1. IDEM Update Indiana Rural Water Association April 21, 2009
Thomas W. Easterly, P.E., BCEE, QEP Commissioner
IN Department of Environmental Management

2. Current State Budget Balances

3. Response to Reduced State Income
Eliminated 2009 raises.
Strategic Hiring Review—Using attrition to reduce spending.
Reduce/eliminate grants, contracts, etc.
Restrictions on travel and purchasing.
Will maintain essential State services.

4. IDEM Staffing Levels

5. IDEM’s Mission and Environmental Goal
IDEM is responsible for protecting human health and the environment while providing for safe industrial, agricultural, commercial and governmental operation vital to a prosperous economy. Our 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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6. Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index
Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
Yale University
Center For International Earth Science
Information Network (CFIESIN)
Columbia University

8. How Does IDEM Protect the Environment?
Develop regulations and issue permits to restrict discharges to the environment to safe levels.
Inspect and monitor permitted facilities to ensure compliance with the permits.
Enforce against people who exceed their permit levels or violate regulations.
Educate people on their environmental responsibilities.

9. Performance Metrics Mar 2009
Quality of Hoosiers' Environment
Result
Target
Comments
% of Hoosiers in counties meeting air quality standards
98%
100%
80%
1 county & 106,673 of 6,376,792 above standard
% of CSO Communities with approved programs to prevent the release of untreated sewage
93%
20%
90+9 (99) out of 98+9 (107)
Permitting Efficiency Total calendar days accumulated in issuing environmental permits, as determined by state statute
Land
27,110
66,565
86,864
174 permits
365 permits
109 permits
Air
82,806
207,000
385,000
Water
34,500
48,000
200,000
* Places emphasis on back logged permits
Compliance Total percentage of compliance observations from regulated customers within acceptable compliance standards
Inspections
97.14%
97%
75%
Self reporting
92.90%
99%
95%
Continuous monitoring (COM)
99.66%
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
$1,400,000 $0
$3,447,017
$1.4 OLQ

10. 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%
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

11. 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 95%.
Indiana Goal is 99%.
Indiana Current Actual is 98.5%.

12. Accomplishments CSO’s/Long Term Control Plans
All 97 State lead CSO Communities and 2 of the Federal lead Communities have entered legal agreements to address their CSO issues.
We are working with USEPA to speed the progress on the remaining 8 Federal lead CSO communities.

13. 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 CAFOs, and Auto Salvage Yards.
Last of VX neutralized Aug 8
Digital Inspector for Auto Salvage, CFO and CAFO

14. Accomplishments Administratively extended NPDES permits.
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

15. Office of Enforcement 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Referrals 607 467
547
591
606
437
Violation Letters
5,222
4,980
4,268
4,024
3,958
4,092
Notices of Violation
457
318
202
427
420
321
Agreed Orders
349
314
258
417
372
364
Commissioner’s Orders 15 6 41 38 39 32
Dismissals
121 44 48 46 57 40
Complies/Closed
308
312
317
577
568
386
AG Referrals 13 17 4 33 52 22

16. 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).

17. 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. Fifteen months of imprisonment plus $2.7 million in restitution (Fort Wayne).

18. Criminal Convictions
Erler Industries—Clean Air Act Criminal Pleas for false reporting (North Vernon).
$1,000,000 Criminal Fine.
$100,000 to IDEM for Hybrid Vehicles.
$25,000 to the Midwest Environmental. Enforcement Association for training.
Individual Operators and Laboratories—False reporting cases.

19. Agency Initiatives Electronic Permits and Reporting
Virtual File Cabinet—electronic filing system with over 42,500,000 pages now online.
TEMPO—Enterprise wide electronic integration of all IDEM information—part of the insfrstructure to receive and process electronic permit applications and reports
Two programs accepting electronic submittals, 401 Certifications and Community Right to Know

20. Agency Initiatives
EDMR—Electronic reporting of waste water discharge monitoring reports.
Currently being piloted by about 100 facilities.
Expect to be available for all facilities in June of 2009.
Active assistance to facilities that announce layoffs and closing to prevent environmental Incidents.

21. Agency Initiatives
Returned enforcement function to the air, water and land programs and eliminated the separate office of enforcement.
Provide consistent Statewide air quality permitting, monitoring and enforcement services by directly managing the air program functions previously contracted to: Anderson, Evansville, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, and Vigo County.

22. We Protect Hoosiers and Our Environment
Questions?
Tom Easterly Commissioner Indiana Department of Environmental Management