Alabama Department of Environmental Management ADEM Update Manufacture Alabama 2012 Environmental...

Alabama Department of Environmental Management

ADEM Update

Manufacture Alabama

2012 Environmental Conference

November 7, 2012


• Commitments:– No Surprises– Make known rules of the road– Evenhanded enforcement– Opportunity for input when rules change

• 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$4.1 million withdrawn from Scrap Tire Fund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


• 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


• Questions:

Are ADEM services necessary?

What is the quality of services provided?

What is the proper funding level?




Yes. CWA, SDWA, CAA, RCRA require.

Services can be provided State or EPA


Knowledgeable, independent, qualified outside parties using objective measures rank performance to be high quality.



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50,000,000

100,000,000

150,000,000

200,000,000

250,000,000

300,000,000

350,000,000

400,000,000

450,000,000

All Other State Funds Federal Funds State General Funds

ECOS data based on FY 13 Budget proposals


FY1989

FY1991

FY1993

FY1995

FY1997

FY1999

FY2001

FY2003

FY2005

FY2007

FY2009

FY2011

FY2013

0

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

7,000,000

8,000,000

9,000,000

General Fund Appropriated


Alabam

a

4

9 Nat

ionall

y

Georg

ia

48 N

ation

ally

South

Car

olina

44

Nation

ally

Tenne

ssee

3

2 Nat

ionall

y

Florida

31

Nat

ionall

y

Kentu

cky

29

Nation

ally

North

Car

olina

22

Nation

ally

Miss

issipp

i

1

3 Nat

ionall

y

Avera

ge R

egion

IV

Nation

al Ave

rage

$0.00

$5.00

$10.00

$15.00

$20.00

$25.00

$30.00

$35.00

$40.00

State Sources / Capita

ECOS Data based on FY 13 Budget proposals


ADEM is lowest cost provider of high quality services. Minimum funding level is $4 - $5 million above FY 2013 true funding.


What is the alternative to minimum funding?

- EPA withdraw State authority to issue NPDES permits.

- EPA issue NPDES permits withpermit conditions and timing determined by EPA

- New industry permits from EPA


Possible sources of funding:

- Federal Funds

- General Fund

- Permit Fees


Proposed fee increase for FY 2014:

- $4 million increase

- 50% increase

- Covers 90% of cost to issue permits



30 Years of Progress

1982 - 2012


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

20 Areas Not MeetingAir Quality Standards

2 Areas Not Meeting TightenedAir Quality Standards


Air Quality Improvements

1982 --- 500 stack tests per year

2012 --- 1,000 stack tests per year


Enhanced Air Initiatives

Visible Emissions Training --- 400 Certified Annually

Regional Haze Visibility Program

Goal 2018 Achieved 2012


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


Water Quality Improvements 1982 --- 713 miles classified less than Suitable for Fish & Wildlife

2012 --- 141 miles classified less than Suitable for Fish & Wildlife

713

141

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

Str

eam

Mil

es

1982 2012


Land Division Remediated > 10,000 contaminated UST sites 71,000 work hours in safe destruction of >650,000

chemical weapons


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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