1 Indiana Department of Environmental Management Budget Presentation FY ’08 and ’09.

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1 Indiana Department of Environmental Management Budget Presentation FY ’08 and ’09

2 IDEM Mission Statement IDEM’s core mission is to protect human health and the environment while allowing for environmentally sound activities of industrial, agricultural, commercial and governmental operations vital to a prosperous economy.

3 Major Accomplishments Office of Air Quality (OAQ)  The entire state meets ozone air quality standards.  The following counties have been redesignated:  Greene, Delaware, Jackson, Vanderburgh, Vigo & Warrick  IDEM has petitioned EPA to redesignate the following counties:  Clark, Floyd, Allen, Elkhart, St. Joseph, La Porte, Lake & Porter  EPA is approving IDEM request to discontinue auto emission inspections in Clark & Floyd counties.  IDEM is preparing a petition to EPA to redesignate the entire Indianapolis metropolitan area.

4 Major Accomplishments OAQ  Reduced Title V air permit backlog (77 to 5).  Reduced total air permit backlog by over 50%.  Required removal & management of mercury switches from scrapped vehicles.  Issued 1,400 various air permits.  Completed the Indianapolis School 21 air monitoring & toxics reduction project.

5 Major Accomplishments Office of Water Quality (OWQ)  An increase from 1 to 50 local communities which have either eliminated combined sewer overflows or have obtained approved plans to adequately address the discharge of untreated sewage during heavy rains.  Reduced the permit backlog by 59%.  Issued 1,200 drinking water permits.  Issued 382 wastewater permits.

6 Major Accomplishments OWQ  Processed 327 applications for wetland activities, including Section-401 certifications.  Completed 2,048 technical compliance assistance visits & inspections.  Updated Indiana’s 5-year water quality monitoring strategy.  Updated Indiana’s list of impaired waters.  Developed 116 Total Maximum Daily Load plans to address impaired waters.

7 Major Accomplishments Office of Land Quality (OLQ)  Provided regulatory oversight for the US Army’s successful destruction of 33% of the VX nerve agent stored in Indiana since  Inspected 936 underground storage tanks.  Remediated 423 leaking underground tank sites.  Processed 606 CFO/CaFO approval transactions.  Received 4,014 emergency spill calls.  Worked with ISDH to approve the routine use of chipped tires in septic tank drainage fields.

8 Major Accomplishments OLQ  Conducted 407 inspections related to solid waste, waste tires & landfills.  Investigated 369 complaints & responded to 920 high priority spills.  Established clean-up standards for facilities used in the production of methamphetamine.  Completed 25 Voluntary Remediation Projects (VRP) covenants not to sue.

9 Major Accomplishments Office of Pollution Prevention & Technical Assistance (OPPTA)  Developed the Indiana Environmental Stewardship Program aimed at achieving environmental results beyond those gained by the regulatory process.  Instituted Indiana CLEAN Community Program; Town of Ogden Dunes & City of Lawrence are the first CLEAN communities.

10 Major Accomplishments OPPTA  Provided free & confidential responses to 7,700+ telephone calls for assistance; provided on-site assistance to 750+ Indiana regulated entities.  Awarded more than $2,000,000 in recycling grants, thus diverting nearly 100,000 tons of solid & hazardous waste from Indiana landfills.  Set standards to encourage recycling of discarded electronic equipment.

11 Major Accomplishments Agency Wide (AW)  IDEM responsiveness to new development projects greatly improved:  1 day review of environmental reports helped facilitate reuse of contaminated land by Medallion Cabinets.  Quick turnaround of air & water permits helped to secure the proposed Honda manufacturing project in Greensburg.  Reduced agency’s vehicle fleet by 22% & implemented a replacement schedule.

12 Major Accomplishments AW  Negotiated a 2-year Environmental Performance Partnership Agreement with EPA that clearly defines respective goals & deadlines.  Consolidated several program services:  IDEM IT with State IOT  IDEM HR with State SPD  IDEM Office of Legal Counsel with Attorney General  Realigned agency’s field staff to reduce travel costs, improve work output and increase accountability.

13 Major Accomplishments AW  Began the process of converting IDEM’s public files to digital images to: reduce the need for storage space; reduce labor costs associated with public record requests; reduce photocopying & provide remote availability to the public via the intranet.  Instituted the use of “WEBinars” technology for training & communicating with personnel & external stakeholders, reducing travel costs & time away from the job.

