Environmental Protection
Proposed Budget-Balancing Reductions

Total budget-balancing reductions for the Environmental Protection Agency amount to $1.6 million in 2007-08 and $8.3 million and 16.5 personnel years in 2008-09. The major reductions are described below:

  • $4.3 million and 12.0 personnel years in 2008-09 for the State Water Resources Control Board. These reductions will result in delays to the Board's capacity to issue permits for pollutant discharge elimination systems that regulate the discharge of wastewater to surface waters in the state. The reduction will also decrease contract funding for Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) action plans to restore clean water. The federal Clean Water Act requires that states identify water bodies -- bays, rivers, streams, creeks, and coastal areas -- that do not meet water quality standards, and identify the pollutants that impair them, and develop solutions. The contracts support scientific research, assessment, and monitoring as part of TMDL development.
  • $1.3 million in 2007-08 and $2.4 million in 2008-09 for the Department of Toxic Substances Control's Site Mitigation and Brownfields Reuse Program. This reduction will decrease the annual number of drug lab cleanups performed by the state.
  • $0.1 million in 2007-08 and $1 million and 4.5 personnel years in 2008-09 for the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA). This adjustment will reduce funding available for scientific evaluations of the effects of fuels on human health and the state's environment and will reduce the number of air toxic contaminant evaluations that OEHHA can perform annually.
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Proposed Budget Detail - Environmental Protection
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