                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SMALL BUSINESS STATIONARY SOURCE TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (§ 10.1-1323)

A. There is hereby created within the Department a small business stationary
source technical and environmental compliance assistance program to facilitate
compliance by small business stationary sources with the provisions of the
federal Clean Air Act. The program shall be administered by the Department.

B. Except as provided in subsections C and D of this section, any stationary
source is eligible for the program that:

   1. Is owned or operated by a person that employs 100 or fewer individuals;

   2. Is a small business concern as defined in the federal Small Business Act;

   3. Is not a major stationary source;

   4. Does not emit fifty tons or more per year of any regulated pollutant; and

   5. Emits less than seventy-five tons per year of all regulated pollutants.

C. Upon petition by a source owner, the Board may, after notice and opportunity
for public comment, include as a small business stationary source for purposes
of this section any stationary source which does not meet the criteria of
subdivision B 3, B 4 or B 5 of this section but which does not emit more than
100 tons per year of all regulated pollutants.

D. The Board, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency and the Administrator of the United States Small
Business Administration and after providing notice and opportunity for public
hearing, may exclude as a small business stationary source for purposes of this
article any category or subcategory of sources that the Board determines to have
sufficient technical and financial capabilities to meet the requirements of the
federal Clean Air Act without the application of this section.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 303.