Transcript IDEM Update Indiana Steel Environmental Group July 9, 2014 Thomas W. Easterly, P.E., BCEE Commissioner IN Department of Environmental Management.

IDEM Update
Indiana Steel Environmental Group
July 9, 2014
Thomas W. Easterly, P.E., BCEE Commissioner
IN Department of Environmental Management
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IDEM’s Mission
Protecting Hoosiers and Our Environment
While Becoming the Most Customer-Friendly
Environmental Agency
IDEM’s mission is to implement federal and state
regulations to protect human health and the
environment while allowing the environmentally sound
operations of industrial, agricultural, commercial and
government activities vital to a prosperous economy.
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How Does IDEM Protect
Hoosiers and Our Environment?
• Develop regulations and issue permits to restrict
discharges to environmentally safe levels.
• Inspect and monitor permitted facilities to ensure
compliance with the permits.
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How Does IDEM Protect
Hoosiers and Our Environment?
• Use compliance assistance and/or enforcement
when people exceed their permit levels or violate
regulations.
• Educate people on their environmental
responsibilities.
• Clean up contaminated sites to eliminate public
exposure to toxics and return properties to
productive use.
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Performance Metrics March 2014
Result
Target
Comments
Quality of Hoosiers' Environment
% of Hoosiers that live in counties that meet air
quality standards
87.64%
100%
80%
Muncie Lead; Ozone in Clark, Floyd,
Greene and LaPorte Counties, Sulfur
Dioxide in parts of Daviess, Marion,
Morgan, Pike and Vigo Counties
% of CSO Communities with approved programs
to prevent the release of untreated sewage
99.07%
100%
90%
98+9 (107) out of 99+9 (108). Not
Gary
% of Hoosiers that receive water from facilities in
full compliance with safe drinking water
standards
99.87%
99%
95%
Permitting Efficiency
Total calendar days accumulated in issuing environmental permits, as determined by state statute*
Land
Air
Water
28,765
54,158
23,958
37,243
55,748
44,702
41,624
62,307
49,961
43,815 statutory
65,586 statutory
52,590 statutory
* Places emphasis on back logged permits
Compliance
Total percentage of compliance observations from regulated customers within acceptable compliance standards*
Inspections
96.86%
97%
75%
Self reporting
96.48%
99%
95%
Continuous monitoring (COM)
99.79%
99.9%
99.0%
* Tracks observations and not just inspections
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Performance Metrics June 2005
Quality of Hoosiers' Environment
Result
Target
Comments
% of Hoosiers in counties meeting air quality
standards
61%
100%
80%
12 counties & 2,408,571 of
6,195,643 above standard
% of CSO Communities with approved programs
to prevent the release of untreated sewage
4%
100%
20%
75% by 2007 is goal
Permitting Efficiency Total calendar days accumulated in issuing environmental permits, as determined by state statute*
Land
100,013
66,565
86,864
Air
511,000
207,000
385,000
Water
301,000
48,000
200,000
* Places emphasis on back logged permits
Compliance Total percentage of compliance observations from regulated customers within acceptable compliance standards*
Inspections
95.46%
97%
75%
Self reporting
97.11%
99%
95%
Continuous monitoring (COM)
99.19%
99.90%
98.95%
* Tracks observations and not just inspections
Organizational Transformation Budgetary agency dollars spent on key outside contracts for core agency functions.
Dollars spent on outside services per year
$6,179,367
$0
$3,447,017
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Permits--Percent of Statutory Days
Percentage of allowable days
250
200
150
100
50
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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IN
0.0%
ID
OR*
AK*
NH
MA
DE*
CT
VT*
IA
HI*
MI
SC*
MO
SD*
WI
MT*
IL
CA*
KY
W…
NM
CO*
NJ*
RI
WV
UT
PA
GA*
DC
W…
TN
MN*
KS*
AZ*
NE*
NY*
MD
AL*
MS
TX*
OH
NC*
OK*
ME*
VA
FL*
AR*
NV
ND*
LA*
Best in NPDES Permitting
Total % Current Wastewater Permits 3/31/13
120.0%
100.0%
80.0%
60.0%
40.0%
20.0%
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Water Quality
Indiana Combined Sewer Overflow Status
120
100
80
U.S. EPA
Responsibility
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40
IDEM
Responsibility
20
0
Total
Legal
Agreement
Approved
Plan
Completed
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IDEM Water Initiatives
• Developed guidance on 316(a) thermal
variances and have met with stakeholders
who have provided feedback. We will work
with people to implement this guidance.
