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IDEM > Publications & Forms > Environmental Performance Partnership Agreement > EnPPA 2005 > EnPPA 2005 Program Activites: Office of Water Quality EnPPA 2005 Program Activites: Office of Water Quality

Impaired Waters List & Water Quality Report
Contact(s): a) Jody Arthur, Martha Clark Mettler b) Dennis Clark, Lee Bridges, Art Garceau a) Kevin Pierard, David Stoltenberg, b) Linda Holst, Ed Hammer, Sarah Lehmann Due Date: a) 4/1/06 b) 12/31/05 and 12/31/06
U.S. EPA Role: a) Timely review and comment on materials submitted. Provide guidance on report/list development. Provide continued support and guidance on the use of the Assessment Database. b) Provide assistance in analyzing and reporting probabilistic information; provide assistance in combining probability monitoring with other monitoring designs.
  1. Use the Assessment Database (ADB) to submit the 303(d) list of impaired waters and the 305(b) report on water quality by established deadlines for all relevant information. Provide additional Integrated Report information (e.g., assessment methodology) in other appropriate formats (see IR Guidance).
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  2. Monitor waters, utilizing the probabilistic monitoring strategy to provide sufficient data to adequately assess the status of Indiana's surface water quality, follow the schedule identified in the IDEM Monitoring Strategy.
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TMDLs
Contact(s): a) Martha Clark Mettler b) Dennis Clark, Lee Bridges, Art Garceau a) Kevin Pierard b) Linda Holst, Sarah Lehmann, Ed Hammer Due Date: a) 9/1/2006 and 9/1/2007 b) 12/31/2005 and 12/31/2006
U.S. EPA Role: a) Timely review and comment, and contractor assistance, b) Provide guidance/other information on identifying causes/sources of impairment.
  1. Develop TMDLs on waterbody segments - 34 submitted for U.S. EPA approval by 2006, and the number for 2007 to be determined.
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  2. Second Year Source Identification Studies - Monitor waters to provide information on sources and causes of impairments for use in the development of total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) and/or watershed plans. Follow the plans outlined in the IDEM Monitoring Strategy.
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  3. Work with U.S. EPA to help accomplish the goals of the Accountability Pilot Project. Identify a total of five accountability projects by FY 06, which are targeted to eliminate one or more impairments within a reasonable time period.
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  4. IDEM will target NPS incremental funding to watersheds with impaired waters on the 303(d) list to support Accountability Projects, TMDL implementation, and restoration in agriculture and urban areas through watershed planning and implementation.
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Wetland and Stream Impacts
Contact(s): Martha Clark Mettler Kevin Pierard Due Date: Ongoing
  1. Review applications and issue appropriate permits for wetland and stream impacts.
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OWQ Permits
Contact(s):a) Catherine Hess b) Steve Roush c) Cyndi Wagner a and b) Peter Swenson c) Brian Bell Due Date: See below
U.S. EPA Role: a, b) Review agreed-upon permits c) Provide technical assistance. Work together on agreed-upon CSO communities.
  1. Municipal NPDES Permits - Issue 95 percent of all identified priority backlogged NPDES permits, issue new permits within statutory timeframes.
    • Issue 16 Major Municipal NPDES Permits by 9/30/05 - FY 05 date.
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    • Maintain the backlog of municipal permits at 10 percent or less.
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    • Issue New Municipal NPDES Permits within Statutory timeframes.
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    • Reissue all identified major Municipal permits which have expired for more than 10 years by the end of FY 2006 ( Sept. 30, 2006).
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  2. Industrial NPDES Permits - Issue 95 percent of all identified priority backlogged NPDES permits, issue new permits within statutory timeframes.
    • Issue 10 Major Industrial NPDES Permits by 9/30/05 - FY 05 date.
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    • Maintain the backlog of industrial permits at 10 percent or less.
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    • Issue New Industrial NPDES Permits within Statutory timeframes.
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    • Reissue all identified major Industrial permits which have expired for more than 10 years by the end of FY 2006 ( Sept. 30, 2006).
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  3. Storm Water - Ensure general storm water permits for industries, construction sites and municipalities are issued and renewed in a timely manner.
