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southern resident orca population and to monitor ocean acidification 1 as well as help implement the Puget Sound action agenda. 2 (13) $448,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 3 year 2022 and $448,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 4 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the department to coordinate 5 with the Olympic natural resources center to study emerging ecosystem 6 threats such as Swiss needlecast disease, conduct field trials for 7 long-term ecosystem productivity and T3 watershed experiments, and 8 engage stakeholders through learning-based collaboration. The 9 department may retain up to $30,000 in one fiscal year to conduct 10 Swiss needlecast surveys. 11 (14) $185,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 12 year 2022 and $185,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 13 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for compensation to the trust 14 beneficiaries and department for lost revenue from leases to amateur 15 radio operators who use space on the department managed radio towers 16 for their equipment. The department is authorized to lease sites at 17 the rate of up to one hundred dollars per year, per site, per lessee. 18 The legislature makes this appropriation to fulfill the remaining 19 costs of the leases at market rate per RCW 79.13.510. 20 (15) The appropriations in this section include sufficient 21 funding for the department to review its burn permit fee schedule, 22 and to develop options and recommendations on changes to the fee 23 schedule to meet the requirement in RCW 70A.15.5020. The agency must 24 report on options and recommendations to the office of financial 25 management and the appropriate committees of the legislature by 26 September 1, 2021. 27 (16) $569,000 of the model toxics control operating account—state 28 appropriation is provided solely to implement recommendations in the 29 aerial herbicides in forestlands report submitted to the legislature 30 in December 2019 from the aerial herbicide application working group. 31 Specific work will include researching alternatives to chemicals for 32 control of unwanted competing vegetation, compliance monitoring of 33 aerial herbicides application, and updating the pesticide board 34 manual. 35 (17) $925,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 36 year 2022 and $779,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 37 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the department to undertake 38 geologic research to understand the geology and hydrology of the 39 p. 1200 ESSB 5187.SL