HB5705 A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5705 Introduced , by Rep. Jehan Gordon -Booth SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Environmental Protection Agency for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, as follows: Other State Funds $533,172,838 Federal Funds $402,023,644 Total $935,196,482 OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b HB5705 OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b AN ACT concerning appropriations. 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented 2 in the General Assembly: 3 ARTICLE 1 4 Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 5 as may be necessary, respectively, for objects and purposes 6 hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the ordinary and 7 contingent expenses of the Environmental Protection Agency for: 8 ADMINISTRATION 9 Payable from U.S. Environmental Protection Fund: 10 For Contractual Services .......................... 2,500,000 11 For Electronic Data Processing .................... 2,000,000 12 Payable from Underground Storage Tank Fund: 13 For Contractual Services ............................ 500,000 14 For Electronic Data Processing .................... 1,500,000 15 Payable from Solid Waste Management Fund: 16 For Contractual Services ............................ 650,000 17 For Electronic Data Processing ...................... 633,500 18 Payable from Subtitle D Management Fund: 19 For Contractual Services ............................ 200,000 20 For Electronic Data Processing ...................... 200,000 21 Payable from Water Revolving F und: 22 HB5705 -2- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b For Contractual Services .......................... 1,300,000 1 For Electronic Data Processing .................... 1,500,000 2 Payable from Hazardous Waste Fund: 3 For Contractual Services ............................ 450,000 4 For Electronic Data Processing ...................... 700,000 5 Payable from the Illinois Clean Water Fund: 6 For Contractual Services ............................ 700,000 7 For Electronic Data Processing .................... 1,000,000 8 Payable from Environmental Protection 9 Permit and Inspection Fund: 10 For Contractual Services ............................ 950,000 11 For Electronic Data Processing .................... 2,000,000 12 For Refunds ................................ .........100,000 13 Payable from Vehicle Inspection Fund: 14 For Contractual Services ............................ 600,000 15 For Electronic Data Processing .................... 1,250,000 16 Section 10. The sum of $ 1,453,800, or so much thereof as 17 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Environmental 18 Protection Agency from the EPA Special State Pr ojects Trust 19 Fund for the purpose of funding all costs associated with 20 environmental programs, including prior years’ costs. 21 Section 15. The sum of $400,000, or so much thereof as may 22 be necessary, is appropriated from the U.S. Environmental 23 HB5705 -3- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b Protection Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for all 1 costs associated with environmental projects as defined by 2 federal assistance awards. 3 Section 20. The sum of $250,000, or so much thereof as may 4 be necessary, is appropriated from the Oil Spill Respo nse Fund 5 to the Environmental Protection Agency for use in accordance 6 with Section 25c-1 of the Environmental Protection Act. 7 Section 25. The amount of $4,000,000, or so much thereof 8 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Environmental 9 Protection Trust Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency 10 for awards and grants as directed by the Environmental 11 Protection Trust Fund Commission. 12 Section 30. The sum of $ 32,000,000, or so much thereof as 13 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Environmental 14 Protection Agency from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund for deposit into 15 the Vehicle Inspection Fund. 16 Section 35. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 17 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 18 hereinafter named, are appropriat ed to the Environmental 19 Protection Agency for: 20 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL 21 HB5705 -4- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b Payable from U.S. Environmental 1 Protection Fund: 2 For all expenses related to 3 environmental projects as defined by 4 federal assistance awards, including 5 prior years’ costs .............................. 13,641,400 6 For Use by the City of Chicago ...................... 412,000 7 For all expenses related to Clean Air 8 Activities and other environmental 9 projects as defined by federal assistance 10 awards, including prior years’ costs .............4,950,000 11 Total $19,003,400 12 Payable from the Clean Air Act Permit Fund 13 For Clean Air Act and Energy Act Activities: 14 For funding of Clean Air Act Title V Activities 15 in accordance with Clean Air Act Amendments 16 of 1990 ................................ .........18,307,800 17 For Enforcement of the Clean Air Act and 18 the Energy Transition Act ........................ 7,000,000 19 Payable from the Vehicle Inspection Fund: 20 For Personal Services ............................. 