Relates to the Appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2021.

This is the FY 2021 original appropriation bill for the Department of Environmental Quality. It appropriates a total of $66,660,700 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 379.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP and temporarily removes funding for the employer's sick leave contribution rate. Funding for replacement items includes $103,200 for computers, air quality monitoring equipment, electroshocking equipment, and water quality monitoring equipment. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 2% change in employee compensation for permanent state employees, with an additional 2% increase for those in the 20 job classificationsmostinneedofequityadjustments. Fundingfora3%upwardshiftinthecompensationschedule is also included. The bill funds 11 line items, which provide a shift of 1.00 FTP and $103,100 off of the Water Pollution Control Fund and 1.00 FTP and $102,600 onto the General Fund for a total decrease of $500 as the final portion of the BURP and LMP fund shift; a shift of 3.00 FTP and $281,500 from federal funds to the General Fund to supporttheAirQualityProgram;$500,000onetimeforoperationsoftheBunkerHillTreatmentPlant;$407,500 onetime for Triumph Mine Remediation projects; $2,000,000 for the Coeur d'Alene Restoration Partnership; 7.00 FTP and $567,100 from the General Fund to the Idaho Pollution Discharge Elimination System Fund; a transfer of $1,500,000 from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the Environmental Remediation (Basin) Fund; a shift of 1.25 FTP and $120,000 from federal funds to the Environmental Remediation (Box) Fund; a shift of $384,000 from operating expenditures to personnel costs in federal funds for a net of zero; $763,700 for the Small and Disadvantaged Community Grant; and $50,000 for the Bear Lake Regional Commission. Also included are adjustments to pay the Office of Information Technology Services for security