Agency: Environmental Quality Function The mission of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is to safeguard public health and quality of life by protecting and improving environmental quality. DEQ also considers the benefits to public health, the impacts on economic development, property, wildlife, tourism, business, agriculture, forests, and other interests, and the costs to the public and to industry. DEQ also has the responsibility to strengthen local health departments' environmental programs; build consensus among the public, industry, and local governments in developing environmental protection goals; and appropriately balance the need for environmental protection with the need for economic and industrial development.
The Department's main offices are in the new state office buildings west of Redwood Road on North Temple Street. The Department operates an air monitoring center on Parkway Boulevard in West Valley City. The Department also has district engineers located in St. George, Price, Richfield, and Roosevelt. These staff members work in coordination with local health departments to support environmental programs specifically related to the rural areas to which they are assigned. Statutory Authority The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is governed by the Environmental Quality Code, Title 19 of the Utah Code: - UCA 19 is known as the 'Environmental Quality Code.'
- UCA 19-1-104 states the governor appoints that executive director with consent of the Senate.
- UCA 19-1-105 creates the Divisions of Air Quality, Drinking Water, Environmental Response and Remediation, Radiation, Solid and Hazardous Waste, and Water Quality.
- UCA 19-1-106 creates policymaking boards of Air Quality, Radiation Control, Drinking Water, Water Quality, and Solid and Hazardous Waste Control.
- UCA 19-1-108 creates the Environmental Quality Restricted Account.
- UCA 19-1-201 empowers the Department to complete its purpose.
- UCA 19-2 creates the Air Conservation Act and empowers the Air Quality Board and Division of Air Quality to enforce the Act.
- UCA 19-3 creates the Radiation Control Act and directs the Radiation Control Board and Division of Radiation statutes they are required to uphold.
- UCA 19-4 creates the Safe Drinking Water Act and directs the Drinking Water Board and Drinking Water Division to uphold drinking water standards in the state.
- UCA 19-5 creates the Water Quality and empowers the Water Quality Board and Division of Water Quality to enforce water quality standards.
- UCA 19-6 creates the Solid and Hazardous Waste Act and defines requirements of the Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board and the Divisions of Environmental Response and Remediation and Solid and Hazardous Waste.
Performance Air Quality:
- operates an ambient air monitoring network, providing pollution information for daily air quality status;
- reviewed and issued air permits for 197 new or modifying sources; and,
- completed 752 compliance inspections of major and minor sources.
Environmental Response:
- inspected 1,183 underground storage tank facilities for compliance;
- closed 43 Petroleum Storage Tank (PST) fund covered releases and 53 non-PST Leaking underground storage tank (LUST) releases for a total of 4,420 cumulative releases closed to date;
- received and coordinated 375 incident notifications; and,
- issued one Certificate of Completion (COC) for a Voluntary Cleanup Program site and one No Further Action (NFA) for a total of 35 COC and 3 NFA decisions in the program to date.
Radiation Control:
- regulated over 200 users of radioactive materials;
- monitored 8480 X-ray tubes licensed to organizations such as hospitals, chiropractors, veterinarians, and dentists;
- regulated 233,509 tons of radioactive waste;
- conducted 3,505 radioactive waste transportation inspections; and,
- tracked over 3,300 short and long term radon tests through the State Indoor Radon Program.
Water Quality:
- successfully managed 411 Utah Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems and 2,111 storm water permits; and,
- successfully administered the Utah Wastewater Project Assistance Program by closing eleven conventional loans totaling $42,461,000, awarding 48 grants totaling $5,953,088, and meeting all requirements for allocation, reporting, and management of the $20,649,900 in ARRA funds received by the State Revolving Loan Fund.
Drinking Water:
- regulated approximately 1,000 public water systems, ensuring that 99.9 percent of the population in Utah gets water from an approved public water system;
- conducted 270 sanitary surveys;
- reviewed 397 unique engineering projects;
- reviewed 525 source protection plans;
- took 24 formal enforcement actions;
- authorized 31 construction projects involving $25,200,000 in financial assistance; and,
- maintained certifications for 2,168 water system operators.
Solid and Hazardous Waste:
- regulated 133,806 tons of hazardous waste;
- regulated 288 tons of chemical agent waste;
- regulated 25,158 tons of PCB-contaminated waste;
- regulated 4.43 million tons of non-hazardous waste;
- recycled 10.5 million gallons of used oil;
- recycled 96 pounds of mercury;
- recycled 2.6 million used tires; and,
- managed 255 solid waste, hazardous waste and used oil permits.
