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Recycling Market Development Program
IDEM's Recycling Market Development Program (RMDP) has $500,000 available as grants to private businesses for the purchase of equipment specifically needed to remanufacture recyclable materials into finished products or industrial feedstocks. Deadline for applications is June 11, 2012.
The States' View of the Air (2012)
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has released The States’ View of the Air (2012) report. This report highlights the air quality in counties and cities in the United States. Like a report card, IDEM has graded areas on the state of their air quality under the federal standards for ozone and fine particles.
Antidegradation Standards and Implementation Procedures Rule (LSA #08-764)
On March 14, 2012, the Water Pollution Control Board final adopted the Antidegradation Standards and Implementation Procedures proposed rule as preliminarily adopted with IDEM’s Suggested Changes. The final rule now enters the promulgation process, which includes review by the Attorney General, signature by the Governor, and filing by the Publisher of the Indiana Register. The rule will become effective (at the state level) 30 days after filing. Because these rules make changes to Indiana's water quality standards under a Clean Water Act program delegated to the state from the federal government, these rules must be submitted to U.S. EPA for its approval.
UST Operator Training
IDEM Offers Free Online Training to Underground Storage Tank (UST) Owners and Operators
By August 8, all of Indiana’s approximately 4,000 UST facilities, most of which are gas stations, must designate individuals as Class A, Class B, and Class C operators for various responsibilities of system operations. Class A, Class B, and Class C operators must be certified in various aspects of system maintenance and operations. IDEM is providing the required training and certification program for free.
IDEM Seeks Public Comment on Draft Wastewater Permits for the ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor East, Long Carbon, West, and Central Wastewater Treatment Plant
Currently the ArcelorMittal East facility and the ArcelorMittal West facility each have one wastewater permit. As part of the renewal of these two permits, each permit has been split into two separate permits. All together, these four proposed permits regulate the same discharges as the two current permits. The draft permits proposed to regulate the discharges from the ArcelorMittal East Mill are now: ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor Long Carbon (IN0063355) and ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor East (IN0000094). The draft permits proposed to regulate the discharges from the ArcelorMittal West Mill are now: ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor Central Wastewater Treatment Plant (IN0063711) and ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor West (IN0000205).
IDEM is holding a 45 day public notice period for these permits and has scheduled a public hearing for all four permits at 6:00 PM (local time) on September 15, 2011 at Ivy Tech Community College – Gary Campus, in the multipurpose Room (North Building), located at 1440 East 35th Avenue, Gary, Indiana 46409-1499. Permit documents are available for public review for each facility and can be found on IDEM’s website under ArcelorMittal: Indiana Harbor.
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