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2000 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Plum
Co-Patron(s): Jackson, Morgan, Thomas
DEQ - Restoring WQIF Money

Item 415 #9h

Item 415 #9h

First Year - FY2001 Second Year - FY2002
Natural Resources
Environmental Quality, Department of FY2001 $12,129,319 FY2002 $2,840,203 GF
FY2001 0.00 FY2002 0.00 FTE

Language
Page 296, line 47, strike "$60,728,468" and insert "$72,857,787".
Page 296, line 47, strike "$40,529,440" and insert "$43,369,643".
Page 297, line 23, strike "Of this amount,".
Page 297, strike lines 24 through 26.
Page 297, strike lines 27 through 56.
Page 298, strike lines 1 through 27 and insert:
"2.  Out of the amounts for Environmental Technical and Financial Assistance, $8,000,000 the first year from the general fund shall be deposited to the Combined Sewer Overflow Matching Fund, as established under § 62.1-241.12 of the
Code
.  From the
Combined Sewer Overflow Matching Fund, the City of Richmond shall receive $4,000,000 in the first year and the City of Lynchburg shall receive $4,000,000 in the first year.
3.  Out of the amounts for this Item $216,000 the first year and $570,900 the second year from the general fund shall be transferred to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries for the development, coordination, and implementation of a wetlands restoration program pursuant to a recommendation of the Citizens Wetlands Advisory Committee to restore 20,000 acres of wetlands by 2010."


Explanation
(This amendment provides almost $15.0 million of general fund support to DEQ. The amendment permits the agency to assume costs that SB 30 proposes to be borne by the Water Quality Improvement Fund. Of the $15.0 million, $8.0 million is for the Richmond and Lynchburg Combined Sewer Overflow Projects; $3.4 million and 16 positions are for the Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) planning program; $1.4 million and 11 positions are for the Poultry Litter Control Program; $786,900 is for wetlands mitigation; $766,084 and 3 positions are for the Tributary Strategies Program; and $621,600 is for fish tissue contaminant analysis.)