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.