FIRST CONFERENCE REPORT
The Committee of Conference on the matters of difference between the two Houses concerning
Senate Bill No. 766, entitled
A bill to make appropriations for the department of environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.
Recommends:
First: That the House recede from the Substitute of the House as passed by the House.
Second: That the Senate and House agree to the Substitute of the Senate as passed by the Senate, amended to read as follows:
(attached)
Third: That the Senate and House agree to the title of the bill to read as follows:
A bill to make appropriations for the department of environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.
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Mike Green Eileen Kowall
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Roger Kahn Anthony G. Forlini
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Hoon-Yung Hopgood Sarah Roberts
Conferees for the Senate Conferees for the House
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 766
A bill to make appropriations for the department of
environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2015; 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,
2015, from the following funds:
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,284.5
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 502,591,800
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 9,530,500
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 493,061,300
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 149,867,600
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 546,900
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 301,770,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 40,875,900
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose................................... 38,375,900
One-time state general fund/general
purpose.................................... 2,500,000
FUND SOURCE SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,284.5
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 502,591,800
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, MDOT - Michigan transportation fund............... 1,312,800
IDG, MDSP.............................................. 1,562,900
IDT, interdivisional charges........................... 2,053,400
IDT, laboratory services............................... 4,601,400
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 9,530,500
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 493,061,300
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 149,867,600
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 546,900
Air emissions fees..................................... 10,670,000
Campground fund........................................ 334,300
Clean Michigan initiative - response activities........ 5,500,000
Clean Michigan initiative - clean water fund........... 2,617,100
Clean Michigan initiative - contaminated sediments..... 665,000
Clean Michigan initiative - nonpoint source............ 500,000
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 22,620,500
Community pollution prevention fund.................... 250,000
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 342,400
Environmental education fund........................... 164,300
Environmental perpetual care fund...................... 115,000
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 8,247,300
Environmental protection fund.......................... 2,165,800
Environmental response fund............................ 5,721,100
Fees and collections................................... 478,100
Financial instruments.................................. 5,000,000
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 295,000
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 1,723,200
Infrastructure construction fund....................... 50,000
Land and water permit fees............................. 3,939,000
Landfill maintenance trust fund........................ 30,400
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 346,100
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 160,900
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 233,400
Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance............... 105,300
NPDES fees............................................. 4,468,900
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 11,398,100
Orphan well fund....................................... 2,345,800
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 661,500
Public utility assessments............................. 287,800
Public water supply fees............................... 4,896,700
Refined petroleum fund................................. 53,617,900
Retired engineers technical assistance program......... 670,400
Revitalization revolving loan fund..................... 101,000
Revolving loan revenue bonds........................... 11,400,000
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 100,500
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 5,128,000
Septage waste contingency fund......................... 18,100
Septage waste program fund............................. 540,700
Settlement funds....................................... 652,100
Sewage sludge land application fees.................... 1,113,500
Small business pollution prevention revolving loan
fund................................................. 163,000
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 167,500
Solid waste management fund - staff account............ 5,444,600
Stormwater permit fees................................. 3,067,400
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 116,176,100
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 593,100
Water analysis fees.................................... 2,260,200
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 3,844,600
Water quality protection fund.......................... 100,000
Water use reporting fees............................... 279,200
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 301,770,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 40,875,900
Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 13.0
Unclassified salaries--6.0 FTE positions............... $ 724,700
Executive direction--13.0 FTE positions................ 2,080,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 2,805,600
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 39,600
Special revenue funds:
Environmental response fund............................ 217,900
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 399,900
Refined petroleum fund................................. 593,100
Settlement funds....................................... 68,800
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,486,300
Sec. 103. OFFICE OF THE GREAT LAKES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 12.0
Office of the Great Lakes--12.0 FTE positions.......... $ 2,894,700
Coastal management grants.............................. 1,750,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 4,644,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 3,427,600
Special revenue funds:
