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Environmental Quality Service CouncilIDEM Report – August 27, 2008
Thomas W. Easterly, P.E., DEE, QEP Commissioner, Indiana Department of
Environmental Management
Mission and Environmental Goal
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.
IDEM’s 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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How is IDEM Protecting Hoosiers and Our Environment?
Clear, consistent and speedy decisions• Clear regulations• Assistance first, enforcement second• Timely resolution of enforcement actions• Current, valid permits for every regulated entity
without unnecessary requirements• Written Standard Operating Procedures• Improved staff training and development
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Performance Metrics June 2005
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Performance Metrics June 2008
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Quality of Hoosiers' Environment Result Target Comments
% of Hoosiers in counties meeting air quality standards 77% 100% 80% 3 counties @ 1,458,022 of
6,271,973 failed
% of CSO Communities with approved programs to prevent the release of untreated sewage 72% 100% 20% 64+9 (73) out of 98+9 (108)
Permitting Efficiency Total calendar days accumulated in issuing environmental permits, as determined by state statute
Land 25,452 66,565 86,864 225 permits
370 permits
45 permits
Air 123,628 207,000 385,000
Water 30,072 48,000 200,000
* Places emphasis on back logged permits
Compliance Total percentage of compliance observations from regulated customers within acceptable compliance standards
Inspections 95.76% 97% 75%
Self reporting 97.35% 99% 95%
Continuous monitoring (COM) 99.64% 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 $2,800,000 $0 $3,447,017 $1,5 OLQ + $1.3 OAQ
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 90%
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Total Permit Calendar Days
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Air Permitting Rapid Improvement Activities
• Significant Source Modification Lean Event – October 2007
• Permit Renewal Process Lean Event –December 2007
• Teams consisted of internal and external stakeholders
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Significant Source Modification Results
Items Measured Current New % Change
# of Steps 164 144 12.2%
# of Handoffs 41 29 29.3%
# of Decisions 16 12 25%
# Loop backs 13 8 38.5%
# of Value-Added Steps
6 6 0
Lead Time 195 – 255 days 120 – 166 days 38.5% - 34.9%
Delays 31 24 22.6%
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Status (avg) : 2/1/08 170 days / 4/1/08 154 days / 6/1/08 124 days
Air Permit Renewals Process Improvement
• Goal: eliminate backlog in 2008 (156 permits administratively extended)
• Backlog reduced to 51 = 67% (7-31-08)• Permit renewals now consistently issued
prior to expiration
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Attainment Status
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Ozone
PM 2.5
Lawrenceburg Twnshp
Allen
Jay
Lake
Knox
Vigo
White
Jasper
Cass
Clay
Laporte
Pike
Rush
Parke
Grant
Greene
Perry
Ripley
Clark
Noble
Gibson
Porter
Wells
Posey
Elkhart
Owen
Henry
Boone
Miami
Jackson
Putnam
Dubois
Shelby
Pulaski Fulton
Marion
Wayne
Clinton
Sullivan
Harrison
Benton Carroll
Daviess Martin
Orange
Kosciusko
Monroe
Morgan
Madison
Newton
Marshall
Warrick
Wabash
Warren
Brown
DeKalb
Franklin
Adams
Starke
Spencer
Decatur
Randolph
Lawrence
Whitley
FountainHamilton
Washington
St. Joseph
TippecanoeTipton
Jennings
Delaware
Hendricks
Lagrange
Montgomery
Jefferson
Steuben
Howard
Johnson
Scott
Huntington
Hancock
Crawford
Dearborn
Bartholomew
FayetteUnion
Floyd
Switzerland
Ohio
Blackford
Vermillion
Vanderburgh
Legend
Ozone Counties
Attainment
Proposed Redesignation to Attainment--not yet final
Nonattainment (Subpart 1/ EPA Basic)
Lawrenceburg Twnshp
Washington Twnshp
Montgomery Twnshp
Ohio Twnshp
Madison Twnshp
Spencer
Allen
Jay
Lake
Knox
Vigo
White
Jasper
Cass
Clay
Laporte
Pike
Rush
Parke
Grant
Greene
Perry
Ripley
Clark
Noble
Gibson
Porter
Wells
Posey
Elkhart
Owen
Henry
Boone
Miami
Jackson
Putnam
Dubois
Shelby
Pulaski Fulton
Marion
Wayne
Clinton
Sullivan
Harrison
Benton Carroll
Daviess Martin
Orange
Kosciusko
Monroe
Morgan
Madison
Newton
Marshall
Warrick
Wabash
Warren
Brown
DeKalb
Franklin
Adams
Starke
Decatur
Randolph
Lawrence
Whitley
FountainHamilton
Washington
St. Joseph
Tippecanoe
Tipton
Jennings
Delaware
Hendricks
Lagrange
Montgomery
Jefferson
Steuben
Howard
Johnson
Scott
Huntington
Hancock
Crawford
DearbornBartholomew
Fayette Union
Floyd
Vermillion
Switzerland
Ohio
Vanderburgh
Blackford
Legend
PM 2.5 Counties
Attainment
Proposed Redesignation to Attainment--not yet final
Nonattainment
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Revisions to NAAQS for Ozone
