Five New Members Added to Colorado's Compliance Advisory
Panel
August, 14, 2006, DENVER - Colorado's Compliance
Advisory Panel, an advisory panel to the Colorado Department
of Public Health and Environment's Small Business Assistance
Program designed to help small businesses understand and
comply with air pollution regulations, will welcome five new
members at its August 16 meeting in Denver.
The new members include the following individuals:
- Ben Greene, fire marshal for the city of Englewood
- Bong Kwon, owner of Rocky's Equipment of Lone Tree
- Hillary Mizia, Sustainability Program coordinator
for the New Belgium Brewery of Fort Collins
- Del Sandfort, program manager for the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration Consultation Program at
Colorado State University's Department of Veterinary and
Biomedical Sciences
- Kathryn Stewart, Generator Assistance Program
coordinator for the Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment's Hazardous Materials and Waste
Management Division
The power to appoint individuals to the seven-member
panel is shared among Gov. Bill Owens, the Colorado General
Assembly and the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment. Greene was appointed by Speaker of the House
Andrew Romanoff, D-Denver; Kwon by Gov. Owens; Mizia by
Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald, D-Golden; Sandfort by
Senate Minority Leader Andy McElhany, R-Colorado Springs;
and Stewart by Dennis Ellis, executive director of the
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
The new members join returning members Kathryn W.
Lauerman (president of Printing & Imaging Association
Mountain States) and Reimer von Kalben (owner, Allied
Refrigeration & Electric, Inc.), who also serves as the
chairperson. Stephen D. Nadler (Owner and President, Santa
Fe Consulting, Inc.), a past CAP member, now serves as an
honorary member.
The Compliance Advisory Panel traces its origins to the 1990
amendments to the federal Clean Air Act, which require each
state to create an assistance program that provides a wide
array of free services to small businesses, including
technical and regulatory assistance. The panel is the
advisory component of the Small Business Assistance Program
that has helped thousands of Colorado businesses
representing a number of diverse industries in Colorado to
comply with air pollution and other multi-media rules and
regulations.
Many small businesses may not understand fully the
environmental regulations that apply to them or they may not
have the resources to hire someone to assist them in
understanding compliance requirements. The Small Business
Assistance Program helps with compliance support, education,
outreach and advocacy at no cost to businesses.
The Compliance Advisory Panel renders opinions on the
effectiveness of the Small Business Assistance Program and
provides guidance on priorities and approaches to helping
small businesses.
For more information on the Compliance Advisory Panel,
including the August 16 meeting agenda, and the Small
Business Assistance Program, go to
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/ap/sbap.asp.
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