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Agency 462
Washington Pollution Liability Insurance Program
RCW 70.148

Current Law Budget

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Request $1,954,404
Net change from current biennium $47,699 Decrease
Percent change from current biennium 2.4% Decrease


The Washington Pollution Liability Insurance Program provides pollution liability reinsurance at a price that encourages private insurance companies to make pollution liability insurance available and affordable to owners and operators of underground petroleum storage tanks. This program assists the owners and operators of tanks in complying with the financial responsibility regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Ecology. The agency has developed a program to reimburse the owner and/or operator for a portion of the cost for initial site testing to evaluate the risk associated with insuring a particular site. The agency also administers a reinsurance program for underground heating oil tanks.

Objectives are to: minimize state involvement in pollution liability claims management and insurance administration; protect the state from unwanted and unanticipated liability for accidental release claims; continue to create incentives for private insurers to provide needed liability insurance; follow generally accepted principles of insurance and risk management; and continue to make pollution liability insurance more affordable and available to owners and operators of petroleum underground storage tanks and heating oil tanks located in Washington State.


Agency Level Summary

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Operating Budget: Summary
1995-97 Appropriations Appropriated Funds Expenditures
Amount Estimated Balance 1993-95 Actual 1995-97 Estimated 1997-99 Proposed
998,288 89,974 Pollution Liab Insurance Prog Trust - State 816,745 908,314 913,356
Non-Appropriated Funds
Pollution Liab Insurance Prog Trust - Non-Appropriated 7,185,373 322,342
Heat Oil Pollution Liability Trust - Non-Appropriated 771,447 1,041,048
Total Non-Appropriated Funds

7,185,373


1,093,789


1,041,048

Total All Funds

8,002,118


2,002,103


1,954,404


Operating Budget: Summary by Object

1994-95 Actual 1995-96 Estimated 1996-97 Estimated 1997-98 Proposed 1998-99 Proposed
Salaries And Wages 226,188 340,721 350,831 358,884 364,548
Employee Benefits 57,322 75,944 89,732 90,252 91,116
Personal Service Contracts 26,592 11,882 17,400 63,000 63,000
Goods And Services 66,055 561,485 356,216 424,170 428,137
Travel 14,258 13,032 24,200 22,022 22,275
Capital Outlays 31,314 23,004 17,255 13,500 13,500
Grants, Benefits & Client Services 3,241,173 122,342
Interagency Reimbursements (1,740) (1,941)
Annual Total

3,661,162


1,146,469


855,634


971,828


982,576

Fiscal Year 1993-94 4,340,956
Biennium Total

8,002,118


2,002,103


1,954,404


Operating Budget: Change from Preceding Biennium

1993-95 Actual 1995-97 Estimated 1997-99 Proposed
Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent
Total Administration 3,436,559 75.3% (6,000,015) (75.0)% (47,699) (2.4)%


Employment Summary

1994-95 Actual 1995-96 Estimated 1996-97 Estimated 1997-98 Proposed 1998-99 Proposed
FTE Staff Years 5.5 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.1
Average FTE Staff Year Costs 41,125 42,590 43,312 44,307 45,006