The Department of Environmental Quality protects and enhances Virginia’s environment, and promotes the health and well being of the citizens of the Commonwealth.
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. more...
More historical data is available for this agency on DPB's website under the
Virginia's Budget page. If you click on the Budget Round Description links under any of the "DPB Appropriation Database" tables and open the filter you can select various fields to get greater detail and you can select the official chapter data going back for several decades. The "Caboose" chapters are the final biennial budget approved by the General Assembly and signed into Law.
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Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$41,280,848
$177,659,797
$218,940,645
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$36,860,814
$176,909,797
$213,770,611
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$36,800,630
$121,954,797
$158,755,427
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$32,853,834
$121,954,797
$154,808,631
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
Governor's Proposed Budget
$45,372,393
$131,614,077
$176,986,470
Base Budget
$33,663,494
$120,103,981
$153,767,475
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$11,708,899
$11,510,096
$23,218,995
2014-2016
2016
Governor's Proposed Budget
$37,940,346
$131,614,077
$169,554,423
Base Budget
$33,663,494
$120,103,981
$153,767,475
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$4,276,852
$11,510,096
$15,786,948
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
392.50
503.50
896.00
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
392.50
503.50
896.00
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
393.50
503.50
897.00
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
390.50
503.50
894.00
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
Proposed Positions
408.50
564.50
973.00
Base Budget
386.50
503.50
890.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
22.00
61.00
83.00
2012-2014
2016
Proposed Positions
408.50
564.50
973.00
Base Budget
386.50
503.50
890.00
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
22.00
61.00
83.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
•
Transfer the Stormwater Management Program
Decision Package
Transfers funding and positions to the agency from the Department of Conservation and Recreation for water quality programs. Legislation was adopted by the General Assembly during the 2013 Session that moved the stormwater permitting, erosion and sediment control, and Chesapeake Bay Preservation to the State Water Control Board and the Department of Environmental Quality.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$2,108,075
$2,108,075
Nongeneral Fund
$9,180,096
$9,180,096
Positions
83.00
83.00
•
Deposit funding to the Water Quality Improvement Fund from FY 2013 budget surplus
Decision Package
Provides general fund appropriation for a mandatory deposit to the Water Quality Improvement Fund (WQIF) within the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). A separate amendment addresses the deposit within the Department of Conservation and Recreation. This amount is based on a total of $31.5 million from FY 2013 year-end surpluses designated for deposit to the WQIF. Fifteen percent is deposited to the WQIF reserve within DEQ.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$7,582,500
$0
•
Restore appropriation for the Waste Tire Trust Fund
Decision Package
Restores nongeneral fund appropriation to the Waste Tire Management Program. Consideration was provided for the elimination of the tire fee during the 2013 Session of the General Assembly. However, this did not occur, which allows the agency to continue to collect the fee. The program works to reduce the size of the remaining tire piles in the state and to prevent the current tire flow from accumulating.
FY 2015
FY 2016
Nongeneral Fund
$2,330,000
$2,330,000
•
Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets
Base Budget Adjustment
Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the continued cost of public employee salary increases, increases in state employee health insurance premiums, changes in state employee retirement and other benefit contribution rates, and other centrally funded items being continued from the 2012-14 biennium into the 2014-16 biennium.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$1,784,140
$1,784,140
•
Increase water quality management for the Coastal Aquifer System
Decision Package
Provides additional funding as a result of the expansion of the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area. The State Water Control Board expanded the area to include the remaining portion of the Coastal Plain north of the Mattaponi River. The additional funding will be used to add a Saltwater Intrusion component to the Virginia Coastal Plain Groundwater Model, add a Land Subsidence component to the Virginia Coastal Plain Groundwater Model, and hire five new groundwater permit writers.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$401,036
$462,494
•
Remove one-time funding for wastewater treatment plant
Base Budget Adjustment
Removes one-time funding for a wastewater treatment plant. This is the state's share of costs associated with the construction of a wastewater treatment plant at the W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center at Smith Mountain Lake.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($85,000)
($85,000)
•
Remove funding for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Decision Package
Removes and transfers the funding to the Department of Conservation and Recreation to provide Chesapeake Bay education services through a competitive grant process.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($80,000)
($80,000)
•
Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency's budget for information technology and telecommunication charges based on the required cost of living adjustments contained in the Northrop Grumman contract and the elimination of the debt recovery surcharge originally approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 12, 2010.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$5,425
$85,857
•
Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency's budget for workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 2015 and 2016 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($6,238)
($5,348)
•
Adjust funding for premium changes in the Automobile Insurance Liability program
Decision Package
Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state?s Automobile Insurance Liability program.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($4,369)
($4,369)
•
Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to the agency's budget to pay for the agency's share of the costs for the new Cardinal accounting system. The Department of Accounts allocates the yearly cost of the system to agencies based upon the number of transactions the agency completed in the previous fiscal year.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$0
$7,673
•
Adjust agency appropriation for the cost of Performance Budgeting system charges
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to pay for the agency's share of ongoing Performance Budgeting system operating and maintenance costs. The general fund share of this cost was previously budgeted in Central Appropriations.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$3,330
$3,330
•
Transfer positions between service areas
Decision Package
Transfers positions to reflect a more accurate depiction of the actual position level and funding within the agency.