4,957,000 21 For State Contributions to State 22 Employees' Retirement System ..................... 2,634,100 23 For State Contributions to 24 Social Security ................................ ....383,000 25 HB5705 -5- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b For Group Insurance ............................... 1,691,600 1 For Contractual Services, including 2 prior years’ costs .............................. 20,000,000 3 For Travel ................................ ...........10,000 4 For Commodities ................................ ......15,000 5 For Printing ................................ .........20,000 6 For Equipment ................................ .......395,000 7 For Telecommunications .............................. 250,000 8 For Operation of Auto Equipment ...................... 20,000 9 Payable from the Environmental Protection 10 Permit and Inspection Fund for Air 11 Permit and Inspection Activities : 12 For Personal Services and other Expenses .........10,910,200 13 Section 40. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 14 as may be necessary, are appropriated from the Electric Vehicle 15 Rebate Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for the 16 purpose of administering the Electric Vehicle Rebate Program 17 and the Ethanol Fuel Research Program: 18 For Personal Services a nd Other 19 Expenses ................................ ...........600,000 20 For Grants and Rebates, including 21 prior years’ costs ............................. 14,000,000 22 Total $14,600,000 23 HB5705 -6- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b Section 41. The sum of $3,000,000 or so much thereof as 1 may be necessary, is appropriated from the U.S. Environmental 2 Protection Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for 3 expenses and grants connected with the Climate Pollution 4 Reduction Grant planning program as authorized by Section 60114 5 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022. 6 Section 45. The sum of $150,000, or so much thereof as may 7 be necessary, is appropriated from the Alternative Compliance 8 Market Account Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for 9 all costs associated with the emissions reduction market 10 program. 11 LABORATORY SERVICES 12 Section 50. The sum of $ 1,265,200, or so much thereof as 13 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Community Water 14 Supply Laboratory Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency 15 for the purpose of performing laboratory testing of samples 16 from community water supplies and for admini strative costs of 17 the Agency and the Community Water Supply Testing Council. 18 Section 55. The sum of $ 563,600, or so much thereof as may 19 be necessary, is appropriated from the Environmental Laboratory 20 Certification Fund to the Environmental Protection A gency for 21 the purpose of administering the laborator y certification 22 HB5705 -7- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b program. 1 Section 60. The sum of $ 2,688,000, or so much thereof as 2 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Clean Water 3 Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of 4 laboratory analysis of samples. 5 Section 65. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 6 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 7 hereinafter named, including prior year s’ costs, are 8 appropriated to the Environm ental Protection Agency for: 9 LAND POLLUTION CONTROL 10 Payable from the Road Fund: 11 For deposit into the Electric Vehicle Rebate Fund 12 for electric vehicle grants and rebates .........12,000,000 13 Payable from U.S. Environmental 14 Protection Fund: 15 For Underground Stor age Tank Program ..............2,888,000 16 For all expenses related to environmental 17 projects as defined by federal assistance 18 awards, including prior year s’ costs .............9,914,000 19 For all expenses related to remedial, 20 preventive or corrective actions in accordance 21 with the Federal Comprehensive and Liability 22 Act of 1980 and other environmental 23 HB5705 -8- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b projects as defined by federal assistance 1 awards, including prior years’ costs ............10,500,000 2 Total $35,302,000 3 Section 66. The sum of $2,500,000 or so m uch thereof as 4 may be necessary, is appropriated from the U.S. Environmental 5 Protection Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for 6 expenses related to The State and Tribal Brownfields response 7 program authorized by Section 128(a) of the Comprehensive 8 Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act. 9 Section 70. The following named sums, or so much thereof 10 as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Environmental 11 Protection Agency for the purpose of funding the Underground 12 Storage Tank Program: 13 Payable from the Underground Storage Tank Fund: 14 For Personal Services ............................. 6,380,000 15 For State Contributions to State 16 Employees' Retirement System ..................... 3,351,000 17 For State Contributions to 18 Social Security ................................ ....486,000 19 For Group Insurance ............................... 2,107,400 20 For Contractual Services .......................... 