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Christine Paulson is the
new Small Business Liaison for air quality, effective November 1, 2016. Responsibilities
of the Small Business Liaison include providing technical referral assistance
to small businesses, facilitating resolution of complaints from small
businesses regarding DNR’s implementation of the Clean Air Act, and providing
assistance to the Air Quality Bureau in developing and coordinating outreach
assistance to small businesses for implementation of air quality regulatory
requirements and programs. Christine may be contacted at 515-725-9510 or Christine.Paulson@dnr.iowa.gov.
Background
The Small Business
Liaison position is one of three components that make up the mandatory small
business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance
program mandated under Section 507 of the Clean Air Act. The other two
components are 1) the small business technical assistance program; currently
performed by the University of Northern Iowa’s – Iowa Air Emission Assistance
Program (IAEAP), and 2) the Compliance Advisory Panel; a seven member panel
that renders advisory opinions to the other two program components.
Small businesses are
defined as stationary sources owned or operated by a person that employs 100 or
fewer individuals; is a small business concern as defined in the Small Business
Act; is not a major stationary source; does not emit 50 tons or more per year
of any regulated pollutant; and emits less than 75 tons per year of all
regulated pollutants.
For more information
about the Small Business Liaison and the assistance available to Iowa’s small
businesses, please visit our website at http://www.iowadnr.gov/Environmental-Protection/Air-Quality/Small-Business-Assistance.
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