Department of Ecology

Swift Creek Natural Asbestos Flood Control and Cleanup

30000708

For 80 years, a slow-moving landslide from Sumas Mountain in the Swift Creek watershed has carried large volumes of slide debris into the stream and floodplain below. This material, contaminated with naturally occurring asbestos and heavy metals, fills and chokes the stream channel, causing serious flooding and sediment deposits in surrounding settled and agricultural areas. This project has received partial funding of $4 million in the 2017-19 biennium. This new funding is provided to start a series of flood control and sediment management projects and related property acquisition.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 1,000,000 3,000,000 2,400,000 10,700,000 17,100,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 17,100,000

Eastern Regional Office Improvements and Stormwater Treatment

30000741

The Eastern Regional Office facility does not have sufficient space to store spill response equipment and field gear, to perform field laboratory work, or to store hazardous materials. This additional funding is provided to construct an annex that will consolidate business operations and eliminate offsite leases.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 478,000 1,442,000 1,966,000 0 3,886,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 3,886,000

2019-21 Water Pollution Control Revolving Program

40000110

The U.S. Congress established the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) under Title VI of the federal Clean Water Act to capitalize state-run, low-interest loan programs to finance water quality facilities and activities. The Washington State Water Pollution Control Revolving Account, established under Chapter 90.50A RCW, implemented the CWSRF loan program to provide low-interest loans to local governments, special purpose districts and recognized tribes for high-priority water quality projects statewide. Funding is provided to plan, design, acquire, construct and improve water pollution control facilities and for related nonpoint source activities to meet state and federal water pollution control requirements.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 204,000,000 816,000,000 1,020,000,000
Funds: Water Pollution Control Revolv Acct - Federal 280,000,000
Funds: Water Pollution Control Revolv Acct - State 740,000,000

2019-21 Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District Water Conservation

40000111

The Yakima River below the Sunnyside Diversion Dam suffered from chronic low stream flows in late summer and early fall during the 1977 drought. The river below Sunnyside Dam was dry for a week because the entire flow of the river was diverted for irrigation. That year, a federal court ruling required the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) to release water from storage to avoid dewatering salmon nests. USBR manages conservation improvements required by the Sunnyside Division Water Rights Settlement Agreement in the Yakima Basin Water Rights Adjudication. This funding is provided to cover the required state match of 17.5 percent for the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District projects.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 4,234,000 16,936,000 21,170,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 21,170,000

2019-21 ASARCO Cleanup

40000114

Funding is provided to continue cleanup work related to the ASARCO smelter site in Tacoma. ASARCO operated a smelter in Tacoma that released arsenic, lead and other contamination into the air. The pollution settled down to the earth in the Tacoma Smelter Plume. The smelter operated from 1890 to 1986 and contaminated over 1,000 square miles in the lower Puget Sound. This funding will protect public and environmental health, create jobs and promote economic development by allowing contaminated properties to be redeveloped.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 6,800,000 15,650,000 22,450,000
Funds: Cleanup Settlement Account - State 22,450,000

2019-21 Reducing Toxic Diesel Emissions

40000115

Diesel exhaust is a toxic air pollutant most harmful to public health. Funding is provided as grants to install idle reduction technology on school buses, emergency response vehicles, construction equipment and on-road trucks, and scrap and replace the oldest and highest-polluting vehicles, equipment and engines statewide to protect the public.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 2,500,000

2019-21 Centennial Clean Water Program

40000116

Funding is provided for the construction of water pollution control facilities, and planning and implementing nonpoint pollution control activities. Grant recipients are public entities that use the funds to address high-priority statewide water quality needs. The work done is an integral and essential part of the state's strategy to reduce pollution and protect our marine waters, estuaries, lakes, rivers and groundwater resources.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 35,000,000 140,000,000 175,000,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 175,000,000

2019-21 Eastern Washington Clean Sites Initiative

40000117

There are properties in Eastern Washington contaminated with hazardous wastes that have been abandoned, or have owners unwilling or unable to pay for site investigation and cleanup. Without cleanup, these sites pose threats to public health, the environment, groundwater and fish and wildlife resources. Funding is provided for the Eastern Washington Clean Sites Initiative for remediation activities on contaminated sites, including cleanup work related to metals contamination, leaking underground storage tanks, landfills, salvage yards and wood treatment facilities. Ecology will recover cleanup costs where possible.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 10,400,000 0 10,400,000
Funds: State Toxics Control Account - State 10,400,000

2019-21 Reducing Toxic Wood Stove Emissions

40000126

Smoke from wood burning stoves causes asthma, lung disease, heart disease, stroke and premature death. This program reduces emissions from old, high-polluting wood stoves in communities facing significant public health threats from wood smoke. Funding is provided to replace wood stoves with cleaner home heating options and deploy cleaner burning emission control solutions. Priority will be given to communities at high risk of violating national ambient air quality standards to prevent violations and avoid significant economic, environmental and public health consequences.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 2,000,000 0 2,000,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 2,000,000

