 

department fails to reduce the disproportionate economic impact of

 

the rule on small businesses as provided under section 40 of the

 

administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.240.

 

     (2) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Rule" means that term as defined under section 7 of the

 

administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.207.

 

     (b) "Small business" means that term as defined under section

 

7a of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL

 

24.207a.

 

     Sec. 235. The department shall prepare an annual report to the

 

legislature by March 31 that details all of the following for each

 

of the allocations from the clean Michigan initiative bond fund as

 

described in section 19607(1)(a) to (i) of the natural resources

 

and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19607:

 

     (a) The progress of projects funded in each category.

 

     (b) The current cost to date of all projects funded in each

 

category.

 

     (c) The estimated remaining cost of all projects funded in

 

each category.

 

     (d) The remaining balance of money in the fund allocated for


each category.

 

     (e) The total debt obligation on all clean Michigan initiative

 

bonds and the length of time remaining until full bond repayment is

 

achieved.

 

     Sec. 236. The department shall provide a report detailing the

 

expenditure of departmental funds appropriated in 2015 PA 143, 2016

 

PA 3, 2016 PA 268, and 2016 PA 340. The report shall include the

 

following:

 

     (a) The names and locations of entities receiving funds.

 

     (b) The purpose for each expenditure.

 

     (c) The status of programs supported by this funding.

 

     (d) A brief description of how related problems have been or

 

will be resolved if expenditures are made for immediate response.

 

     (e) The job titles and number of departmental FTEs engaged in

 

the Flint declaration of emergency response effort.

 

     Sec. 237. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall be responsible for the necessary and reasonable

 

attorney fees and costs incurred by private and independent legal

 

counsel chosen by current and former classified and unclassified

 

department employees in the defense of the department employees

 

named as a party in any state or federal lawsuits or investigations

 

related to the city of Flint municipal water system.

 

     Sec. 238. From funds appropriated in part 1, the department

 

shall post the following on the department's publicly accessible

 

website:

 

     (a) By November 1, a report listing each fee the department

 

assessed during the previous fiscal year. The report shall include


the dollar amount of each fee, the amount of revenue that was

 

projected to be received from each fee at the beginning of the

 

previous fiscal year, and the actual revenue received for each fee.

 

If the actual revenue for a particular fee is not available by

 

November 1, the department may use an unaudited or estimated figure

 

and indicate it as such in the report.

 

     (b) By November 1, a report listing all fees currently

 

assessed by the department. The report shall include the dollar

 

amount of each fee, projected revenue for each fee, and the program

 

areas within the department that each fee will support. The report

 

shall also list the fund into which each fee is deposited. By May

 

1, the department shall update this report with year-to-date

 

revenue for each fee.

 

     (c) By November 1, a report listing all federal and state fund

 

sources utilized by the department during the previous fiscal year.

 

The report shall include the amount of revenue that was projected

 

to be received from each fund source at the beginning of that

 

fiscal year, the current balance of each fund source, and the

 

actual revenue received for each fund source during that fiscal

 

year. If actual revenue for a particular fund or the actual balance

 

of a particular fund is not available by November 1, the department

 

may use an unaudited or estimated figure and indicate it as such in

 

the report.

 

     (d) By November 1, a report listing the federal and state fund

 

sources that will be utilized by the department during the current

 

fiscal year. The report shall contain the following for each fund

 

source: an estimate of revenue that will be collected during the


fiscal year, the balance of the fund source at the beginning of the

 

fiscal year, and the program areas within the department that each

 

fund source will support. If the actual fund balance is not

 

available on November 1, the department may use an unaudited or

 

estimated figure and indicate it as such in the report. By May 1,

 

the department shall update this report with year-to-date figures

 

for each item in the report, and include year-to-date revenue for

 

each fund source.

 

     (e) Any audits conducted on department programs or funds.

 

     Sec. 239. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for central

 

support services, not more than $150,000.00 is designated for the

 

chair of the environmental rules review committee to contract with

 

consultants pursuant to section 65 of the administrative procedures

 

act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.265, to assist with business

 

before the committee.

 

     Sec. 240. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for air

 

quality programs, $100,000.00 is designated for an air quality

 

impact study in southeast Michigan on the cumulative impact of

 

pollutants.

 

 

 

REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION

 

     Sec. 301. Revenues remaining in the laboratory services fees

 

fund at the end of the fiscal year shall carry forward into the

 

succeeding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 302. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

emergency cleanup actions are designated as a work project

 

appropriation and any unencumbered or unallotted funds shall not

 


lapse at the end of the fiscal year and shall be available for

 

expenditures for projects under this section until the projects

 

have been completed. The following is in compliance with section

 

451a of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:

 

     (a) The purpose of the project is to provide contaminated site

 

cleanup.

 

     (b) The project will be accomplished by utilizing contracts

 

with service providers.

 

     (c) The total estimated cost of the project is $2,000,000.00.

 

     (d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2024.

 

     Sec. 303. Effective October 1, 2019, surplus funds not to

 

exceed $1,000,000.00 in the cleanup and redevelopment trust fund

 

are appropriated to the environmental protection fund created in

 

section 503a of the natural resources and environmental protection

 

act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.503a.

 

     Sec. 304. Effective October 1, 2019, surplus funds not to

 

exceed $1,000,000.00 in the community pollution prevention fund

 

created in section 3f of 1976 IL 1, MCL 445.573f, are appropriated

 

to the environmental protection fund created in section 503a of the

 

natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,

 

MCL 324.503a.

