Community landfill remediation.

05LSO-0137.C1

                                                         

FISCAL NOTE

 

This bill contains an appropriation of $3,500,000 from the GENERAL FUND to the Landfill Corrective Action Account. This appropriation is effective immediately. A request of $7,000,000 shall be included in the Department of Environmental Quality's 2007-08 biennium standard budget request for purposes of continuing funding of this program.

 

This bill contains an authorization of 7 Full-Time positions to the Department of Environmental Quality.

 

This bill contains an appropriation of $350,000 from the Landfill Corrective Action account and an appropriation of $255,000 from the GENERAL FUND to fund the 7 authorized positions. These appropriations are effective immediately. A request of $700,000 from the Landfill Corrective Action account and $510,000 from the General Fund shall be included in the Department of Environmental Quality's 2007-08 biennium standard budget request for purposes of continuing funding of these positions.

 

This bill contains an appropriation of $700,000 from the GENERAL FUND to the Department of Environmental Quality for the purpose of providing grants to assist participating local governmental entities.

 

 

FY 2006

FY 2007

FY 2008

NON-ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT

 

 

 

Anticipated Revenue Increase:

 

 

 

LANDFILL CORRECTIVE ACT.

0

1,500,000

1,500,000

REGIONAL LANDFILL TRUST

0

1,000,000

1,000,000

 

Source of revenue increase: Fees assessed to operators of all municipal solid waste landfills operating in the state.

 

Assumptions:

 

Landfill Corrective Action account fees are calculated based on the population served by each operating landfill, and are set at $3/person/year, and cover the entire state.  500,000 persons times $3 equals $1.5 million per year.

 

State Regional Landfill Trust account fees are also calculated based on the population served by each operating landfill, and are set at $2/person/year, and cover the entire state.  500,000 persons times $2 equals $1.0 million per year.

The bill also establishes supplemental fees assessed to any owner of a leaking landfill, and are set at $2.50/person/year.  DEQ projects that 400,000 people in Wyoming are in jurisdictions with leaking landfills.  At such time as owners of leaking landfills elect to participate, these supplemental fees would be expected to generate 400,000 times $2.50, or $1,000,000 per year.  Participation is voluntary, and there is no set time for owners to elect to participate, so it is not possible to project an annual revenue increase for specific years which would be generated by this supplemental fee.  Supplemental fees are to be deposited in the Landfill Corrective Action account.

 

The bill also provides that interest earned from both accounts is to be deposited in the Landfill Corrective Action account. Since the funds in both accounts may be expended, the amount of interest revenue to the Landfill Corrective Action account is unknown.

 

Prepared by:   Dean Temte, LSO    Phone:   777-7881

(Information provided by Dave Finley, DEQ; phone 777-7752)

 

 

 

 

This bill has administrative impact that appears to increase (or decrease) duties or responsibilities of one or more state agencies and may impact agency spending or staffing requirements.

The following state agencies will be asked to provide their estimate of the administrative fiscal impact prior to the first committee meeting held to consider the bill:

 

Department of Environmental Quality