Small Business Assistance Programs

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 (http://www.epa.gov/oar/caa/caa507.txt) 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.

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.

To find out information about the SBAP in each of the states in Region 7, you may contact the following sources:

IOWA:

Iowa Department of Economic Development
200 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
515-242-4761
515-242-2749 (fax)
1-800-351-4668
info@iowalifechanging.com

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:

Environmental Assistance Office
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 176
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102
573-526-6627
573-526-5808 (fax)
1-800-361-4827
nrshawb@mail.dnr.state.mo.us

NEBRASKA:

Public Advocate/Ombudsman
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
1200 AN@ 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:

Heather Hamilton
ARTD/APDB
901 North 5th Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66101
913-551-7039
913-551-7844 (fax)
hamilton.heather@epa.gov

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