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IDEM
Thomas W. Easterly, P.E., DEE, QEP, Commissioner
IN Department of Environmental Management
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IDEM Environmental Goal
Increase the personal income of all Hoosiers from the current $0.88/$1.00 of the national average to at least $1.00/$1.00 of the national average while maintaining and improving Indiana’s Environmental Quality.
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How is Personal Income Linked to Environmental Improvement?
Maslow’s Pyramid reminds us that people meet their basic needs for food, shelter and security before addressing other needs.In most of Indiana, personal autos for transportation are a basic need.People with lower incomes can often only afford older more polluting automobiles which contribute more than their share to our transportation related air quality issues.
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Income and the Environment?
People with more income typically purchase newer cars that pollute less
Similarly, newer industrial processes have less waste (more product per unit of input)
Waste typically becomes pollution
Financially successful industries typically are able to purchase these newer processes that pollute less
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Income and the Environment?
Businesses that are struggling financially still must pay their workers and their suppliers. One of the few places to reduce is maintenance.
At some point, deferred maintenance leads to reduced equipment availability and increased pollution
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Income and the Environment?
People and businesses who have met their basic needs look past their own needs to the greater good including the general quality of life.
Pursuit of improved quality of life includes support for better environmental quality.
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How Will IDEM Help Increase Personal Income?
Clear, predictable and speedy decisions.
Clear regulations
Assistance first, enforcement second
Timely resolution of enforcement actions
Every regulated entity will have current, valid permits without unnecessary requirements
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Actions to Date
Two agency wide meetings with Governor Daniels to champion the new direction and answer questions
Met with all agency staff to reiterate the message of change and answer questions
Regular emails to staff to reinforce direction.
IDEM Streamlining and Efficiency Task Force
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Actions to Date
Delegated authority and responsibility to Assistant Commissioners and Branch Chiefs with the direction to do their jobs while considering economic development
Asking people to first go to the staff responsible for the issue and let the staff do the right thing—let me know when there is a problem
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New IDEM Structure
Less management and more empowerment of technical staffEliminated the deputy commissioner layerManage by objectivesEnPPAQMP or equivalentMeaningful Performance Assessment System
Generally implement government efficiency commission recommendations
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Major Strategic Issues
CSO’s/Long Term Control PlansAir Quality Non-Attainment Designations: PM2.5, Ozone & SO2Redevelopment of Contaminated SitesBrownfieldsVoluntary Remediation ProgramLUSTRCRA Corrective Action
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Major Agricultural IssuesProposed IDEM Rule to postpone CAFO deadlines until EPA responds to Second Circuit Decision.Discussion with EPA Region V about EPA’s (mis)use of IDEM RegulationsPublic Opposition to many CFO and CAFO permit decisionsImproved coordination between IDEM, BOAH, ADDL and OISC.
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Other Agricultural IssuesRegistration of nutrient applicators (like pesticide applicators)?Permitted facilities to include site specific catastrophic mortality plans?Odors?Informational Meetings vs. Hearings.Outdoor Wood-fired BoilersTMDL’s for Nutrients and ecoliEmissions Reporting Rule—not for farms
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Significant Issues
Electronic Permits and Reporting
Administratively extended NPDES permits—8 of 25 completed in 05Water Quality Standards or Variances
Not yet issued Title V permits
Appealed Title V and NPDES permits
Unwritten “policy” applied as regulation
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Compliance & Enforcement
Focus is on Compliance, not penalties or “gotcha”
Goal is for every regulated entity to understand and comply with their environmental responsibilities
Will continue to enforce against those who do not meet their environmental responsibilities—working to speed up the enforcement process
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Performance MetricsQuality of Hoosiers' Environment Result Target Comments
% of Hoosiers that live in counties that meet air quality standards
80% 100% 80% 4 counties @ 1,219,765 of 6,195,643 failed
% of CSO Communities with approved programs to prevent the release of untreated sewage 9% 100% 20% 75% by 2007 is goal
Permitting Efficiency
Total calendar days accumulated in issuing environmental permits, as determined by state statute
Land 83,169 35,935 86,864 292 Calendar Days/permit
660 Calendar Days/permit
404 Calendar Days/permit
Air 529,231 218,796 385,000
Water 262,794 48,240 200,000
* Places emphasis on back logged permits
ComplianceTotal percentage of compliance observations from regulated customers within acceptable compliance standards
Inspections 94.78% 97% 75%
Self reporting 96.71% 99% 95%
Continuous monitoring (COM) 99.22% 99.90% 99%
* 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 $3,447,017Will require increase in head count to accomplish
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Questions?
Tom Easterly
100 N. Senate Ave. IGCN 1301
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-8611
Fax (317) 233-6647