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Wyoming DEQ gives lawmakers an operational update, flags bond holdings and federal budget risk
Summary
Department of Environmental Quality Director Todd Parfitt briefed the Minerals, Business & Economic Development interim committee on DEQ structure, staffing, budgets and bonding, and warned the committee of possible impacts if proposed federal cuts to EPA funding proceed.
Todd Parfitt, director of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, told the Minerals, Business & Economic Development interim committee that DEQ employs about 275 full‑time staff across seven divisions and five offices, with headquarters in Cheyenne. He said the agency’s biennial operating budget is presented as roughly $203,000,000, of which the Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) program represents about $104,000,000 and skews the departmentwide funding mix. Without AML dollars the remainder totals about $99,000,000, Parfitt said.
Parfitt said DEQ’s funding mix (excluding AML) is roughly 54% general funds, 20% federal funds and 25% fee revenue. He warned the committee that the administration’s proposed…
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