FIRST CONFERENCE REPORT
The Committee of Conference on the matters of difference between the two Houses concerning
House Bill No. 4231, entitled
Recommends:
First: That the Senate recede from the Substitute of the Senate as passed by the Senate.
Second: That the House and Senate agree to the Substitute of the House as passed by the House, amended to read as follows:
(attached)
Third: That the House and Senate 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, 2018; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.
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Mary Whiteford Mike Green
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Scott VanSingel Peter MacGregor
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Yousef Rabhi Hoon-Yung Hopgood
Conferees for the House Conferees for the Senate
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4231
A bill to make appropriations for the department of
environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2018; 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,
2018, from the following funds:
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,227.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 507,317,700
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 3,100,500
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 504,217,200
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 170,042,600
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 0
Total private revenues................................. 555,300
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 287,825,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 45,794,000
FUND SOURCE SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,227.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 507,317,700
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from department of state police.................... 1,754,600
IDG from state transportation department............... 1,345,900
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 3,100,500
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 504,217,200
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 170,042,600
Total federal revenues................................. 170,042,600
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 555,300
Total private revenues................................. 555,300
Air emissions fees..................................... 12,224,200
Aquatic nuisance control fund.......................... 918,800
Campground fund........................................ 319,300
Clean Michigan initiative - clean water fund........... 3,417,100
Clean Michigan initiative - contaminated sediment...... 1,565,000
Clean Michigan initiative - nonpoint source............ 2,000,000
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 19,583,600
Community pollution prevention fund.................... 250,000
Drinking water declaration of emergency reserve fund... 100
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 329,200
Environmental education fund........................... 168,500
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 6,676,100
Environmental protection fund.......................... 2,447,600
Environmental response fund............................ 3,776,600
Fees and collections................................... 391,900
Financial instruments.................................. 9,455,900
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 392,800
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 1,762,000
Infrastructure construction fund....................... 50,900
Laboratory services fees............................... 4,237,900
Land and water permit fees............................. 3,247,600
Landfill maintenance trust fund........................ 31,000
Lawsuit settlement proceeds fund....................... 3,000,000
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 332,600
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 100,600
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 220,400
Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance............... 358,900
NPDES fees............................................. 4,567,100
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 5,164,500
Orphan well fund....................................... 2,415,200
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 655,000
Public utility assessments............................. 413,500
Public water supply fees............................... 4,938,700
Refined petroleum fund................................. 56,612,900
Revitalization revolving loan fund..................... 103,100
Revolving loan revenue bonds........................... 15,000,000
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 92,600
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 5,095,100
Septage waste contingency fund......................... 3,400
Septage waste program fund............................. 525,900
Settlement funds....................................... 426,100
Sewage sludge land application fee..................... 994,500
Small business pollution prevention revolving loan
fund................................................. 165,700
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 169,900
Solid waste management fund - staff account............ 5,114,600
Stormwater permit fees................................. 3,024,800
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 81,196,000
Underground storage tank cleanup fund.................. 20,016,800
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 588,600
Water analysis fees.................................... 2,249,300
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 647,300
Water quality protection fund.......................... 100,000
Water use reporting fees............................... 286,100
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 287,825,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 45,794,000
Sec. 102. DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 47.0
Unclassified salaries--6.0 FTE positions............... $ 776,600
Accounting service center.............................. 1,401,300
Administrative hearings................................ 383,900
Central support services--34.0 FTE positions........... 7,184,100
Environmental support projects......................... 5,000,000
Executive direction--13.0 FTE positions................ 2,117,800
Facilities management.................................. 1,000,000
Property management.................................... 7,070,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 24,934,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from department of state police.................... 61,000
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 27,600
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees..................................... 1,309,700
Campground fund........................................ 14,700
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 1,516,900
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 15,300
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 802,700
Environmental protection fund.......................... 319,800
Environmental response fund............................ 525,500
Fees and collections................................... 27,900
Financial instruments.................................. 7,298,800
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 14,100
