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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– 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$4.1 million withdrawn from Scrap Tire Fund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
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
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
• Questions:
Are ADEM services necessary?
What is the quality of services provided?
What is the proper funding level?
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Are ADEM services necessary?
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Are ADEM services necessary?
Yes. CWA, SDWA, CAA, RCRA require.
Services can be provided State or EPA
What is the quality of services provided?
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
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.
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
What is the proper funding level?
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
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All Other State Funds Federal Funds State General Funds
ECOS data based on FY 13 Budget proposals
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
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General Fund Appropriated
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
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State Sources / Capita
ECOS Data based on FY 13 Budget proposals
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.
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
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
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Possible sources of funding:
- Federal Funds
- General Fund
- Permit Fees
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Proposed fee increase for FY 2014:
- $4 million increase
- 50% increase
- Covers 90% of cost to issue permits
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
30 Years of Progress
1982 - 2012
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
20 Areas Not MeetingAir Quality Standards
2 Areas Not Meeting TightenedAir Quality Standards
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Air Quality Improvements
1982 --- 500 stack tests per year
2012 --- 1,000 stack tests per year
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Enhanced Air Initiatives
Visible Emissions Training --- 400 Certified Annually
Regional Haze Visibility Program
Goal 2018 Achieved 2012
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
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
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1982 2012
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
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