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Combined Sewer Overflow LTCPs
Contact(s): Cyndi Wagner Peter Swenson/ Pat Kuefler Due Date: See Below
U.S. EPA Role: U.S. EPA will be the lead on certain environmentally significant CSO communities, working in partnership with IDEM to reach agreement, as practicable, on approvable long-term control plans and implementation schedules. These include the communities of Evansville, Jeffersonville, Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Mishawaka, South Bend and Elkhart, and oversight of Anderson (under the existing federal consent decree). U.S. EPA will provide technical assistance on State cases upon request and as resources allow.
  1. Review and Approve Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Long Term Control Plans (LTCPs).
    • By the end of Sept. 30, 2007, and consistent with the timeframes established in the IDEM/U.S. EPA CSO agreement, 65% of all permitted CSOs have an approved LTCP with an enforceable schedule or a formal enforcement action has been initiated to achieve that result.
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    • By the end of Sept. 30, 2008, and consistent with the timeframes established in the IDEM/U.S. EPA CSO agreement, 75% of all permitted CSOs have approved Long-Term Control Plans (LTCP) through permitting/enforcement.
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PCS Modernization
Contact(s): Charles Dunn James Coleman Due Date: 01/01/06 or when available from U.S. EPA
U.S. EPA Role: Communicate regularly via conference call and other meetings to coordinate.
  • Complete PCS modernization.
    1. Migration of data from PCS to ICIS-NPDES by 1/1/06 (or once available from U.S. EPA).
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    2. Train staff on ICIS-NPDES by 1/1/06 (or once training is available from U.S. EPA).
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State PCS Replacement System (SPuRS)
Contact(s): Charles Dunn and IDEM IT Due Date: Ongoing
  • Work with IDEM's Office of External Affairs to convert to the state PCS replacement system (SPuRS).
    1. PrU.S. EPAre and Submit Requisition for Michigan System.
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    2. Work through state procurement process to secure contractor to convert Michigan NMS to SPuRS.
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    3. Implement new system.
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NPDES
Contact(s): b, c) Debbie Dubenetzky and Rick Roudebush; a, e, and f) Debbie Dubenetzky and Don Daily; d) Debbie Dubenetzky, Don Daily and Charles Dunn James Coleman, Carol Staniec & Patrick Kuefler Due Date: a, b, c, e) Annual Basis d, f) Ongoing
  • Maintain an adequate enforcement and compliance assistance program to help ensure that NPDES violations are prevented and if violations occur, they are adequately addressed.
    1. Pretreatment Compliance Program
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      • Audit 20% of approved pretreatment programs annually.
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    2. Inspections
      • Inspect 70% of major NPDES facilities.
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      • Inspect 30% of minor NPDES facilities.
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      • Respond to 100% of complaints.
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    3. Operator Assistance (OATS)
      • Provide On-site Operator Assistance to communities through U.S. EPA 104(g) grant. Monitor pollutant discharge reductions as a result of this assistance.
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    4. QA/QC
      • Conduct QA/QC reviews of submitted self-monitoring data to evaluate reliability.
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      • Continue to assist U.S. EPA in implementation of Federal DMR QA program.
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    5. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Awards
      • Nominate eligible Indiana wastewater treatment facilities to U.S. EPA for consideration of a regional or national U.S. EPA O&M award.
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    6. SNC
      • Coordinate SNC workgroups and participate in SNC-major conference calls with U.S. EPA.
      • Maintain the SNC rate for majors below 10%, and the size of the active exceptions list below 2%, both as measured on a quarterly basis
      • Monitor facilities on the Watch List and Take Action as Appropriate
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Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Contact(s): a) Pat Carroll and Stacey Jones; b-e) Pat Carroll and Al Lao; f) Pat Carroll and Liz Melvin Charlene Denys, Margie Chacon Due Date: a-d) Ongoing e) annually f) Ongoing and End of SFY 2006
U.S. EPA Role: a) Review and approve rules. b) Maintain and update the SDWIS database including the state version, SDWIS-state. c) Maintain and update the SDWIS database including the state version, SDWIS-state d) provide compliance assistance, e) take necessary enforcement action to help reduce the level of non-compliance among small water systems, and f) Provide support for continued development and improvement of the electronic sanitary survey form
  1. New federal safe drinking water rules will be re-codified to State rules and the "primacy package" will be submitted to U.S. EPA within four years (including two year extension period) after publication of the final rules.
