The National CAP

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The National CAPUpdate
2002 SBO/SBAP Conference Chicago, Illinois
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Mission Statement

• The purpose of the National Compliance Advisory
  Panel (NCAP) is to foster small business success
  through improved environmental performance by
• Assisting in the development, implementation, and
  continued improvement of the state CAPs, pursuant
  to Section 507 of the Clean Air Act as amended in
  1990
• (continued)

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Mission Statement (continued)

• Facilitating communication among businesses,
  state programs, the Small Business Ombudsman
  (SBO)/Small Business Assistance Program (SBAP)
  Steering Committee, and the U.S. Environmental
  Protection Agency (EPA)
• Promoting and marketing existing state program
  components
• SBO
• SBAP
• CAP

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Purpose

• The National Compliance Advisory Panel (NCAP) was
  formed in 2001 to
• Represent the interests of State CAPs
• Provide a networking and communications tool
  between the programs and the EPA Small Business
  Ombudsman (SBO)
• Advise the EPA SBO on small business issues and
  workings of the Section 507 programs

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Purpose (continued)

• Function as a support mechanism to
• Review new and existing regs that affect small
  businesses
• Assure these regs are written in clear,
  understandable laymens terms
• Assist states where CAPs dont exist or are weak
• Act as a unified voice to the federal legislature
• Assist each state or territorys CAP, Ombudsman
  and/or SBAP
• Advise EPA of small business
  perspective

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Membership Officers

• Regional representatives from each of the ten EPA
  Regions, from which the Chair and Vice-Chair are
  chosen
• SBO/SBAP Steering Committee Chair

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NCAP Members

• Region II George Siefert, Esq., NJ
• Region III Glenn Heilman, PA, Chair
• Region IV Gary Dawson, FL
• Region V Carl Komassa, WI, Vice Chair
• Region VI Ben Taylor, LA
• Region VII Sue Quambusch, NE
• Region VIII Reimar vonKalben, CO
• Region X Sally Tarowsky, ID (Rep)
• SBO/SBAP Mark Shanahan, OH,
• Chair, Steering Comm.
• EPA Karen Brown, Small
• Business Ombudsman
• Elsa Bishop, CAP Liaison

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Meetings

• Quarterly conference calls (1 hour) 10 to 15
  members participate
• Ad Hoc committee calls and plenty of email
• Live meetings at the SBO/SBAP National
  Conference and at least one other time annually

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OK, SoWhat Do We Really Do?

• First met June, 2001 in D.C. to form.
• Second meeting March, 2002.
• We DO have good conference calls and actually
  discuss CAP stuff with EPA SBO.
• We worked a lot with EPA staff on the agenda for
  this training session and tried to make it
  informative and interesting.

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Where Are We Going and Growing?

• We will meet here and discuss CAP issues.
• We plan to have a spring meeting in DC to contact
  Congress about the 507 program.
• We are looking for CAP members from Region I, IX
  and X .
• We can influence states that need CAPs .
• We can promote positions on regs and adopt
  political positions (e.g. multimedia
  programs) .

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Partnering Opportunities

• NFIB -- Main office in DC
• Possible partners
• State NFIBs
• State Chambers of Commerce
• Trade Associations
• Legislative contacts

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SoWhat Do We Ask of YOU?

• We want to help state CAPs!
• Let others know we are here!
• National level of small business volunteers
• Email meeting minutes to state CAPs
• Would you like to be a part of the NCAP?
• We want state CAP ideas and
  discussion.