Treasurer’s office seeks $700,000 and 12-month extension to complete Climate Superfund damage study

Deputy Treasurer Gavin Boyle told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee on April 4, 1999, that the treasurer’s office is asking the Legislature to extend by 12 months the Jan. 15 deadline set in Act 122 and to appropriate additional funds to complete a statewide damages and abatement study tied to the so-called Climate Superfund.

The request would add $700,000 for consultants and third-party services and $125,000 for a limited-service position over three years, Boyle said, on top of $300,000 previously appropriated under Act 122 that has not yet been spent. "We got $300,000 in Act 122. One of the things that the RFI convinced us of is that that is probably not adequate," Boyle said. "Whoever we do hire needs to be someone who has testified or who has been qualified as an expert."

The treasurer’s office said it has completed a request for information, or RFI, and is close to drafting a request for proposals, or RFP, but cannot…