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FY 2023-24 ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES, AND ENERGY BUDGET

S.B. 199 (S-2): SENATE APPROPRIATIONS REC.

(as reported)

Committee: Appropriations                                 Throughout this document Senate means Committee Recommendation

 

FULL-TIME EQUATED (FTE) CLASSIFIED

POSITIONS/FUNDING SOURCE

FY 2022-23

YEAR-TO-DATE*

FY 2023-24

SENATE APPROPRIATIONS REC.

CHANGES FROM

FY 2022-23 YEAR-TO-DATE

AMOUNT

PERCENT

FTE Positions.............................................................

 1,510.0

 1,575.0

 65.0

 4.3 

GROSS.......................................................................

 728,654,300

 1,083,741,900

 355,087,500

 48.7 

Less:

 

 

 

 

Interdepartmental Grants Received............................

 3,406,400

 4,033,100

 626,700

 18.4 

ADJUSTED GROSS....................................................

 725,247,900

 1,079,708,800

 354,460,900

 48.9 

Less:

 

 

 

 

Federal Funds..........................................................

 287,641,700

 440,830,300

 153,188,600

 53.3 

Local and Private......................................................

 1,415,500

 1,360,700

 (54,800)

 (3.9)

TOTAL STATE SPENDING.........................................

 436,190,700

 637,517,700

 201,327,000

 46.2 

Less:

 

 

 

 

Other State Restricted Funds....................................

 337,354,900

 303,278,900

 (34,076,000)

 (10.1)

GENERAL FUND/GENERAL PURPOSE......................

 98,835,800

 334,238,900

 235,403,100

 238.2 

PAYMENTS TO LOCALS............................................

 35,716,000

 252,091,000

 216,375,000

 605.8 

*As of February 7, 2023.

 

Major Boilerplate Changes from FY 2022-23 Year-to-Date:

1.   Deleted. The Senate proposed eliminating the following sections from current-year boilerplate. Sec. 214 (Legacy Cost Reporting), 219 (Interdepartmental Transfers), 223 (COVID-19 Vaccination), 227 (Small Businesses), 237 (Flint Legal Fees), 238 (FTE Report), 243 (Geological Survey), 303-306 and 314 (Remediation and Redevelopment), 401 (Water Resources), 902 (Materials Management), 925 (Oil, Gas, and Minerals), and 1000-1004 (One-time Appropriations).

2.   Modified - Amendments made to streamline reporting and partially removed provisions of certain sections. The Senate proposed amending the following sections: Sec. 201 (Payments to Locals) to require the state budget director to report differences in payments, and 209 (Expenditure of Unanticipated Revenues) to streamline receipt and expenditure of such funds.

3.   NEW Sections - Included language to address the implementation of new programs and one-time appropriations. The Senate proposed adding the following sections: Sec. 951 and 952 (Lead Service Line Replacement), 953 (Earmarks for Water State Revolving Funds), 1000 (Lead Service Line Replacement), 1001 (Groundwater Data Collection), 1002 (Dam Risk Reduction), 1003 (Environmental Justice Contaminated Site Clean-up), 1005 (Renewable Ready Communities), and 1006 (Wastewater Infrastructure Enhancement).

 


FY 2022-23 Year-to-Date Appropriation..................................................

$728,654,300

$98,835,800

 

 

 

 

 

CHANGE FROM
FY 2022-23
 Y-T-D

FY 2023-24 RECOMMENDED
 APPROPRIATION

Gross

GF/GP

Gross

GF/GP

Baseline Adjustments

 

 

 

 

  1.  Authorization for the Michigan Agency for Energy. The Senate proposed $996,600 in restricted funds and $9,400 IDGs to provide funding for FTE authorizations transferred to EGLE with the Michigan Agency for Energy.

1,006,000

0

N/A

N/A

  2.  Michigan Department of Transportation IDG Adjustment (3.0 FTEs). The Senate proposed $653,800 in IDGs to provide funding for aligning available revenues from MDOT for the support of state infrastructure project permitting.

653,800

0

N/A

N/A

  3.  Current Service Baseline Technical Adjustments. The Senate proposed a negative $58.9 million Gross in technical adjustments made to the current service baseline.