Funding Detail | Sources of Finance | 2008
Actual | 2009
Actual | 2010
Actual | 2011
Actual | 2012
Approp | | General Fund | $11,668,700 | $12,548,600 | $10,919,200 | $10,684,400 | $10,596,200 | | General Fund, One-time | $1,000,000 | $738,000 | ($455,100) | $0 | $0 | | Federal Funds | $25,132,900 | $46,338,300 | $63,168,800 | $49,623,300 | $45,099,000 | | Dedicated Credits Revenue | $9,643,200 | $8,752,600 | $9,010,300 | $8,956,200 | $8,692,800 | | GFR - Environmental Quality | $6,740,500 | $6,515,300 | $6,475,800 | $6,521,400 | $6,510,000 | | GFR - Petroleum Storage Tank | $50,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | | GFR - Underground Wastewater System | $76,000 | $75,700 | $76,000 | $76,000 | $76,000 | | GFR - Used Oil Administration | $737,000 | $744,300 | $742,300 | $747,000 | $901,700 | | GFR - Voluntary Cleanup | $614,700 | $622,000 | $619,400 | $624,000 | $623,200 | | WDSF - Drinking Water | $159,400 | $0 | $0 | $138,700 | $138,700 | | WDSF - Drinking Water Loan Program | $0 | $138,700 | $138,700 | $3,500 | $3,500 | | WDSF - Drinking Water Origination Fee | $0 | $77,200 | $76,200 | $74,900 | $199,300 | | WDSF - Water Quality | $1,066,600 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $312,000 | | WDSF - Utah Wastewater Loan Program | $0 | $1,003,200 | $976,500 | $995,800 | $995,800 | | WDSF - Water Quality Origination Fee | $0 | $66,300 | $85,700 | $79,300 | $75,600 | | ET - Petroleum Storage Tank | $1,255,100 | $1,306,800 | $1,298,000 | $1,310,800 | $1,306,000 | | Waste Tire Recycling Fund | $125,000 | $129,800 | $129,200 | $130,700 | $130,300 | | Clean Fuel Conversion Fund | $106,000 | $109,400 | $108,800 | $110,000 | $109,900 | | Designated Sales Tax | $7,175,000 | $7,175,000 | $7,175,000 | $7,175,000 | $7,175,000 | | Petroleum Storage Tank Account | $0 | $19,100 | $50,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | | Petroleum Storage Tank Loan | $155,600 | $146,800 | $160,500 | $163,300 | $162,700 | | Transfers - Within Agency | $570,700 | $141,700 | $1,076,600 | $1,300,200 | $413,700 | | Repayments | $15,182,200 | $19,589,700 | $23,703,600 | $36,970,000 | $20,711,400 | | Beginning Nonlapsing | $747,000 | $1,347,900 | $1,321,800 | $161,600 | $0 | | Closing Nonlapsing | ($1,347,900) | ($1,321,800) | ($161,600) | ($158,600) | $0 | | Lapsing Balance | ($1,100,700) | ($927,800) | ($3,585,000) | ($2,905,200) | $0 | | Total | $79,757,000 | $105,336,800 | $123,110,700 | $122,832,300 | $104,282,800 |
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| | Line Items | 2008
Actual | 2009
Actual | 2010
Actual | 2011
Actual | 2012
Approp | | Environmental Quality | $47,315,400 | $49,313,200 | $49,444,900 | $48,665,000 | $55,538,000 | | Water Security Dev Acct - Water Pollution | $18,129,000 | $22,156,700 | $53,360,500 | $50,575,200 | $27,526,500 | | Water Security Dev Acct - Drinking Water | $14,312,600 | $33,866,900 | $20,305,300 | $23,592,100 | $21,218,300 | | Total | $79,757,000 | $105,336,800 | $123,110,700 | $122,832,300 | $104,282,800 |
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| | Categories of Expenditure | 2008
Actual | 2009
Actual | 2010
Actual | 2011
Actual | 2012
Approp | | Personnel Services | $32,597,600 | $33,585,700 | $33,228,300 | $33,109,900 | $35,159,600 | | In-state Travel | $261,500 | $219,300 | $173,300 | $172,700 | $248,400 | | Out-of-state Travel | $233,300 | $147,900 | $121,700 | $128,700 | $184,100 | | Current Expense | $8,197,600 | $8,468,300 | $9,215,700 | $9,198,500 | $13,759,200 | | DP Current Expense | $2,724,000 | $3,066,400 | $2,626,300 | $2,723,400 | $3,269,600 | | DP Capital Outlay | $43,700 | $5,100 | $0 | $38,300 | $438,300 | | Capital Outlay | $432,600 | $548,200 | $433,200 | $895,900 | $36,000 | | Other Charges/Pass Thru | $35,266,700 | $59,295,900 | $77,312,200 | $76,564,900 | $51,187,600 | | Total | $79,757,000 | $105,336,800 | $123,110,700 | $122,832,300 | $104,282,800 |
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Actual | 2009
Actual | 2010
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Actual | 2012
Approp | | Budgeted FTE | 403.0 | 392.5 | 391.0 | 387.0 | 391.0 | | Actual FTE | 0.0 | 0.0 | 383.0 | 374.9 | 0.0 | | Vehicles | 46 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 46 |
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