• Implementing electronic reporting for DMRs
(NetDMR).
• Developing administratively issued general
permits.
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NPDES General Permit Update
• Five permits have been drafted and reviewed
by U.S. EPA.
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–
–
–
–
Hydrostatic Testing Water
Sand and Gravel
Noncontact Cooling Water
Petroleum Products Terminals
Ground Water Petroleum Remediation Systems
• IDEM is scheduling meetings with stakeholders
to discuss template and permits.
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Waters of the United States
• On April 21, 2014, U.S. EPA published a
proposed definition of “Waters of the
United States” impacting 11 separate rules.
• In discussions with the States, U.S. EPA
states that while section (1) is very
expansive, the key to the rule is the
exemptions in section (2) of the rule(s).
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Waters of the United States
• Definition includes:
– Waters which are currently used, were used in
the past, or may be susceptible to use in
interstate or foreign commerce, including all
waters which are subject to the ebb and flow
of the tide.
– All interstate waters, including interstate
wetlands.
– The territorial seas.
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Waters of the United States
• Definition includes:
– All impoundments of those waters.
– All tributaries of those waters. A tributary is
physically characterized by the presence of a
bed, banks and ordinary high water mark.
– All waters, including wetlands, adjacent to
those waters.
– On a case—specific basis, other waters which
have a “significant nexus” to those waters.
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Waters of the United States
• Exemptions:
– Waste treatment systems designed to meet
the requirements of the Clean Water Act.
– Prior converted cropland.
– Ditches that are excavated wholly in uplands,
drain only uplands, and have less than
perennial flow.
– Ditches that do not contribute flow to section
(1) waters.
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Waters of the United States
• Exemptions:
– Artificially irrigated areas. . . .
– Artificial lakes or ponds created by excavating
and/or diking dry land and used exclusively for
such purposes as stock watering, irrigation,
settling basins, or rice growing.
– Artificial reflecting pools or swimming pools
created by excavating and/or diking dry land.
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Waters of the United States
• Exemptions:
– Small ornamental waters created by
excavating and/or diking dry land for primarily
aesthetic reasons.
– Water-filled depressions created incidental to
construction activities.
– Groundwater, including groundwater drained
through subsurface drainage systems.
– Gullies and rills and non-wetland swales.
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Waters of the United States
• The comment period has been extended to
October 20, 2014. U.S. EPA has asked
States to help clarify the language to meet
their stated intent of simply clarifying, not
expanding, the definition of Waters of the
U.S.
• IDEM is very interested in concerns
expressed about this proposal and wants to
make sure any final regulation is acceptable.
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Current Air Quality Status
• At the end of 2009, all of Indiana met every
currently effective NAAQS for the first time
since NAAQS were established in the
1970’s.
• IDEM was successful in working with U.S.
