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Agency 468
Environmental Hearings Office
RCW 43.21B, 75.20, 76.09, 90.58

Request $1,548,864
Net change from current biennium $76,573 Increase
Percent change from current biennium 5.2% Increase


The Environmental Hearings Office is the administrative unit managing the following quasi-judicial state boards: Pollution Control Hearings Board, Shorelines Hearings Board, Forest Practices Appeals Board, and Hydraulics Appeals Board.

The primary purpose of each Board is to provide fair and objective hearings within its specialized areas of jurisdiction and to reach a legally correct decision in each appeal. The goal of the agency is to render these decisions related to air and water pollution, hazardous waste, solid waste, water rights, water wells, forest practices, and hydraulics in the most expeditious and efficient manner consistent with fair procedure.

The primary objective of the agency is to carry out its mission while reducing the time required to process appeals.


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
1,472,913 622 General Fund - Basic Account - State 1,353,224 1,472,291 1,548,864


Operating Budget: Summary by Object

1994-95 Actual 1995-96 Estimated 1996-97 Estimated 1997-98 Proposed 1998-99 Proposed
Salaries And Wages 438,876 459,618 460,128 463,877 462,977
Employee Benefits 99,028 102,724 103,687 103,463 103,363
Goods And Services 182,822 154,899 156,597 178,477 180,280
Travel 11,899 19,938 14,700 24,170 21,257
Capital Outlays 52,167 5,000 6,000
Annual Total

784,792


737,179


735,112


774,987


773,877

Fiscal Year 1993-94 568,432
Biennium Total

1,353,224


1,472,291


1,548,864


Operating Budget: Change from Preceding Biennium

1993-95 Actual 1995-97 Estimated 1997-99 Proposed
Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent
Administration and Support Services 122,945 10.0% 119,067 8.8% 76,573 5.2%
Belated Claims (3,890) (100.0)%
Total

119,055


9.6%


119,067


8.8%


76,573


5.2%


Employment Summary

1994-95 Actual 1995-96 Estimated 1996-97 Estimated 1997-98 Proposed 1998-99 Proposed
FTE Staff Years 8.0 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.0
Average FTE Staff Year Costs 54,860 56,743 57,516 57,985 57,872