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Small Business Resources Stratospheric Ozone Protection Hotline EPA's Audit Policy www.epa.gov/ozone/comments.htm or 1-800-296-1996 www2.epa.gov/compliance%pas-audit-policy The Policy provides incentives to all businesses that Toxic Substances Control Act(TSCA)Hotline voluntarily discover,promptly disclose and expeditiously tsca-hotline@epa.gov or 1-202-554-1404 correct their noncompliance. Small Entity Compliance Guides Commenting on Federal Enforcement Actions and http://www.epa.gov/sbrefa/compliance-guides.html Compliance Activities EPA publishes a Small Entity Compliance Guide(SECG) The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act for every rule for which the Agency has prepared a final (SBREFA)established a SBREFA Ombudsman and 10 Regional regulatory flexibility analysis, in accordance with Section 604 Fairness Boards to receive comments from small businesses of the Regulatory Flexibility Act(RFA). about federal agency enforcement actions. If you believe that you fall within the Small Business Administration's definition Regional Small Business Liaisons of a small business (based on your North American Industry http://www.epa.gov/sbo/rsbl.htm Classification System designation, number of employees or The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)Regional annual receipts,as defined at 13 C.F.R. 121.201; in most cases, Small Business Liaison(RSBL) is the primary regional this means a business with 500 or fewer employees), and wish contact and often the expert on small business assistance, to comment on federal enforcement and compliance activities, advocacy,and outreach.The RSBL is the regional voice for call the SBREFA Ombudsman's toll-free number at 1-888- the EPA Asbestos and Small Business Ombudsman(ASBO). REG-FAIR(1-888-734-3247). State Resource Locators Every small business that is the subject of an enforcement or www.envcap.org/statetools compliance action is entitled to comment on theAgency's actions The Locators provide state-specific contacts,regulations and without fear of retaliation. EPA employees are prohibited from resources covering the major environmental laws. using enforcement or any other means of retaliation against any member of the regulated community in response to comments State Small Business Environmental Assistance made under SBREFA. Programs (SBEAPs) www.epa.gov/sbo/507program.htm Your Duty to Comply State SBEAPs help small businesses and assistance providers If you receive compliance assistance or submit a comment understand environmental requirements and sustainable to the SBREFA Ombudsman or Regional Fairness Boards, business practices through workshops,trainings and site visits. you still have the duty to comply with the law, including providing timely responses to EPA information requests, EPA's Tribal Portal administrative or civil complaints, other enforcement actions www.epa.gov/tribalportal/ or communications. The assistance information and comment The Portal provides access to information on environmental processes do not give you any new rights or defenses in any issues, laws, and resources related to federally recognized enforcement action. These processes also do not affect EPA's tribes. obligation to protect public health or the environment under any of the environmental statutes it enforces, including the right to EPA Compliance Incentives take emergency remedial or emergency response actions when EPA provides incentives for environmental compliance. By appropriate. Those decisions will be based on the facts in each participating in compliance assistance programs or voluntarily situation. The SBREFA Ombudsman and Fairness Boards do disclosing and promptly correcting violations before an not participate in resolving EPA's enforcement actions. Also, enforcement action has been initiated,businesses may be remember that to preserve your rights,you need to comply with eligible for penalty waivers or reductions. EPA has two such all rules governing the enforcement process. policies that may apply to small businesses: EPA is disseminating this information to you without making EPA's Small Business Compliance Policy a determination that your business or organization is a small www2.epa.gov/enforcement/small-businesses-and-enforcement business as defined by Section 222 of the Small Business This Policy offers small businesses special incentives to come Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act or related provisions. into compliance voluntarily. 7 ECEIVED FEB 2 12017 1 "Vjw,ONMEWAL May 2015 1 ir-A,i,WAEPARTIAF1�1