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Small Business Clean Air Assistance Program

Clean Air Advisor Newsletter

Important note! The Small Business Clean Air Assistance Program is moving. Beginning July 1, 2011, the SBCAAP will be located in Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources. For the new address and phone numbers, see the Contact Information at the bottom of our program home page.

The Clean Air Advisor is a newsletter designed to provide environmental information to small businesses. New regulations at either the state or federal level are brought to your attention. Information about training or conferences that may also assist your understanding of the regulations is provided. The newsletter is issued up to four times each year. Electronic copies are available here in PDF format, which you can read with Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you would like to receive an email notice when the latest edition is available, subscribe in the box below. To save on printing and mailing costs, the newsletter is no longer mailed out in hard copy.

Subscribe to news from our program! Beginning July 1, 2011, we will provide small business compliance assistance news and information from SBCAAP as part of the "Air News" service available from the Wisconsin DNR. Air News uses DNR's "govdelivery" distribution system. If you'd like to receive this news about environmental and air pollution issues, subscribe at DNR's email updates web site. Enter your email address to start the process, then you'll set your delivery preferences. In the section called "Add Subscriptions," click on the link for DNR to see the list. Under the heading for "Announcements and News," check the box for "Air News" to sign up.

Current Issue Topics and Comments
Winter 2011
  • EPA Gets 30-Day Delay for Combustion Rules
  • EPA's Miscellaneous Surface Coating Rule Deadline is Here!
  • FET Air Compliance and Reporting Requirement Seminars
  • How Has the SBCAAP Helped Your Business?

 

Previous Issues Topics and Comments
Spring 2010

Form due July 1st for Plating and Polishing Operations; Greenhouse Gas Reductions Calculator; Funding Still Available in the State’s Energy Program; DNR’s NEW RACT Rule for Lithographic Printers; Advisory group forms to address hazardous air emissions from agricultural waste; Door and Manitowoc Counties are Now Meeting the 8-Hour Ozone Standard; Wisconsin Profitable Sustainability Initiative
Summer 2009 Summer Air Quality Issues; EPA's Risk Management Plan; EPA Reinstates Full TRI Reporting; WI Diesel Exhaust Retrofit Grant Program Funds 20 Projects; Part 2 Boiler MACT Hammer Applications - Update; State Permit Required for Secondary Aluminum; US SBA Top 10 Rules for Regulatory Review and Reform
Winter 2009 Revised Registration Operation Permit; Notification and Compliance Deadlines for Recent NESHAPs; Attainment Designation Changes; Web Training for Air Emissions Reporting; Environmental Permits and Approvals Summary; Financing Idle Reduction Technologies
Summer 2008 New USEPA Regulations for Plating/Polishing and Metal Fabrication/Finishing Operations;  Notification Form for Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations;  Changes in DNR's Recycling Markets Directory; Opportunity to Comment on Burdensome State Regulations; New Requirements to Protect Children from Lead Based Paint
Winter 2008
 		Air & Hazardous Waste Reporting Update 2008 Seminars; Clean Air Advisor has gone electronic; New EPA rule on painting stripping and surface coating operations; Updated pre-demolition environmental checklist available; Experiencing problems with state administrative rules; Commerce awards grants to Wisconsin motor carriers for a clean diesel project; Wisconsin Diesel Truck Idling Reduction Grant Program helps reduce fuel costs and air pollution
Summer 2007 New Air Permit Exemptions based on actual emissions;  Change to Clean Air Advisor - going electronic; listing of new Area Source Rules effective July 1, 2007; Summary of the Printers Environmental Results Program.
Spring 2007 New Printers' Permits Available; Clean Air Program has new web pages; Ozone Redesignation Request; Air Quality Watch, Outdoor Wood-fired Heaters; Safe wood burning practices.

Fall 2006

New Registration Permits; Green Tier Charter - Clean Waters Initiative; Haz Waste Manifest Changes; EPA's TRI and NAICS; DNR New Conflict Resolution; DNR New Air Permit Tracking online; National SBIR Conference; Madison and EPA Clean School Bus Grant

Spring 2006

Outdoor burning and hazardous air pollution; EPA delists MEK; Environmental Law Assistance Program; MACT Compliance Deadlines in 2006; EPA shares Innovations; Correction on TBAC calculations (reprise)

Winter 2006;

