SB 1352 - HB 1397
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
March 15, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Rebecca Chandler | Email: rebecca.chandler@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
SB 1352 - HB 1397
SUMMARY OF BILL: Requires the Department of Environment and Conservation
(TDEC), no later than January 1, 2026, to create and maintain an informational tool on the
Department’s website that provides data related to the presence of facilities that are required to
submit toxic release inventory (TRI) data to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant
to the Emergency Planning and Right-to-Know Act (42 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq.). Establishes what capabilities
such tool must include.
FISCAL IMPACT:
STATE GOVERNMENT
REVENUE Strategic Technology Solutions
FY25-26 and Subsequent Years $8,000
EXPENDITURES General Fund
FY25-26 $3,238,400
FY26-27 & Subsequent Years $94,900
Total Positions Required: 1
Assumptions:
• The EPA, through its TRI program, or data bank of toxic releases by businesses within
certain industries, is able to track the release of harmful chemicals using annual reports
provided by such businesses.
• While the EPA provides a TRI database, the proposed legislation requires TDEC to
develop a fully integrated tool rather than linking to existing EPA resources.
• The department currently lacks the capability to cross-reference its permitting data with
TRI data, as the two systems are separate and not integrated. Additionally, TDEC does not
have a geographic data tool that meets the legislation’s requirements.
• Implementing this functionality would require significant IT development, external vendor
support, and ongoing maintenance.
• The department provided cost estimates of two informational tool projects previously done
by private vendors on behalf of TDEC:
o Payment & Customer Systems Modernization Project (PACSM): $4,890,958;
o ESRI Septic Inspections Project (SIP): $1,400,000.
• Assuming the PACSM Project represents a higher complexity level and the ESRI SIP
Project represents a lower complexity level, the proposed informational tool is estimated to
be an average of expenditures of the two programs. Based on this assumption, the one-time
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development cost for the tool in FY25-26 is projected to be $3,145,479 [($4,890,958 +
$1,400,000) x 50%].
• Ongoing maintenance costs from Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) are estimated at
$8,000 per year, beginning in FY26-27.
• A new TDEC data specialist position is required for ongoing maintenance and data
stewardship, with the following costs:
Title Salary Benefits
#
Positions Total
Data Specialist $67,656 $19,252 1 $86,908
• There will be an additional one-time cost of $6,000 for computer equipment, phone, and
supplies.
• Therefore, the increase of state expenditures in FY25-26 is estimated to be $3,238,387
($3,145,479 tool development + $86,908 salary + $6,000 equipment).
• There will be a recurring increase in expenditures of $94,908 in FY26-27 and subsequent
years ($86,908 salary + $8,000 STS maintenance).
• There will be a recurring increase in state revenue to STS of $8,000 in FY25-26 and
subsequent years.
CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director