Sec. 22a-188a. Small business stationary source assistance program: Compliance program; advisory panel.
Sec. 22a-188a. Small business stationary source assistance program: Compliance program; advisory panel. (a) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
establish a small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance
program to assist, within available appropriations, small business stationary sources in
complying with the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
(b) There shall be a small business air pollution compliance advisory panel which
shall advise the Commissioner of Environmental Protection with regard to the effectiveness of the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance
program and which shall report to the administrator of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency on the compliance of such program with the federal Paperwork Reduction Act, the federal Regulatory Flexibility Act, and the federal Equal Access to
Justice Act. The panel shall consist of ten members and shall be constituted as follows:
(1) Two members who are not owners or representatives of owners of small business
stationary sources, selected by the Governor to represent the public;
(2) One member who is an owner of a small business stationary source, selected
by the speaker of the House of Representatives;
(3) One member selected by the majority leader of the House of Representatives
to represent the public;
(4) One member who is an owner of a small business stationary source, selected
by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;
(5) One member who is an owner or who represents an owner of a small business
stationary source, selected by the president pro tempore of the Senate;
(6) One member selected by the majority leader of the Senate to represent the public;
(7) One member who is an owner or who represents an owner of a small business
stationary source, selected by the minority leader of the Senate;
(8) One member selected by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to represent the Department of Environmental Protection; and
(9) One member who is the Commissioner of Environmental Protection's designated small business ombudsman.
(P.A. 93-428, S. 38, 39.)
History: P.A. 93-428 effective July 1, 1993.