Municipal solid waste landfill remediation.

13LSO-0136.C2

FISCAL NOTE

This bill contains an appropriation of $40,000,000 from the PERMANENT MINERAL TRUST FUND RESERVE ACCOUNT to the Municipal Solid Waste Remediation Account.  This appropriation is effective immediately.

DETAIL OF APPROPRIATION

The Department of Environmental Quality will use the appropriation when the Legislature approves the priority list of eligible landfills.  The appropriation is listed in the 800 series until it is determined if the Department of Environmental Quality or the individual community(s) will manage the landfill cleanup.

Agency #:  020     Agency Name:  Dept. of Environmental Quality

Unit:  07.01-Landfills

EXPENDITURE BY SERIES AND YEAR       FY 2013         FY 2014         FY 2015

0800  Non-Operating Expenditures   $40,000,000                                   

Total Expenditure Per Year:        $40,000,000                                

Grand Total Expenditure:           $40,000,000

Total Appropriated to Agency:      $40,000,000

Total Appropriated by Fund

   Permanent Mineral Trust

   Fund Reserve Account            $40,000,000

Assumptions:

The funds will be deposited in the municipal solid waste landfill remediation account and be used to contract with eligible entities, including contractors and local operators, to fund up to 75% of the cost of investigating contamination, the design and installation of monitoring and remediation systems and the operation and maintenance of monitoring and remediation systems for up to ten years.

Prepared by:   Kelley Shepp, LSO     Phone: 307-777-7881

(Information provided by: Carl Anderson, DEQ  Phone: 307-777-7753