PART V. SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

 

[§342B-61]  Small business assistanceprogram.  (a)  The director shall establish within the department a smallbusiness assistance program to provide technical support and environmentalcompliance information to those small business stationary sources subject tothe provisions of this chapter.  The small business assistance program shall:

(1)  Develop, collect, and coordinate informationconcerning compliance methods and technologies for small business stationarysources;

(2)  Assist small business stationary sources with airpollution prevention and accidental release detection and prevention, includingproviding information concerning alternative technologies, process changes,products, and methods of operation that help reduce air pollution;

(3)  Assist small business stationary sources indetermining applicable requirements and in obtaining permits pursuant to thischapter in a timely and efficient manner;

(4)  Assure that small business stationary sources receivein a timely manner notice of their rights and of any applicable rules orstandards proposed or adopted pursuant to this chapter;

(5)  Inform small business stationary sources of theirobligations pursuant to this chapter;

(6)  Develop procedures for referring small businessstationary sources to qualified consultants in evaluating the operations ofsuch sources and in determining compliance with this chapter; and

(7)  Develop procedures to consider requests fromsmall business stationary sources for modification of:

(A)  Any work practice or technologicalcompliance methods; or

(B)  The milestones for implementing such workpractice or compliance method;

based on the technological and financial capabilityof any such small business stationary source.  No modification may be grantedunless it is in compliance with the applicable requirements of this chapter andthe Clean Air Act.

(b)  The director, upon petition by a smallbusiness stationary source, after notice and opportunity for public comment,may include as a small business stationary source for purposes of this chapterany stationary source which does not meet the criteria for items (3), (4), or(5) of the definition of “small business stationary source” provided thestationary source does not emit more than one hundred tons per year of allregulated air pollutants.

(c)  The director, in consultation with theadministrator and the administrator of the federal Small BusinessAdministration and after providing notice and opportunity for public comment,may exclude from the definition of “small business stationary source” anycategory or subcategory of sources that the administrator or the directordetermines to have sufficient technical and financial capabilities to meet therequirements of this chapter without the application of this part. [L 1992, c240, pt of §1]