14 Indiana Department of Environmental Management Budget & Staffing

15 Current Budget Compared to Proposed Budget ELTF Current: $303,837,582 *Dedicated: $154,358,128 (50.80% of total budget) *Includes $63,047,325 from Excess Liability Trust Fund (ELTF) & $91,310,803 from other dedicated funds. Federal: $84,618,622 (27.85%) General: $64,860,832 (21.35%) Proposed: $304,019,214 General: $61,750,166 (20.31%) Federal: $57,530,097 (18.92%) *Dedicated: $184,738,951 (60.77% of total budget) *Includes $97,769,864 from Excess Liability Trust Fund (ELTF) & $86,969,087 from other dedicated funds. ELTF

16 IDEM Staffing Levels

17 Proposed Budget & Staffing Budget: $304,019,214 Staff: 1,035 OLQ 53.48% OLQ 32.27% OPPTA 3.79% OPPTA 3.48% OWQ 16.95% OWQ 25.41% OAQ 15.08% OAQ 20.29% OE/OCI 1.87% OE/OCI 3.96% OLC 1.18% OLC 1.64% OEA 7.65% OEA 12.95% ELTF

18 Key Changes Current to Proposed Biennium  $3.1M General fund decrease due to reduction in funding for Auto Emissions testing program.  $31.5 M increase in budgeted Dedicated funds:  $34.7 M budgeted increase in Excess Liability Trust Fund.  $3.2 M budgeted decrease in 11 other dedicated funds.  $27.1M projected net decrease in all Federal funds due to EPA cuts in funding.

19 Details on Funding Sources  Dedicated Funds consist of various fees & fines, The largest of these include:  Excess Liability Trust Fund underground storage tank fees (increased by the 2005 Legislature).  Clean Air Act Title V air permit fees (25% increase adopted by the Air Board on 12/06/06).  Statutory permit fees for drinking water (increased by 2003 Legislature), wastewater & solid & hazardous waste.  Environmental Management Special Fund (fees, fines & penalties).

20 Federal Funding Concerns  On average, a state match of 46% of our Federal funds is required. This analysis excludes $10.5 M budgeted for Continental Steel.  Grant funds are becoming more competitive as EPA funding is being cut by Congress.  Federal funding is being eliminated for Super Fund CORE.  Federal funding is being reduced an average of 3% per year over all other program areas.

21 Dedicated Fund Concerns  IDEM fees have not been increased since  With the Exception of increases in the following:  Safe Drinking Water (approved by 2003 Legislature)  Excess Liability Trust Fund (approved by 2005 Legislature)  Title V Air permitting fees (approved by 2006 Air Board)  Programs currently not adequately supported by fees:  Implementation of CFO and CaFO (confined feeding) programs  Mercury switch buy-back program  Methamphetamine training & lab clean-up program  Storm water Rules 5, 6 and 13

22 Dedicated Fund Concerns  Programs currently not adequately supported by fees:  Environmental Permit Operations Fund  Wastewater permit (NPDES) fees  Solid & Hazardous Waste permit fees  Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund  Environmental Management Special Fund  The goal is for 100% compliance, thus driving this fund to $0.

Title V Air Permits (FY 08 & 09 revenue estimates do not include a 25% fee increase approved by the Air Board on 12/6/2006. It is estimated that this increase will generate an additional $2.4M-$2.5M in revenue annually.)

Fund A Composite of the Water, Solid & Hazardous Waste, & Drinking Water Permit Centers

Water Management Permits

Solid Waste Management Permits

Hazardous Waste Management Permits

Safe Drinking Water Permits

Special Fund

Hazardous Substance Response Fund

31 IDEM Mandates  Permit air, water, solid & hazardous waste facilities.  Conduct compliance inspections.  Provide technical assistance.  Collect environmental data on air, water & contaminated sites.  Oversee clean-up of contaminated sites.  Prepare & implement plans to meet clean air & water quality standards.

32 Office of External Affairs

33 Office of Legal Counsel, Office of Enforcement & Office of Criminal Investigation

34 Office of Air Quality (This chart does not reflect planned increases in Title V staffing & associated expenses, which will be funded by a 25% fee increase approved by the Air Board on 12/6/2006.)

35 Office of Land Quality

36 Office of Land Quality

37 Office of Pollution Prevention & Technical Assistance

38 Office of Water Quality

39 Budget Challenges Depletion of key Dedicated funding balances:  In order to continue our speedy responses, perform our core regulatory functions & reduce backlogged permits, we need to address dedicated funding in the long term. Reductions in Federal funding. No increase in General funds. Provide adequate support for unfunded programs.

40 Current Priorities Realize attainment of air quality standards in all Indiana counties. Promote membership in the Environmental Stewardship Program as a means of increasing compliance rates & improving the environment. Work with all communities experiencing combined sewer overflow issues to develop plans to prevent the release of untreated sewage.

41 Current Priorities Decrease the number of days required to process all permits. Increase the number of regulated entities “in compliance” observations & inspections. Improve responsiveness and efficiency by reducing the use of private contractors in performing technical reviews primarily related to air permit applications & reimbursement requests from the Excess Liability Trust Fund.

42 Current Priorities Coordinate with IOT to implement an Environmental Information System aimed at providing a web- based resource for Hoosiers to use to: submit reports, applications, inquiries & other environmental permitting & compliance information. Continue to streamline operations through better documentation of policies & procedures, & the implementation of efficiencies such as the IOT & SPD consolidations.

43 Current Priorities Address numerous funding issues:  OAQ Title V air permit fee (completed 12/06/06)  OWQ wastewater permit fee  OWQ program implementation of Storm Water Rules 5, 6 & 13  OLQ solid & hazardous waste permit fees  OLQ CFO & CaFO fees  OLQ implementation of the methamphetamine program  OLQ implementation of the mercury switch program