FIRST CONFERENCE REPORT
The Committee of Conference on the matters of difference between the two Houses concerning
House Bill No. 4093, entitled
A bill to make appropriations for the department of environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.
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, 2016; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.
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Roger Victory Mike Green
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Aaron Miller Peter MacGregor
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Sarah Roberts Hoon-Yung Hopgood
Conferees for the House Conferees for the Senate
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4093
A bill to make appropriations for the department of
environmental quality for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2016; 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,
2016, from the following funds:
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,218.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 486,909,300
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 9,115,300
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 477,794,000
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 138,079,100
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 546,000
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 304,341,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 34,827,700
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose................................... 34,827,700
One-time state general fund/general
purpose............................................ 0
FUND SOURCE SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,218.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 486,909,300
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, MDOT - Michigan transportation fund............... 1,310,500
IDG, MDSP.............................................. 1,720,100
IDT, interdivisional charges........................... 2,053,400
IDT, laboratory services............................... 4,031,300
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 9,115,300
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 477,794,000
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 138,079,100
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 546,000
Air emissions fees..................................... 11,910,500
Aquatic nuisance control fund.......................... 897,800
Campground fund........................................ 309,300
Clean Michigan initiative - response activities........ 1,500,000
Clean Michigan initiative - clean water fund........... 2,617,100
Clean Michigan initiative - contaminated sediments..... 1,565,000
Clean Michigan initiative - nonpoint source............ 2,000,000
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 19,105,000
Community pollution prevention fund.................... 250,000
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 320,700
Environmental education fund........................... 164,000
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 7,824,700
Environmental protection bond fund..................... 126,800
Environmental protection fund.......................... 2,379,800
Environmental response fund............................ 3,719,000
Fees and collections................................... 421,500
Financial instruments.................................. 9,347,200
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 234,800
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 1,719,500
Infrastructure construction fund....................... 50,000
Land and water permit fees............................. 3,150,700
Landfill maintenance trust fund........................ 30,300
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 325,100
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 98,900
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 217,200
Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance............... 353,600
NPDES fees............................................. 4,459,100
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 10,349,200
Orphan well fund....................................... 2,372,300
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 638,500
Public utility assessments............................. 257,400
Public water supply fees............................... 4,861,300
Refined petroleum fund................................. 40,685,600
Revitalization revolving loan fund..................... 100,700
Revolving loan revenue bonds........................... 11,400,000
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 91,100
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 5,066,600
Septage waste contingency fund......................... 18,100
Septage waste program fund............................. 520,400
Settlement funds....................................... 419,000
Sewage sludge land application fees.................... 1,114,800
Small business pollution prevention revolving loan
fund................................................. 162,600
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 167,000
Solid waste management fund - staff account............ 4,956,400
Stormwater permit fees................................. 3,059,700
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 116,173,600
Underground storage tank cleanup fund.................. 20,000,000
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 579,300
Water analysis fees.................................... 2,204,200
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 3,667,500
Water quality protection fund.......................... 100,000
Water use reporting fees............................... 278,300
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 304,341,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 34,827,700
Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........... 13.0
Unclassified salaries--6.0 FTE positions............... $ 735,600
Executive direction--13.0 FTE positions................ 2,058,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 2,793,600
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 27,100
Special revenue funds:
Environmental protection fund.......................... 298,100
Environmental response fund............................ 169,300
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 221,800
Refined petroleum fund................................. 590,900
Settlement funds....................................... 11,400
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,475,000
Sec. 103. OFFICE OF THE GREAT LAKES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 12.0
Office of the Great Lakes--12.0 FTE positions.......... $ 2,141,200
Coastal management grants.............................. 1,250,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 3,391,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 2,176,300
Special revenue funds:
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 213,500
Settlement funds....................................... 111,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 889,500
Sec. 104. GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE
Full-time equated classified positions............ 6.0
Great Lakes restoration initiative--6.0 FTE positions.. $ 15,046,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 15,046,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 15,046,100
Special revenue funds:
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........... $ 4,073,300
Accounting service center.............................. 1,362,200
Administrative hearings................................ 372,200
Automated data processing.............................. 2,053,400
Building occupancy charges............................. 4,438,600
Environmental support projects......................... 5,000,000
Rent - privately owned property........................ 2,281,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 19,580,900
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, MDSP.............................................. 59,100
IDT, interdivisional charges........................... 2,053,400
IDT, laboratory services............................... 150,200
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees..................................... 1,230,600
Campground fund........................................ 13,900
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 1,408,500
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 15,000
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 759,700
Environmental response fund............................ 213,400
Fees and collections................................... 26,100
Financial instruments.................................. 7,218,700
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 13,800
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 178,900
Land and water permit fees............................. 515,600
