Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) Small Business Assistance Program (SBAP)

• Announcements

• Status of Rules with Potential Small Business Interests

• Rulemakings with a Current or Potential SBAR PANEL

• Past Rulemakings with a SBAR Panel 

• OAQPS SBAP's Regional "Air" Small Business Liaisons

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Announcements
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The OAQPS SBAP is a central resource for States, EPA Regions, and small businesses to obtain information, tools, and training about OAQPS regulatory actions that impact small businesses. The Program provides “good governance” services that go above and beyond the statutory requirements set forth in the Clean Air Act (§507). Key components of the Program include:

• Building strong working relationships with small business partners.

• Fostering national coordinating efforts and information sharing on air regulatory actions.

• Building an infrastructure to support OAQPS’s SBAP.

• Developing outreach products and training and providing technical assistance to support small businesses with rule compliance.

• Coordinating efforts with internal and external small business stakeholders through quarterly calls with regional liaisons and small business stakeholders during and after a rulemaking process.

To learn more about and to locate your EPA regional support, go to OAQPS SBAP Regional Air Small Business Liaisons (RASBLs).

Status of Rules with Potential Small Business Interests

*All dates are subject to change

Type of Action	Action / Rulemaking	Action Date	Rule History
Proposed rule; correction	National Perchloroethylene Air Emission Standards for Dry Cleaning Facilities Technology Review; Correction	Comment Period Closed February 22, 2022	Read rule history
Proposed rule; extension of public comment period	New Source Performance Standards for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Group I & II Polymers and Resins Industry; Extension of Comment Period	Comment Period Closed April 25, 2023	Read rule history
Proposed rule; withdrawal of proposed provision	Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Other Solid Waste Incineration Units Review; Withdrawal of Proposed Provision Removing Pyrolysis/Combustion Units	Comment Period Closed June 5, 2023	Read rule history
Proposed rule	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units Review of the Residual Risk and Technology Review	Comment Period Closed June 23, 2023	Read rule history
Proposed rule; extension of public comment period	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Plywood and Composite Wood Products Residual Risk and Technology Review Amendments	Comment Period Closed July 18, 2023	Read rule history
Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Primary Copper Smelting	Comment Period Closed September 7, 2023	Read rule history
Proposed rule	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks, and Coke Oven Batteries; Residual Risk and Technology Review, and Periodic Technology Review	Comment Period Closed October 2, 2023	Read rule history
Proposed rule	Review of Final Rule Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act	Comment Period Closed November 13, 2023	Read rule history
Proposed rule; extension of comment period.	Revisions to the Air Emissions Reporting Requirements	Comment Period Closed November 17, 2023	Read rule history
Proposed rule; extension of public comment period	New Source Performance Standards Review for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels); Extension of Comment Period	Comment Period Closed December 8, 2023	Read rule history
Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking	New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule	Comment Period Closed December 20, 2023	Read rule history
Final rule	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Gasoline Distribution Technology Reviews and New Source Performance Standards Review for Bulk Gasoline Terminals	Effective July 8, 2024	Read rule history
Final rule	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review	Effective April 5, 2024	Read rule history
Final rule	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Taconite Iron Ore Processing	Effective March 6, 2024	Read rule history
Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Lime Manufacturing Plants Amendments	Comment Period Closed March 11, 2024	Read rule history
Final rule	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities Technology Review	Pending Federal Register	Read rule history
Interim final rule; request for comment.	New Source Performance Standards Review for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels: Corrections	Comment Period Closed March 15, 2024	Read rule history
Proposed rule	Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Large Municipal Waste Combustors Voluntary Remand Response and 5- Year Review	Comment Period Closed March 25, 2024	Read rule history
Final rule	Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review	Effective May 7, 2024	Read rule history

Rulemakings with a Current or Potential SBAR PANEL

Rulemaking
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Lime Manufacturing Plants Amendments Proposed Amendments to the New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Generating Units

Past Rulemakings with a SBAR Panel (within the last 2 years)

Rulemaking	Panel Convening Date	Panel Completion Date
Revisions to the Air Emission Reporting Requirements (AERR)	10/6/2022	1/3/2023
Review of the Oil and Natural Gas New Source Performance Standards	7/15/2021	9/20/2021
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP): Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Commercial Sterilization and Fumigation Operations	11/25/2020	4/26/2021

*See a full list and more information about EPA’s SBAR panels.

Past Events
Review of the Oil and Natural Gas New Source Performance Standards Informational Webinar on Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilization & Healthcare Facilities Informational Webinar on Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) EPA's Final Rule for Oil and Natural Gas Operations: Webinar Trainings

OAQPS SBAP's Regional "Air" Small Business Liaisons

EPA has ten regional offices that focus on working with tribes, states and territories within their jurisdictions to implement the Agency’s programs. Each regional office has a liaison to the OAQPS SBAP.  The RASBL strengthens EPA’s work by staying informed of national and regional initiatives and sharing that information within EPA and with partner organizations.

Each RASBL works to ensure small business needs are represented in the Agency and provides small businesses with straightforward and easy-to-access information.

For regional support, please contact the liaison for your state.

OAQPS Small Business Assistance Program Regional “Air” Small Business Liaisons Contact Information
U.S. EPA REGION	LIAISON	EMAIL
REGION 1: (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)	John Rogan	[email protected]
REGION 2: (NJ, NY, PR, VI)	Linda Longo	[email protected]
REGION 3: (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV)	Hana Jones*	[email protected]
REGION 4: (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)	Seneca Anderson	[email protected]
REGION 5: (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)	Robert Berkowitz*	[email protected]
REGION 6: (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)	Tongee Flemming	[email protected]
REGION 7: (IA, KS, MO, NE)	Keith Johnson	[email protected]
REGION 8: (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY)	Vacant	Vacant
REGION 9: (AZ, CA, HI, NV, AS, GU)	Jeffrey (Jeff) Buss	[email protected]
REGION 10: (AK, ID, OR, WA)	Carl Brown	[email protected]

*Regional liaisons who provide small business support on a broader scale for EPA as multi-media (i.e., air, water, and land) liaisons under EPA’s Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization.