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Indiana Chamber of Commerce Environmental Roundtable
August 28, 2007
Thomas W. Easterly, P.E., DEE, QEP Commissioner
IN Department of Environmental Management
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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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Indiana Environmental Stewardship Program
Enacted legislation in 2006
Voluntary, performance based leadership program modeled after the U.S. EPA’s National Environmental Performance Track Program Environmental Management SystemGood compliance recordCommitment to implement a beyond
compliance initiative
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ESP Charter MembersAmerican Commercial Lines LLC (Jeffersonville, Clark County)
ICON Metal Forming, LLC (Corydon, Harrison County)
Jeffboat LLC (Jeffersonville, Clark County)
Karl Schmidt Unisia, Inc. (Fort Wayne, Allen County)
Louisiana Pacific Corporation (Middlebury, Elkhart County)
Mead Johnson & Company (Evansville & Mt. Vernon, Vanderburgh County)
OFS Brands, Inc. (Huntingburg, Dubois County)
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ESP Charter MembersPfizer, Inc. (Terre Haute, Vigo County) Quality Machine and Tool Works (Columbus, Bartholomew County) Raytheon Technical Services Company, LLC (Indianapolis, Marion County) Tinnerman Palnut Engineered Products, Inc. (Logansport Plant, Cass County) Total Interior Systems America, LLC (Princeton, Gibson County) Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing, LLC (Columbus, Bartholomew County) Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Princeton (Gibson County)
IC 13-20-17.7-2 6
Mercury Switch Removal
Current results from HEA 1110 (2006) - the mercury switch removal program:398 Indiana Participants2,548 Mercury Switches Collected5.61 Pounds of mercury removed from end
of life vehicles
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Counties above AQ StandardsJanuary 10, 2005 Allen--Ozone Boone--Ozone Clark--PM & Ozone Dubois--PM Elkhart--Ozone Hamilton--Ozone Hancock--Ozone LaPorte--Ozone Madison--Ozone Marion--PM & Ozone Shelby--Ozone St. Joseph--Ozone
January 1, 2007 Clark--PM Marion—PM
Possible Addition Lake—Ozone
(Whiting Monitor)
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Ozone Attainment Status
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PM 2.5 Attainment Status
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Total Permit Calendar Days
0
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
Air
Water
Land
IC 13-15-4-19 11
Administratively Extended Permits
Wastewater Permits: October
2005
August 2007
Total 263 34
Major 67 11
Minor 196 23
Total permit days 303,000 55,000
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Percent of Activities Meeting Regulations
0.00%10.00%20.00%30.00%40.00%50.00%60.00%70.00%80.00%90.00%
100.00%
Inspections
SelfReporting
EmissionMonitoring
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Office of Enforcement2002-2006
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007*
Referrals 887 607 467 547 591 372
Violation Letters
17 33 47 203 231 70
Notice of Violations 561 457 318 202 427 263
Agreed Orders 311 349 314 258 417 207
Commissioner's Orders 15 15 6 41 38 19
Dismissals 125 121 44 48 46 24
*August 2007
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Enforcement Backlog
In early 2005, IDEM identified 120 open enforcement cases over 2 years old.
Currently one of the original 120 cases is still open.
Our goal is to resolve all enforcement cases within one year of the referral.
We currently have 24 cases that are more than 12 months old—no new cases over 2 years old.
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Continuous ImprovementIT initiativesTempo – Unified environmental databaseVirtual File Cabinet – File room via Web
Pay for performance Set clear performance expectationsHold staff accountable for their decisionsProvides an incentive to go beyond minimum
job requirements to assist regulated community
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Continuous ImprovementReduce the use of contractors for air permitting and ELTF claim review
Reduce air permit process time Applying lean manufacturing concepts (Six Sigma
and Kaizen) to improve permitting efficiency and timeliness
Reduce deficiencies in permit applicationsMore information available via our websiteTraining workshops on permit requirements and
the importance of submitting complete and accurate applications
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Continuous Improvement
Rearranged stormwater programs Allows for cross-training and increased
efficiencyAllows focus on policy development and
plan review of LTCPs of combined sewer overflows
Reassigned management oversight of NPDES permitting activities resulting in a significant reduction of NPDES permit backlog .
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Thank You—Questions
Tom Easterly
100 N. Senate Ave. IGCN 1301
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-8611
Fax (317) 233-6647