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Recognize, Appropriate and Reallocate Funds for PAMS Program

SYNPOSIS: 

EPA has allocated $893,238 from Section 105 Grant funds for the eighth year of the PAMS program. In addition, EPA funds from the fifth, sixth and seventh years of implementation of the PAMS program - $68,651, $126,089 and $163,323, respectively, were unexpended. This action is to: 1) recognize $893,238 for the eighth year PAMS program upon receipt and appropriate these funds to the FY 2000-01 Budget, and 2) recognize, appropriate and reallocate $358,063 from the Undesignated Fund Balance to the FY 2000-01 Budget for the PAMS program. The carryover of unexpended grant funds was discussed with and accepted by EPA.

COMMITTEE: 

The Administrative Committee reviewed this item on September 8, 2000. Committee Members who were present communicated their concurrence.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

1. Recognize $893,238 revenue from EPA Section 105 Grant funds for the PAMS program.
   
   
2. Upon receipt of the grant, appropriate $893,238 from the Undesignated Fund Balance to the FY 2000-01 Budget, as set forth in Attachment 1.
   
   
3. Recognize $358,063 revenue from prior year EPA Sections 105 and 103 Grant funds and appropriate a total of $358,063 unexpended funds from PAMS fifth sixth, and seventh years of implementation from the Undesignated Fund Balance to the FY 2000-01 Budget for the PAMS program.
   
   
4. Reallocate $358,063 in the FY 2000-01 Budget for the continuation of the PAMS implementation as set forth in Attachment 3.

Barry R. Wallerstein, D.Env.
Executive Officer

In February 1993, the EPA promulgated the PAMS regulations for areas classified as serious, severe or extreme non-attainment. Those regulations required AQMD to conduct monitoring for ozone precursors with enhanced monitoring equipment initially at one site, increasing to a total of seven sites. All seven sites are now operational. The PAMS program is also funding the meteorological upper air profilers sited at LAX and Ontario airports, and the new upper air sites being installed at March Air Force Base in Riverside and at John Wayne Airport in Orange County. Since the onset of the PAMS program, EPA has annually allocated Section 103 or Section 105 supplemental grant funds in support of this requirement.

For the eighth year of the PAMS program, EPA has allocated $893,238 to continue to operate and maintain the PAMS network, including the upper air profilers; to analyze the PAMS VOC samples in the laboratory; and to report the PAMS data to EPA.

From fifth, sixth and seventh years of PAMS implementation, $358,063 was unexpended and which reverted to the Undesignated Fund Reserves as of June 30, 2000. Funding carryovers typically result from changes in anticipated needs from one year to the next. Certain equipment, for example, may be budgeted (as a fixed asset) anticipating the need for replacement. It often turns out that equipment lasts longer than expected, and other equipment, due to technological advancements, fills a more appropriate need. Such changes are earmarked for carryover. For the fifth and sixth year carryovers, no further acquisitions are necessary, and the funds will be used to reimburse staff salaries and benefits.

Funds from the fifth, sixth and seventh years of PAMS need to be appropriated and reallocated to the FY 2000-01 Budget to accommodate changes in program needs and accomplish the goals of the PAMS program. The carryover of unexpended grant funds was discussed with and accepted by the EPA. Attachment 3 lists the reallocation of funds to the FY 2000-01 Budget.

Resource Impacts

Since the receipt and appropriation of funds by the AQMD constitutes a budget supplement within the definition of Health and Safety Code Section 40720(j), public notice of this proposed supplement was published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Riverside Press Enterprise, Orange County Register, San Bernardino Sun, and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.

Attachments

Attachment 1 - PAMS 8th Year Allocation
Attachment 2 - PAMS FY 1999-00 Expenditure
Attachment 3 - PAMS FY 2000-01 Carryover Reallocation

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