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What is Going on at IDEM?Southwest IN Chamber of Commerce
July 15, 2015
Thomas W. Easterly, P.E., BCEE, CommissionerIN Department of Environmental Management
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IDEM’s MissionProtecting 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 2015Result Targets Comments
Quality of Hoosiers' Environment
% of Hoosiers that live in counties that meet air quality standards
91.00 100% 80%
Muncie Lead; Ozone in LaPorte County; 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
98.17% 100% 90%98+9 (107) out of 99+10 (109). Not Gary or Edinburgh
% of Hoosiers that receive water from facilities in full compliance with safe drinking water standards
99.69% 99% 95%
Permitting EfficiencyTotal calendar days accumulated in issuing environmental permits, as determined by state statute*
Land 39,387 52.424 58,591 61,675 statutoryAir 39,957 48,080 53,737 56,565 statutoryWater 32,962 63,725 71,222 74,970 statutory
* Places emphasis on back logged permits
ComplianceTotal percentage of compliance observations from regulated customers within acceptable compliance standards*Inspections 97.55% 97% 75% Self reporting 95.77% 99% 95%
Continuous monitoring (COM) 99.81% 99.9% 99.0%
* Tracks observations and not just inspections5
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Performance Metrics June 2005Quality 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
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50
100
150
200
250
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Percentage of allowable days
Best in NPDES Permitting
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2nd Best in Title V Permits
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Water QualityIndiana Combined Sewer Overflow Status
Evansville CSO Agreement
• Mayor Winnecke and his team have reached agreement with U.S. DOJ, IDEM and U.S. EPA on a plan to reduce Evansville CSOs to an average of 4 per year by 2039.
• Mt. Vernon has completed its CSO abatement projects.
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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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SouthwestIndiana Region
SouthwestIndiana Region
Carbon Monoxide
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Carbon Monoxide
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Lead
17* Lead Standard Lowered to 0.15 µg/m3 in 2008.
Lead
18* Lead Standard Lowered to 0.15 µg/m3 in 2008.
Nitrogen Dioxide
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Nitrogen Dioxide
* 1-Hour NO2 Standard Established in 2010.
Ozone
21* 1-Hour Ozone Standard Revoked in 2005.
Ozone
22* 8-Hour Ozone Standard Established in 1997.
Name Total Suspended PM10 PM2.5
Particle (TSP)
Dates 1970-1987 1983-Present 1999-Present
Regulated Size 30 µm 10 µm 2.5 µm
24-Hour Standard 260 150 65 (1999-2006)
35 (2006-Present)
Annual Standard 75 50 15 (1997-2012) 12 (2012-Present)
Changing Particulate Standards
23*µm = micrograms
Particulate Matter
24*Annual TSP Standard Revoked in 1987.
Particulate Matter
25*24-Hour TSP Standard Revoked in 1987.
Particulate Matter
26*Annual PM10 Standard Established in 1987 and Revoked in 2006.
Particulate Matter
27*24-Hour PM10 Standard Established in 1987.
Particulate Matter
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Particulate Matter
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Sulfur Dioxide
30* Annual SO2 Standard Revoked in 2010.
Sulfur Dioxide
31* 24-Hour SO2 Standard Revoked in 2010.
Sulfur Dioxide
32* 1-Hour SO2 Standard Established in 2010.
2015 Legislation• HB 1350—IDEM’s General Improvements
– Allows variances for all programs to be issued for up to five years.
– Allows IDEM to require electronic reporting.– Allows the Ivy Tech fee for operator certification
exams.– Clarifies the wetland in-lieu fee program
requirements.– Adjusts various reporting and fee dates.
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2015 Legislation• SB 311—Clarifies cost recovery for IDEM
oversight of clean up of contaminated property.
• SB 312—Enhanced Drinking Water Protection.– Requires surface water quality threat minimization
and response plan for public water supplies.– Requires one time registration of above ground
tanks, not otherwise reported to government agencies, in the critical zone of concern.
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Federal Initiatives to Watch• President’s climate change initiative.
• Mercury MACT—Supreme Court decision.
• Revised ozone air quality standard.
• Waters of the United States definition.
• eDMRs—possible expansion of reporting requirements and mandatory electronic reporting.
• Air pollution transport to downwind states.
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U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan
• Regulates Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants using fossil fuels
• New Source Standards under 111(b)• Existing Source Standards under 111(d)
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Indiana Carbon Dioxide Emission Rates(pounds of CO2 per Megawatt Hour)
2012 Baseline U.S. EPA 2030 Goal
Indiana 2030 Estimate
1,924 1,531 1,615 to 1,683
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Indiana’s Response to the 111(d) Proposal
• The proposed regulation is not consistent with our goal of affordable reliable energy.
• Governor Pence, Attorney General Zoeller and IDEM Commissioner Easterly have taken numerous actions to opposing U.S. EPA’s proposal.
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Questions?
Tom EasterlyCommissioner
Indiana Department of Environmental Management(317) 232-8611
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