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 213,900
Settlement funds....................................... 112,100
State general fund/general purpose .................... 891,100
Sec. 104. GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE
Full-time equated classified positions............ 6.0
Great Lakes restoration initiative--6.0 FTE positions.. $ 15,052,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 15,052,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 15,052,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 105. DEPARTMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 34.0
Central support services--34.0 FTE positions........... $ 4,090,800
Accounting service center.............................. 1,365,300
Administrative hearings................................ 373,800
Automated data processing.............................. 2,053,400
Building occupancy charges............................. 4,466,600
Environmental support projects......................... 5,000,000
Rent - privately owned property........................ 2,205,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 19,555,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, MDSP.............................................. 203,700
IDT, interdivisional charges........................... 2,053,400
IDT, laboratory services............................... 519,800
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 5,400
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees..................................... 1,232,900
Campground fund........................................ 28,000
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 1,704,500
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 28,700
Environmental perpetual care fund...................... 115,000
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 994,400
Environmental response fund............................ 272,500
Fees and collections................................... 23,800
Financial instruments.................................. 5,000,000
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 52,800
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 179,500
Land and water permit fees............................. 517,600
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 27,300
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 11,100
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 16,700
Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance............... 1,700
NPDES fees............................................. 219,000
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 918,200
Orphan well fund....................................... 29,100
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 36,100
Public utility assessments............................. 38,800
Public water supply fees............................... 184,200
Refined petroleum fund................................. 1,593,500
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 9,000
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 187,900
Septage waste program fund............................. 28,700
Settlement funds....................................... 211,500
Sewage sludge land application fees.................... 114,600
Small business pollution prevention revolving loan
fund................................................. 17,000
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 16,600
Solid waste management fund - staff account............ 581,600
Stormwater permit fees................................. 111,000
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 37,300
Water analysis fees.................................... 166,100
Water use reporting fees............................... 21,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,044,600
Sec. 106. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE
Full-time equated classified positions........... 40.0
Office of environmental assistance--40.0 FTE positions. $ 7,242,800
Pollution prevention local grants...................... 250,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 7,492,800
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 780,200
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 359,700
Air emissions fees..................................... 134,800
Community pollution prevention fund.................... 250,000
Environmental education fund........................... 164,300
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 1,483,700
Fees and collections................................... 118,700
Retired engineers technical assistance program......... 670,400
Settlement funds....................................... 259,700
Small business pollution prevention revolving loan
fund................................................. 132,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 3,138,600
Sec. 107. WATER RESOURCE DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 331.0
Land and water interface permit programs--83.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 11,714,600
Program direction and project assistance--30.0 FTE
positions............................................ 3,089,200
Water withdrawal assessment program--4.0 FTE positions. 613,600
Water quality and use initiative/general--5.0 FTE
positions............................................ 2,477,200
Real-time beach monitoring program..................... 500,000
Wetlands program....................................... 1,000,000
Expedited water/wastewater permits--3.0 FTE positions.. 50,000
Fish contaminant monitoring............................ 316,100
Groundwater discharge--22.0 FTE positions.............. 3,064,100
NPDES nonstormwater program--89.0 FTE positions........ 12,803,900
Surface water--95.0 FTE positions...................... 16,446,500
Federal - Great Lakes remedial action plan grants...... 700,000
Federal - nonpoint source water pollution grants....... 6,500,000
Contaminated lake and river sediment cleanup program... 665,000
Nonpoint source pollution prevention and control
project program...................................... 500,000
Wetland mitigation banking grants and loans............ 3,000,000
Water quality protection grants........................ 100,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 63,540,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, MDOT - Michigan transportation fund............... 1,227,600
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 22,909,700
Special revenue funds:
Clean Michigan initiative - clean water fund........... 2,617,100
Clean Michigan initiative - contaminated sediments..... 665,000
Clean Michigan initiative - nonpoint source............ 500,000
Environmental response fund............................ 202,000
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 1,449,200
Infrastructure construction fund....................... 50,000
Land and water permit fees............................. 3,081,700
NPDES fees............................................. 4,078,500
Refined petroleum fund................................. 440,700
Sewage sludge land application fees.................... 937,800