5,320,000 21 For Travel ................................ ...........20,000 22 For Commodities ................................ ......20,000 23 HB5705 -9- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b For Printing ................................ ..........5,000 1 For Equipment ................................ .......843,000 2 For Telecommunications Services ..................... 145,000 3 For Operation of Auto Equipment ...................... 16,300 4 For Contracts for Site Remediation and 5 for Reimbursements to Eligible Owners/ 6 Operators of Leaking Underground 7 Storage Tanks, including claims 8 submitted in prior years ........................ 40,100,000 9 Total $58,793,700 10 Section 75. The following named sums, or so much thereof as 11 may be necessary, are appropriated fro m the Solid Waste 12 Management Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for use 13 in accordance with Section 22.15 of the Environmental 14 Protection Act: 15 For Personal Services ............................. 6,964,000 16 For State Contributions to State 17 Employees' Retirement System ..................... 3,662,000 18 For State Contributions to 19 Social Security ................................ ....535,000 20 For Group Insurance ............................... 2,365,500 21 For Contractual Services ............................ 122,000 22 For Travel ................................ ...........25,000 23 For Commodities ................................ ......10,000 24 HB5705 -10- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b For Printing ................................ .........50,000 1 For Equipment ................................ ........12,500 2 For Telecommunications Services ..................... 100,000 3 For Operation of Auto Equipment ...................... 15,000 4 For Refunds ................................ ...........5,000 5 For financial assistance to units of local 6 government for operations under delegation 7 agreements, including prior year s’ costs .........2,500,000 8 Total $16,366,000 9 Section 80. The sum of $750,000 or so much therefore as may 10 be necessary, is appropriated from the Solid Waste Management 11 Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for all costs 12 associated with the implementation of a Drug Take -Back program 13 pursuant to the Drug Take-Back Act. 14 Section 85. The sum of $ 5,000,000, or so much therefore as 15 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Solid Waste 16 Management Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for all 17 costs associated with solid waste management activities, 18 including prior years’ costs. 19 Section 90. The sum of $ 753,800, or so much thereof as may 20 be necessary, is appropriated from the Solid Waste Management 21 Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for use in 22 HB5705 -11- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b accordance with the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act(CERA) . 1 Section 95. The sum of $ 2,998,800, or so much thereof as 2 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Subtitle D 3 Management Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for the 4 purpose of funding the Subtitle D permit program in accordance 5 with Section 22.44 of the Environmental Protection Act. 6 Section 100. The sum of $1,500,000 or so much thereof as 7 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Brownfields 8 Redevelopment Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for 9 all expenses related to the Brownfield s Redevelopment program. 10 Section 105. The sum of $4,500,000, or so much thereof as 11 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Brownfields 12 Redevelopment Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for 13 financial assistance for Brownfields redevelopment i n 14 accordance with 58.3(5), 58.13 and 58.15 of the Environmental 15 Protection Act, including prior years’ costs. 16 17 Section 110. The following named amounts, or so much 18 thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the Used 19 Tire Management Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for 20 purposes as provided for in Section 55.6 of the Environmental 21 Protection Act: 22 HB5705 -12- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b For Personal Services ............................. 4,248,000 1 For State Contributions to State 2 Employees' Retirement System ..................... 2,235,000 3 For State Contributions to 4 Social Security ................................ ....325,000 5 For Group Insurance ............................... 1,477,200 6 For Contractual Services, including 7 prior years’ costs ............................... 3,500,000 8 For Travel ................................ ...........20,000 9 For Commodities ................................ ......10,000 10 For Printing ................................ .........10,000 11 For Equipment ................................ ........20,000 12 For Telecommunications Services ...................... 50,000 13 For Operation of Auto Equipment ...................... 