Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2022.

This is the FY 2022 original appropriation bill for the Department of Environmental Quality. It appropriates a total of $71,755,800 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 379.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP, extends the holiday for the employer's sick leave contribution rate for another year, and restores funding for the employer'sunemploymentinsurancecontributionrate. Thebillalsoprovidesfundingfortheequivalentofa2% change in employee compensation for permanent state employees and a 2% upward shift in the compensation schedule. The bill funds nine line items, which provide $2,119,600 for operations at the Bunker Hill Central Treatment Plant; a transfer of $1,500,000 from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation (Triumph Mine) Fund; $560,200 onetime to clean up the Triumph Mine; $980,400 onetime to repair the Triumph Mine tunnel; $573,200 onetime for the Lake Coeur d'Alene study; a transfer of 2.00 FTP and $248,900 in the General Fund from the Water Quality Program to the Administration and Support Services Program; a transfer of $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the Agricultural Best Management Practices Fund; a transfer of $2,000,000 from the General Fund to the Water Pollution Control Fund and a onetime $2,000,000 appropriation from the same fund for projects around Lake Coeur d'Alene; and a transfer of $6,181,700 from the General Fund to the Water Pollution Control Fund for assistance to disadvantaged communities. DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and