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JFAC approves DEQ funding package including Triumph mine remediation and ARPA reimbursements
Summary
The committee approved multiple Department of Environmental Quality enhancements including targeted pay to reduce turnover, a transfer to remediation funds, funding for Triumph mine remediation, ARPA state fiscal recovery reimbursements, and appropriations to support drinking water and wastewater infrastructure grants.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved a multi‑part FY2026 funding package for the Department of Environmental Quality that includes personnel pay adjustments, remediation funding for the Triumph mine, ARPA reimbursements for infrastructure grantees and a transfer to the Environmental Remediation Fund.
Janet Jessup, budget and policy analyst, summarized the department’s enhancements. Enhancement 1 provides targeted pay increases aimed at retaining permitting staff and supervisors where the agency has experienced turnover and longer permit…
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