§ 4007.7. Small Business Compliance Assistance Program
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and Safety
35 P.S. § 4007.7
§ 4007.7. Small Business Compliance Assistance Program
(1) Adequate mechanisms for developing, collecting and coordinating information concerning compliance methods and technologies for small business stationary sources and programs to encourage lawful cooperation among such sources and other persons to further comply with this act and the Clean Air Act.
(2) Adequate mechanisms for assisting small business stationary sources with pollution prevention and accidental release detection and prevention, including providing information concerning alternative technologies, process changes and products and methods of operation that help reduce air pollution.
(4) Adequate mechanisms to assure that small business stationary sources receive notice of their rights under this act and the Clean Air Act in such manner and form as to assure reasonably adequate time for such sources to evaluate compliance methods and any relevant or applicable proposed or final rulemaking plan, State implementation plan revision or program issued under this act and the Clean Air Act.
(5) Adequate mechanisms for informing small business stationary sources of their obligations under this act and the Clean Air Act, including mechanisms for referring these sources to qualified auditors or, at the department's option, for providing audits of the operations of such sources to determine compliance with this act.
(ii) the schedule of milestones for implementing such work practice or method of compliance preceding any applicable compliance date based on the technological and financial capability of any small business stationary sources. No modification may be granted unless it is in compliance with the applicable requirements of this act and the Clean Air Act, including the requirements of the applicable implementation plan. Where applicable requirements are set forth in Federal regulations, only modifications authorized in such regulations may be allowed.
(b) The department shall evaluate the feasibility of contracting with consultants to administer all or part of the Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program. A third-party consultant will act as a source of confidential support for small business if one is selected by the department.
(e) The department is authorized to expend funds from the Clean Air Fund collected pursuant to subsection (a), (b) or (c) of section 6.33 to support the development and implementation of the Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program, the Office of Small Business Ombudsman and the Compliance Advisory Committee.
(f) Upon petition by a source, the department may, after notice and opportunity for public comment, include as a small business stationary source for purposes of this act any stationary source which does not meet the definition of “small business stationary source” in section 34 but which does not emit more than one hundred (100) tons per year of all regulated pollutants.
(g) The department, in consultation with the administrator and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and after providing notice and opportunity for public hearing, may exclude from the definition of “small business stationary source” in section 3 any category or subcategory of sources that the department determines to have sufficient technical and financial capabilities to meet the requirements of this act and the Clean Air Act without the application of this section.
Credits
1960, Jan. 8, P.L. (1959) 2119, § 7.7, added 1992, July 9, P.L. 460, No. 95, § 9, imd. effective. Amended 1996, Dec. 18, P.L. 1150, No. 174, § 1, imd. effective.
35 P.S. § 4007.7, PA ST 35 P.S. § 4007.7
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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