An Act To Improve the Ground Water Oil Clean-up Fund
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0880
Committee Amendment CA_A_S86 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to S.P. 328, L.D. 880, Bill, "An Act To 
Improve the Ground Water Oil Clean-up Fund" 
Amend the bill by inserting at the end before the summary the following: 
'Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Remediation and Waste Management 0247 
Initiative: Deallocates funding for 43.3 positions and other program costs to bring certain 
spending down to 5% of fund balance. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
POSITIONS - FTE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Remediation and Waste Management 0247 
2009-10 
43.300 
($3,600,000) 
($1,400,000) 
($5,000,000) 
2010-11 
43.300 
($3,600,000) 
($1,400,000) 
($5,000,000) 
Initiative: Reduction of state spending results in loss of federal matching grant of 
$800,000. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
Remediation and Waste Management 0247 
2009-10 
($800,000) 
($800,000) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2010-11 
($800,000) 
($800,000) 
COMMITIEE AMENDMENT" 4 
"to S.P. 328, L.D. 880 
Initiative: Provides for annual audit. 
OTIIER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALLFUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2009-10 
$20,000 
$20,000 
2009-10 
($800,000) 
($4,980,000) 
($5,780,000) 
2010-11 
$20,000 
$20,000 
2010-11 
($800,000) 
($4,980,000) 
($5,780,000) 
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This amendmenLis the minority-report of the-cOlnmittee.- The amendment adds an 
appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 04/17/09 
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LD880 
LR 1411(02) 
An Act To Improve the Ground Water Oil Clean-up Fund 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ':4. " 
Committee: Natural Resources 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
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2009-10 
2010-11 
($800,000) 
($800,000) 
($4,980,000) 
($4,980,000) 
($800,000) 
($800,000) 
Projections 
2011-12 
($800,000) 
($4,980,000) 
($800,000) 
Projections 
2012-13 
($800,000) 
($4,980,000) 
($800,000) 
This bill limits disbursements from the Ground Water Oil Clean-up Fund for administrative expenses, personal 
services and equipment costs to 5% of the balance of the fund. This fiscal note calculated the 5% on the average 
balance of the fund from fiscal years 2006 to 2008 of$10 million or $500,000 for a limit on disbursements. The 
annual budget for the department currently is $5.5 million. In order to reduce the program costs to the $500,000 limit, 
$5 million would be eliminated. Deallocations of$5 million are included in this bill to eliminate 43.3 positions for a 
cost reduction of approximately $3,600,000 and for $1.4 million in other program reductions. The cost reductions of 
$5 million will prohibit the Department of Environmental Protection from participating in a federal matching grant 
program for Underground Storage Tanks. This would result in a loss of matching revenue of $800,000 and ongoing 
deallocations of that amount are included in the bill. This bill also includes ongoing allocations of $20,000 for annual 
audits. 
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