House Bill 268 Summary

• Appropriates $68,415,600 to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2020 (July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020) across six programs: Administration and Support Services, Air Quality, Water Quality, Coeur d'Alene Basin Commission, Waste Management and Remediation, and Idaho National Laboratory Oversight.

• Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to maintain no more than 389.00 full-time equivalent positions during the fiscal year, with the Governor authorized to increase positions subject to Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee notification.

• Transfers $1,500,000 from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation (Triumph Mine) Fund for remediation, maintenance, and monitoring at the Triumph Mine.

• Requires the Department to file annual reports with the Governor, Legislature, and Coeur d'Alene Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission on remediation progress and expenditures for the Coeur d'Alene Basin.

• Allocates $500,000 for a statewide Agricultural Best Management Practices grant program to support farmers and ranchers in high-priority watersheds and reappropriates up to $300,000 in unexpended fiscal year 2019 balances for related nonrecurring expenditures.