FY 2016 Appropriation

The Hazardous Substance Mitigation Fund is an expendable special revenue fund. It consists of voluntary contributions received for the cleanup of hazardous substance facilities and by appropriations made to the fund by the Legislature. Money in the fund may be used for emergency actions, remedial investigations, or to pay an amount required by the federal government as the state's portion of the cost of cleanups.

Funding History

Funding Issues

Transfer to Hazardous Substance Mitigation Fund

The Hazardous Substance Mitigation Fund is in place to help meet the state's cost share requirements for cleanup activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and to respond to emergencies. Statute allows up to $400,000 to be transferred into the fund from the Environmental Quality Restricted Fund.
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $4,245,700 from all sources for Hazardous Substance Mitigation Fund. This is a 16.2 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time Transfer to Hazardous Substance Mitigation Fund$0$400,000
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$0$400,000GFR - Environmental Quality
The Hazardous Substance Mitigation Fund is in place to help meet the state's cost share requirements for cleanup activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and to respond to emergencies. Statute allows up to $400,000 to be transferred into the fund from the Environmental Quality Restricted Fund.
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COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.