HB 763 Summary

• Appropriates $144,734,600 to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2023 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 387.00 full-time equivalent positions for the Department of Environmental Quality during July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.

• Transfers $1,500,000 from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation (Basin) Fund for Superfund cleanup projects in the Coeur d'Alene Basin, requiring annual reporting on remediation progress and expenditures.

• Allocates approximately $300,000,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for drinking water and wastewater construction projects, using a tiered approach that prioritizes systems with greatest need and least ability to pay.

• Appropriates $44,000,000 from the General Fund to the Water Pollution Control Fund for fiscal year 2022 to support state matching funds for federal water infrastructure grants.