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 137,900
Stormwater permit fees................................. 2,869,900
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 3,000,000
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 277,000
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 810,900
Water quality protection fund.......................... 100,000
Water use reporting fees............................... 241,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 17,944,000
Sec. 108. LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions........... 14.0
Environmental investigations--14.0 FTE positions....... $ 2,810,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 2,810,900
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDT, laboratory services............................... 54,300
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 824,500
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees..................................... 56,000
Campground fund........................................ 4,100
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 223,500
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 3,000
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 138,600
Environmental response fund .......................... 51,000
Fees and collections................................... 3,700
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 5,600
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 18,700
Land and water permit fees............................. 77,000
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 4,200
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 1,700
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 2,600
NPDES fees............................................. 32,000
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 154,900
Orphan well fund....................................... 4,500
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 5,600
Public utility assessments............................. 4,100
Public water supply fees............................... 28,400
Refined petroleum fund................................. 363,400
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 1,400
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 36,500
Septage waste program fund............................. 4,400
Sewage sludge land application fees.................... 12,200
Small business pollution prevention revolving loan
fund................................................. 2,600
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 2,600
Solid waste management fund - staff account............ 78,200
Stormwater permit fees................................. 17,200
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 5,700
Water analysis fees.................................... 22,300
Water use reporting fees............................... 3,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 563,300
Sec. 109. AIR QUALITY DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 203.0
Air quality programs--203.0 FTE positions.............. $ 26,093,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 26,093,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 7,565,300
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees..................................... 8,587,400
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 1,337,000
Fees and collections................................... 282,800
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 134,900
Refined petroleum fund................................. 3,596,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 4,589,200
Sec. 110. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 319.5
Drinking water and environmental health--106.5 FTE
positions............................................ $ 15,982,300
Hazardous waste management program--51.0 FTE positions. 6,821,200
Low-level radioactive waste authority--2.0 FTE
positions............................................ 228,400
Medical waste program--2.0 FTE positions............... 297,700
Municipal assistance--34.0 FTE positions............... 6,534,700
Radiological protection program--12.0 FTE positions.... 1,693,900
Scrap tire regulatory program--11.0 FTE positions...... 1,323,400
Oil, gas, and mineral services--61.0 FTE positions..... 12,031,900
Recycling initiative--3.0 FTE positions................ 1,000,000
Solid waste management program--37.0 FTE positions..... 4,935,700
Drinking water program grants.......................... 1,330,000
Noncommunity water grants.............................. 2,000,000
Septage waste compliance grants........................ 275,000
Strategic water quality initiative grants and loans.... 97,000,000
Water pollution control and drinking water revolving
fund................................................. 87,943,000
Scrap tire grants...................................... 3,500,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 242,897,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, MDSP.............................................. 1,272,100
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 89,533,200
Special revenue funds:
Campground fund........................................ 285,700
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 298,300
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 3,700,100
Fees and collections................................... 34,200
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 297,700
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 141,200
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 203,700
Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance............... 103,000
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 9,205,600
Orphan well fund....................................... 2,293,900
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 597,300
Public utility assessments............................. 228,400
Public water supply fees............................... 4,222,200
Refined petroleum fund................................. 671,700
Revolving loan revenue bonds........................... 11,400,000
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 84,500
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 4,823,400
Septage waste contingency fund......................... 18,100
Septage waste program fund............................. 489,500
Solid waste management fund - staff account............ 4,457,500
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 98,176,100
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 249,800
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 2,821,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 7,288,700
Sec. 111. REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 312.0
Contaminated site investigations, cleanup and
revitalization--209.0 FTE positions.................. $ 29,385,200
Federal cleanup project management--55.0 FTE positions. 8,931,000
Laboratory services--48.0 FTE positions................ 6,092,000
Brownfield grants...................................... 5,500,000
Emergency cleanup actions.............................. 4,000,000