Padilla Bay Federal Capital Projects

40000127

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) administers an annual competitive capital grant program for the nation's federal estuarine reserves. Under NOAA's Estuarine Reserve Division, the Department of Ecology's Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is eligible to apply for a 70 percent federal grant to be used for facility construction, remodeling and property acquisition for projects within the scope of the Reserve's management plan and federal regulations. Expenditure authority is provided if the new NOAA funding is granted to Ecology.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 500,000 0 500,000
Funds: General Fund - Federal 500,000

Mercury Switch Removal

40000128

Thousands of vehicles with electrical switches containing the toxic metal mercury are crushed and shredded at auto recyclers each year. Once released, mercury can damage human health and the environment, even in very small amounts. The Department of Ecology has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Automotive Recyclers of Washington and the End-of-Life Vehicle Solutions Corporation to establish a voluntary Automotive Mercury Switch Removal Program. Under the program, Ecology gives vehicle recyclers and scrap processors operating in Washington a small bounty to remove and recycle mercury switches from cars and trucks before the vehicles are shredded, crushed or smelted. Funding is provided for staff needed to implement the program, and for bounties to the 223 auto recyclers and scrap processors currently participating in the program.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 250,000 0 250,000
Funds: State Toxics Control Account - State 250,000

2019-21 Floodplains by Design

40000129

Floodplains by Design is an integrated approach that combines flood hazard reduction actions with salmon recovery, river and habitat restoration and other public benefits. Funding is provided for projects to restore natural floodplain conditions by preserving open spaces, correcting problems created by earlier but erroneous flood control actions, improving long-term community flood resilience, reducing flood risks to infrastructure, and developing and improving habitat conditions for salmon and other species.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 42,828,000 200,000,000 242,828,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 242,828,000

2019-21 Clean Up Toxics Sites – Puget Sound

40000130

Significant sources of pollution to Puget Sound are contaminated sites around the basin and its shorelines area. Funding is provided for projects that integrate shoreline habitat restoration opportunities with cleanup projects to protect public and environmental health, create jobs and promote economic development in the Puget Sound Basin.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 10,475,000 0 10,475,000
Funds: State Toxics Control Account - State 10,475,000

2019-21 Stormwater Financial Assistance Program

40000144

Funding is provided to finance stormwater retrofit projects that treat polluted stormwater in priority areas throughout the state. Funds will be distributed to the highest priority projects through a competitive rating and ranking process to ensure projects provide good water quality value and address problems from existing urban development. The work accomplished by local governments will help reduce toxics and other pollution in our waterways and protect our marine waters, estuaries, lakes, rivers and groundwater resources throughout the state.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 66,000,000 160,000,000 226,000,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 77,421,000
Funds: Local Toxics Control Account - State 148,579,000

2015 Drought Authority

40000146

During the 2015 drought, the Department of Ecology authorized, in cooperation with the Yakama Nation, the use of emergency groundwater wells to replace surface water irrigation supplies within the Yakima Basin. Emergency well users paid Ecology fees for emergency groundwater wells to replace surface water irrigation supplies within the Yakima Basin. In exchange for using the emergency groundwater wells, Ecology agreed to provide mitigation in the form of other flow improvements that would increase instream flows in later years. Funding is provided to implement mitigation projects. The projects will complete plans that deliver additional water supplies for agricultural purposes, meet the water needs for growing communities, make existing water uses more efficient and improve stream flow conditions for fish and wildlife.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 669,000 0 669,000
Funds: State Drought Preparedness Account - State 669,000

Waste Tire Pile Cleanup and Prevention

40000147

Illegally dumped tires in Washington continue to pose public health and environmental threats. Tire piles pose risks for highly toxic fires, pollutant leaching and run-off, and provide habitat for mosquitoes and other disease carriers. Funding is provided to continue the efforts to prevent and remove waste tire piles, and enforcement and education on tire storage and hauling regulations.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 1,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000
Funds: Waste Tire Removal Account - State 5,000,000

Lacey HQ Roof Replacement

40000148

The roof on Department of Ecology's Lacey headquarters facility has exceeded its useful life expectancy. Funding is provided to replace the roof to preserve the condition of the facility, and prevent further water intrusion and structural damage.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 3,089,000 0 3,089,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 3,089,000

Healthy Housing Remediation Program

40000149

Washington is in dire need of affordable housing across the state. The 2017 Annual Report of the Affordable Housing Advisory Board notes that housing supply and affordability affect all Washington communities, and rents are growing faster than low and middle incomes. The lack of sufficient safe and affordable housing results from not only traditional barriers to housing such as untreated behavioral health conditions, substance abuse disorders, domestic violence and poverty, but also due to insufficient siting and construction of new affordable housing, which is a multi-year trend. This funding will expand buildable land footprints by cleaning up hazardous sites that are assessed and ranked as the mid- to lowest level of concern. This will incentivize housing developers to continue to develop affordable housing for low-income Washingtonians.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 10,035,000 40,000,000 50,035,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 50,035,000

