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IDEM

Thomas W. Easterly, P.E., DEE, QEP, Commissioner

IN Department of Environmental Management

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IDEM Environmental Goal

Increase the personal income of all Hoosiers from the current $0.88/$1.00 of the national average to at least $1.00/$1.00 of the national average while maintaining and improving Indiana’s Environmental Quality.

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How is Personal Income Linked to Environmental Improvement?

Maslow’s Pyramid reminds us that people meet their basic needs for food, shelter and security before addressing other needs.In most of Indiana, personal autos for transportation are a basic need.People with lower incomes can often only afford older more polluting automobiles which contribute more than their share to our transportation related air quality issues.

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Income and the Environment?

People with more income typically purchase newer cars that pollute less

Similarly, newer industrial processes have less waste (more product per unit of input)

Waste typically becomes pollution

Financially successful industries typically are able to purchase these newer processes that pollute less

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Income and the Environment?

Businesses that are struggling financially still must pay their workers and their suppliers. One of the few places to reduce is maintenance.

At some point, deferred maintenance leads to reduced equipment availability and increased pollution

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Income and the Environment?

People and businesses who have met their basic needs look past their own needs to the greater good including the general quality of life.

Pursuit of improved quality of life includes support for better environmental quality.

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How Will IDEM Help Increase Personal Income?

Clear, predictable and speedy decisions.

Clear regulations

Assistance first, enforcement second

Timely resolution of enforcement actions

Every regulated entity will have current, valid permits without unnecessary requirements

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Actions to Date

Two agency wide meetings with Governor Daniels to champion the new direction and answer questions

Met with all agency staff to reiterate the message of change and answer questions

Regular emails to staff to reinforce direction.

IDEM Streamlining and Efficiency Task Force

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Actions to Date

Delegated authority and responsibility to Assistant Commissioners and Branch Chiefs with the direction to do their jobs while considering economic development

Asking people to first go to the staff responsible for the issue and let the staff do the right thing—let me know when there is a problem

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New IDEM Structure

Less management and more empowerment of technical staffEliminated the deputy commissioner layerManage by objectivesEnPPAQMP or equivalentMeaningful Performance Assessment System

Generally implement government efficiency commission recommendations

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Major Strategic Issues

CSO’s/Long Term Control PlansAir Quality Non-Attainment Designations: PM2.5, Ozone & SO2Redevelopment of Contaminated SitesBrownfieldsVoluntary Remediation ProgramLUSTRCRA Corrective Action

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Significant Issues

Electronic Permits and Reporting

Administratively extended NPDES permitsWater Quality Standards or Variances

Not yet issued Title V permits

Appealed Title V and NPDES permits

Unwritten “policy” applied as regulation

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Compliance & Enforcement

Focus is on Compliance, not penalties or “gotcha”

Goal is for every regulated entity to understand and comply with their environmental responsibilities

Will continue to enforce against those who do not meet their environmental responsibilities—working to speed up the enforcement process

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Performance MetricsQuality of Hoosiers' Environment Result Target Comments

% of Hoosiers that live in counties that meet air quality standards

80% 100% 80% 4 counties @ 1,219,765 of 6,195,643 failed

% of CSO Communities with approved programs to prevent the release of untreated sewage 6% 100% 20% 75% by 2007 is goal

Permitting Efficiency

Total calendar days accumulated in issuing environmental permits, as determined by state statute

Land 81,303 37,430 86,864Commissioner holding issuance until permit conditions resolved.

Air 614,433 207,731 385,000

Water 296,558 44,550 200,000

* Places emphasis on back logged permits

ComplianceTotal percentage of compliance observations from regulated customers within acceptable compliance standards

Inspections 94.44% 97% 75%

Self reporting 96.97% 99% 95%

Continuous monitoring (COM) 98.95% 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 $3,447,017Will require increase in head count to accomplish

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Questions?

Tom Easterly

100 N. Senate Ave. IGCN 1301

Indianapolis, IN 46204

(317) 232-8611

Fax (317) 233-6647

teasterly@idem.in.gov