EPA Seeks Small Entity Participation on Two Upcoming Air Rules (HQ)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
inviting small businesses, governments, and not-for-profit
organizations to participate as small entity representatives (SERs)
for two Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panels to establish
standards for vehicle emissions and update emission standards for
refineries. Reducing pollution from vehicles and refineries is
important to EPA’s mission to protecting the health of all
Americans.
The first panel for Control of Air Pollution
from Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel
Standards will focus on developing a rule that proposes new
standards for vehicles and gasoline, and will consider changes to
fuel certification for all categories of gasoline-powered highway
vehicles and nonroad engines and equipment.
The second panel for the Petroleum Refinery
Sector Risk and Technology Review and New Source Performance
Standardswill focus on developing
updated emissions standards for petroleum refineries for multiple
pollutants, including greenhouse gases (GHGs).
The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires agencies
to establish a federal panel for rules that may have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The
panels will include federal representatives from the Small Business
Administration, the Office of Management and Budget, and EPA. The
panel members ask a selected group of SERs to provide advice and
recommendations on behalf of their company, community, or
organization to inform the members about the potential impacts of
the proposed rule on small entities.
EPA seeks self-nominations directly from small
entities that may be subject to the rules’ requirements.
Other representatives, such as trade associations that exclusively
or at least primarilyrepresent potentially regulated small entities, may
also serve as SERs.
Self-nominations may be submitted through the
links below and must be received by May 16, 2011.
For SER self nominations:
https://www.epa.gov/reg-flex
https://www.epa.gov/reg-flex