• March 12, 2008 U.S. EPA published revision to 8-hour Ozone Standard
• Air Quality Index (AQI) also revised to reflect change in health standard
• Old Standard 0.08 ppm, effectively 0.084 due to rounding conventions
• New Standard 0.075 ppm
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Harding St0.077
Gary IITRI0.082
Leo0.078
E 16th St0.077
Avon0.076
Flora0.075
Bristol0.078
Albany0.077
Sandcut0.073
Granger0.079
Leopold0.081
Emporia0.076
LaPorte0.078
Hammond0.079
Whiting0.085
Roanoke0.076
Plummer0.079
Dayville0.077
Lynville0.075
Fairland0.078
Monrovia0.079
Fort Ben0.079
Boonville0.080
Trafalgar0.078
Fortville0.078
Inglefield0.075
Evansville0.080
South Bend0.071
Potato Crk0.074
Valparaiso0.076
Brownstown0.076
New Albany0.079
Whitestown0.081
Fort Wayne0.075
Terre Haute0.067
St. Phillips0.071
Michigan City0.077
Mann Rd0.076
Ogden Dunes0.081
Noblesville0.082
Charlestown0.083
Allen
Jay
Lake
Knox
Vigo
White
Jasper
Cass
Clay
Laporte
Pike
RushParke
Grant
Greene
Perry
Ripley
Clark
Noble
Gibson
Porter
Wells
Elkhart
Owen
Henry
Boone
Miami
Jackson
Putnam
Dubois
Shelby
Pulaski Fulton
MarionWayne
Clinton
Sullivan
Harrison
Benton Carroll
Daviess Martin
Orange
Kosciusko
Monroe
Morgan
Madison
Newton
Marshall
Wabash
Warren
Brown
DeKalb
Franklin
Adams
Starke
Spencer
Decatur
Randolph
Lawrence
Whitley
Fountain
Hamilton
Washington
Tippecanoe
Tipton
Jennings
Delaware
Hendricks
Lagrange
Montgomery
Jefferson
Steuben
Howard
Johnson
Scott
Huntington
Crawford
DearbornBartholomew
Fayette Union
Floyd
Switzerland
Ohio
Posey
Warrick
St. Joseph
HancockVermillion
Vanderburgh
Blackford
Ozone Standard at 0.075 ppmBased on 2005-2007 Ozone Design Values
Legend
Values posted are in units of ppm.
Value Over the Standard of 0.075 ppm
Value Under the Standard of 0.075ppm
Ozone Counties Based on Ozone Standard of 0.075 ppm
Attainment
Nonattainment
New Ozone Standard at 0.075 ppm
Designations will likely be made in 2010 based on 2007-2009 data
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PM 2.5 Status• New 35 microgram per cubic meter 24 hour standard
issued in September 2006—annual standard retained• Preliminary designations were based on 2005-2007 air
quality, but process will allow use of 2008 monitoring data
• New nonattainment designations will likely be made April 2009, SIPS due 2012
• SIPS for current nonattainment areas were submitted in 2008—two redesignation petitions submitted (SW Indiana, NW Indiana)
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Allen
Jay
Lake
Knox
Vigo
White
Jasper
Cass
Clay
Laporte
Pike
Rush
Parke
Grant
Greene
Perry
Ripley
Clark
Noble
Gibson
Porter
Wells
Posey
Elkhart
Owen
Henry
Boone
Miami
Jackson
Putnam
Dubois
Shelby
Pulaski Fulton
Marion
Wayne
Clinton
Sullivan
Harrison
Benton Carroll
Daviess Martin
Orange
Kosciusko
Monroe
Morgan
Madison
Newton
Marshall
Warrick
Wabash
Warren
Brown
DeKalb
Franklin
Adams
Starke
Spencer
Decatur
Randolph
Lawrence
Whitley
FountainHamilton
Washington
St. Joseph
Tippecanoe
Tipton
Jennings
Delaware
Hendricks
Lagrange
Montgomery
Jefferson
Steuben
Howard
Johnson
Scott
Hancock
Crawford
DearbornBartholomew
Fayette Union
Floyd
Switzerland
Ohio
Huntington
Vermillion
Vanderburgh
Blackford
Legend
Attainment/Unclassifiable
Nonattainment
Map of Indiana 24-hr PM 2.5 Nonattainment Recommendations
Indiana final recommendations for 24-hour PM 2.5 nonattainment areas
Designations will likely be effective in April 2009
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EPA preliminary recommendations for 24-hour PM 2.5 nonattainment areas
US Courts Overturning Rules
• 2006—Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) Boiler MACT—directly impacted about 10 sources with coal fired boilers
• May 2008—Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) impacted all power plants
• July 2008—Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) impacted all power plants and most Indiana air pollution strategies
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BP Air Permit• 38 day public comment period, 342 written
comments received • Public meeting and hearing – 1,200 attended,
44 commented • Construction permit issued May 1 and
operation permit issued June 16• Multiple appeals of these permit decisions to
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NRDC Statement on Tar Sands
“BP’s decision to tap into the Canadian wilderness is ‘based on addiction, not reality,’ says Ann Alexander, senior attorney at the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC), a nonprofit environmental group. ‘Tar sands crude oil is dirty from start to finish. It’s bad enough that [BP is] fouling our natural resources here in the Midwest, but it’s completely destroying them up in Canada. There are good sources of energy we can turn to that don’t involve turning entire forests into a moonscape.’”
