IDEM’s Plan for The Road from Good to Great Elkhart Chamber’s 18 th Annual Environmental & Safety Conference Thomas W. Easterly, P.E., BCEE, Commissioner Indiana Department of Environmental Management November 6, 2013

Good to Great Background 2 Good to Great is a 2001 book by Jim Collins about very successful companies. The Hedgehog Concept - Focus on few simple goals The Doom Loop - Reactive decision making - Follow short lived trends Brutal Facts - Critical analysis of what you are doing and the reality of its impacts or ineffectiveness.

IDEM’s Mission Before Good to Great Protecting Hoosiers and Our Environment IDEM’s mission is to implement federal and state regulations to protect human health and the environment while allowing the environmentally sound operations of industrial, agricultural, commercial and government activities vital to a prosperous economy. 3

How Does IDEM Protect Hoosiers and Our Environment? Develop regulations and issue permits to restrict discharges to environmentally safe levels. Inspect and monitor permitted facilities to ensure compliance with the permits. 4

How Does IDEM Protect Hoosiers and Our Environment? Use compliance assistance and/or enforcement when people exceed their permit levels or violate regulations. Educate people on their environmental responsibilities. Clean up contaminated sites to eliminate public exposure to toxics and return properties to productive use. 5

Performance Metrics June 2005 Quality of Hoosiers' EnvironmentResultTargetComments % 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%100%20%75% by 2007 is goal Permitting Efficiency Total calendar days accumulated in issuing environmental permits, as determined by state statute* Land 100,01366,56586,864 Air 511,000207,000385,000 Water 301,00048,000200,000 * 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 6

Performance Metrics September 2013 ResultTargetComments Quality of Hoosiers' Environment % of Hoosiers that live in counties that meet air quality standards 87.64%100%80% Muncie Lead; Ozone in Clark, Floyd, Greene and LaPorte Counties, Sulfur Dioxide in parts of Daviess, Marion, Morgan, Pike and Vigo Counties % of CSO Communities with approved programs to prevent the release of untreated sewage 99.07%100%90% 98+9 (107) out of 99+9 (108). Not Gary % of Hoosiers that receive water from facilities in full compliance with safe drinking water standards 99.40%99%95% Permitting Efficiency Total calendar days accumulated in issuing environmental permits, as determined by state statute* Land22,64731,71435,445 37,310 statutory Air49,17955,74062,298 65,577 statutory Water32,26957,85964,666 68,070 statutory * Places emphasis on back logged permits Compliance Total percentage of compliance observations from regulated customers within acceptable compliance standards* Inspections96.77%97%75% Self reporting97.99%99%95% Continuous monitoring (COM)99.83%99.9%99.0% * Tracks observations and not just inspections 7

8 Permits--Percent of Statutory Days

Best in NPDES Permitting 9

10 Water Quality Indiana Combined Sewer Overflow Status

Where do we go from here? The Roadmap for Indiana and IDEM IDEM’s Plan for The Road from Good to Great addresses three goals of the Roadmap for Indiana: Increasing private sector employment (Goal 1) Attracting new investment in Indiana (Goal 2) Improving the health, safety, and well-being of Hoosier families, especially children (Goal 3) – Clean Air – Abundant Clean Water – Protect Water and Land from both new and historical pollution 11

Achieving our Goals: Challenges Different media – air, land, and water Different sources of pollution Different pollutant behavior or migration Different laws and oversight Different tools 12

IDEM’s Hedgehog Concept Our Updated Mission “Protecting Hoosiers and our environment while becoming the most customer-friendly environmental agency.” 13

IDEM’s Hedgehog Concept Implementing the Hedgehog concept requires excellent customer service, a business-friendly agency, and a transparent, responsible regulatory process that: Minimizes restrictions on economic and human activities to create a business friendly environment. Establishes and expands partnerships. Meets all federal requirements. Is understandable and predictable. Results in speedy and permanent approvals for proposed activities. 14

The Road from Good to Great Planned actions: Establish a one-stop water permitting portal Pursue flexibility in allocating resources Master our message Concentrate on core functions Increase efficiencies Extract ourselves from programs that add little value 15

Establish a one-stop water permitting portal: Water management currently scattered in five state and three federal agencies Potential action items: −Improve coordination and/or consolidate state programs. −Obtain delegation of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers wetlands permitting program (404). −Develop an “in-lieu” fee program for wetlands impacts. −Obtain delegation for the Underground Injection Control program for all well classes (DNR currently does wells associated with oil and gas extraction). The Road from Good to Great 16

Pursue flexibility in allocating resources segregated by fund: IDEM currently has 12 legally restricted dedicated funds. Some of these funds have income in excess of needs, others can not fully fund the intended activities. Restrictions on ability to use taxpayer contributed funds. Flexibility would allow IDEM to shift resources according to need. Increases IDEM’s ability to be responsive. The Road from Good to Great 17

Master our message: Improve communication with appropriate legislative and agency heads. Increase our direct engagement with the public, editorial boards, and the media. The Road from Good to Great 18

The Road from Good to Great Concentrate on core functions: Historically (pre-2005), IDEM often embarked on initiatives promoted by small U.S. EPA grants that did not significantly improve the environment. IDEM will avoid this “doom loop” by evaluating every initiative against our Hedgehog Concept. 19

The Road from Good to Great Concentrate on core functions (cont.): Permitting Compliance Remediation Air quality Land quality Water quality Environmental stewardship 20

The Road from Good to Great Increase efficiencies: Lean and Kaizen Work to employ appropriate technology accelerators: – Share Point – Virtual File Cabinet – Digital Inspector – TEMPO 360 data management system 21

Extract ourselves from programs that add little value: IDEM and IDHS are working to consolidate into IDHS a number of activities related to hazardous materials: −Inventory reporting (Tier 2) −Fee collection −Local Emergency Planning Commission management Reevaluate non-regulatory programs. The Road from Good to Great 22

The Brutal Facts Three broad based issues identified: The level and allocation of resources, including personnel. Laws and requirements outside of our control. Lack of success in communicating issues and perspectives inside and outside of our organization. 23

The Road from Good to Great Planned actions—summary: Establish one-stop water permitting portal Pursue flexibility in allocating resources Master our message Concentrate on core functions Increase efficiencies Extract ourselves from programs that add little value 24

Questions? 25 Tom Easterly Commissioner Indiana Department of Environmental Management