Department of Ecology

2023-25 Reducing Diesel Greenhouse Gases(GHG) and Toxic Emissions

40000474

Funding is provided to replace diesel school buses with zero-emission buses and associated charging infrastructure to continue supporting idle reduction and diesel engine replacement projects.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 15,632,000 62,528,000 78,160,000
Funds: Model Toxics Control Capital Account - State 78,160,000

2023-25 Coastal Wetlands Federal Funds

40000475

Expenditure authority is provided for federal grants to protect coastal and estuarine areas with funds from the competitive National Coastal Wetland Conservation grant program through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 14,000,000 48,000,000 62,000,000
Funds: General Fund - Federal 62,000,000

2023-25 Chehalis Basin Strategy

40000476

Funds design and implementation of flood reduction and habitat restoration projects prescribed by the Chehalis Basin Strategy, including new grants, contracts, interagency agreements and staff.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 70,000,000 280,000,000 350,000,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 350,000,000

2023-25 Freshwater Aquatic Invasive Plants Grant Program

40000477

Funding is provided for grants and technical assistance to local and state governments, tribes, and special purpose districts to reduce the propagation of freshwater aquatic invasive plants and manage the problems invasive plants cause.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 1,700,000 6,800,000 8,500,000
Funds: Freshwater Aquatic Weeds Account - State 8,500,000

2023-25 Freshwater Algae Grant Program

40000478

Grants are funded to manage freshwater harmful algal blooms, with priority for treatment of lakes where harmful algal blooms have occurred within the past three years. Nuisance algae monitoring and removal, and providing technical assistance to applicants and the public about aquatic algae control is also funded.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 710,000 3,000,000 3,710,000
Funds: Aquatic Algae Control Account - State 3,710,000

2023-25 Reducing Toxic Wood Stove Emissions

40000479

Funding is provided to replace wood stoves with cleaner home heating options and deploy cleaner-burning emission control solutions.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 4,144,000 16,576,000 20,720,000
Funds: Model Toxics Control Capital Account - State 20,720,000

2023-25 Affordable Housing Cleanup Grant Program

40000480

Funding for the Affordable Housing Cleanup Grant will allow the department to work directly with affordable housing developers on cleanup projects that support the governor’s priorities on housing and homelessness.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 12,259,000 40,000,000 52,259,000
Funds: Model Toxics Control Capital Account - State 52,259,000

2023-25 Product Replacement Program

40000486

Funds financial incentives to Washington businesses to remove or replace consumer products containing toxic chemicals through technology and infrastructure upgrades, best management practices, disposal programs and the use of safer chemicals.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 6,500,000 26,000,000 32,500,000
Funds: Model Toxics Control Capital Account - State 32,500,000

2023-25 Clean Up Toxic Sites – Puget Sound

40000487

Funding is provided for 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 7,455,000 40,000,000 47,455,000
Funds: Model Toxics Control Capital Account - State 47,455,000

2023-25 Remedial Action Grant Program

40000495

Local government grants are provided to clean up contaminated sites in Washington. These projects support clean up at contaminated industrial sites that impact the air, land and water resources of the state and continued cleanup of Puget Sound.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 115,111,000 333,800,000 448,911,000
Funds: Model Toxics Control Capital Account - State 448,911,000

2023-25 Protect Investments in Cleanup Remedies

40000526

Funding is provided to meet legal requirements, protect public investments in cleanup, 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 4,450,000 40,000,000 44,450,000
Funds: Model Toxics Control Capital Account - State 44,450,000

2023-25 ASARCO Everett Smelter Plume Cleanup

40000529

Funding continues the cleanup of sites with contaminated soil from operation of the American Smelting and Refining Company smelter site in the city of Everett, which follows the department's 10-year cleanup plan.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 7,679,000 21,358,000 29,037,000
Funds: Model Toxics Control Capital Account - State 29,037,000

2023-25 PFAS Contaminated Drinking Water

40000530

Continue study of PFAS contamination in the Lower Issaquah Valley and other potentially impacted areas, and development of effective treatment techniques that will help remediate source areas are funded.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 17,215,000 0 17,215,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 17,215,000

2023-25 Eastern Washington Clean Sites Initiative

40000533

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.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 950,000 40,000,000 40,950,000
Funds: Model Toxics Control Capital Account - State 40,950,000

2023-25 Swift Creek Natural Asbestos Flood Control and Cleanup

40000538

Funding to continue the next phase of work on the Swift Creek cleanup and flood control is proved. The Swift Creek landslide is a long-term, slow-moving debris slide that contains naturally occurring asbestos, affecting residents in the downstream floodplain east of the city of Everson.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 4,000,000 50,812,000 54,812,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 54,812,000

2023-25 Stormwater Financial Assistance Program

40000539

This item funds stormwater retrofit projects that treat polluted stormwater in priority areas throughout the state to reduce toxics and other pollution in waterways and protect marine waters, estuaries, lakes, rivers, and groundwater resources.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 68,000,000 300,000,000 368,000,000
Funds: Model Toxics Control Stormwater Account - State 368,000,000