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 209,200
Laboratory services fees............................... 155,300
Land and water permit fees............................. 590,400
Lawsuit settlement proceeds fund....................... 3,000,000
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 16,700
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 4,700
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 8,400
Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance............... 800
NPDES fees............................................. 260,700
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 1,004,800
Orphan well fund....................................... 49,100
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 25,500
Public utility assessments............................. 20,200
Public water supply fees............................... 274,800
Refined petroleum fund................................. 2,497,500
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 3,900
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 157,700
Septage waste program fund............................. 18,700
Settlement funds....................................... 49,500
Sewage sludge land application fee..................... 120,700
Small business pollution prevention revolving loan
fund................................................. 18,000
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 17,600
Solid waste management fund - staff account............ 314,800
Stormwater permit fees................................. 255,400
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 32,100
Water analysis fees.................................... 141,300
Water use reporting fees............................... 23,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 3,729,400
Sec. 103. OFFICE OF THE GREAT LAKES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 12.0
Coastal management grants.............................. $ 1,250,000
Office of the Great Lakes--12.0 FTE positions.......... 2,186,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 3,436,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 2,043,600
Special revenue funds:
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 371,100
Settlement funds....................................... 113,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 908,000
Sec. 104. GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE
Full-time equated classified positions............ 6.0
Great Lakes restoration initiative--6.0 FTE positions.. $ 15,095,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 15,095,600
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 15,095,600
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 105. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE
Full-time equated classified positions........... 38.0
Office of environmental assistance--38.0 FTE positions. $ 6,293,400
Pollution prevention local grants...................... 250,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 6,543,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 704,700
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 364,200
Air emissions fees..................................... 138,500
Community pollution prevention fund.................... 250,000
Environmental education fund........................... 168,500
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 1,507,300
Fees and collections................................... 120,100
Settlement funds....................................... 262,900
Small business pollution prevention revolving loan
fund................................................. 134,400
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,892,800
Sec. 106. WATER RESOURCES DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 316.0
Aquatic nuisance control program--6.0 FTE positions.... $ 918,800
Contaminated lake and river sediment cleanup program... 1,565,000
Expedited water/wastewater permits--1.0 FTE position... 50,900
Federal - Great Lakes remedial action plan grants...... 583,800
Federal - nonpoint source water pollution grants....... 4,083,300
Fish contaminant monitoring............................ 316,100
Groundwater discharge permit program--22.0 FTE
positions............................................ 3,214,800
Land and water interface permit programs--82.0 FTE
positions............................................ 11,671,500
Nonpoint source pollution prevention and control
project program...................................... 2,000,000
NPDES nonstormwater program--83.0 FTE positions........ 13,060,600
Program direction and project assistance--27.0 FTE
positions............................................ 3,055,100
Real-time beach monitoring program..................... 500,000
Surface water--86.0 FTE positions...................... 15,557,000
Water quality and use initiative/general--5.0 FTE
positions............................................ 1,645,700
Water quality protection grants........................ 100,000
Water withdrawal assessment program--4.0 FTE positions. 1,428,600
Wetland mitigation banking grants and loans............ 3,000,000
Wetlands program....................................... 1,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 63,751,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from state transportation department............... 1,259,800
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 20,268,800
Special revenue funds:
Aquatic nuisance control fund.......................... 918,800
Clean Michigan initiative fund - clean water fund...... 3,417,100
Clean Michigan initiative fund - contaminated sediment. 1,565,000
Clean Michigan initiative fund - nonpoint source....... 2,000,000
Environmental response fund............................ 204,800
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 1,457,300
Infrastructure construction fund....................... 50,900
Land and water permit fees............................. 2,313,200
NPDES fees............................................. 4,133,100
Refined petroleum fund................................. 442,000
Sewage sludge land application fee..................... 838,700
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 139,300
Stormwater permit fees................................. 2,681,000
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 3,000,000
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 283,700
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 140,100
Water quality protection fund.......................... 100,000
Water use reporting fees............................... 246,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 18,290,900
Sec. 107. LAW ENFORCEMENT
Full-time equated classified positions........... 14.0
Environmental investigations--14.0 FTE positions....... $ 2,830,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 2,830,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 575,600
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees..................................... 57,200
Campground fund........................................ 2,100
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 188,200
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 1,600
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 108,000
Environmental response fund............................ 41,200
Fees and collections................................... 4,100
