Transcript Indiana Rural Water Association 2014 Spring Conference April 29, 2014 Thomas W. Easterly, P.E., BCEE, Commissioner IN Department of Environmental Management.

Indiana Rural Water Association
2014 Spring Conference
April 29, 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
95%
Failure to maintain minimum
chlorine residual in Gary, Turbidity
in Carmel
% of Hoosiers that receive water from facilities in
full compliance with safe drinking water
standards
99.87%
99%
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
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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
60
40
IDEM
Responsibility
20
0
Total
Legal
Agreement
Approved
Plan
Completed
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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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Operator Certification
• Concerns:
– Low passing rates on water and wastewater
exams
– Exam Administration
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Currently offered only twice a year
Exams proctored by IDEM employees
Resource strain
Slow delivery of results
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Operator Certification
• Proposal
– Offer exam through Ivy Tech or BMV
– Both have several established testing centers
– Both could offer exam times several times a week
– Both could offer results quickly
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Operator Certification
• Considerations
– Number of Locations
– Test frequency
– Cost
– Security
– Test Environment
• Goal: Fall Tests conducted by one of our
options
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Reporting & Decertification
• IDEM continues to uncover instances of
discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) which
do not agree with the analytical laboratory
results.
• While we have obtained criminal convictions
in at least 4 cases and decertified a number
of other operators for this issue, we continue
to find this problem.
• The U.S. Attorney will focus on this issue.
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200%
Percent Difference Between Highest Historical Monitored Concentration (Left Bar) and Highest
2013 Monitored Concentration (Right Bar) - Statewide
180%
160%
Percent of Original Standard
140%
120%
-68%
-41%
100%
-88%
-14%
-80%
-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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Governor Pence’s 2014 Roadmap
• Increase the speed of business through
one-stop permitting.
• Improve recycling in Indiana through
market-based reforms.
• Implement the first step of a unified, longterm water plan by streamlining Indiana’s
water quality permitting responsibilities.
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2014 Legislation
• HB 1183—Recycling Reporting, State
Goal and Study
– Requires reporting of recycling activities by:
• A recyclable materials broker.
• The owner or operator of a solid waste disposal
facility at which recycling occurs.
• The owner or operator of a material recovery
facility.
• A Solid Waste Management District.
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2014 Legislation
• HB 1183—Recycling Reporting, State
Goal and Study
– Allows reporting of recycling activities by:
• A scrap metal processing facility.
• An automotive salvage recycler.
• Certain other entities.
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2014 Legislation
• HB 1183—Recycling Reporting, State
Goal and Study
– Sets the goal of the state to recycle at least
50% of its municipal waste.
– IDEM must post a uniform recycling activity
report on its website by July 1, 2015.
– IDEM must annually report a summary of the
recycling activity information starting by
December 31, 2015.
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2014 Legislation
• SB 359—CFO Manure Management Plans
and Composting
– Allows facilities that compost organic material to
obtain registrations rather than solid waste
processing facility permits.
– Clarifies the permit renewal and reporting
requirements for Confined Feeding Operations.
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2014 Legislation
• HB 1217—Single Point of Contact for
Wetlands Permits
– Requires IDEM and IDNR to develop a joint
process to permit wetlands activities regulated by
both departments.
• HB 1342—Environmentally Restrictive
Covenants (ERC) Modifications and DOR Fee
Transfer
– Allows IDEM to recover costs of processing
revisions to ERC.
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2014 Legislation
• SB 271—Compartmentalized Underground
Storage Tank (UST) & Regulated Drains
– Clarifies fees for USTs with multiple
compartments.
– Makes IDEM and IDNR field visits to projects
impacting regulated drains optional.
• HB 1070—Regional District Trustee
– Allows legal trustees for Thralls Regional Sewer
District where all property owners and rate payers
are part of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.
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Federal Initiatives to Watch
• President’s climate change initiative.
– Regulations to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from new and existing power plants.
– Mitigation measures.
• eDMRs—possible expansion of reporting
requirements and mandatory electronic
reporting.
• Air pollution issues from downwind states.
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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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Summary of Concerns
• There is no clear goal for the President’s
Climate Directives.
– How will we know when we have achieved
success?
– How can we develop and evaluate alternative
plans to achieve the goal?
• Since there is no goal, there is no plan to
achieve the goal.
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Summary of Concerns
• We have started the process of requiring very
expensive changes to our electric generating
sector with little understanding of how these
changes will impact the achievement of the
ultimate environmental goal.
• The increased energy prices caused by these
new requirements will have a significant
adverse impact on the affordability of
electricity and the economies of the states
that produce goods and energy.
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Questions?
Tom Easterly
Commissioner
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
(317) 232-8611
[email protected]
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