2023-25 Floodplains by Design

40000540

Funding is provided for technical assistance and projects to restore natural floodplain conditions by preserving open spaces, improving long-term community flood resilience, reducing flood risks to infrastructure, and development and improving habitat conditions for salmon and other species. Floodplains by Design combines flood hazard reduction actions with salmon recovery, and river and habitat restoration.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 49,800,000 200,000,000 249,800,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 249,800,000

2023-25 Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District Water Conservation

40000559

This item funds the state's share of the Sunnyside Division Water Rights Settlement Agreement in the Yakima River Basin Water Rights Adjudication, to implement water conservation measures that reduce diversions from the Yakim River to the Sunnyside Division.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 3,246,000 12,984,000 16,230,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 16,230,000

2023-25 Water Pollution Control Revolving Program

40000563

Funding is provided to plan, design, acquire, construct and improve water pollution control facilities and related non-point source activities to meet state and federal water pollution control requirements. The Clean Water State Revolving Fund established under the federal Clean Water Act is a state-run, low-interest loan programs that finances water quality facilities and activities. The state matches and administers federal funds through the Water Pollution Control Revolving Account. The loan program provides low-interest loans to local governments, special purpose districts and recognized tribes for high-priority water quality projects statewide.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 635,000,000 2,540,000,000 3,175,000,000
Funds: Water Pollution Control Revolv Acct - Federal 1,000,000,000
Funds: Water Pollution Control Revolv Acct - State 2,175,000,000

2023-25 State Match - Water Pollution Control Revolving Program

40000564

The 20% state match requirement for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund annual federal capitalization grant is funded.

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

2023-25 Streamflow Restoration Program

40000565

Funding is provided to continue the implementation of the Streamflow Restoration Grant Program. Funds are 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

2023-25 Sewer Overflow & Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grants Prog

40000567

A new grant program that funds essential municipal infrastructure work to address water quality and public health impacts caused by urban stormwater and combined sewer overflows is implemented. This program assists municipalities plan, design, and construct treatment projects to intercept, transport, control, treat or reuse municipal combined or sanitary sewer overflows, stormwater or subsurface drainage water.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 16,700,000 66,800,000 83,500,000
Funds: General Fund - Federal 83,500,000

2023-25 Waste Tire Pile Cleanup and Prevention

40000568

Funding is provided to continue prevention and removal of 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

2023-25 Stormwater Public Private Partnerships

40000569

Funding is provided to the department in collaboration with partner agencies, to develop local capacity and private investments in advancing implementation of stormwater retrofits statewide, especially among historically underserved communities.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 3,000,000 100,000,000 103,000,000
Funds: Model Toxics Control Stormwater Account - State 103,000,000

Elevator Restorations at Ecology Facilities

40000570

Restoration and updates to facility elevators that are in critical condition will be made to continue operations and bring into compliance with ADA requirements.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 4,263,000 0 4,263,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 4,263,000

2023-25 Centennial Clean Water Program

40000571

Grants to public entities for the construction of water pollution control facilities, and planning and implementing nonpoint pollution control activities are provided from the Centennial Clean Water Program.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 40,000,000 160,000,000 200,000,000
Funds: Model Toxics Control Capital Account - State 200,000,000

2023-25 Yakima River Basin Water Supply

40000572

Funding is provided to continue implementation of the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan.

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

2023-25 Columbia River Water Supply Development Program

40000583

This project funds the Columbia River Basin Water Supply Development Program to continue building on projects currently being implemented and for new projects, including pursuing water supplies to benefit both instream and out–of–stream uses through storage, conservation and voluntary regional water management agreements.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 43,850,000 166,000,000 209,850,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 202,350,000
Funds: Columbia River Basin Water Supply Revenue Recovery Acct - State 7,500,000

Product Testing Laboratory Construction

40000604

Predesign funding is provided to retrofit existing space in the basement of the department's headquarters building into a laboratory that performs analysis and testing of organic material contained in consumer products.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 350,000 16,111,000 16,461,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 16,461,000

2023-25 Zosel Dam Preservation

40000605

This project provides repairs and maintenance activities at the facility to ensure proper operation, and long-term care and protection of the dam. The department owns this facility and is required to maintain operational effectives under an International Agreement with Canada.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 5,549,000 0 5,549,000
Funds: State Building Construction Account - State 5,549,000

Improving Air Quality in Overburdened Communities Initiative

40000606

Funding is provided to ensure the department takes actions to reduce criteria air pollutant emissions in the identified overburdened communities highly impacted by air pollution.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 11,400,000 45,600,000 57,000,000
Funds: Air Qual Health Disparities Impvmt Acct - State 57,000,000

Landfill Methane Capture

40000611

A new program to help reduce methane emissions from landfills is funded.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 15,000,000 0 15,000,000
Funds: Climate Commitment Account - State 15,000,000

Padilla Bay Samish Conservation Area

40000612

Federal expenditure authority for the Padilla Bay Samish Conservation Area is provided.

Prior Biennium Current Biennium Reappropriations Appropriations Future Cost Total Costs
0 0 0 2,333,000 0 2,333,000
Funds: General Fund - Federal 2,333,000