Environmental cleanup support.......................... 1,840,000
Environmental cleanup and redevelopment program........ 15,000,000
Refined petroleum product cleanup program.............. 32,900,000
Superfund cleanup...................................... 3,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 106,648,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDT, laboratory services............................... 3,807,200
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 8,315,000
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 187,200
Clean Michigan initiative - response activities........ 5,500,000
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 19,785,700
Environmental protection fund.......................... 2,165,800
Environmental response fund............................ 4,769,400
Landfill maintenance trust fund........................ 30,400
Public water supply fees............................... 303,300
Refined petroleum fund................................. 44,701,700
Revitalization revolving loan fund..................... 101,000
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 15,000,000
Water analysis fees.................................... 1,981,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 112. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ 8,551,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 8,551,600
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, MDOT - Michigan transportation fund............... 85,200
IDG, MDSP.............................................. 87,100
IDT, laboratory services............................... 220,100
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 1,414,900
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees..................................... 658,900
Campground fund........................................ 16,500
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 906,800
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 12,400
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 593,500
Environmental response fund............................ 208,300
Fees and collections................................... 14,900
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 22,700
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 75,800
Land and water permit fees............................. 262,700
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 16,900
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 6,900
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 10,400
Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance............... 600
NPDES fees............................................. 139,400
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 584,600
Orphan well fund....................................... 18,300
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 22,500
Public utility assessments............................. 16,500
Public water supply fees............................... 158,600
Refined petroleum fund................................. 1,657,200
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 5,600
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 80,200
Septage waste program fund............................. 18,100
Sewage sludge land application fees.................... 48,900
Small business pollution prevention revolving loan
fund................................................. 10,700
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 10,400
Solid waste management fund - staff account............ 327,300
Stormwater permit fees................................. 69,300
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 23,300
Water analysis fees.................................... 90,300
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 212,400
Water use reporting fees............................... 13,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 430,100
Sec. 113. ONE-TIME BASIS ONLY APPROPRIATIONS
Electronic document management......................... $ 2,500,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 2,500,000
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,500,000
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014-2015
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 2014-2015 is $342,646,800.00 and state
spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2014-2015 is $2,775,000.00. The itemized
statement below identifies appropriations from which spending to
local units of government will occur:
GRANTS
Noncommunity water grants.............................. $ 2,000,000
Scrap tire grants...................................... 500,000
Septage waste compliance program....................... 275,000
TOTAL.................................................. $ 2,775,000
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) "IDT" means intradepartmental transfer.
(f) "MDOT" means the state transportation department.
(g) "MDSP" means the department of state police.
(h) "NPDES" means national pollution discharge elimination
system.
Sec. 204. (1) For each new program or program expansion for
which funds in excess of $500,000.00 are appropriated in part 1,
the department shall identify specific benchmarks intended to
measure the performance or return on taxpayer investment of the
program and its associated expenditures. Not later than November 1,
2014, the department shall report the proposed benchmarks to the
house and senate appropriations subcommittees for that department,
the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget
director. The department shall provide an update on its progress in
achieving those benchmarks at an appropriations subcommittee
meeting called for the purpose of discussing benchmarks and their
status.
(2) It is the intent of the legislature that, beginning with
the budget for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, any
proposal for a new program or an expansion of an existing program
in excess of $500,000.00 initiated by the executive branch or the
legislature shall include, as part of the original proposal or
budget request, a list of benchmarks intended to measure the
performance or return on taxpayer investment of the program or
spending increase.
Sec. 205. Unless otherwise specified, the department 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. 207. The department and agencies receiving appropriations
in part 1 shall receive and retain copies of all reports funded
from appropriations in part 1. Federal and state guidelines for
short-term and long-term retention of records shall be followed.
The department may electronically retain copies of reports unless
otherwise required by federal and state guidelines.
Sec. 209. 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. 210. 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 and associated subcontractors 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. 211. 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. 212. The department shall not take disciplinary action
against an employee for communicating with a member of the
legislature or his or her staff.
