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Ky Asral, Manager
Small Business
Assistance Program
NJ DEP
Environmental Regulation
22 S. Clinton Avenue
P.O. Box 443
Trenton, NJ 08625-0443
Phone:
(877) 753-1151 or
(609) 292-3600
Fax: (609) 292-1816
Email- ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us
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In the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Congress envisioned
that each state must develop a plan for implementing
a Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental
Compliance Assistance Program. The goal was to have
these programs in place by November, 1992, before small
businesses begin to feel the direct effects or deadlines
of the Act.
Each state program is expected to include three components:
- Appointment of a state small business ombudsman;
- Establishment of a comprehensive small business
assistance program; and
- Appointment of a seven-member state compliance advisory
panel.
The SBAP is a technical and administrative support
component within the NJDEP. The SBAP has access to air
quality experts, technically proficient engineers, scientists
and managers, and environmental specialists who will
provide support and technical assistance needed by small
businesses to comply with the Act’s requirements. Other
responsibilities include:
- Informing businesses of all requirements in the
Act that apply to them, and the dates these requirements
will apply.
- Helping small businesses deal with specific technical,
administrative and compliance problems;
- Disseminating up-to-date information about the
Act to the small business community, including easy
to understand public information materials; and
- Referring small businesses to environmental auditors
who can evaluate how effective a company’s work practices,
monitoring procedures, and record-keeping are for
complying with applicable clean air requirements.
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