25,000 14 Total $11,920,200 15 Section 115. The sum of $ 3,211,400, or so much thereof as 16 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Drycleaner 17 Environmental Response Trust Fund to the Environmental 18 Protection Agency for use in a ccordance with the Drycleaner 19 Environmental Response Trust Fund Act, including prior year s’ 20 costs. 21 Section 120. The sum of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as 22 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Renewable Energy 23 HB5705 -13- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b Resources Trust Fund to the Environm ental Protection Agency to 1 provide a grant to Joliet Junior College for purposes of funding 2 education and training for renewable energy and energy 3 efficiency technology, and for the operations and services of 4 the Illinois Green Economy Network, pursuant to Section 6-5 of 5 the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources 6 Development Law of 1997. 7 Section 125. The amount of $4,000,000, or so much thereof 8 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Clean 9 Water Fund to the Environmental P rotection Agency to provide a 10 grant to Lewis and Clark Community College for purposes of the 11 National Great Rivers Research and Education Center(NGRREC ). 12 Section 130. The following named sums, or so much thereof 13 as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Environmental 14 Protection Agency for use in accordance with Section 22.2 of 15 the Environmental Protection Act: 16 Payable from the Hazardous Waste Fund: 17 For all expenses related to Hazardous Waste 18 Remediation, including prior year s’ costs .......17,544,000 19 For Refunds ................................ ..........50,000 20 Total $17,594,000 21 22 Section 135. The sum of $1,300,000, or so much thereof as 23 HB5705 -14- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b may be necessary, is appropriated from the Environmental 1 Protection Trust Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency 2 for all expenses related to removal or mediation actions at the 3 Worthy Park, Cook County, hazardous waste site. 4 Section 140. The following named sums, or so much thereof 5 as may be necessary, are appropriated from the Environmental 6 Protection Permit and Inspection Fund to the Environmental 7 Protection Agency for land permit and inspection activities: 8 For Personal Services ............................. 3,026,000 9 For State Contributions to State 10 Employees' Retirement System ..................... 1,591,000 11 For State Contributions to 12 Social Security ................................ ....229,000 13 For Group Insurance ................................ .920,000 14 For Contractual Services ............................. 40,000 15 For Travel ................................ ............6,500 16 For Commodities ................................ ......10,000 17 For Printing ................................ .........90,000 18 For Equipment ................................ .......310,000 19 For Telecommunications Services ...................... 15,000 20 For Operation of Auto Equipment ....................... 5,000 21 Total $6,242,500 22 23 Section 145. The sum of $400,000, or so much thereof as 24 HB5705 -15- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b may be necessary, is appropriated from the Landfill Closure and 1 Post-Closure Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for 2 the purpose of funding closure activities in accordance with 3 Section 22.17 of the Environmental Protection Act. 4 Section 150. The sum of $132,320,000, or so much thereof 5 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the EPA Energy 6 Projects Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for 7 expenses and grants connected with the HOMES Rebate Program as 8 authorized by Section 50121 of the Inflation Reduction Act of 9 2022 (IRA). 10 Section 155. The sum of $131,453,000, or so much thereof 11 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the EPA Energy 12 Projects Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for 13 expenses and grants connected with the HEEHRA Rebate Program 14 as authorized by Section 50122 of the Inflation Reduction Act 15 of 2022 (IRA). 16 Section 160. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as 17 may be necessary, is appropriated from the EPA Energy Projects 18 Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for expenses and 19 grants connected with energy programs, including prior year s’ 20 costs. 21 HB5705 -16- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b Section 165. The sum of $6,000,000, or so much thereof as 1 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Fede ral Energy Fund 2 to the Environmental Protection Agency for expenses and grants 3 connected with the State Energy Program, including prior year s’ 4 costs. 5 Section 170. The sum of $ 12,260,000, or so much thereof as 6 may be necessary, is appropriated from the F ederal Energy Fund 7 to the Environmental Protection Agency for costs associated 8 with State Energy Programs as authorized by Title I of Division 9 D in Section 40109 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 10 Act (IIJA). 11 Section 175. The sum of $ 15,963,300, or so much thereof as 12 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Energy Fund 13 to the Environmental Protection Agency for costs associated 14 with the Energy Revolving Loan Program as authorized by Title 15 V of Division D in Section 40502 of the Infrastru cture and 16 Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). 