EPA to have all of the state designated as
attainment for those pollutants except:
– Clark and Floyd Counties PM2.5
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New Air Quality Standards
• Since the end of 2009, new air quality
standards have resulted in U.S. EPA
designating the following new nonattainment
areas:
– Lake and Porter Counties Ozone (2008 standard)
– Lawrenceburg Township (Dearborn County)
Ozone
– City of Muncie Lead
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2011-2013
8-Hour Ozone
Design Values
Compared to
the standard at
0.075 ppm
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Michigan City Ozone
Year
1st
Date
2nd
Date
3rd
Date
4th
Date
DV
2008
0.068
7/28
0.063
9/2
0.062
7/18
0.059
9/24
0.069
2009
0.078
6/24
0.072
6/23
0.067
8/14
0.066
8/13
0.066
2010
0.086
8/11
0.082
5/26
0.071
5/30
0.070
8/1
0.065
2011
0.095
9/2
0.093
7/21
0.083
8/1
0.080
7/31
0.072
2012
0.118
7/6
0.110
6/28
0.106
8/3
0.100
7/23
0.083
2013
0.078
5/14
0.076
6/27
0.070
6/20
0.069
9/10
0.083
2014
0.074
5/26
0.070
6/17
0.069
6/7
0.069
5/25
0.079
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Plummer (Greene County) Ozone
Year
1st
Date
2nd
Date
3rd
Date
4th
Date
DV
2008
0.075
4/23
0.075
7/18
0.072
4/22
0.072
7/16
0.077
2009
0.071
6/25
0.070
6/24
0.070
6/7
0.068
6/27
0.074
2010
0.076
4/12
0.075
4/13
0.074
5/5
0.074
4/14
0.071
2011
0.089
6/7
0.082
8/2
0.080
9/3
0.080
8/1
0.074
2012
0.086
6/24
0.083
6/29
0.083
6/28
0.082
8/8
0.078
2013
0.077
9/9
0.070
5/15
0.068
6/15
0.068
6/6
0.076
2014
0.066
5/26
0.066
5/6
0.065
6/7
0.064
6/27
0.071
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Charlestown State Park Ozone
Year
1st
Date
2nd
Date
3rd
Date
4th
Date
DV
2008
0.085
7/29
0.084
7/28
0.078
7/18
0.075
8/4
0.081
2009
0.072
8/15
0.070
6/25
0.068
6/6
0.067
5/20
0.077
2010
0.084
8/13
0.080
8/10
0.079
4/14
0.077
10/10
0.073
2011
0.090
6/6
0.086
8/2
0.083
9/1
0.082
6/7
0.075
2012
0.091
6/28
0.086
8/8
0.086
6/29
0.085
7/7
0.081
2013
0.068
5/15
0.067
9/9
0.067
6/21
0.067
6/5
0.078
2014
0.070
5/6
0.069
4/20
0.066
5/5
0.066
4/18
0.072
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New Albany Ozone
Year
1st
Date
2nd
Date
3rd
Date
4th
Date
DV
2008
0.091
7/29
0.084
7/17
0.077
7/28
0.075
7/18
0.077
2009
0.069
6/25
0.068
6/6
0.066
7/9
0.063
8/14
0.073
2010
0.084
7/16
0.083
7/7
0.073
8/10
0.072
8/8
0.070
2011
0.095
6/30
0.085
6/6
0.080
9/1
0.080
8/2
0.071
2012
0.104
8/2
0.098
7/7
0.095
6/28
0.087
6/15
0.079
2013
0.071
6/5
0.071
5/15
0.070
7/18
0.068
6/21
0.078
2014
0.068
4/20
0.066
6/6
0.065
6/7
0.064
6/27
0.073
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New Air Quality Standards
• All monitors in Indiana currently meet the
100 ppb short term NO2 standard
established in 2010.
• On July 25, 2013, U.S. EPA designated
nine townships in five counties as
nonattainment for the 1-hour, 75 ppb SO2
standard established in 2010.
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New PM2.5 Standard
• The new annual standard is 12 micrograms
per cubic meter which is a 20% reduction
from the previous 15 micrograms per cubic
meter standard.
• Standard became effective March 18, 2013.
• New nonattainment designations likely in
early 2015.
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Preliminary
PM2.5 Annual
Design Values
(3-yr Average)
Based on
2011-2013*
Monitoring Data
Standard
at 12 µg/m3
*Data Certified Through
November 2013
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200%
180%
Percent Difference Between Highest Historical Monitored Concentration (Left Bar) and Highest
2013 Monitored Concentration (Right Bar) - Statewide
160%
Percent of Original Standard
140%
120%
-68%
-41%
-88%
-14%
-80%
100%
-30%
80%
-83%
-30%
60%
-88%
-74%
40%
20%
0%
1-Hour CO
8-Hour CO 24-Hour PM10 Annual PM2.5 Daily PM2.5 24-Hour SO2 Annual SO2
8-Hour O3
Annual NO2
Lead
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275%
Percent Difference Between Highest Historical Monitored Concentration (Left Bar) and Highest
2013 Monitored Concentration (Right Bar) - Statewide
250%
-30%
225%
Percent of Original Standard
200%
175%
150%
125%
-41%
-68%
-88%
-14%
100%
-30%
-83%
75%
-30%
50%
-24%
-74%
25%
0%
1-Hour CO
8-Hour CO 24-Hour PM10 Annual PM2.5 Daily PM2.5
1-Hour SO2
8-Hour O3
Annual NO2
1-Hour NO2
Lead
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President’s Climate Directives
• U.S. EPA to issue proposed carbon pollution
restrictions for:
– New power plants by September 20, 2013
111(b).
