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| Items Included by the House and Senate |
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| 1. Response Activities. The Governor,
House, Senate, and
Conference Committee included funds for brownfield
grants and loans for implementation of response activities at
facilities with redevelopment potential. |
$13,000,000 |
| 2. Contaminated Lake and River
Sediments. Funding
for reducing or eliminating PCB's, mercury, DDT, and
other toxins from lakes and rivers was included by the
Governor, House, Senate, and Conference Committee. |
5,220,000 |
| 3. Nonpoint Pollution Control and Wellhead
Protection.
The House, Senate, and Conference Committee included
funds for a volunteer river, stream, and creek cleanup
program. |
100,000 |
| 4. Water Pollution Prevention and
Monitoring. The
Governor, House, Senate and Conference Committee
included funds for voluntary stormwater permit grants
($3,000,000); failing on-site septic systems ($5,000,000);
protecting high quality waters ($3,000,000); an illicit storm
sewer connection grant program ($5,000,000); remedial
action plan and lakewide management plan implementation
grant programs ($5,000,000); matching Federal
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program funds
($3,000,000); and an abandoned well management grants
program ($1,200,000). |
25,200,000 |
| 5. Pollution Prevention. The Governor,
House, Senate,
and Conference Committee included $1,000,000 in CMI
funds each for the development and dissemination of an
environmental education curriculum; a household
hazardous waste collection grant program; and a regional
pollution prevention grant program focused on waste
generation reduction. The Governor's proposed $1,500,000
CMI funded small engine trade-in program was not
included by the House, Senate, or Conference Committee.
The Governor, House, Senate, and Conference Committee
included $500,000 from the Retired Engineers Technical
Assistance Program (RETAP) Fund to expand and improve
the RETAP. |
3,500,000 |
| 6. Waterfront Improvements. The
Governor, House,
Senate, and Conference Committee included funds for the
final round of waterfront redevelopment grants. The
Governor has announced that $3,000,000 from these funds
would be for the revitalization of publicly owned
lighthouses. |
30,000,000 |
| 7. Administration. From the 3% of CMI
funds, or $17.1
million, allowed for administrative purposes under the CMI
implementing legislation, the Governor, House, Senate, and
Conference Committee included funds for an existing
accounting and internal audit position ($150,000); for seven
new positions in the Surface Water Quality Division to
administer the CMI supported water pollution prevention
and quality monitoring activities ($525,000); and for one
new position in the Environmental Assistance Division to
administer the pollution prevention activities under CMI
($75,000). |
750,000 |
| Conference Agreement on Items of Difference |
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| 8. Water Quality Monitoring. The House
included $3
million Gross, $1.5 million CMI funds, and $1.5 million
GF/GP for water quality monitoring. The Governor and
Senate proposed $3 million in CMI bond funds for the first
year of a fifteen year CMI funded water quality monitoring
program. The Conference Committee included $1.5 million
in CMI funds. |
1,500,000 |
| 9. Lead Abatement. The Governor,
Senate, and
Conference Committee included $5.0 million for a Lead
Abatement Program in the Department of Community
Health. The House did not include lead abatement funding. |
5,000,000 |
| 10. School Security and Building
Demolition. The
Senate included $1,000,000 GF/GP for improving school
security and the demolition of abandoned buildings that are
within 5 miles of a school. The Governor, House, and
Conference Committee did not include this funding. |
0 |
| FY 1999-2000 Conference Report Gross Appropriation
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$84,270,000 |
| FY 1999-2000 CLEAN MICHIGAN INITIATIVE
- BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS |
| Items Included by the House and Senate |
| 1. Reporting. House, Senate and
Conference Committee reporting requirements include a report containing specific
information on cleanup and redevelopment projects funded with appropriations from the bill, as
well as status of sites
included in a list compiled pursuant to Part 201 of the Natural Resources and Environmental
Protection Act; and a plan
for a report on the expenditure of bond proceeds including information on the amounts of bonds
sold. (Sec. 208, Sec.
211) |
| 2. Work Projects. The House, Senate,
and Conference Committee included a requirement for a report from the State
Budget Director on proposed work projects funded in whole or in part from appropriations in the
bill. (Sec. 207) |
| 3. Environmental Education Curriculum.
House, Senate, and Conference Committee language describes purposes of
appropriation for environmental education; requires Department to work with the Department of
Education and a
technical advisory committee to develop curricula and materials; prohibits duplication of
materials currently in use. (Sec.
301) |
| 4. Volunteer River, Stream, and Creek Cleanup
Program. House, Senate and Conference Committee language
dedicates volunteer program funding to cleanup of river debris; allows local match requirements
to be met with local
contributions, landfill fee credits, and donated equipment. (Sec. 402) |
| Conference Agreement on Items of
Difference |
| 1. Grant/Loan Reporting. The House
included language requiring a report of descriptive and application information
on all grant and/or loan programs administered by the Department, including a requirement that
the Department provide a
report on the recipients of grants and loans to the Appropriations Committees 30 days before
notifying the recipients of
grant or loan awards. The Senate and Conference Committee modified the language to require
the report via the
Department's website and to require a 5 day notification of awards. (Sec. 205) |
| 2. Two Year Appropriations. The House
included language designating appropriations in the bill as two year
appropriations, with unexpended balances lapsing to the Clean Michigan Initiative Fund, subject
to reappropriation. The
Senate deleted the language. Conference Committee language appropriates funds for three
years, with unexpended and
unencumbered balances requiring reappropriation. (Sec. 209) |
| 3. Economic Viability. House language,
not included by the Senate or Conference Committee, prohibited distribution of
funds to projects that would compete with a private business, or would result in a loss of jobs in
another part of the State. |
| 4. Parks and Recreation Water Quality.
House language required monitoring of surface water quality in State parks
and recreation areas; weekly sampling and analysis between May 1 and September 30, 2000;
posting of site and beach
summaries on the Internet for the general public. Senate and Conference Committee language
requires an allocation of
not less than $146,000 to local agencies for critical beach monitoring, not limited to State parks;
and the development of
a database to be posted to the Internet. (Sec. 401) |
| 5. Expenditure Tracking. The House
required the Department to track expenditures of the CMI Clean Water Fund and
CMI funds allocated for nonpoint source pollution prevention and control by the watershed in
which expenditures are
made. The Senate and Conference Committee required the Department to track grants and
contracts for these purposes,
as well as for contaminated sediments, by watershed. (Sec. 403) |
| 6. School Security and Building
Demolition. Senate language allocating funds for improving security and
demolition
of abandoned buildings within a 5-mile radius of an elementary, middle, or high school building
was not included by the
House and Conference Committee. |
| 7. Lead Abatement. Conference
Committee language not included by the House or Senate requires that the lead
abatement appropriation be spent in accordance with a plan submitted to the legislature by the
Department of Community
Health (DCH) for approval; and requires the DCH to seek additional Federal funds for lead
abatement. (Sec. 501) |