(58,857,200)

0

 

 

  4.  Economic Adjustments. Includes a negative $1,417,200 Gross and a negative $318,900 GF/GP for total economic adjustments. The Senate included a $17,700 increase in unclassified salaries.

(1,417,200)

(318,900)

N/A

N/A

New Programs/Program Increases

 

 

 

 

  5.  Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funding - Water State Revolving Fund Authorization. The Senate proposed $250,000,000 in Federal funds and $30,500,000 GF/GP to provide the match funding for and spending authorization of the IIJA federal funding for the Water State Revolving Fund.

280,500,000

30,500,000

400,500,000

35,500,000

  6.  Lead Service Line Replacement Program (5.0 FTEs). The Senate proposed $10.8 million to provide funding for the Lead Service Line Replacement Program for the replacement of lead service lines in Michigan's poorest 10% of communities.

10,755,400

10,755,400

N/A

N/A

  7.  Orphan Wells Remediation (2.0 FTEs). The Senate proposed $5.2 million in Federal funding and $5.2 million GF/GP to provide match funding for federal IIJA funds for orphan well remediation throughout the state.

10,352,100

5,201,000

N/A

N/A

  8.  Permitting Staff Capacity Increase (44.0 FTEs). The Senate proposed $6.6 million to provide funding to increase the overall permitting staff capacity across several divisions within the department.

6,615,800

6,615,800

N/A

N/A

  9.  Sustainable Groundwater Resources Technical Support (2.0 FTEs). The Senate proposed $299,700 to provide funding for data acquisition of Michigan's groundwater resources to support resource management and permitting decisions.

299,700

299,700

N/A

N/A

Eliminations/Reductions

 

 

 

 

10.  Removal of FY 2022-23 One-Time Funding. The Senate proposed the removal of current year one-time funding.

(94,820,900)

(17,650,000)

N/A

N/A

One-Time Appropriations

 

 

 

 

11.  Lead Service Line Replacement Program. The Senate proposed $100.0 million one-time to provide funding for the Lead Service Line Replacement Program for the replacement of lead service lines in Michigan's poorest 10% of communities.

100,000,000

100,000,000

100,000,000

100,000,000

12.  Environmental Justice Contaminated Site Clean-up Fund. The Senate proposed $25.0 million one-time to create the Environmental Justice Contaminated Site Clean-up Fund to investigate, remediate, and redevelop contaminated sites in areas identified as environmental justice priorities.

25,000,000

25,000,000

25,000,000

25,000,000

13.  Dam Safety and Risk Reduction Grant Program. The Senate proposed $25.0 million one-time to provide funding and support for dam removal projects and safety assistance initiatives.

25,000,000

25,000,000

25,000,000

25,000,000

14.  Wastewater Infrastructure Enhancement. The Senate proposed $20.0 million one-time funding to support a number of wastewater infrastructure projects around the state.

20,000,000

20,000,000

20,000,000

20,000,000

15.  Renewable Ready Communities. The Senate proposed $18.3 million one-time to provide funding for an incentive program to encourage communities to host wind, solar, and storage facilities.

18,250,000

18,250,000

18,250,000

18,250,000

16.  Sustainable Groundwater Resources Technical Support. The Senate proposed $11.8 million one-time to provide funding for data acquisition of Michigan's groundwater resources to support resource management and permitting decisions.

11,750,000

11,750,000

11,750,000

11,750,000

17.  Great Lakes Water Authority infrastructure improvement. The Senate included $100 in one-time funding for the Great Lakes Water Authority to improve water infrastructure around the state.

100

100

100

100

Other

 

 

 

 

18.  Authorization of FTEs for the Solid Waste Program (5.0 FTEs). The Senate proposed providing authorization for 5.0 FTEs necessary due to new programmatic needs stemming from statutory changes to the Natural Resources and Protection Act in 2022.

0

0

N/A

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Changes...............................................................................................

$355,087,600

$235,403,100

 

 

FY 2023-24 SENATE APPROPRIATIONS REC..............................................

$1,083,741,900

$334,238,900

 

 

 

 

Date Completed: 4-26-23                                                                                                   Fiscal Analyst: Jonah Houtz