Section 19-0315. Small business stationary source compliance advisory panel

1.  There  is  hereby  established  a small business stationary source
  compliance advisory panel which shall have the responsibility to:
    a. provide guidance to the department on the development of the  small
  business   stationary  source  technical  and  environmental  compliance
  assistance program;
    b. render advisory opinions concerning the effectiveness of the  small
  business   stationary  source  technical  and  environmental  compliance
  assistance program, including the adequacy of funding available  to  the
  program,   difficulties   encountered,   and   degree  and  severity  of
  enforcement;
    c. make periodic reports to the commissioner and the administrator  of
  the   United  States  environmental  protection  agency  concerning  the
  compliance  of  the  small  business  stationary  source  technical  and
  environmental compliance assistance program with the requirements of the
  federal  paperwork  reduction  act,  42  U.S.C.  §  3501  et  seq.;  the
  regulatory flexibility act, 42 U.S.C. §  601  et  seq.;  and  the  equal
  access to justice act, 5 U.S.C. § 504;
    d.  review information for small business stationary sources to assure
  that such information is understandable by the layperson;
    e. review and advise the department on the development  of  rules  and
  regulations,  the state implementation plan as it affects small business
  stationary  sources,  and  other  programs  affecting   small   business
  stationary  sources  implemented  by the department pursuant to the Act;
  and
    f. make recommendations for the development  of  programs  to  further
  assist  small  business  stationary  sources,  including  technical  and
  financial assistance programs.
    2. The small business  stationary  source  compliance  advisory  panel
  shall  consist  of  nine  members  who  shall be appointed no later than
  November fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-three.  The  panel  shall
  consist of:
    a.  two  persons,  who  are not owners or representatives of owners of
  small business stationary sources, selected by the governor to represent
  the general public;
    b. six persons who  are  owners  or  who  represent  owners  of  small
  business  stationary  sources,  two selected by the president pro tem of
  the senate, two selected by the speaker of the assembly, one selected by
  the minority leader of the senate  and  one  selected  by  the  minority
  leader of the assembly; and
    c.   one   person  selected  by  the  commissioner  to  represent  the
  department.
    3. The panel shall meet at least quarterly and shall designate one  of
  its  members,  other than the commissioner's representative, to serve as
  chairperson. Members of the panel shall serve for terms of  three  years
  from the date of their appointment, except that the members appointed by
  the  commissioner  shall  serve  at  the  pleasure  of the commissioner.
  Members shall serve without compensation,  except  that  they  shall  be
  allowed  their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance
  of their duties pursuant to this section.
    4. The department or its designee shall serve as the  secretariat  for
  the  panel  for  development  and  dissemination of reports and advisory
  opinions.