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  • View the March 11, 2013 webinar presented by the Sustainability Education Workgroup and Laura L. Barnes, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable, "Getting Started with Sustainability."
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  • Register now for the 2013 Annual 507 Program Training on May 14 and 15 in Chicago, Illinois.
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  • Check out EPA ASBO's report: 20 Years of Success in Helping Small Business: 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments in Action! This document was developed to highlight the amazing work of the 507 Programs.
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  • Download and use a word template to make your own SBEAP factsheet.
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  • States are encouraged to use EPA surveys to determine autobody industry's compliance with EPA NESHAP 6H Rule.
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  • Copies of EPA's Collision Repair Campaign Training and Outreach DVD and Collision Repair Campaign Poster can be obtained free of charge by contacting NSCEP: 800-490-9198 phone, 301-604-6640 fax, or PO Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242-0419 mail.
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 Small Business Recognition Awards Nomination Form
Small Business Recognition Awards Nomination Form

The National Steering Committee (NSC), representing the Small Business Ombudsman/Small Business Environmental Assistance Programs (SBO/SBEAPs) nationwide, in conjunction with the National Compliance Advisory Panel (NCAP), has established the Small Business Recognition Awards for: 

  1. Achievements by SBEAPs and the individuals representing them

  2. Small business environmental stewardship

  3. Trade association environmental leadership.

The NSC Awards Subcommittee is seeking nominations for the 2013 awards.  Previous award winners are only ineligible for the next award cycle.  Anyone may nominate an agency or individual representing the SBO/SBEAP/CAP, small business, or trade association.  However, self-nominations will only be accepted for the Small Business Environmental Assistance Program Awards category only.  Nominations will be accepted no later than Friday, March 22, 2013, 4:00 EST.  Please note that there will be NO extensions to the deadline.  The awards will be presented to the winner(s) on Tuesday, May 14 at the 2013 SBEAP Training to be held on May 14-15 in Chicago, IL.  More than one award may be given, or no award may be given, in each of the following categories:

  1. Small Business Environmental Assistance Program Award

    This award will recognize exemplary performance in one or more areas where individuals and programs have contributed their time, created resources and work products, promoted policy advancements, developed program innovations, and established new partnerships to build a strong network of small business assistance.  Nomination submittals should emphasize state program leadership or individual leadership. 

    Nominees must:

  • be part of a state or territory SBO/SBEAP/CAP

  • have contributed significantly to the leadership, service, and achievements of the program, and

  • have developed effective methods or tools to assist small businesses in complying with environmental laws and regulations. 

  1. Small Business Environmental Stewardship Award

    This award will recognize exemplary performance in pollution prevention leadership, industrial environmental leadership, and community environmental leadership.  The nominee(s) must have worked with their local, state/territorial, or national SBO/SBEAP in these efforts.

    Nominees must:

  • be an independently owned company with less than 100 full-time employees

  • have worked with a local, state/territorial, or national SBO/SBEAP (e.g., received some type of permitting, recordkeeping, compliance/regulations, or pollution prevention assistance from the SBEAP, and

  • be located either in the U.S. or territories. 

  1. Trade Association Environmental Leadership Award

    This award will recognize exemplary performance and leadership by a trade association to enhance members' compliance with applicable environmental regulations and to encourage stewardship of the environment.  Nomination submittals should emphasize environmental leadership and/or environmental partnership.

    Nominees must:

  • be a trade association that represents small businesses (companies with less than 100 full-time employees)

  • have worked with a local, state/territorial, or national SBO/SBEAP on behalf of their small business members, and

  • be located either in the U.S. or territories. 

Karen V. Brown Environmental Leadership Award

In recognition and appreciation of Karen V. Brown, the U.S. EPA Small Business Ombudsman, for her many years of outstanding leadership and support of the state small business environmental assistance programs, the SBO/SBEAP NSC established a new award category in 2006 called the Karen V. Brown Environmental Leadership Award.  The recipient of this award will be identified by a pattern of providing consistent growth and positive outcomes for the SBO/SBEAPs above and beyond the scope of the normal duties.  The recipient will be a proven leader and champion of the SBO/SBEAPs.  Nominations will not be accepted for this award.  Instead, the award will be determined at the discretion of the Awards Committee, and may not be given annually. 

How to Make Nominations

Individuals, businesses, organizations, NSC representatives or subcommittee chairs, and SBO/SBEAP/CAP members are encouraged to nominate agencies or individuals representing the SBO/SBEAP/CAP, small businesses, and/or trade associations for the three awards outlined above.  Please complete the nomination application and submit it on line, if possible. 

Please note that responses must adhere to the word limits listed for each question.  Supplemental attachments are limited to a total of 3 pages that stand alone and do not require the committee to read all of the referenced web pages in order to understand the nomination.  Send attachments by email to Phyllis Copeland:  copelapt@dhec.sc.gov.  Supplemental attachments must be in support of the questions under each award category.  Please note in the email or hard copy sent which question(s) are being supported by the supplemental documents.  The Awards Subcommittee will disqualify all applications that do not adhere to these restrictions.   

If online submittal is not possible, it is acceptable to submit a hard copy of the form , fill in the required information, attach the completed answers, and either mail or fax to Phyllis Copeland:  Awards Subcommittee Chair, Small Business Ombudsman, Bureau of Air Quality, SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, SC  29201-1708, fax: (803) 898-4487. 

You can view the questions for each award category below, in preparation for filling out the form: 

Small Business Environmental Assistance Program Award

Small Business Environmental Stewardship Award

Trade Association Environmental Leadership Award

Judging

Depending on the number, range, and quality of applications, several or no awards may be presented.  Members of the Awards Subcommittee will not participate in evaluating nominations from their state of residence. 

Additional Information

The NSC has ten members, each representing the SBO/SBEAP of their states in respective U.S. EPA regions.  The NCAP has ten members and represents the U.S. EPA regions.  The CAPs represent small business interests from their regions. 

Information about the SBO/SBEAPs is available on the Small Business Environmental Home Page (Home Page) at:  http://www.smallbiz-enviroweb.org.  The Home Page is maintained by Audrey G. Zelanko, Vision Technologies, Inc. and AGZ & Associates, LLC, representative for the SBEAPs pursuant to funding by the U.S. EPA Asbestos and Small Business Ombudsman.

Other Award Programs

The Small Business Recognition Awards are not designed to compete with or supersede other private and public environmental achievement awards.

Contact Information

Phyllis Copeland, Small Business Ombudsman
Bureau of Air Quality
SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC  29201-1708
803-898-0415
800-819-9001 (toll-free)
803-898-4487 (fax)
copelapt@dhec.sc.gov


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