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1997 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1600 (Conference Report)

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DEQ - Grant Application Procedures (language only)

Item 407 #5c

Item 407 #5c

Natural Resources
Environmental Quality, Department of

Language
Page 266, after line 48, insert:
"G.1.  As a condition of the appropriation in this item, in applying for federal grants for the fiscal year 1997-1998, the Department shall adhere to the same grant application policies and procedures used to request federal grants in fiscal year 1995-96.  The Department may prepare a study identifying and recommending alternative policies and procedures for the General Assembly's consideration for the 1998 Session.
2.  As a condition of the appropriation in this item, prior to the expenditure of the Virginia Coastal Resources Grant funds, the Department shall report to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations, the House Chesapeake and Its Tributaries, the Senate Finance and the Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources Committees, on the proposed uses, item by item, of these federal funds and any related state matching funds."


Explanation
(This amendment directs the department to follow the policies and procedures used in fiscal year 1996 when applying for federal grants in fiscal year 1998. At issue is the possibility of jeopardizing continued federal funding for water and air pollution control activities as well as the coastal zone management program, if a new application procedure is put into place so late in the federal grants cycle. The amendment also authorizes the agency to develop alternative federal grant application policies and procedures for the General Assembly's consideration in the 1998 Session.)