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Alabama Department of Environmental Management

Alabama Department of Environmental Management. ADEM Update Manufacture Alabama 2012 Environmental Conference November 7, 2012. Alabama Department of Environmental Management. Commitments: No Surprises Make known rules of the road Evenhanded enforcement

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Alabama Department of Environmental Management

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  1. Alabama Department of Environmental Management ADEM Update Manufacture Alabama 2012 Environmental Conference November 7, 2012

  2. Alabama Department of Environmental Management • Commitments: • No Surprises • Make known rules of the road • Evenhanded enforcement • Opportunity for input when rules change

  3. Alabama Department of Environmental Management • ADEM FY 2013 State General Fund Budget • $4.0-5.0 million required to operate water division • $4.1 million withdrawn from Scrap Tire Fund • $3.2 million General Fund to ADEM operations

  4. Alabama Department of Environmental Management • ADEM FY 2013 State General Fund Budget (continued) • ~$1 million contributed TO the General Fund • Scrap Tire Fund withdrawal required ADEM to abrogate $5.3 million contract • FY 2013 shortfall made up by $1.2 million from surveillance aircraft sale

  5. Alabama Department of Environmental Management • Questions: • Are ADEM services necessary? • What is the quality of services provided? • What is the proper funding level?

  6. Alabama Department of Environmental Management Are ADEM services necessary?

  7. Alabama Department of Environmental Management Are ADEM services necessary? Yes. CWA, SDWA, CAA, RCRA require. Services can be provided State or EPA

  8. Alabama Department of Environmental Management • What is the quality of services provided?

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  10. Alabama Department of Environmental Management • What is the quality of services provided? • Knowledgeable, independent, qualified outside parties using objective measures rank performance to be high quality.

  11. Alabama Department of Environmental Management • What is the proper funding level?

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  15. Alabama Department of Environmental Management • What is the proper funding level? • ADEM is lowest cost provider of high quality services. Minimum funding level is $4 - $5 million above FY 2013 true funding.

  16. Alabama Department of Environmental Management • What is the alternative to minimum funding? • - EPA withdraw State authority to issue NPDES permits. • - EPA issue NPDES permits with • permit conditions and timing determined by EPA • - New industry permits from EPA

  17. Alabama Department of Environmental Management • Possible sources of funding: • - Federal Funds • - General Fund • - Permit Fees

  18. Alabama Department of Environmental Management • Proposed fee increase for FY 2014: • - $4 million increase • - 50% increase • - Covers 90% of cost to issue permits

  19. Alabama Department of Environmental Management 30 Years of Progress 1982 - 2012

  20. Alabama Department of Environmental Management Air Quality Improvements • 1982 --- 20 areas failing to meet air quality standards (Lead—Ozone—PM—SO2) • 2012 --- 2 areas not meeting tightened air quality standards 2 Areas Not Meeting Tightened Air Quality Standards 20 Areas Not Meeting Air Quality Standards

  21. Alabama Department of Environmental Management Air Quality Improvements • 1982 --- 500 stack tests per year • 2012 --- 1,000 stack tests per year

  22. Alabama Department of Environmental Management Enhanced Air Initiatives • Visible Emissions Training --- 400 Certified Annually • Regional Haze Visibility Program • Goal 2018 • Achieved 2012

  23. Alabama Department of Environmental Management Water Quality Improvements • 1982 --- Zero miles classified as OAW • 2012 --- 285 miles and 3,582 acres classified as OAW • 1982 --- Zero miles designated as ONRW • 2012 --- 805 miles and 1,946 acres designated as ONRW

  24. Alabama Department of Environmental Management Water Quality Improvements • 1982 --- 713 miles classified less than Suitable for Fish & Wildlife • 2012 --- 141 miles classified less than Suitable for Fish & Wildlife

  25. Alabama Department of Environmental Management Land Division • Remediated > 10,000 contaminated UST sites • 71,000 work hours in safe destruction of >650,000 chemical weapons

  26. Alabama Department of Environmental Management Land Division • 7,300,000 passenger tires removed from 75 scrap tire dumps • 25,000 tons of solid waste removed from 225 illegal solid waste dumps

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