HB1040 - ADEQ Appropriation Summary

• Appropriates funds for the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2014-2015, totaling approximately $88.8 million across multiple funding sources including state operations, federal funds, and specialized environmental trust funds.

• Establishes a maximum of 421 regular employees plus 70 temporary/part-time employees (extra help) across various environmental quality divisions including air, water, hazardous waste, mining, and solid waste management.

• Provides major funding allocations including $5.18 million for state operations, $9.64 million for federal operations, $14.95 million for fee administration, and substantial amounts for specialized programs like hazardous waste cleanup ($7.96 million) and petroleum storage tank trust fund ($21.79 million).

• Authorizes recycling and waste management grants totaling $8.51 million (solid waste) and $6.43 million (waste tire recycling), plus landfill post-closure cleanup ($7.84 million) and abandoned mine reclamation ($5.7 million).

• Includes reporting requirements and restrictions on expenditures, including quarterly reporting on environmental permits and enforcement actions, restrictions on equipment purchases from trust fund interest earnings, and approval requirements for certain expenditures by the state's Chief Fiscal Officer.