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Committee flags Climate Superfund language and funding; staff and treasurer report resource concerns
Summary
Committee members raised the Climate Superfund proposal, noting language and funding requests and that both ANR and the treasurer's office have signaled resource constraints; the committee asked members to form a recommendation after staff follow-up.
Members raised the Climate Superfund during markup and asked staff to confirm program language and funding levels after both Agency of Natural Resources staff and the Treasurers Office indicated resource concerns.
Committee staff said the web report includes language for a Climate Superfund and that agencies had requested money to support implementation. The transcript records $500,000 for the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) and a separate $700,000 entry tied to the treasurers office; committee members noted neither amount appears in the governors recommended budget and warned the initiative will be expensive to implement.
Why it matters: funding and language for a Climate Superfund will determine whether the state can staff and administer remediation, grant-making or related activities. The treasurer's office and ANR both said they need resources to move work forward; the committee asked members to weigh implementation capacity as they draft recommendations.
Next steps: staff will locate the language and reconcile funding lines, and the committee asked the treasurers office and ANR to clarify resource needs and spending plans before the committee decides whether to include the items in its markups.