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 15,600
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 4,400
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 7,800
Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance............... 800
NPDES fees............................................. 217,700
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 593,400
Orphan well fund....................................... 45,900
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 23,800
Public utility assessments............................. 19,900
Public water supply fees............................... 168,800
Refined petroleum fund................................. 1,611,500
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 3,700
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 154,000
Septage waste program fund............................. 17,500
Settlement funds....................................... 36,500
Sewage sludge land application fees.................... 117,600
Small business pollution prevention revolving loan
fund................................................. 16,900
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 16,500
Solid waste management fund - staff account............ 298,300
Stormwater permit fees................................. 111,600
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 30,000
Water analysis fees.................................... 134,300
Water use reporting fees............................... 21,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,056,000
Sec. 106. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE
Full-time equated classified positions........... 38.0
Office of environmental assistance--38.0 FTE positions. $ 6,179,400
Pollution prevention local grants...................... 250,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 6,429,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 695,100
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 359,200
Air emissions fees..................................... 134,600
Community pollution prevention fund.................... 250,000
Environmental education fund........................... 164,000
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 1,481,700
Fees and collections................................... 118,500
Settlement funds....................................... 259,200
Small business pollution prevention revolving loan
fund................................................. 132,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 2,834,600
Sec. 107. WATER RESOURCE DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 316.0
Land and water interface permit programs--82.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 11,439,100
Program direction and project assistance--27.0 FTE
positions............................................ 2,972,900
Water withdrawal assessment program--4.0 FTE positions. 611,900
Water quality and use initiative/general--5.0 FTE
positions............................................ 1,624,000
Real-time beach monitoring program..................... 500,000
Wetlands program....................................... 1,000,000
Aquatic nuisance control program--6.0 FTE positions.... 897,800
Expedited water/wastewater permits--1.0 FTE position... 50,000
Fish contaminant monitoring............................ 316,100
Groundwater discharge--22.0 FTE positions.............. 3,157,800
NPDES nonstormwater program--83.0 FTE positions........ 12,777,900
Surface water--86.0 FTE positions...................... 15,638,200
Federal - Great Lakes remedial action plan grants...... 583,800
Federal - nonpoint source water pollution grants....... 4,083,300
Contaminated lake and river sediment cleanup program... 1,565,000
Nonpoint source pollution prevention and control
project program...................................... 2,000,000
Wetland mitigation banking grants and loans............ 3,000,000
Water quality protection grants........................ 100,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 62,317,800
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, MDOT - Michigan transportation fund............... 1,225,400
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 19,233,000
Special revenue funds:
Aquatic nuisance control fund.......................... 897,800
Clean Michigan initiative - clean water fund........... 2,617,100
Clean Michigan initiative - contaminated sediments..... 1,565,000
Clean Michigan initiative - nonpoint source............ 2,000,000
Environmental response fund............................ 201,600
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 1,446,200
Infrastructure construction fund....................... 50,000
Land and water permit fees............................. 2,295,900
NPDES fees............................................. 4,070,300
Refined petroleum fund................................. 440,600
Sewage sludge land application fees.................... 936,200
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 137,600
Stormwater permit fees................................. 2,860,700
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 3,000,000
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 276,600
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 809,500
Water quality protection fund.......................... 100,000
Water use reporting fees............................... 240,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 17,913,800
Sec. 108. LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions........... 14.0
Environmental investigations--14.0 FTE positions....... $ 2,809,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 2,809,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDT, laboratory services............................... 15,700
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 569,500
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees..................................... 55,900
Campground fund........................................ 2,100
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 185,500
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 1,600
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 106,200
Environmental response fund............................ 40,000
Fees and collections................................... 4,100
Financial instruments.................................. 513,600
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 1,500
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 18,700
Land and water permit fees............................. 76,900
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 2,400
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 700
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 1,200
NPDES fees............................................. 31,900
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 85,700
Orphan well fund....................................... 7,100
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 3,700
Public utility assessments............................. 2,000
Public water supply fees............................... 26,200
Refined petroleum fund................................. 360,900
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 600
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 28,900
Septage waste program fund............................. 2,700
Sewage sludge land application fees.................... 12,100
Small business pollution prevention revolving loan
fund................................................. 2,600
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 2,600
Solid waste management fund - staff account............ 40,400
Stormwater permit fees................................. 17,400
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 4,600
Water analysis fees.................................... 18,100
Water use reporting fees............................... 3,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 563,000
Sec. 109. AIR QUALITY DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 188.0
Air quality programs--188.0 FTE positions.............. $ 26,768,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 26,768,000
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 7,322,000
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees..................................... 9,831,400
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 1,337,000
Fees and collections................................... 222,400
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 134,600
Refined petroleum fund................................. 3,589,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 4,330,700
Sec. 110. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 305.0
Drinking water and environmental health--106.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 14,655,000
Hazardous waste management program--45.0 FTE positions. 6,795,500
Low-level radioactive waste authority--2.0 FTE
positions............................................ 227,700
