Transcript IDEM Update Indiana Rural Water Association April 21, 2009 Thomas W. Easterly, P.E., BCEE, QEP Commissioner IN Department of Environmental Management.

IDEM Update
Indiana Rural Water Association
April 21, 2009
Thomas W. Easterly, P.E., BCEE, QEP Commissioner
IN Department of Environmental Management
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Current State Budget Balances
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Response to Reduced State Income
• Eliminated 2009 raises.
• Strategic Hiring Review—Using attrition to
reduce spending.
• Reduce/eliminate grants, contracts, etc.
• Restrictions on travel and purchasing.
• Will maintain essential State services.
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IDEM Staffing Levels
Fiscal Year
Budgeted
Filled
2004
1,054
2005
1,054
2006
1,063
*2007
1,063
*2008
1,031
*2009
1,031
*2010
983
*2011
983
895
918
915
927
954
950
983
983
1,100
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B
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R
900
700
500
300
100
* The increases in staff reflect the following:
(4) new LUST Inspectors to meet Federal Energy Policy Act
(7) OLQ staff to replace the outsource contract for UST technical reviews, saving $1.6M
(11) OAQ staff to replace the outsource of permitting contracts, saving $5M
(15) SFR and Brownfield staff at IFA
(5) OWQ staff from ISDA to meet Rule 5 requirements
(2) OPPTA staff from Lt Gov Office
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IDEM’s Mission and
Environmental Goal
IDEM is responsible for protecting human health
and the environment while providing for safe
industrial, agricultural, commercial and
governmental operation vital to a prosperous
economy. Our goal is to increase the personal
income of all Hoosiers to the national average
while maintaining and improving Indiana’s
Environmental Quality.
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Pilot 2006 Environmental
Performance Index
 Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
Yale University
 Center For International Earth Science
Information Network (CFIESIN)
Columbia University
 http://www.yale.edu/epi/
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How Does IDEM Protect the
Environment?
• Develop regulations and issue permits to restrict
discharges to the environment to safe levels.
• Inspect and monitor permitted facilities to ensure
compliance with the permits.
• Enforce against people who exceed their permit
levels or violate regulations.
• Educate people on their environmental
responsibilities.
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Performance Metrics Mar 2009
Quality of Hoosiers' Environment
Result
Target
Comments
% of Hoosiers in counties meeting air quality
standards
98%
100%
80%
1 county & 106,673 of
6,376,792 above standard
% of CSO Communities with approved programs to
prevent the release of untreated sewage
93%
100%
20%
90+9 (99) out of 98+9 (107)
Permitting Efficiency Total calendar days accumulated in issuing environmental permits, as determined by state statute
Land
27,110
66,565
86,864
174 permits
Air
82,806
207,000
385,000
365 permits
Water
34,500
48,000
200,000
109 permits
* Places emphasis on back logged permits
Compliance Total percentage of compliance observations from regulated customers within acceptable compliance standards
Inspections
97.14%
97%
75%
Self reporting
92.90%
99%
95%
Continuous monitoring (COM)
99.66%
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
$1,400,000
$0
$3,447,017
$1.4 OLQ
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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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New Drinking Water Metric
• Percent of Hoosiers Drinking Safe Water:
– Percentage of Indiana population that receives
drinking water from facilities that are in full
compliance with safe drinking water regulations.
– Federal (EPA) Goal is 95%.
– Indiana Goal is 99%.
– Indiana Current Actual is 98.5%.
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Accomplishments
• CSO’s/Long Term Control Plans
– All 97 State lead CSO Communities and 2 of the
Federal lead Communities have entered legal
agreements to address their CSO issues.
– We are working with USEPA to speed the progress
on the remaining 8 Federal lead CSO communities.
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Accomplishments
• All 1,269 tons of VX Agent stored at the
Newport Chemical Agent Facility since 1969
has been safely destroyed. VX destruction
started in May of 2005 and was completed in
August 2008.
• Digital Inspector Tool is in use for solid waste
inspections including CAFOs, and Auto Salvage
Yards.
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Accomplishments
• Administratively extended NPDES permits.
– In 2005, there were 263 administratively
extended NPDES permits
– Six of those 263 remain to be issued:
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US Steel Gary Works
US Steel Midwest Division
Arcelor Mittal Indiana Harbor East
Arcelor Mittal Indiana Harbor West
Arcelor Mittal Burns Harbor
Hoosier Energy Merom Plant
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Office of Enforcement
2003
Referrals
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
607
467
547
591
606
437
5,222
4,980
4,268
4,024
3,958
4,092
Notices of Violation
457
318
202
427
420
321
Agreed Orders
349
314
258
417
372
364
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41
38
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Dismissals
121
44
48
46
57
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Complies/Closed
308
312
317
577
568
386
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33
52
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Violation Letters
Commissioner’s Orders
AG Referrals
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Criminal Convictions
• Wabash Environmental Technologies and Derrik
Hagerman—Clean Water Act felonies. Sixty
months of imprisonment and $237,000 in
restitution (Terre Haute).
• Miller Environmental and Anthony
MuCullough—Clean Water Act felonies. Four
months imprisonment and $510,000 in
penalties (Shelbyville and Rushville).
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Criminal Convictions
• Richard Reece—RCRA felonies. Six months in
half way house, six months home detention
and $60,000 restitution (Muncie).
• Hassan Barrel and Alan Hersh—RCRA felonies.
Fifteen months of imprisonment plus $2.7
million in restitution (Fort Wayne).
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Criminal Convictions
• Erler Industries—Clean Air Act Criminal Pleas
for false reporting (North Vernon).
– $1,000,000 Criminal Fine.
– $100,000 to IDEM for Hybrid Vehicles.
– $25,000 to the Midwest Environmental.
Enforcement Association for training.
• Individual Operators and Laboratories—False
reporting cases.
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Agency Initiatives
• Electronic Permits and Reporting
– Virtual File Cabinet—electronic filing system with
over 42,500,000 pages now online.
– TEMPO—Enterprise wide electronic integration of
all IDEM information—part of the insfrstructure to
receive and process electronic permit applications
and reports
• Two programs accepting electronic submittals, 401
Certifications and Community Right to Know
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Agency Initiatives
• EDMR—Electronic reporting of waste water
discharge monitoring reports.
– Currently being piloted by about 100 facilities.
– Expect to be available for all facilities in June of
2009.
• Active assistance to facilities that announce
layoffs and closing to prevent environmental
Incidents.
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Agency Initiatives
• Returned enforcement function to the air, water
and land programs and eliminated the separate
office of enforcement.
• Provide consistent Statewide air quality
permitting, monitoring and enforcement services
by directly managing the air program functions
previously contracted to: Anderson, Evansville,
Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, and Vigo County.
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We Protect Hoosiers and Our Environment
Questions?
Tom Easterly
Commissioner
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
317-232-8611
[email protected]
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