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IDEM Compliance/Enforcement Priorities. Felicia Robinson Deputy Commissioner of Legal Affairs Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Compliance/Enforcement Priorities. National Priorities Region 5 Priorities Agency Priorities.
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IDEM Compliance/Enforcement Priorities Felicia Robinson Deputy Commissioner of Legal Affairs Indiana Department of Environmental Management
Compliance/Enforcement Priorities National Priorities Region 5 Priorities Agency Priorities
National PrioritiesObjective 5.1:Improve Compliance by 2008 • 5% increase in pounds of pollution reduced • 5% increase in regulated entities making improvements in environmental management practices • Using: compliance assistance, compliance incentives, and enforcement
National Priorities • Objectives: • Strengthening Science • enhancing field and lab science • Conducting Research • pollution prevention, new technology, socio- economics & decision making • Conceptual & General Roadmap • Data & ECHO, Watch List, Smart Enforcement
Region 5 - Strategies for Compliance & Environmental Stewardship • Performance partnership agreements:– Provide the agreement for the actual work that the state is to do under its various delegations. – Sets out communication protocols. – Provides the vehicle for payment of grant funding. – Sets out the state’s commitments to abide by EPA policies, guidance, etc. in the compliance and enforcement (and other) areas.
Region 5 - Strategies for Compliance & Environmental Stewardship (Continued) • Audits and evaluations: – EPA itself is audited by the Office of the Inspector General in terms of how it is overseeing the work that states do in environmental compliance and enforcement. – EPA has come up wanting in those reviews.
Region 5 - Strategies for Compliance & Environmental Stewardship (Continued) • Air – 8 hour ozone, PM 2.5 NAAQS • Land • UST • LUST/RCRA Corrective Action • TSCA cleanup sites
Region 5 - Strategies for Compliance & Environmental Stewardship (Continued) • Water • Drinking Water • PCB’s • Mercury • CSO’s • SSO’s • Stormwater Runoff
Region 5 - Strategies for Compliance & Environmental Stewardship (Continued) • Communities & Ecosystems • Pesticides • Blood - lead levels in children • Environmental justice
IDEM Priorities • Office of Air Quality • Implement CMS Policy • Result of IG Report criticizing OECA • All states & local agencies subject to policy • Covers all Title 5 & FESOP sources • Uses: • Full compliance evaluations • Partial compliance evaluations • Investigations • HPV
IDEM Priorities • Office of Air Quality (continued) • Frequencies: • Title 5 - FCE every 2 years • Mega - sites - FCE every 3 years • Synthetic minors - FCE every 5 years • Compliance status reverts to unknown if frequencies aren’t met
IDEM Compliance Enforcement Priorities • Office of Water Quality • What: • CSO, SSO, CAFO, Stormwater • Why: • Significant threat to public health & the environment • Result/Goal: All CSO communities under an enforceable plan • CSO & SSO communities addressed • All CAFO’s inspected • All regulated facilities have permits & comply • Working w/EPA to prioritize inspections of NPDES permitted facilities • SNC
IDEM Compliance Enforcement Priorities (Continued) • Office of Land Quality • UST Inspection Program • Grant Commitments & Core Program • CAFO Inspections • Waste Tire Piles • RCRA SNC
IDEM PrioritiesFocus Areas • Compliance Planning Process • Auto Salvage Yards • Steel Mills/Foundries • Multi-media Screening Checklist • Data