Financial instruments.................................. 521,600
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 1,500
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 18,800
Laboratory services fees............................... 15,800
Land and water permit fees............................. 78,300
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 2,400
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 700
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 1,200
NPDES fees............................................. 32,300
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 87,300
Orphan well fund....................................... 7,100
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 3,700
Public utility assessments............................. 2,000
Public water supply fees............................... 26,500
Refined petroleum fund................................. 364,700
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 600
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 29,400
Septage waste program fund............................. 2,700
Sewage sludge land application fee..................... 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............ 41,700
Stormwater permit fees................................. 17,500
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 4,600
Water analysis fees.................................... 18,200
Water use reporting fees............................... 3,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 553,000
Sec. 108. AIR QUALITY DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 189.0
Air quality programs--189.0 FTE positions.............. $ 27,132,400
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 27,132,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 7,196,800
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees..................................... 10,052,400
Fees and collections................................... 205,300
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 136,400
Public utility assessments............................. 150,000
Refined petroleum fund................................. 3,577,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 5,814,000
Sec. 109. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 305.0
Drinking water and environmental health--106.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 14,982,500
Drinking water program grants.......................... 830,000
Hazardous waste management program--45.0 FTE positions. 6,506,900
Low-level radioactive waste authority--2.0 FTE
positions............................................ 233,400
Medical waste program--2.0 FTE positions............... 303,500
Municipal assistance--29.0 FTE positions............... 4,818,800
Noncommunity water grants.............................. 1,905,700
Oil, gas, and mineral services--59.0 FTE positions..... 6,680,900
Radiological protection program--12.0 FTE positions.... 1,977,200
Recycling initiative--3.0 FTE positions................ 1,011,800
Scrap tire grants...................................... 3,500,000
Scrap tire regulatory program--10.0 FTE positions...... 1,343,700
Septage waste compliance grants........................ 275,000
Solid waste management program--37.0 FTE positions..... 5,077,800
Strategic water quality initiative grants and loans.... 62,000,000
Water state revolving funds............................ 120,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 231,447,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from department of state police.................... 1,667,800
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 116,450,300
Special revenue funds:
Campground fund........................................ 294,100
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 305,800
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 3,798,700
Fees and collections................................... 34,500
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 303,500
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 92,500
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 205,900
Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance............... 357,800
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 3,609,400
Orphan well fund....................................... 2,329,500
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 610,700
Public utility assessments............................. 233,400
Public water supply fees............................... 4,178,900
Refined petroleum fund................................. 688,700
Revolving loan revenue bonds........................... 15,000,000
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 85,800
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 4,843,700
Septage waste contingency fund......................... 3,400
Septage waste program fund............................. 493,200
Solid waste management fund - staff account............ 4,586,900
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 63,196,000
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 249,000
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 499,800
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 7,327,900
Sec. 110. REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 295.0
Contaminated site investigations, cleanup and
revitalization--131.0 FTE positions.................. $ 15,097,800
Emergency cleanup actions.............................. 3,000,000
Environmental cleanup and redevelopment program........ 15,000,000
Environmental cleanup support.......................... 1,840,000
Federal cleanup project management--40.0 FTE positions. 6,986,500
Laboratory services--39.0 FTE positions................ 6,328,000
Refined petroleum product cleanup program--85.0 FTE
positions............................................ 34,491,100
Superfund cleanup...................................... 1,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 83,743,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 6,354,900
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 191,100
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 17,086,300
Environmental protection fund.......................... 2,040,400
Environmental response fund............................ 2,839,500
Laboratory services fees............................... 4,002,000
Landfill maintenance trust fund........................ 31,000
Public water supply fees............................... 310,500
Refined petroleum fund................................. 32,457,100
Revitalization revolving loan fund..................... 103,100
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 15,000,000
Water analysis fees.................................... 2,015,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,312,000
Sec. 111. UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK AUTHORITY
Full-time equated classified positions............ 5.0
Underground storage tank cleanup program--5.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 20,016,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 20,016,800
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Underground storage tank cleanup fund.................. 20,016,800
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 112. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ 8,986,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 8,986,900
