Indiana Department of Environmental

Management (IDEM)

IDEM and You• Programs within IDEM • How these programs affect local municipalities• Local IDEM representation

Office of Air Quality (OAQ)

• Air permits• Compliance and

enforcement• State Implementation

Plans • Ambient air monitoring

and modeling

Asbestos• Regulated when being disturbed by renovation

or demolition– Exceptions for single family homes of less than four

• Urban renewal projects are exception to exception– When a jurisdiction decides to demolish multiple homes during a

specific planning period, it is considered to be an "urban renewal" project

– ALL structures within that specific geographic jurisdiction would be subject to the asbestos rule

– Must have inspections, submit notifications, and conduct asbestos abatement if the accumulative amounts of regulated asbestos containing material meet or exceed the regulatory thresholds

Open Burning• 326 IAC 4-2 prohibits open burning in Indiana• Exemptions to the prohibition are found in

326 IAC 4-3 and include:– burning of vegetation at farms– ceremonial, recreational or

cooking fires– prescribed burns– emergency burning

Office of Land Quality (OLQ)

• Solid waste permitting and inspections

• Hazardous waste permitting and inspections

• Underground storage tank (UST) inspections

• Confined animal feeding operations • Cleanup, remediation and emergency response

Emergency Response and Spills

• IDEM Emergency Response - (888) 233-7745• National Response Center - (800) 424-8802

Office of Water Quality (OWQ)• Wastewater plant/sewer

construction permits• Discharge permits• Storm water discharge

program• Inspections and enforcement• Safe Drinking Water Program• Wetlands regulations

Watershed Planning • Water Quality

Assessment Program

• Watershed Grant Program

The Office of Legal Counsel and Criminal Investigations

• Provides guidance on new or amended rules

• Provides interpretation on legal issues related to permitting and enforcement

• Represents the agency in administrative litigation

• Investigates environmental crimes

Recycling Market Development Program

The Office of Compliance Support (OCS)

OCS • Compliance and Technical Assistance Program

– CTAP staff members are• experienced on air, water, and waste regulations• knowledgeable about current environmental issues and

new technologies • ready to assess the environmental compliance of your

entire facility or help you address concerns about a particular process or regulation

www.idem.IN.gov/ctap

OCS• CTAP outreach efforts

– emergency generators and reciprocating internal combustion engines

– underground storage tank training– surface coaters– autobody shops– NetDMR– storm water– open burning

OCS• Pollution Prevention and Recycling

– coordinates voluntary recognition programs including:• Indiana CLEAN Community Challenge• The Environmental Stewardship Program• Partners for Pollution Prevention• The Governor's Awards for Environmental

Excellence

OCS • Children's Environmental

Health and Education– 5-Star Recognition for Child Care

Facilities

• Environmental Education– coordinates on-site environmental education to

15,000 Hoosier students each year

• Recycling and Market Development Program

IDEM’s Northwest Regional Office

330 W US Hwy 30, Valparaiso Phone: (219) 464-0233 Hours: M-F 8:15-4:45

• Partners for Clean Air is a coalition of Northwest Indiana businesses, industries, state and local governments, and community groups committed to improving overall air quality and public health through voluntary actions

Partners for Clean Air

Clean Marina Program• Recognizes marinas for environmental

stewardship and provides information, technical assistance, and guidance to marinas and recreational boaters– collaborative effort between Indiana Department of

Natural Resources and IDEM NWRO– designated Clean Marinas in Indiana

• Hammond Marina 2009• Washington Park Marina 2010• Sprague Point Marina 2010• Portage Public Marina 2011

Lake Michigan Lakewide Area Management Plan Program

(LaMP)• A binational program requiring the

development of a Lakewide Area Management Plan (LaMP) for each Great Lake– plan of action to assess, restore, protect,

and monitor the ecosystem health of a Great Lake

– provides support to the Clean Marina Program

Grand Calumet River/Indiana Harbor Ship Canal Area of Concern

Remedial Action Plan Program (RAP)• A binational program for remediating and restoring Great Lakes

areas impacted by historical environmental contamination called Areas of Concern (AOC)

• Northwest Indiana’s Grand Calumet River/Indiana Harbor Ship Canal (GCR/IHSC) area is Indiana’s only AOC, and is currently impaired for 12 Beneficial Uses

• The IDEM NWRO is responsible for developmibg and implementing the Remedial Action Plan (RAP) for the GCR/IHSC AOC

Restoration Work in the AOC

Habitat Restoration

Jeorse Park Beach Study

Aesthetics Monitoring

Dredging

Lake Michigan Beaches Program• The Federal Beaches Environmental Assessment

and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act helps fund states in developing monitoring and notification programs to help protect our beaches– U.S. EPA administers the funding by providing grants

to states and tribes with coastal waters• IDEM NWRO works to pass through the grant funding to

state, county, and municipal entities to conduct monitoring and notification activities at beaches along Lake Michigan

The NWRO Staff Members

Questions?

Cathy Csatari(219) 464-0519

ccsatari@idem.IN.gov