indiana chamber of commerce environmental roundtable august 28, 2007

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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 2006Voluntary, 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 RemovalCurrent 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

AirWaterLand

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Administratively Extended Permits

Wastewater Permits: October 2005

August 2007

Total 263 34Major 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 372Violation Letters 17 33 47 203 231 70

Notice of Violations 561 457 318 202 427 263

Agreed Orders 311 349 314 258 417 207Commissioner's Orders 15 15 6 41 38 19

Dismissals 125 121 44 48 46 24*August 2007

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Enforcement BacklogIn 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 reviewReduce 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 ImprovementRearranged 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 Easterly100 N. Senate Ave. IGCN 1301

Indianapolis, IN 46204(317) 232-8611

Fax (317) 233-6647teasterly@idem.in.gov