– Existing power plants by June 1, 2014, and
finalize those restrictions by June 1, 2015 111(d).
• States will be required to submit
implementation plans under Section 111(d) of
the Clean Air Act by June 30, 2016.
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New Source Proposal—111(b)
• In September, 2013, U.S. EPA proposed
New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS) for Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
Emissions for certain Electric Utility
Generating Units (EGUs)—111(b).
- Combined cycle gas turbines will meet the rule.
- Coal fired units will not meet the rule without
using carbon capture and storage.
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New Source Proposal—111(b)
• Carbon capture and storage (CCS):
− is not yet commercially available,
− has not yet been demonstrated at
commercial scale, and
− is likely to be prohibitively expensive.
• Due to the energy used for CCS, the total
greenhouse gas emissions per unit of useful
energy produced from a coal fired plant using this
technology and meeting the lower emission limits
will likely be no lower than emissions from a
modern plant without CCS.
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Existing Source Proposal—111(d)
• In accordance with the President’s directive, on
June 2, 2014, (June 1 was a Sunday) U.S. EPA
Administrator McCarthy signed a proposed rule to
reduce emissions from existing fossil fueled
Electrical Generating Units (EGUs) starting in
2020.
• The proposed rule was actually published on June
18, 2014, at 79 FR 34829-34958. Comments are
due by October 16, 2014.
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Existing Source Proposal—111(d)
Each State has an individual carbon intensity goal
developed from four “Building Blocks”
1. Increase the thermal efficiency at coal fueled
EGUs by 6%.
2. Increase utilization of natural gas combined cycle
plants to 70%.
3. Increase zero carbon renewable generation.
4. Increase energy efficiency (load reduction).
Choice of rate based or mass based regulations.
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Existing Source Proposal—111(d)
The proposed goal for Indiana is to reduce our net
emissions from the 2012 level of 1,924 lb
CO2/MWh to 1,607 lb CO2/MWh for the period
2020 to 2029 and 1,531 lb CO2/MWh after 2029.
Goal is based upon:
1. Increase coal EGU efficiency by 6%.
2. Increase NGCC utilization from 53% to 70%.
3. Increase renewable energy generation to 7%.
4. Reduce energy demand by 3.2% by 2020 and
11.11% by 2030 through energy efficiency.
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Existing Source Proposal—111(d)
U.S. EPA estimates on a national level that:
• Coal production will decrease 25 to 27%, and the
price of coal will decrease by 16 to 18% by 2020.
• Natural gas production will increase by 12 to 14%
with a price increase of 9 to 12% by 2020.
• Renewable generation capacity will increase by 12
GW, NGCC capacity will increase by 20 to 22 GW.
• Coal generation capacity will decrease by 46-49
GW, and oil generation capacity by 16 GW.
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Existing Source Proposal—111(d)
• Annual incremental compliance costs of $5.5 to
$7.5 billion in 2020 and $7.3 to $8.8 billion in 2030.
• Job increases of 25,900 to 28,000 in the electricity,
coal and natural gas sectors by 2020.
• Job increases of 78,000 for demand-side energy
efficiency by 2020.
IDEM is currently evaluating both the feasibility and
estimated cost of meeting U.S. EPA’s goals.
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Climate Impacts—111(d) Proposal
This rule will have virtually no impact on
modeled global climate change. It is
projected to reduce:
• Global CO2 concentrations by less than 1%.
• Global average temperatures by less than
0.02o F
• Sea level increases by 0.01 inch.
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State Goals as % Reduction from 2012
Source: Bloomberg New Energy
Finance
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Percentage Change in CO2 Emissions from Utilities
(2005 – 2012)
Decreasing >15%
Decreasing 0 – 15%
Increasing
No Data
Location of the State Capitals
State Boundaries
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Questions?
Tom Easterly
Commissioner
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
(317) 232-8611
[email protected]
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