Small Business Assistance Program
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The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 required that all States develop
a program to assist small businesses in meeting the requirements of the
Act. Such assistance includes, but is not necessarily limited to,
adequate mechanisms to assist small businesses with compliance
assistance, pollution prevention and accidental release detection
and prevention, permit assistance and obligations.
Section 507 of the Clean Air Act discusses specifics of the Small
Business Assistance Program (SBAP). The SBAP is non-regulatory in nature
and all services are confidential and free of charge. |
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The SBAP is divided in to three major components: the
Compliance
Advisory Panel, the
Ombudsman, and the
Assistance Program.
Due to geography, demographics and the unique environmental issues in each
state, the structure of each program may vary. |
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To find more information on the Small Business Assistance Program in
Region 7, please contact: Iowa Christina Iiams, Small Business Liaison Iowa Department of Natural Resources Air Quality Bureau 7900 Hickman Road, Suite 1 Windsor Heights, Iowa 50324 515-281-4927 515-242-5094 (fax) christina.iiams@dnr.iowa.gov Kansas Cathy Colglazier Kansas Department of Health and the Environment 1000 S.W. Jackson, Ste. 430 Topeka, Kansas 66612 785-296-0669 1-800-357-6087 ccolglaz@kdhe.state.ks.us Missouri Air Pollution Control Program Assistance Group Missouri Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 176 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102 573-751-4817 573-751-2706 (fax) 1-800-361-4827 lucy.thompson@dnr.mo.gov Nebraska Public Advocate/Ombudsman Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality 1200 N Street, Suite 400 P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 402-471-2186 402-471-2909 (fax) moreinfo@ndeq.state.ne.us U.S. EPA Region 7 Gary Bertram Air & Waste Management Division Air Permitting & Compliance Branch 11201 Renner Boulevard Lenexa, Kansas 66219 913-551-7533 913-551-9533 (fax) bertram.gary@epa.gov |