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Agency 462
Washington Pollution
Liability Insurance Program
RCW 70.148
| Request | $2,058,404 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net change from current biennium | $56,301 | Increase | ||||||||||||||||
| Percent change from current biennium | 2.8% | Increase | ||||||||||||||||
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.
| Operating Budget: Summary
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| 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 | 1,145,048 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total Non-Appropriated Funds |
7,185,373 |
1,093,789 |
1,145,048 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total All Funds |
8,002,118 |
2,002,103 |
2,058,404 | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating Budget: Summary by Object
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| 1994-95 Actual | 1995-96 Estimated | 1996-97 Estimated | 1997-98 Proposed | 1998-99 Proposed | |||||||||||||
| Salaries And Wages | 226,188 | 340,721 | 350,831 | 393,884 | 399,548 | ||||||||||||
| Employee Benefits | 57,322 | 75,944 | 89,732 | 99,502 | 100,366 | ||||||||||||
| Personal Service Contracts | 26,592 | 11,882 | 17,400 | 63,000 | 63,000 | ||||||||||||
| Goods And Services | 66,055 | 561,485 | 356,216 | 425,420 | 429,387 | ||||||||||||
| Travel | 14,258 | 13,032 | 24,200 | 28,522 | 28,775 | ||||||||||||
| 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 |
1,023,828 |
1,034,576 | ||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year 1993-94 | 4,340,956 | ||||||||||||||||
| Biennium Total |
8,002,118 |
2,002,103 |
2,058,404 | ||||||||||||||
| Operating Budget: Change from Preceding Biennium
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| 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)% | 56,301 | 2.8% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Employment Summary
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| 1994-95 Actual | 1995-96 Estimated | 1996-97 Estimated | 1997-98 Proposed | 1998-99 Proposed | |||||||||||||||
| FTE Staff Years | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Average FTE Staff Year Costs | 41,125 | 42,590 | 43,312 | 43,284 | 43,906 | ||||||||||||||