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  2. All required federal reporting requirements are submitted within the required reporting period, and will be done through the Annual Resource Deployment Plan (ARDP) where items overlap.
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  3. Maintaining SDWIS Database
    • Maintain Public Water Supply Supervision Program by maintaining a data base management system (SDWIS) that accurately tracks the inventory (including routine updates of system information), violations and enforcement, sampling information, and compliance determination for all safe drinking water contaminants.
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  4. Monitoring and Reporting Violations.
    • All PWS's with violations will first receive a violation letter. For Community and Nontransient Noncommunity Systems, the certified operator will also receive a violation letter. Systems that do not correct the violation after receiving the violation letter will be referred to the Office of Enforcement for appropriate actions consistent with agency policies and procedures. In cases where the system has a certified operator, the operator will also be referred for enforcement. In FY2007, IDEM will target additional resources to provide assistance to water systems in meeting monitoring and reporting requirements.
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  5. MCL Violations
    • PWSs that report information will be in compliance with 95% of pre-1994 rule and 80% of post-1994 rule requirements annually.
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  6. Sanitary Surveys at Public Water Supply Systems.
    • Complete sanitary surveys at one third of community and one fifth of noncommunity systems each year.
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    • Complete transition to electronic sanitary survey by the end of SFY 2006.
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Source Water Protection
Contact(s): Pat Carroll and Jim Sullivan Charlene Denys, Margie Chacon Due Date: a) Annually b) SFY 2006/SFY 2007
  1. Complete wellhead protection plan (WHPP) reviews of submitted community water systems.
    • Complete the review of 60 WHPPs in SFY 2006.
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    • Complete the review of 65 WHPPs in SFY 2007.
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  2. Complete and distribute Source Water Assessments (SWAs).
    • Complete/distribute 60 community ground water SWAs in SFY 2006.
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    • Complete/distribute 65 community ground water SWAs in SFY 2007.
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    • Complete/distribute all transient and non-transient ground water SWAs in SFY 2006.
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    • Complete/distribute all surface water system SWAs in SFY 2007.
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Surface Water Quality Monitoring Strategy
Contact(s): Dennis Clark, Art Garceau, Lee Bridges, Syed Ghiasuddin Linda Holst, Sarah Lehmann & Ed Hammer Due Date: 3/1/06
U.S. EPA Role: a) Provide assistance in revising monitoring strategy. Review and provide comments on draft and final products, b) Work with IDEM to implement the strategy and identify resources to address identified gaps, c) Work with IDEM to identify resources to address issues identified in the strategy and provide technical assistance/guidance as requested. Work with IDEM to identify portions of the strategy that could not be implemented and reasons why (feedback into A), d) Provide meeting support and travel support as available. Act as lead for developing agendas and provide assistance in identifying appropriate speakers for SWiMS sessions
  1. The current Surface Water Monitoring Strategy will be revised (2006-2010 Surface Water Monitoring Strategy) to comply with the 10 elements of the National Monitoring Strategy Guidance by March 1, 2006.
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  2. Implement revised strategy beginning in the 2006 monitoring season and until then, continue to implement the existing strategy.
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  3. Implement existing strategy until March 1, 2006, according to the identified schedule.
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  4. Actively participate in Bioassessment Consistency Workgroup and SWiMS meetings/activities.
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Water Quality Standards
Contact(s): a) Martha Clark Mettler; b) Dennis Clark Linda Holst, David Pfeifer and Candice Bauer Due Date: Ongoing
U.S. EPA Role: Participate in the antidegradation workgroup, and any nutrient workgroups or meetings, as requested by IDEM. Review draft IDEM work products and provide timely comments. To the extent that resources are available, assist IDEM with travel support for Regional meetings (RTAG, WQS).
  1. Work with external stakeholders to develop revised antidegradation rule language and begin the formal adoption process by 12-31-2006.
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  2. Implement nutrient criteria development plan, participate in Regional activities (RTAG meetings and conference calls), keep the plan up-to-date and provide U.S. EPA with revisions, and provide status updates on the deadlines, milestones and products in the plan.
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