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Agency Recommendation Summaries

Department of Ecology

  Average Annual FTEs Near General Fund State Other Funds Total Funds
  (Dollars in Thousands)
Current Budget 2,281.5 67,558 1,061,767 1,129,325
2025-27 Maintenance Level 2,282.0 67,026 1,061,612 1,128,638
Difference from 2025-27 Original 0.50 (532) (155) (687)
% Change from 2025-27 Original 0.02% (0.8%) (0.0%) (0.1%)

2026 Policy Other Changes

Administration Reduction 0.0 (472) 0 (472)
Administrative Reduction 0.0 (63) 0 (63)
Coastal Hazards Assistance 0.0 0 1,000 1,000
Laboratory Accreditation 2.9 (1,087) 2,102 1,015
Tribal Offset Grants 0.0 0 5,000 5,000
2026 Policy Other Changes Total 2.9 (1,622) 8,102 6,480

2026 Policy Central Services Changes

Archives/Records Management 0.0 0 1 1
Audit Services 0.0 0 1 1
DES Central Services 0.0 13 97 110
GOV Central Services 0.0 9 69 78
Legal Services 0.0 51 135 186
OFM Central Services 0.0 394 3,088 3,482
Self-Insurance Liability Premium 0.0 94 734 828
WTS Central Services 0.0 31 232 263
2026 Policy Central Services Changes Total 0.0 592 4,357 4,949
Total Policy Changes 2.9 (1,030) 12,459 11,429
2026 Policy Level 2,284.9 65,996 1,074,071 1,140,067
Difference from 2025-27 Original 3.4 (1,562) 12,304 10,742
% Change from 2025-27 Original 0.15% (2.3%) 1.2% 0.95%

Policy Changes

Administration Reduction

Reduces General Fund-State administrative funding for Ecology by 15%. (General Fund - State)

Administrative Reduction

Funding is reduced to reflect a reduction in administrative services. (General Fund - State)

Archives/Records Management

Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated share of charges for archives and records management services provided by the Office of the Secretary of State. (Model Toxics Control Operating Acct - State)

Audit Services

Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of audits performed by the Washington State Auditor. (Model Toxics Control Operating Acct - State)

Coastal Hazards Assistance

Funding from the Natural Climate Solutions Account reduced in the 2025–27 biennium for coordination and assistance to coastal communities for coastal hazards, such as flooding and sea level rise, is restored. (Natural Climate Solutions Account - State)

DES Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Department of Enterprise Services for Capitol Campus costs; real estate, risk management, and small agency services; the Perry Street and Capitol Campus child care centers; enterprise applications, and other items. (General Fund - State, Model Toxics Control Operating Acct - State, Water Quality Permit Account - State, other funds)

GOV Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of the Governor for the Office of Equity. (General Fund - State, Model Toxics Control Operating Acct - State, Water Quality Permit Account - State, other funds)

Laboratory Accreditation

The Department of Ecologys (Ecology) Laboratory Accreditation Unit ensures that drinking water meets federal requirements. Funding is provided to sustain that work and keep up with growing demand for environmental-lab audits. Ecology completed a fee increase in 2023 to support additional staff, and this adjustment restores five auditor positions needed to address the audit backlog. (General Fund - State, Laboratory Accreditation Account - State)

Legal Services

Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of legal services provided by the Office of the Attorney General. Funding provided in the central service model is not all inclusive, as legal services expenditures are based on consumption. (General Fund - State, Model Toxics Control Operating Acct - State, Water Quality Permit Account - State, other funds)

OFM Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of Financial Management for existing statewide applications, the One Washington program, and other central services. (General Fund - State, Model Toxics Control Operating Acct - State, Water Quality Permit Account - State, other funds)

Self-Insurance Liability Premium

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's share of actuarially projected costs of the self-insurance liability premium. (General Fund - State, Model Toxics Control Operating Acct - State, Water Quality Permit Account - State, other funds)

Tribal Offset Grants

Increased funding for the Tribal Carbon Offset Assistance Grant program to expand development of eligible carbon offset projects on Tribal lands. The additional funding will help Tribes move offset projects from planning into implementation, enabling high-quality, verifiable greenhouse-gas reductions while providing direct environmental and economic benefits to Tribal communities and Washington state. (Climate Investment Account - State)

WTS Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from Washington Technology Solutions for the Office of Cybersecurity, the state network, enterprise services, small agency IT services, enterprise architecture and data management, Microsoft 365 licenses, and other items. (General Fund - State, Model Toxics Control Operating Acct - State, Water Quality Permit Account - State, other funds)