Department of Ecology

  Annual FTEs General Fund State Other Funds Total Funds
  (Dollars in Thousands)
Estimated Expenditures 1,764.8 61,620 550,202 611,822
Total Maintenance Changes 0.0 0 0 0
2019-21 Maintenance Level 1,764.8 61,620 550,202 611,822

2019-21 Policy Other Changes

FY 2021 Budget Savings (10.6) (3,235) 0 (3,235)
Air Quality Program Fund Shifts 0.0 (651) 651 0
WRTSA Fund Shift 0.0 (750) 750 0
2019-21 Policy Other Changes Total (10.6) (4,636) 1,401 (3,235)

2019-21 Policy Comp Changes

Agency Savings in FY 2021 (448) (3,631) (4,079)
General Wage Increase Savings (67) (559) (626)
2019-21 Policy Comp Changes Total 0.0 (515) (4,190) (4,705)
Total Policy Changes (10.6) (5,151) (2,789) (7,940)
2019-21 Policy Level 1,754.2 56,469 547,413 603,882

Policy Changes

FY 2021 Budget Savings

This item reflects agency savings from vacancies, reduced spending, and shifting of costs to other funding sources to help address the state General Fund revenue shortfall. Specifically, the department has reduced spending through delayed hiring in the Water Resources and Shorelines programs, not implementing the streamflow restoration fund shift approved in the 2020 supplemental budget, utilizing unallotted funding intended for implementation of the Clean Air Rule, returning unspent provisoed funding from a dissolved gas rulemaking, shifting a portion of ocean acidification work to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and reducing general goods and services in the Water Resources Program. (General Fund - State)

Air Quality Program Fund Shifts

This item reflects a one-time shift in funding from General Fund-State to the Model Toxics Control Act Operating Account to implement the Clean Energy Act and changes to the Clean Car Standards and Clean Car Program. (General Fund - State, Model Toxics Control Operating Acct - State)

WRTSA Fund Shift

This is a one-time shift from General Fund-State to the Water Rights Tracking System Account for water resources programmatic work, including water rights data entry, imaging and mapping staff. (General Fund - State, Water Rights Tracking System Acct - State)

Agency Savings in FY 2021

Agency savings were achieved by implementing the governor's directive to furlough staff. (Freshwater Aquatic Weeds Account - State, Electronic Products Recycling Acct - Non-Appropriated, Worker/Community Right to Know Acct - State, other funds)

General Wage Increase Savings

Agency savings were achieved by implementing the governor's directive to withhold the general wage increase scheduled for July 1, 2020. (Reclamation Account - State, Wood Stove Education/Enforcement - State, General Fund - Private/Local, other funds)