2019-21 State Match- Water Pollution Control Revolving Program

40000151

Funding is provided for the 20 percent state match requirement for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund annual federal capitalization grant. The Washington State Treasurer is required to make transfers from the Public Works Assistance Account into the Water Pollution Control Revolving Account during the 2019-21 biennium.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 12,000,000 48,000,000 60,000,000
Funds: Water Pollution Control Revolv Acct - State 60,000,000

2019-21 Columbia River Water Supply Development Program

40000152

This item is to continue implementation of the Columbia River Basin Water Supply Development Program (Chapter 90.90 RCW). Funding is provided to projects that are in various stages of completion, and develop new municipal, domestic, industrial and irrigation water throughout the Columbia River Basin, and place one-third of these new water supplies in-stream to meet the flow needs of fish, wildlife and recreational users.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 34,400,000 180,000,000 214,400,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 141,500,000
Funds: Columbia River Basin Water Supply Revenue Recovery Acct - State 10,400,000
Funds: State Taxable Building Construction Account - Bonds 62,500,000

2019-21 Streamflow Restoration Program

40000177

New appropriation authority is provided to continue the implementation of the Streamflow Restoration Grant Program that was enabled by ESSB 6091 in 2018. Funding will be awarded on a competitive basis for projects throughout the state, including water acquisition, storage, retiming, aquifer storage and recharge, habitat improvement, water use and streamflow monitoring.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 40,000,000 160,000,000 200,000,000
Funds: Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Bond Account - State 200,000,000

2019-21 Yakima River Basin Water Supply

40000179

Current water resources infrastructure, programs and policies in the Yakima River Basin have not been able to consistently meet the environmental and economic demands that support basin aquatic resources, fish and wildlife habitat, dry year irrigation and municipal water supplies. A diverse set of local stakeholders developed the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resources Management Plan to provide a comprehensive, long-term water resources and habitat improvement program to address this situation. Funding is provided for infrastructure, programs and policies in the Yakima River Basin that support basin aquatic resources, fish and wildlife habitat, dry year irrigation and municipal water supplies.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 31,500,000 128,000,000 159,500,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 159,500,000

Zosel Dam Preservation

40000193

Zosel Dam is a critical piece of state infrastructure owned and operated by the Department of Ecology under the authority of RCW 43.21A.450. Funding is provided to preserve the Zosel Dam facility, using best practices designed to protect this state asset. Funding will support several immediate, one-time projects at the facility. These include performing structural assessments, dredging the channel to restore flow functions, applying rip-rap erosion control and implementing various preventative maintenance projects.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 217,000 0 217,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 217,000

2019-21 Protect Investments in Cleanup Remedies

40000194

At Superfund financed sites or when Washington assumes liability for a cleanup, Washington state has financial responsibility for cleanup costs. Funding is provided to meet legal requirements, protect public investments in cleanup, and protect human health and the environment from remedy failure under the Superfund State Contract that provides financial assurance and a legal commitment for the state to share costs.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 9,637,000 0 9,637,000
Funds: State Toxics Control Account - State 9,637,000

Lacey HQ Facility Preservation Project—Minor Works

40000207

Funding is provided to do the necessary modifications of the HVAC system in the Department of Ecology's Lacey Headquarters basement to provide a heat source lost as a result of moving data server equipment.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 250,000 0 250,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 250,000

2019-21 Local Solid Waste Financial Assistance (LSWFA)

40000208

The Local Solid Waste Financial Assistance program supports the implementation of local solid and hazardous waste management plans and resource conservation through waste reduction, recycling and reuse programs. Funding is provided to continue ongoing grant funding for this program to protect human health and the environment, and reduce human exposure to toxins.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 20,000,000 80,000,000 100,000,000
Funds: Local Toxics Control Account - State 100,000,000

2019-21 Chehalis Basin Strategy

40000209

Funding is provided to pursue and oversee the implementation of an integrated Chehalis Basin Strategy to reduce long-term flood damage and restore aquatic species habitat. In the last 30 years, five of the largest floods in the Basin's recorded history have occurred. Not taking action could cost families and communities $3.5 billion in flood and related damages over the next 100 years.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 50,000,000 200,000,000 250,000,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 250,000,000

Chemical Action Plan Implementation

40000210

Chemical Action Plans identify uses, releases and sources of exposure to persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals, and recommend steps to reduce and eliminate future releases. Funding is provided to remove and replace these toxic chemicals and heavy metals in select consumer and commercial products or technologies before they get into the environment.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 3,704,000 0 3,704,000
Funds: Local Toxics Control Account - State 3,704,000

2019-21 Remedial Action Grants

40000211

Funding is provided to clean up contaminated sites in Washington with help from local governments. This will support cleanup at contaminated industrial sites that impact the air, land and water resources of the state, and continued cleanup of Puget Sound. This will protect the public and environmental health, create jobs, promote economic redevelopment by allowing contaminated properties to be redeveloped, and leverage local match funding.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 32,789,000 254,000,000 286,789,000
Funds: Local Toxics Control Account - State 286,789,000

Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir

40000266

Funding is provided for land acquisition, permitting, design or construction of the Dungeness off-channel reservoir in Sequim.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 2,500,000 0 2,500,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 2,500,000