17 Section 180. The sum of $2,910,000, or so much thereof as 18 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Federal Energy Fund 19 to the Environmental Protection Agency for costs associated 20 with the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program 21 as authorized by Title V of Division D of the Infrastructure 22 HB5705 -17- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b and Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in accordance with Section 1 544 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. 2 Section 185. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as 3 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Energy Efficiency 4 Trust Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for grants 5 pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 6 -6 of the Renewable 6 Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources Developmen t Law 7 of 1997. 8 Section 190. The sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as may 9 be necessary, is appropriated from the Energy Efficiency Trust 10 Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for operational 11 expenses related to administering grants made pursuant to 12 subsection (b) of Section 6 -6 of the Renewable Energy, Energy 13 Efficiency, and Coal Resources Development Law of 1997. 14 Section 195. The sum of $10,000,000, or so much thereof as 15 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Environmental 16 Protection Agency from the EPA Energy Projects Fund for all 17 costs associated with the Great Lakes Environmental Justice 18 grant program, including prior years’ costs. 19 Section 200. The sum of $5,100,000, or so much thereof as 20 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Environmental 21 HB5705 -18- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b Protection Agency from the EPA Energy Projects Fund for all 1 costs associated with the Contractor Training Grant program , 2 including prior years’ costs. 3 Section 205. The following named amounts, or so much 4 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for objects and 5 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 6 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Environmental 7 Protection Agency for: 8 BUREAU OF WATER 9 Payable from U.S. Environmental 10 Protection Fund: 11 For all expenses related to non -point source 12 pollution management and special water pollution 13 studies and other environmental 14 projects as defined by federal assistance 15 awards including prior years’ costs ..............8,950,000 16 For Use by the Department of 17 Public Health ................................ ....1,500,000 18 For enforcement of actions under the Gulf 19 Hypoxia Action Plan pursuant to the 20 Infrastructure Investment and 21 Jobs Act (IIJA) ................................ ....795,000 22 For Expenses Related to Federal Grants and 23 Awards, including prior year s’ costs ............14,322,700 24 HB5705 -19- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b For Water Quality Planning, 1 including prior years’ costs ....................... 900,000 2 For Use by the Department of Agriculture ............160,000 3 Total $26,627,700 4 Section 210. The following named amounts, or so much 5 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the object and 6 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to the 7 Environmental Protection Agency: 8 Payable from the Water Revolving Fund: 9 For Administrative Costs of Water Pollution 10 Control Revolving Loan Program ..................11,106,400 11 For Program Support Costs of Water 12 Pollution Control Program ....................... 20,826,800 13 For Administrative Costs of the Drinking 14 Water Revolving Loan Program ..................... 8,479,400 15 For Program Support Costs of th e Drinking 16 Water Program ................................ ...10,614,000 17 For Technical Assistance to Small Systems ...........735,000 18 For Administration of the Public Water 19 System Supervision (PWSS) Program, 20 Source Water Protection, Development 21 And Implementation of Capacity Development, 22 and Operator Certification Programs ..............3,600,000 23 For Clean Water Administration Loan 24 HB5705 -20- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b Eligible Activities ............................. 10,000,000 1 For Local Assistance and Other 1452(k) 2 Activities ................................ .......5,500,000 3 Total $70,861,600 4 Section 215. The sum of $14, 970,400, or so much thereof 5 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Clean 6 Water Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for all costs 7 associated with clean water activities. 8 Section 220. The following named sums, or so much thereof 9 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 10 hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Environmental 11 Protection Agency: 12 Payable from the Environmental Protection Permit 13 and Inspection Fund: 14 For Personal Services ............................. 2,717,000 15 For State Contributio n to State 16 Employees' Retirement System ..................... 