Sec. 213. (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. 214. Funds appropriated in this part and 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. 215. (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. 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 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, 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 at the conclusion of the fiscal year.
(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 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. 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 1991 PA 160, 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, and 2013 PA 59 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, and 2013 PA 59 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, and 2013 PA 59
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. 221. 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 previous 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. 222. 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, 2014 and September 30, 2015.
Sec. 223. Part 1 provides authorizations to fund classified
positions during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. Line-
item appropriations include limitations on the number of payroll
hours to be funded, on the basis of 2,088 hours per each FTE
position. The department shall report the number of funded FTE
positions within 15 days after the effective date of this act. The
number of classified employees compensated through each line item
is limited by the authorized FTE positions indicated in part 1, as
adjusted for the number of reported funded FTE positions. The
report shall be provided to the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on environmental quality and the house and senate
fiscal agencies.
Sec. 225. 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. 228. The department shall provide a report on the
customer satisfaction evaluation program and the feedback received
to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on
environmental quality and the house and senate fiscal agencies by
July 1, 2015.
Sec. 229. The department shall provide a report on the
expedited permitting program to the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on environmental quality and the house and senate
fiscal agencies by July 1, 2015.
Sec. 231. 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. 234. Total authorized appropriations from all sources
under part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2015 are $34,046,600.00. From this amount, total agency
appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at
$19,029,300.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care
legacy costs are estimated at $15,017,300.00.
REMEDIATION DIVISION
Sec. 301. Revenues remaining in the interdepartmental
transfers, laboratory services 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, the environmental cleanup and
redevelopment program, and the refined petroleum product cleanup
program 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, 2019.
Sec. 303. Effective October 1, 2014, 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, 2014, 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) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the refined
petroleum product cleanup program shall be used to fund cleanup
activities on the following sites:
Site Name County
Laughing Whitefish Trading Post Alger
Geib Oil Company Allegan
Bob-A-Lu Market Alpena
Kihn's Suprette Alpena
Schultz's Market and Gas Alpena
Frankfort Station Benzie
Nyes Shell Service Berrien
Strefling Oil Co. Berrien
Strefling Oil Galien Pro Quick Mart Berrien
Clark #768 (Albion) Calhoun
Pioneer Auto Truck Stops Calhoun
Te-Khi Truck Auto Plaza Inc. Calhoun
J.J.'s General Store Charlevoix
Donald Johnson Cheboygan
Jack's Auto Repair Cheboygan
Rex Oil & Gas Cheboygan
The Depot Clare
Alexander Towing Crawford
Bob's Marathon Eaton
Maeward Inc. (Fabrications Plus, LLC) Eaton
Odyssey House, Flint Genesee
Sunshine Foods #119 Burton Genesee
Taber's Oil Co., Inc. Genesee
Estey Service Station Gladwin
Jim's Automotive Gladwin
Winegar's Trading Post Gladwin
Wilson's Grocery Gratiot
Bilcor Plastics Hillsdale
Engelhardt Petroleum, Inc. Gas Station Huron
Action Auto Inc. Ingham
Action Auto Store #30 Ingham
Clark Station #1995 Ingham
Graham Oil Bulk Plant Iosco
McDonald's Crosstown Service Kalamazoo
Davis Country Corners Kalkaska
1515 Madison Avenue SE Kent
MSI #635 Kent
E.J. Green Lapeer
Fred & Margaret Munger/Sunoco Lapeer
Market 103 Lapeer
Lakeside Resort and Party Store Leelanau
Ralph Herman Farm Leelanau
Teds Standard Service (former) Leelanau
A-1 Auto Parts Lenawee
Blissfield Marathon Lenawee
C & J Service (H. Jerry Powelka) Lenawee
Clayton Corners Lenawee
Darwins Truck & Auto Service Lenawee
The Pit Livingston
Slagg's Auto Service Mackinac
White Star Tavern Manistee
Quick Lube Mason
216 Millbrook, Mecosta Mecosta
Purcell Property Mecosta
Dutch Hutch Missaukee
Alexander's Full Service Newaygo
DOC Optical Oakland
Speed-E-Mart (former) Oakland