 

     Sec. 305. It is the intent of the legislature to repay the

 

refined petroleum fund for the $70,000,000.00 that was transferred

 

to the environmental protection fund created in section 503a of the

 

natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,

 

MCL 324.503a, as part of the resolution for the fiscal year 2006-

 

2007 budget.


     Sec. 306. (1) Subject to section 314 of this part, the funds

 

appropriated in part 1 for the refined petroleum cleanup program

 

shall be used to fund corrective actions performed by the

 

department pursuant to section 21320 of the natural resources and

 

environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.21320.

 

     (2) By January 1, the department shall provide a report to the

 

house and senate subcommittees on environmental quality and the

 

state budget director on the refined petroleum product cleanup

 

program containing the following information:

 

     (a) A list of sites the department intends to work on during

 

the current fiscal year, including the fiscal year the project

 

began.

 

     (b) A list of sites at which the department performed

 

corrective actions during the previous fiscal year.

 

     (c) A list of sites the department closed during the previous

 

fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 308. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

refined petroleum product cleanup program are designated as a work

 

project appropriation, and any unencumbered or unallotted funds

 

shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year and shall be

 

available for expenditures for projects under this section until

 

the projects have been completed. The following is in compliance

 

with section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 

MCL 18.1451a:

 

     (a) The purpose of the project is to provide contaminated site

 

cleanup.

 

     (b) The project will be accomplished by utilizing contracts


with service providers.

 

     (c) The total estimated cost of the project is $34,849,000.00.

 

     (d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2024.

 

     Sec. 310. (1) Upon approval by the state budget director, the

 

department may expend from the general fund of the state an amount

 

to meet the cash-flow requirements of projects funded under any of

 

the following that are financed from bond proceeds and for which

 

bonds have been authorized but not yet issued:

 

     (a) Part 52 of the natural resources and environmental

 

protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5201 to 324.5206.

 

     (b) Part 193 of the natural resources and environmental

 

protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19301 to 324.19306.

 

     (c) Part 196 of the natural resources and environmental

 

protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19601 to 324.19616.

 

     (2) Upon the sale of bonds for projects described in

 

subsection (1), the department shall credit the general fund of the

 

state an amount equal to that expended from the general fund.

 

     Sec. 311. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

remediation and redevelopment division, the department shall

 

remediate the oil-contaminated Zephyr site at Bear Lake in Muskegon

 

County.

 

     Sec. 312. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for renewing

 

Michigan's environment program, the department shall pay water

 

connection costs for consumers determined to be affected by PFAS

 

contamination in Oscoda Township in Iosco County.

 

     Sec. 313. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for renewing

 

Michigan's environment program, the department shall pay costs up


to $410,000.00 for the drinking water treatment plant dismantling

 

and disposal in the city of Parchment in Kalamazoo County.

 

 

 

WATER RESOURCES DIVISION

 

     Sec. 401. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for surface

 

water, the department shall collaborate with the Ottawa County

 

administrator's office to establish a comprehensive groundwater

 

monitoring network to collect data on groundwater use, flow, and

 

recharge dynamics across the county.

 

     Sec. 405. 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. 410. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

department shall compile a report on the status of the

 

implementation plan for the western Lake Erie basin collaborative

 

agreement. In an effort to learn more about the presence and timing

 

of harmful algal blooms, the report shall contain all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) An estimated cost of removal of total phosphorus per pound

 

at the 4 major wastewater treatment plants.

 

     (b) A description of the grants that have been awarded.

 

     (c) A description of the work that has commenced on the issue

 


of dissolved reactive phosphorus, the expected objectives and

 

outcomes of that work, and a list of the parties involved in that

 

effort.

 

     (d) A description of the efforts and outcomes aimed at the

 

total phosphorus reduction for the River Raisin watershed.

 

     Sec. 413. From funds appropriated in part 1 for surface water,

 

$150,000.00 is allocated to the continuation of the department's

 

contract for the cooperative lakes monitoring program and the

 

voluntary stream monitoring program to ensure the continued

 

operation of these programs.

 

 

 

RENEWING MICHIGAN'S ENVIRONMENT

 

     Sec. 501. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

renewing Michigan's environment program are designated as a work

 

project appropriation, and any unencumbered or unallotted funds

 

shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year and shall be

 

available for expenditures for projects under this section until

 

the projects have been completed. The following is in compliance

 

with section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 

MCL 18.1451a:

 

     (a) The purpose of the project is to provide contamination

 

cleanup, waste management, and recycling.

 

     (b) The project will be accomplished by utilizing contracts

 

with service providers.

 

     (c) The total estimated cost of the project is $69,000,000.00.

 

     (d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2024.

 

     Sec. 502. As a condition of expenditure of appropriations for

 


testing drinking water wells, if a drinking water well has tested

 

positive for elevated PFAS levels below 70 parts per trillion, the

 

department shall retest the well or arrange for it to be retested

 

at least once every 24 months.

 

 

 

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK AUTHORITY

 

     Sec. 701. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the

 

underground storage tank cleanup program are designated as a work

 

project appropriation, and any unencumbered or unallotted funds

 

shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year and shall be

 

available for expenditures for projects under this section until

 

the projects have been completed. The following is in compliance

 

with section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 

MCL 18.1451a:

 

     (a) The purpose of the project is to provide contaminated site

 

cleanup.

 

     (b) The project will be accomplished by utilizing contracts

 

with service providers.

 

     (c) The total estimated cost of the project is $20,044,300.00.

 

     (d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2024.