HB1167 Summary

• Appropriates $7,639,480 to the Department of Energy and Environment for shared services (personal services and operating expenses) for fiscal year 2023-2024, supporting 66 maximum employees.

• Appropriates $3,656,024 for Division of Environmental Quality State Operations, including $2,326,305 for regular salaries and $25,674 for extra help.

• Establishes multiple specialized program appropriations totaling over $120 million, including federal operations ($9,913,509), waste licensing ($316,911), hazardous waste permits ($1,737,078), and petroleum storage tank programs ($21,861,658).

• Authorizes 70 temporary/part-time "Extra Help" employees for the Division of Environmental Quality when needed at rates not exceeding the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act.

• Includes special language provisions allowing equipment purchases from trust fund interest earnings, fund transfers up to $1.5 million for supplemental State Operations funding, and requiring Legislative Council approval for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund expenditures; effective July 1, 2023.