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Duke-Edwardsport Power Plant• First commercial Integrated Gasification
Combined Cycle (IGCC) plant in the U.S. • 44 day public comment period• Public meeting and hearing – over 600 citizens
attended • Construction permit issued January 25 and
operation permit issued in March• Permit decision appealed
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Combined Sewer Overflows• 65 communities now have approved Long
Term Control Plans (LTCPs)• 12 communities took action to control CSOs
without the need of a LTCP– separated sewers or overflow prevention
measures• 77 of 107 communities are adequately
addressing their CSOs• 30 CSO LTCPs left to approve
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Permit Backlog Reduction• In 2005, there were 263 administratively
extended NPDES permits• Six of those 263 remain to be issued:
– 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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Flood Update• IDEM staff logged 1,218 hours of support time• Assisted DNR with early evacuations• Contacted 541 drinking water and wastewater
facilities; provided 63 with FEMA reimbursement assistance
• Offered debris management and spill response assistance to local officials
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Flood Update Continued
• Coordinated outreach to livestock operations• Coordinated with U.S. EPA to address solid and
household hazardous waste management issues and assess hazardous spills
• Provided communication outreach including severe weather website, FAQ document, four fact sheets and three news releases
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Dr. Barnes BP NPDES Permit Review • BP NPDES permit issued June 21, 2007 after
extensive public outreach and no apparent opposition
• Negative and misleading media resulted in uproar from public, politicians, etc.
• Governor Daniels requested Barnes review August 13, 2007
• Report issued December 3, 2007
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Dr. Barnes Conclusions• Permit complies with existing regulations and
fully protects drinking water, recreation and aquatic life
• Permit is more restrictive and protective of Lake Michigan than required by adjoining states
• Indiana should clarify antidegradation regulations for permit applicants and public to understand and the agency to apply
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IDEM Response • Updating Indiana Antidegradation regulations
– Will apply to entire State– Special protection for Lake Michigan
• Require more documentation for compliance schedules
• Obtain U.S. EPA non-objection determination prior to public notice of NPDES permit
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Mercury Switch Removal
• Currently 401 Indiana participants• 32,060 mercury switches collected• 70.53 pounds of mercury removed from end
of life vehicles
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IC 13-20-17.7-2
Land Quality 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 CFOs, CAFOs and auto salvage yards
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Agency Initiatives• Virtual File Cabinet—electronic filing system, over
27,000,000 pages now available electronically, IDEM file room visits down over 90% from 445/mo 1Q 2007 to 35/mo 2Q 2008
• TEMPO—Enterprise wide electronic integration of all IDEM information, part of the process to allow us to receive and process electronic permit applications and reports
• Applied for EPA approval for electronic submittals30
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Percent of Activities Meeting Regulations
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Office of Enforcement2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008*
Referrals 607 467 547 591 606 189
Violation Letters 5,222 4,980 4,268 4,024 3,958 11**
Notices of Violation 457 318 202 427 420 178
Agreed Orders 349 314 258 417 372 185
Commissioner’s Orders 15 6 41 38 39 12
Dismissals 121 44 48 46 57 20
Complies/Closed 308 312 317 577 568 214
AG Referrals 13 17 4 33 52 10
32*through 2nd quarter **Does not include Program Violation Letters
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Office of Enforcement
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008*
Assessed Penalty $2,979,415 $2,273,688 $7,758,749 $5,249,249 $1,404,833
Cash Penalty $2,710,174 $2,087,244 $3,509,974 $4,930,988 $1,350,724
SEP Offset $393,586 $212,354 $4,111,655 $337,915 $276,661
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*through August 2008
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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. Awaiting sentencing (Fort Wayne)
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Forbes “America’s Greenest States” Report
• “So who’s at the bottom? Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana and, at No. 50, West Virginia. All suffer from a mix of toxic waste, lots of pollution and consumption and no clear plans to do anything about it. Expect them to remain that way.”
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Forbes Report Conclusion
• Does not rank States based upon government verified environmental quality data
• Appears to be a ranking based upon adherence of States to a group of policies advocated by the NGO’s providing information used in the rankings
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Possible 2009 Legislative Issues
• Discuss public’s expectations at property transfers and related programs – Restrictive Covenant– Define oversight and recovery, owner/operator
and other technical language
• Clean up several statutes to match operational efficiencies
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Questions?
Megan TretterLegislative & Business Liaison
Sandra FlumIntergovernmental Relations
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