1,434,000 17 For State Contribution to 18 Social Security ................................ ....207,000 19 For Group Insurance ................................ .678,800 20 For Contractual Services ............................ 500,000 21 For Travel ................................ ...........25,000 22 For Commodities ................................ ......50,000 23 HB5705 -21- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b For Equipment ................................ .......425,000 1 For Telecommunications Services ...................... 50,000 2 For Operation of Automotive Equipment ................50,000 3 Total $6,136,800 4 Section 225. The sum of $50,000,000, or so much thereof as 5 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Coal Combustion 6 Residual Surface Impoundment Financial Assurance Fund to the 7 Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of funding 8 closure activities in accordance with Section 22.59 of the 9 Environmental Protection Act. 10 Section 230. The sum of $8,000,000, or so much thereof as 11 may be necessary, is appropriated to the Environmental 12 Protection Agency from the Water Revolving Fund for all costs 13 associated with Environmental Management System (EMS) Services 14 for the Bureau of Water. 15 POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD DIVISION 16 Section 235. The amount of $2,116,800, or so much thereof 17 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Underground 18 Storage Tank Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for 19 case processing of leaking underground storage tank permit and 20 claims appeals. 21 HB5705 -22- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b Section 240. The sum of $739,300, or so much thereof as 1 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Clean Air Act Permit 2 Fund for costs associated with the handling of appeals from 3 permitting and other determinations made by the Environmental 4 Protection Agency. 5 Section 245. The follow ing named amounts, or so much 6 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 7 the Environmental Protection Agency for the objects and 8 purposes hereinafter named, to meet the ordinary and contingent 9 expenses of the Pollution Control Board Div ision. 10 Payable from Pollution Control Board Fund: 11 For Operational Expenses ............................. 25,000 12 For Refunds ................................ ...........2,000 13 Total $27,000 14 Section 250. The amount of $ 511,800, or so much thereof 15 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Used Tire 16 Management Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for the 17 purposes as provided for in Section 55.6 of the Environmental 18 Protection Act. 19 Section 255. The sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may 20 be necessary, is appropriated from the Drycleaner Environmental 21 Response Trust Fund for costs associated with handling appeals 22 HB5705 -23- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b from permitting and other determinations made by the 1 Environmental Protection Agency. 2 Section 260. The sum of $1,259,400, or so much thereof as 3 may be necessary, is appropriated from the Environme ntal 4 Protection Permit and Inspection Fund for costs associated with 5 handling appeals from permitting and other determinations made 6 by the Environmental Protection Agency. 7 ARTICLE 2 8 Section 5. The sum of $ 80,000,000, or so much thereof as 9 may be necessary, and remains unexpended, at the close of 10 business on June 30, 202 4, from the appropriation heretofore 11 made in Article 80, Section 5, of Public Act 103-0006 as 12 amended, is reappropriated from the VW Settlement Environmental 13 Mitigation Fund to the Enviro nmental Protection Agency for all 14 costs, including administrative expenses, associated with 15 funding eligible mitigation actions that achieve reductions of 16 emissions in accordance with the Environmental Mitigation Trust 17 Agreement relating to the Partial Con sent Decree between U.S. 18 Department of Justice, Volkswagen AG and other settling 19 defendants. 20 Section 10. The sum of $ 6,171,538, or so much thereof as 21 HB5705 -24- OMB103 00325 RJM 45325 b may be necessary, and remains unexpended, at the close of 1 business on June 30, 202 4, from the appropriation heretofore 2 made in Article 79 Section 185 and Article 80 Section 10, of 3 Public Act 103-0006 as amended, is reappropriated from the 4 Energy Efficiency Trust Fund to the Environmental Protection 5 Agency for grants pursuant to subsectio n (b) of Section 6-6 of 6 the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and Coal Resources 7 Development Law of 1997 . 8 Section 15. The sum of $ 1,684,244, or so much thereof as 9 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 10 on June 30, 2024, from an appropriation heretofore made for 11 such purpose in Article 79, Section 190 of Public Act 103 -0006, 12 as amended, is reappropriated from the U.S. Environmental 13 Protection Fund to the Environmental Protection Agency for 14 enforcement of actions under the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan 15 pursuant to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). 16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 17 2024. 18