Medical waste program--2.0 FTE positions............... 297,200
Municipal assistance--29.0 FTE positions............... 4,724,600
Radiological protection program--12.0 FTE positions.... 1,939,200
Scrap tire regulatory program--10.0 FTE positions...... 1,320,200
Oil, gas, and mineral services--59.0 FTE positions..... 12,012,800
Recycling initiative--3.0 FTE positions................ 999,100
Solid waste management program--37.0 FTE positions..... 4,925,900
Drinking water program grants.......................... 830,000
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................................................. 84,993,000
Scrap tire grants...................................... 3,500,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 236,495,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, MDSP.............................................. 1,635,600
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 85,785,900
Special revenue funds:
Campground fund........................................ 285,000
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 297,700
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 3,686,500
Fees and collections................................... 34,000
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 297,200
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 91,100
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 203,300
Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance............... 352,500
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 8,991,200
Orphan well fund....................................... 2,290,200
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 596,000
Public utility assessments............................. 227,700
Public water supply fees............................... 4,217,400
Refined petroleum fund................................. 670,300
Revolving loan revenue bonds........................... 11,400,000
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 84,500
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 4,820,200
Septage waste contingency fund......................... 18,100
Septage waste program fund............................. 489,000
Solid waste management fund - staff account............ 4,448,700
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 98,173,600
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 249,200
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 2,814,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 4,335,400
Sec. 111. REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 291.0
Contaminated site investigations, cleanup and
revitalization--202.0 FTE positions.................. $ 24,329,900
Federal cleanup project management--50.0 FTE positions. 8,858,900
Laboratory services--39.0 FTE positions................ 6,082,600
Environmental bond site reclamation program............ 126,800
Brownfield grants...................................... 1,500,000
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.............. 20,000,000
Superfund cleanup...................................... 1,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 82,738,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDT, laboratory services............................... 3,801,400
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 6,248,100
Special revenue funds:
Private funds.......................................... 186,800
Clean Michigan initiative - response activities........ 1,500,000
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 16,758,900
Environmental protection bond fund..................... 126,800
Environmental protection fund.......................... 1,995,400
Environmental response fund............................ 2,931,200
Landfill maintenance trust fund........................ 30,300
Public water supply fees............................... 302,800
Refined petroleum fund................................. 31,777,400
Revitalization revolving loan fund..................... 100,700
Strategic water quality initiatives fund............... 15,000,000
Water analysis fees.................................... 1,978,400
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 112. UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK AUTHORITY
Full-time equated classified positions............ 1.0
Underground storage tank cleanup
program--1.0 FTE position............................ $ 20,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 20,000,000
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Underground storage tank cleanup fund.................. 20,000,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 113. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ 8,539,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 8,539,700
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG, MDOT - Michigan transportation fund............... 85,100
IDG, MDSP.............................................. 25,400
IDT, laboratory services............................... 64,000
Federal revenues:
Federal funds.......................................... 976,000
Special revenue funds:
Air emissions fees..................................... 658,000
Campground fund........................................ 8,300
Cleanup and redevelopment fund......................... 752,100
Electronic waste recycling fund........................ 6,400
Environmental pollution prevention fund................ 453,600
Environmental protection fund.......................... 86,300
Environmental response fund............................ 163,500
Fees and collections................................... 16,400
Financial instruments.................................. 1,614,900
Great Lakes protection fund............................ 6,000
Groundwater discharge permit fees...................... 75,700
Land and water permit fees............................. 262,300
Medical waste emergency response fund.................. 9,900
Metallic mining surveillance fee revenue............... 2,700
Mineral well regulatory fee revenue.................... 4,900
Nonferrous metallic mineral surveillance............... 300
NPDES fees............................................. 139,200
Oil and gas regulatory fund............................ 322,500
Orphan well fund....................................... 29,100
Public swimming pool fund.............................. 15,000
Public utility assessments............................. 7,800
Public water supply fees............................... 146,100
Refined petroleum fund................................. 1,644,100
Sand extraction fee revenue............................ 2,300
Scrap tire regulatory fund............................. 63,500
Septage waste program fund............................. 11,200
Sewage sludge land application fees.................... 48,900
Small business pollution prevention revolving loan
fund................................................. 10,600
Soil erosion and sedimentation control training fund... 10,300
Solid waste management fund - staff account............ 169,000
Stormwater permit fees................................. 70,000
Wastewater operator training fees...................... 18,900
Water analysis fees.................................... 73,400
Water pollution control revolving fund................. 43,100
Water use reporting fees............................... 13,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 429,700
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016
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 2015-2016 is $339,168,900.00 and state
spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2015-2016 is $3,648,500.00. The itemized
statement below identifies appropriations from which spending to
local units of government will occur:
GRANTS
Drinking water and environmental health................ $ 1,800,000
Surface water quality program.......................... 500,000
Waste management programs.............................. 1,073,500
Septage waste compliance program....................... 275,000
TOTAL.................................................. $ 3,648,500
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. In addition to the metrics required under section
447 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1447, for
each new program or program enhancement for which funds in excess
of $500,000.00 are appropriated in part 1, the department shall
provide not later than November 1, 2015 a list of program-specific
metrics intended to measure its performance based on a return on
taxpayer investment. The department shall deliver the program-
specific metrics to members of the senate and house subcommittees
that have subject matter jurisdiction for this budget, fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director. The department shall
provide an update on its progress in tracking program-specific
metrics and the status of program success at an appropriations
subcommittee meeting called for by the subcommittee chair.