Wells Oil, 281 N. Shelby Rd. Oceana
William Crawford Property Oceana
Andy's Standard Osceola
Chuck's Corner Osceola
Hersey Party Store Osceola
West Otsego Lake Grocery Otsego
Onaway Tax Service Presque Isle
Radio Tavern Presque Isle
Vince's Sunoco Presque Isle
Winterhawk General Store Presque Isle
Thomas White Property Roscommon
Chapin General Store Saginaw
Clark #1072 Saginaw
Iva General Store Saginaw
M & K Investment Group LLC Saginaw
State Wide Expanded Triage Statewide
Imlay City Gas & Oil Tuscola
Mr. C's Service Tuscola
Broekhutzen Produce Van Buren
Jimmie's Filling Station Washtenaw
1801 S. Fort Street (Sunoco #0008-6520) Wayne
3901 Mt. Elliot, former service station Wayne
Anmas Inc. Wayne
Cal's Car Care, Incorporated – BTEX Wayne
(2) The department shall provide a report to the legislature
on the amount actually spent at each site listed in subsection (1)
and give a detailed account of the work actually performed at each
site.
Sec. 309. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the
brownfield grant program 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 $5,500,000.00.
(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2019.
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.
WATER RESOURCES DIVISION
Sec. 401. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for surface
water, not less than $700,000.00 and 5.0 FTEs shall be allocated to
support the permit review program within the aquatic nuisance
control program. The department shall report to the house and
senate appropriations subcommittees on environmental quality and
the house and senate fiscal agencies by September 30, 2015 on the
use of this funding and the number of permit applications processed
by the program in 2015.
Sec. 402. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the water
quality and use initiative/general line item, the department shall
produce a report detailing a comprehensive plan for the use of the
water quality and use initiative funding appropriated in part 1 and
identifying the amount of expenditures for specific programs made
from the water quality and use initiative/general line item, the
real-time beach monitoring program line item, and the wetlands
program line item. The report shall be submitted to the
chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives
appropriations subcommittees on environmental quality and the
senate and house fiscal agencies by September 30, 2015.
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.
AIR QUALITY DIVISION
Sec. 502. The department shall not assess additional penalties
under part 55 of the natural resources and environmental protection
act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5501 to 324.5542, for violations that
occurred under a previous owner unless compelled by a consent order
or judgment, or other legal requirement.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Sec. 603. From the funds appropriated in part 1, by December
31, 2014, the department shall compile and make available to the
public on a publicly accessible website a report containing a
summary document of each completed asset management plan for any
stormwater, asset management, or wastewater grant awarded to a
local unit of government to fund the development of a plan. As a
condition of receiving a stormwater, asset management, or
wastewater grant, a local unit of government shall make its asset
management plan available to the department upon request when
completed and shall retain copies of the plan that can be made
available to the public for a minimum of 15 years. The department
shall make available a summary document of each plan on a publicly
accessible website by September 30 of the year it was completed.
The summary document shall include a summary of the plan, the
plan's major identified assets, and contact information for the
local unit of government.
Sec. 604. Of the funds appropriated in part 1, if the balance
of revenue in the environmental pollution prevention fund is
anticipated to decline below anticipated spending levels at any
point during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015,
appropriations other than the hazardous waste management program
appropriation shall be reduced.
PART 2A
PROVISIONS CONCERNING ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 1201. It is the intent of the legislature to provide
appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2016 for
the line items listed in part 1. The fiscal year 2015-2016
appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those for fiscal
year 2014-2015, except that the line items will be adjusted for
changes in caseload and related costs, federal fund match rates,
economic factors, and available revenue. These adjustments will be
determined after the January 2015 consensus revenue estimating
conference.
Sec. 1202. It is the intent of the legislature that the
department identify the amounts for normal retirement costs and
legacy retirement costs for the fiscal year ending on September 30,
2016 for the line items listed in part 1.