Department of Environmental Quality [440]
Secretarial Area: Natural and Historic Resources
formerly under: Natural Resources
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $118,756,302 $123,122,731 $241,879,033
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $33,663,494 $120,103,981 $153,767,475
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $45,535,093 $131,614,077 $177,149,170
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $43,303,046 $131,614,077 $174,917,123
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $40,764,599 $134,600,472 $175,365,071
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $39,560,090 $137,158,047 $176,718,137
2018-2020 2019 Chaper 2, 2018-2020 $60,361,783 $139,960,369 $200,322,152
2018-2020 2019 Base Budget $39,560,090 $137,158,047 $176,718,137
2018-2020 2019 Governor's Amendments $232,493 $2,802,322 $3,034,815
2018-2020 2019 General Assembly Adjustments $20,569,200 $0 $20,569,200
2018-2020 2020 Chaper 2, 2018-2020 $40,042,583 $139,960,369 $180,002,952
2018-2020 2020 Base Budget $39,560,090 $137,158,047 $176,718,137
2018-2020 2020 Governor's Amendments $232,493 $2,802,322 $3,034,815
2018-2020 2020 General Assembly Adjustments $250,000 $0 $250,000
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 390.50 503.50 894.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 386.50 503.50 890.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 408.50 564.50 973.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 408.50 564.50 973.00
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 408.50 564.50 973.00
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 408.50 564.50 973.00
2018-2020 2019 Chaper 2, 2018-2020 408.50 564.50 973.00
2018-2020 2019 Base Budget 408.50 564.50 973.00
2018-2020 2019 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2019 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 Chaper 2, 2018-2020 408.50 564.50 973.00
2018-2020 2020 Base Budget 408.50 564.50 973.00
2018-2020 2020 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018-2020 2020 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Adjust appropriation for the centrally funded three percent salary increase for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the three percent salary increase for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 X. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $804,431 $804,431
Nongeneral Fund $1,026,912 $1,026,912
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded health insurance costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the employer’s share of health insurance premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 G. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $757,680 $757,680
Nongeneral Fund $847,059 $847,059
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Remove one-time funding for an extensometer Base Budget Adjustment
  Removes one-time funding provided to support the Hampton Roads Sanitation District for an extensometer to measure land subsidence.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,350,000) ($1,350,000)
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Adjust appropriation for the centrally funded changes in agency information technology costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes in information technology and telecommunications usage budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 476 G. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $564,500 $564,500
Nongeneral Fund $495,050 $495,050
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Adjust supplant of general fund appropriations for the land division Base Budget Adjustment
  Annualizes an adopted one-time savings plan that supplanted general fund dollars with appropriation from the Hazardous Waste Permit Fund.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($500,000) ($500,000)
Nongeneral Fund $500,000 $500,000
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded retirement rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes in state employee retirement rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 H. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($157,630) ($157,630)
Nongeneral Fund ($201,224) ($201,224)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded state employee other post-employment benefit rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes in state employee other post-employment benefit rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 K. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $51,826 $51,826
Nongeneral Fund $66,159 $66,159
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded information technology auditors and security officers Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for information technology auditors and information security officers budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 476 J. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $33,912 $33,912
Nongeneral Fund $43,007 $43,007
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded workers’ compensation premium changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for workers’ compensation premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 475 V. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $6,774 $6,774
Nongeneral Fund $17,337 $17,337
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded internal service fund charges for the Personnel Management Information System Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the Personnel Management Information System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 476 O. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $7,521 $7,521
Nongeneral Fund $9,602 $9,602
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes in Cardinal charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the reduction in Cardinal charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 476 L. of Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($521) ($521)
Nongeneral Fund ($1,580) ($1,580)
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Increase general fund appropriation to support water quality monitoring Decision Package
  Increases general fund support for water quality monitoring activities.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $14,000 $14,000
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Adjust general fund appropriation at program level to match agency priorities Decision Package
  Shifts general fund appropriation across service areas to better align with anticipated expenditure patterns and agency priorities for the next biennium. This amendment is zero-sum and technical in nature.
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Distribute agency savings Decision Package
  Redistributes a savings measure approved in the 2017 Session between two fund details. General fund appropriation will be supplanted by Hazardous Waste Permit funds, in addition to Waste Tire funds. Waste Tire funds were the sole source of this offset.
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Remove contingent language under the air protection program Decision Package
  Removes prohibition from using air protection program funds to develop a Clean Power Plan. This prohibition is no longer necessary. This amendment involves language only.
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Increase Stormwater Local Assistance funding General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides a general fund appropriation of $20.0 million in the first year for the Stormwater Local Assistance Fund.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $20,000,000 $0
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Direct an environmental evaluation of Lynnhaven River Tributary General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment directs the department to undertake an environmental evaluation of the upper reaches of Buchannan Creek, a tributary of the Lynnhaven River, and provides $500,000 from the general fund over the biennium for the conduct of such work.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $250,000 $250,000
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Retire debt and interest incurred by W.E. Skelton Center General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment retires debt and interest incurred by W. E. Skelton Educational Conference Center at Smith Mountain Lake.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $319,200 $0
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Provide a voluntary increase in stormwater review fees General Assembly Adjustment
  This language-only amendment authorizes the department to provide a voluntary increase in the stormwater review fees of $30,000 for land-disturbance acreage greater than 100 acres and allows the requestor an expedited stormwater review of no longer than 45 days. The portion of the fee above the existing $9,600 fee can be used by the department to increase the staffing of the reviewers of these applications.


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 06-02-2025 07:57:43