TBAC Correction

Reporting of T-Butyl Acetate (TBAC)- see correction and clarification in additional file to the left!, Registration Operation Permits, Proposed EPA Dry Cleaner Rule, DNR's Permit Primer, Practical Methods to Improve Painting Operations workshop, and FET's Environment 06' Conference.
Summer 2005 Registration Permits workshops; Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Network; Safety & Health Management System for Small Business, Printers Move Toward "Green" Printing
Spring 2005 Registration Operation Permit program; Air Quality Health Advisory emails; Recycling Markets Directory; Area source exemption from Title V; Asbestos regulation changes. NOTE: on area sources to be exempt from Title V, the ethylene oxide sterilizer category applies only to commercial facilities, not hospitals. A future rule that applies to hospital sterilizers would address whether Title V permits apply.
Winter 2005 Air Permit Improvement Initiative (APII) update; Dry Cleaner's new reporting; Refrigerant Recovery rule; Changes to EPA's TRI; WI Business Environmental Assistance Providers; DNR 2004 accomplishments; EPA reclassifies chemicals; WI Small Business Regulatory Alert; FET 2005 conference.
Fall 2004 DNR Air Toxics Rule update; Regulatory Overview course for CHMM; SPCC deadlines; WPCA Awards; EPA Brownfields rule; EPA Innovative Technology grant; WI Act 145 for Small Business; DNR FACT system; DNR Mercury Rule
Spring 2004 DNR Air Toxics Rule update; Diesel Bus retrofits; EPA e-Take Back; MACT standards recently final; Ozone Depleting Substances; Business Case for Green Tier; 8-hour ozone rule; DERF 2008 deadline.
Winter 2004 Jobs Creation Act 2003; APII update; Asbestos Citation Authority; EPA Enviro. Technology Portal; Risk mgmt plans; Small Business Ombudsman appointment; Backyard Burning information.
Fall 2003

Rule development on Permit Application deadlines; Regulatory Overview CHMM course; Online Secondary Alum MACT training; Energy Mgmt tool; Recent final MACT stds; APII update; 2004 Air Issues workshops.

Note: the web site for DNR's Voluntary Initiatives page has changed since newsletter publication. Follow the link here to visit DNR's web site for Voluntary Initiatives to Reduce Air Emissions.

Summer 2003 Ozone nonattainment designations and redesignations; EPA contact for Small Business; Regulatory Alerts from EPA; "Documenting your Environmental Management Plan" available; Deferral of area source from Title V; MACT exemptions as business grows; APII announced; Inventory of Energy Assistance.
Spring 2003 Federal NSR changes; Permit Primer available online; Recent final MACT stds; ECHO update; SPCC update; DNR Air Toxic rule training delayed; WPCA Awards '02; 8-hour ozone update; Asbestos citation authority.
Winter 2003 Permit Primer introduction; MACT hammer deadlines; SPCC rule; EPA Performance Track looking for Small Business; DNR Air Toxics Rule revision; ECHO public comment; Regulations.gov for federal rule participation.
Fall 2002

MACT hammer; Area Source MACT Secondary Aluminum; Indoor Air Quality; Access to DNR info; WI Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act; Fed Exec Order on Rules affecting Small Business; EPA TRI dialogue; Regulatory Overview Course for CHMM; Recommendations from Regulatory Reform Task Force; IWRC painting training.

Note that the cover article on MACT Hammer is outdated. Shortly after mailing the newsletter, EPA settled on a new schedule for completing MACT standards and if those dates aren't met THEN the Part 2 MACT Hammer applications are due. As of Fall 2005, all deadlines were met.
Summer 2002 Hearings on DNR Air Toxic rule; Recently proposed MACTs; "Practical Guide to Enviro. Mgmt for Small Business" available; EPA Commuter Choice initiative; "ABC's of Haz Waste Mgmt for Foundries" from EPA; SBCAAP web site resources; SBEC 2001 activities; Energy Star buildings in WI; Regulatory Reform Task Force created.
Spring 2002 MACT hammer; KGMB; MSDS links; DC Circuit Court upholds EPA updated AAQS; Green Tier support from SBEC; Baking Companies compliance incentives from EPA; AQI Updates.
Fall 2001 Coordinated P2 website; wienvirohelp.com web address; Ron Joseph painting training; TRI reporting; Small Business links/resources; 2002 Dry Cleaner calendars; SBEC support of recycling funding for UW-Extension SHWEC; Vet in WI Energy Star building; Small Business screening option in new DNR Air Toxic rule; 2002 Air Issues workshops.
Summer 2001 Coating HAP broadcast; computer recycling in WI; Secondary Aluminum MACT; 1-hour ozone SIP approved; New ozone standard; Mercury rule update; Top 10 Air and Waste violations.
Spring 2001 SBCAAP website announced; Plastic Parts RACT; Small Business Advocate Alert; Electronic compliance assistance resources; WPCA Commuter Choice event; SBEC introduction; MACT standards; Mercury rule; DNR Emissions Reduction Registry; Regional P2 Conference in WI.
Winter 2001 Tips on DNR Construction Permit process; Industrial Solvent Cleaning RACT; DNR CRS training; SBCAAP moving to internet soon; Electronic compliance assistance resources; WI Focus on Energy; SBEC on Green Tier; MACT proposals.
Fall 2000 WiSCon program; DNR's CRS reporting changes; Regulatory Overview CHMM course; DNR EMS; Compliance Assistance Tools from DNR and EPA; Green Tier introduction; MACT compliance deadlines; DNR's 1-hour ozone SIP approval status; DNR Construction Permit guarantee rule.
Spring 2000 DNR Air program structure; Open Burning info; DNR Air Program contacts; New Air Quality Index (AQI); WiSCon program, and SBEC perspective; Asbestos regulations; WI status under 1-hour ozone standard; DNR revision of Air Toxic rule; New SBCAAP staff intro.

Send an email to COMCleanAir@Wisconsin.gov with questions or comments about the SBCAAP web pages.