One of the biggest losers in the long and bloody state budget battle was the Department of Environmental Protection, which saw its appropriations cut by $56.46 million, or 27 percent, the largest cut ever in environmental spending.

As a result, up to 400 DEP employees could be laid off soon.

"I don't have all the answers yet. There will be layoffs, unfortunately, some reductions, but I'm not prepared to provide specifics at this time," John Hanger, state DEP secretary, said Friday in Pittsburgh. "We will make decisions expeditiously and sooner rather than later. The fiscal year is already more than a quarter gone, so we don't have a lot of time left to make reductions."

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