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG from department of state police.................... 25,800
IDG from state transportation department............... 86,100
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 1,324,700
Special revenue funds:
Air emission fees...................................... 666,400
Campground fund........................................ 8,400
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 792,200
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 6,500
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 459,400
Environmental protection fund.......................... 87,400
Environmental response fund............................ 165,600
Financial instruments.................................. 1,635,500
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 6,100
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 76,700
Laboratory services fees............................... 64,800
Land and water permit fees............................. 265,700
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............................................. 141,000
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 326,600
Orphan well fund....................................... 29,500
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 15,100
Public utility assessments............................. 7,900
Public water supply fees............................... 148,000
Refined petroleum fund................................. 1,685,400
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 2,300
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 64,300
Septage waste program fund............................. 11,300
Sewage sludge land application fee..................... 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............ 171,200
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..................... $ 466,000
Sec. 113. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Drill core storage facility............................ $ 500,000
Drinking water declaration of emergency................ 100
Oil, gas, and mineral services (one-time).............. 4,000,000
Refined petroleum product cleanup program.............. 14,900,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 19,400,100
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Drinking water declaration of emergency reserve fund... 100
Refined petroleum fund................................. 14,900,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 4,500,000
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018
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 2017-2018 is $330,619,300.00 and state
spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2017-2018 is $4,531,000.00. The itemized
statement below identifies appropriations from which spending to
local units of government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Drinking water program grants.......................... $ 600,000
Emergency cleanup actions.............................. 106,000
Noncommunity water grants.............................. 1,800,000
Scrap tire grants...................................... 500,000
Pollution prevention local grants...................... 250,000
Real-time beach monitoring program..................... 500,000
Septage waste compliance grants........................ 100,000
Recycling initiative................................... 450,000
Medical waste program.................................. 65,000
Surface water.......................................... 160,000
TOTAL.................................................. $ 4,531,000
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, 2017 and September 30, 2018.
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, 2018 are $32,219,000.00. From this amount, total agency
appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at
$16,580,100.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care
legacy costs are estimated at $15,638,900.00.
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 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 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, and 2016 PA 268 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, and 2016 PA 268
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, and 2016 PA 268 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 January 1, 2018 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.
REMEDIATION DIVISION
Sec. 301. Revenues remaining in the interdepartmental
transfers, laboratory services at the end of the fiscal year 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, 2022.
Sec. 303. Effective October 1, 2017, 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, 2017, 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, 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 November 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. 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. 314. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 from the
refined petroleum fund for the refined petroleum product cleanup
program, the department shall expend an amount not to exceed
$36,000,000.00 for reimbursements to owners and operators of
underground storage tank systems that have performed corrective
actions but do not qualify for reimbursement under section 21510 of
the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA
451, MCL 324.21510, due to the date the release was discovered and
reported.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Corrective action" means that term as defined in section
21302 of the natural resources and environmental protection act,
1994 PA 451, MCL 324.21302.
(b) "Operator", "owner", and "underground storage tank system"
mean those terms as defined in section 21303 of the natural
resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL
324.21303.
WATER RESOURCES DIVISION
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. 407. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the
contaminated lake and river sediment 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 sediment cleanup.
(b) The projects will be accomplished by contract.
(c) The total estimated cost of all projects is $1,565,000.00.
(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2022.
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. 411. For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2018,
there is appropriated from the clean Michigan initiative bond fund
$150,000.00 of revenues allocated for remediation of contaminated
lake and river sediments under sections 19607 and 19608 of the
natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,
MCL 324.19607 and 324.19608, for an engineering study pertaining to
the Allied Paper, Inc./Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund
site. This study may be conducted under contract by a private
engineering firm.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Sec. 603. From the funds appropriated in part 1, by December
31, 2017, 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 and
contact information for the local unit of government.
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK AUTHORITY
Sec. 701. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the
underground storage tank 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
$20,000,000.00.
(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2022.