2003 Green Book
BackwardForwardCoverOverviewTable of Contents
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Adjusted
Appropriation
2002-03 		Executive
Request
2003-04 		Legislative
Appropriation
2003-04 		Change

STATE OPERATIONS
General Fund 109,036,500 99,321,000 104,212,000 4,891,000
Special Revenue-Other 227,624,200 211,331,800 244,956,800 33,625,000
Special Revenue-Federal 93,369,000 86,928,000 86,928,000 0
Internal Service Fund 40,000 45,000 45,000 0
Total for STATE OPERATIONS 430,069,700 397,625,800 436,141,800 38,516,000

AID TO LOCALITIES
General Fund 4,510,030 11,000 1,618,000 1,607,000
Total for AID TO LOCALITIES 4,510,030 11,000 1,618,000 1,607,000

CAPITAL PROJECTS
Capital Projects Fund 35,095,000 32,029,000 29,629,000 (2,400,000)
Capital Projects Fund - Advances 2,055,000 25,895,000 895,000 (25,000,000)
Federal Capital Projects Fund 149,100,000 156,770,000 156,770,000 0
Clean Water-Clean Air Implementation
Fund 145,637,000 2,527,000 2,527,000 0
Environmental Protection Fund 250,000,000 125,000,000 125,000,000 0
Hazardous Waste Remedial Fund 0 105,000,000 105,000,000 0
Capital Projects Fund - EQBA (Bondable) 15,125,000 991,000 991,000 0
Capital Projects Fund - PWBA (Bondable) 4,900,000 8,168,000 8,168,000 0
Capital Projects Fund - Authority Bonds 39,365,000 51,174,000 51,174,000 0
Total for CAPITAL PROJECTS 641,277,000 507,554,000 480,154,000 (27,400,000)
LEGISLATIVE ACTION

Legislative Changes

The Legislature adds General Fund Aid to Localities funding of $1,157,000 for the following Water Commissions, reflecting a denial of the Executive’s proposal to fund these Commissions within the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF):

  • Interstate Environmental
  • Susquehanna River Basin
  • Ohio River Basin
  • New England Interstate
  • Delaware River Basin
  • Great Lakes
    $388,000
    $200,000
    $13,000
    $26,000
    $485,000
    $45,000
The Legislature also adds General Fund State Operations funding of $4,891,000 for staffing costs and General Fund/Aid to Localities funding of $450,000 for Adirondack landfills in Essex and Hamilton Counties, reflecting the denial of the Executive’s proposal to fund these costs within the EPF.

In addition, the Legislature denies the Executive’s proposal to fund $9,329,000 in Environmental Conservation (DEC) capital projects, $500,000 for Urban Environmental Initiatives, and $765,000 for the Hudson River Valley Greenway Commission within the EPF.

Further, the Legislature adds $28,000,000 to fund existing staff at DEC, the Department of Health, and the Department of Law, under the Hazardous Waste Remedial Program, related to work on Superfund projects.

Finally, the Legislature denies a $2,400,000 capital projects fund appropriation for the investigation and remediation of state owned dredge spoil sites in the vicinity of the Champlain canal and a $25,000,000 capital projects fund advance appropriation for remedial and monitoring work at inactive hazardous waste disposal sites.

Environmental Protection Fund (EPF)

The Legislature appropriates $125,000,000 from the EPF and allocates it as follows:

Solid Waste Account

  • $6,500,000 for municipal waste reduction and recycling projects;
  • $6,500,000 for secondary materials marketing assistance projects;
  • $1,300,000 for the assessment and recovery of natural resource damages; and
  • $2,625,000 for the pesticide program, including $350,000 for breast cancer research at Cornell University.
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Account
  • $12,000,000 for local waterfront revitalization projects, including $1,000,000 for Rensselaer County waterfront revitalization and $1,000,000 for Oyster Bay waterfront revitalization. In addition, 25 percent of the funding allocated in this category will be for projects in urban underserved communities;
  • $12,165,000 for municipal parks projects. In addition, 25 percent of the funding allocated in this category will be for projects in urban underserved communities;
  • $15,000,000 for the Hudson River Park;
  • $5,750,000 for stewardship projects, including $750,000 for Belleayre Mountain Ski Center; and
  • $750,000 for the Historic Barn Preservation Preservation Program.
Open Space Account
  • $30,000,000 for land acquisition, including $250,000 for the Land Trust Alliance;
  • $5,000,000 for the Hudson River Estuary Management Plan;
  • $700,000 for biodiversity stewardship and research;
  • $12,000,000 for farmland protection activities;
  • $10,100,000 for non-point source pollution control;
  • $1,860,000 for Soil and Water Conservation Districts;
  • $1,300,000 for the Finger Lakes-Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance;
  • $400,000 for the Albany Pine Bush Commission;
  • $700,000 for the Long Island Central Pine Barrens Commission; and
  • $350,000 for the Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve.
Article VII

The Legislature accepts the Executive proposals to increase underground and surface mining fees, oil and gas depth fees, and State Pollution Discharge Elimination fees for industrial facilities and power plants.

The Legislature accepts the Executive proposal to create a Waste Tire Management and Recycling Program to be financed by a new $2.50 per tire fee on new tire sales, including new tire sales resulting from the purchase of new vehicles. The Legislature denies the creation of a Waste Tire Management and Recycling Account and creates a Waste Tire Management and Recycling Fund. In addition, all monies will flow directly into the Waste Tire Management and Recycling Fund, not to the General Fund as was proposed by the Executive.

The Legislature adds language changing the length of pesticide applicator certifications from five years to one year thereby reducing the corresponding certification renewal fee from $300 to $75.

The Legislature amends the State Finance Law to require that sufficient moneys be transferred from the General Fund to the EPF for the purpose of maintaining the solvency of the Fund when moneys are deemed insufficient to meet disbursements from enacted appropriations or reappropriations. The Legislature denies the Executive proposal to permanently establish additional accounts within the EPF statute and instead provides authorization for the expenditure of EPF funds for certain categories for State Fiscal Year 2003-04.

The Legislature also amends the Environmental Conservation Law to provide up to $2,000,000 from the Environmental Facility Corporation’s financial assistance to business dry cleaner program to assist eligible dry cleaner businesses in New York City.

The Legislature denies the Executive request to fund a newly created Hudson River Valley Greenway Commission in the Environmental Protection Fund by merging the Greenway Heritage Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley with the Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council. The Legislature provides $250,000 in General Fund support for the Greenway Heritage Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley and $575,000 in General Fund support for the Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council.

The Legislature also denies the Executive proposal to change the assessment of air regulatory fees from an emission point basis to a facility-based fee.

Finally, the Legislature denies the Executive’s Superfund proposal to merge the three separate Superfund, Oil Spill and Voluntary Cleanup Programs into one program.

Legislative Additions

The Legislature provides funding for the following:




PROGRAM APPROPRIATION VETO #

SUPERFUND - MAINTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT $28,000,000
ESTABLISH WASTE TIRE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING FUND $8,125,000
WATER COMMISSIONS $1,157,000 108
HAMILTON AND ESSEX COUNTY LANDFILLS $450,000

*All program appropriations vetoed by the Executive, as indicated by a veto message number, were subsequently overridden by the Legislature.


BackwardForwardCoverOverviewTable of Contents
New York State Assembly
  [ Welcome ] [ Committee Updates ] [ Reports ]