HB-4233 Summary

• Appropriates $469.4 million total for the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, with $42.5 million from state general fund and remainder from federal, restricted, and other revenues.

• Authorizes 1,280.0 full-time equated positions (6.0 unclassified and 1,274.0 classified) across multiple divisions including Water Resources, Air Quality, Remediation and Redevelopment, Resource Management, Law Enforcement, and administrative support.

• Establishes reporting requirements for environmental cleanup programs, contaminated site allocations, refined petroleum product cleanup program, cleaned Michigan initiative bond fund progress, and department fees and fund sources.

• Designates $20.0 million for underground storage tank cleanup program, $68.9 million for Renewing Michigan's environment program, and $34.8 million for refined petroleum product cleanup as multi-year work project appropriations.

• Includes provisions requiring Michigan-made goods preference, small business protection, employee protections against retaliation for legislative communication, and specific environmental initiatives including PFAS contamination response and harmful algal bloom research.