Sec. 205. 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. 207. The departments 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 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, and 2014 PA 252 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, and 2014 PA 252 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, and
2014 PA 252 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 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. 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, 2015 and September 30, 2016.
Sec. 223. Part 1 provides authorizations to fund classified
positions during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. 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 part. 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. 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, 2016 are $32,301,900.00. From this amount, total agency
appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at
$18,340,800.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care
legacy costs are estimated at $13,961,100.00.
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, 2020.
Sec. 303. Effective October 1, 2015, 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, 2015, 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
Long Lake Super Market Alpena
11192 S M-43 Barry
Mel's Service Bay
American Laundry - Benton Harbor Berrien
Spencer's Cleaners Berrien
Baker Oil (W. Dickman) Calhoun
USA MiniMart in Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa
VanSloten Shell in Rudyard Chippewa
City of Davison-Mill St Genesee
Flint FD Fleet Admin Genesee
Flint Water Department Service Center Genesee
Howard Jameson A+H Racing Gladwin
Clark #1501 Jackson
1201 Wealthy Kent
1603 Diamond Kent
2555 Oak Industrial Drive Kent
501 Leonard Kent
857 Wealthy Kent
Market 103 Lapeer
Clark 1457 Adrian Lenawee
Blanchard Grocery Montcalm
(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 $1,500,000.00.
(d) The tentative completion date is September 30, 2020.
Sec. 310. (1) Upon approval by the state budget director, the
department may expend from the general fund of the state an amount
to meet the cash-flow requirements of projects funded under any of
the following that are financed from bond proceeds and for which
bonds have been authorized but not yet issued:
(a) Part 52 of the natural resources and environmental
protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5201 to 324.5206.
(b) Part 193 of the natural resources and environmental
protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19301 to 324.19306.
(c) Part 196 of the natural resources and environmental
protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.19601 to 324.19616.
(2) Upon the sale of bonds for projects described in
subsection (1), the department shall credit the general fund of the
state an amount equal to that expended from the general fund.
Sec. 311. Not later than June 1, 2016, the department shall
provide a report to the house committee on natural resources, the
house appropriations subcommittee on environmental quality, the
senate committee on natural resources, and the senate
appropriations subcommittee on environmental quality detailing the
remediation and redevelopment actions funded by the May 12, 2015
Calhoun County circuit court settlement between the State of
Michigan and Enbridge Energy related to the July 2010 oil spill in
Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River.
WATER RESOURCES DIVISION
Sec. 402. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the water
quality and use initiative/general line item, the department shall
update 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, 2016.
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. 406. The department shall work with stakeholders to
revise the groundwater discharge permit fee structure in section
3122 prior to September 30, 2016.
AIR QUALITY DIVISION
Sec. 501. (1) From the increased funds appropriated in part 1
for the air quality program, the department shall increase the
funding available for compliance assistance, permitting,
inspections, monitoring, and enforcement of facilities that are
major sources of air pollution. The funding shall be used to assist
with assuring that this state meets national ambient air quality
standards and that this state is in compliance with the clean air
act, 42 USC 7401 to 7671q.
(2) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the additional
air emission fee revenue enacted by the legislature for fiscal year
2015-2016, the department shall hire 1 FTE dedicated to oversight
of the air quality programs for the Upper Peninsula.
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, 2015, 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.
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, 2020.
PART 2A
PROVISIONS CONCERNING ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 2001. It is the intent of the legislature to provide
appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2017 for
the line items listed in part 1. The fiscal year 2016-2017
appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those for fiscal
year 2015-2016, 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 2016 consensus revenue estimating
conference.