Final Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel on EPA's Planned Proposed Rule. Mobile Source Air Toxics: Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Mobile Sources.

摘要

This report is presented by the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel (SBAR Panel or Panel) convened for the proposed rulemaking on the Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Mobile Sources, currently being developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Under Section 609(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), a Panel is required to be convened prior to publication of the initial regulatory flexibility analysis (IRFA) that an agency may be required to prepare under the RFA. In addition to EPA's Small Business Advocacy Chairperson, this Panel will consist of the Director of EPA's Assessment and Standards Division within the Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ), the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs within the Office of Management and Budget, and the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. This report includes the following: background information on the proposed rule under development; information on the types of small entities that would be subject to the proposed rule; a summary of the Panel's outreach activities; and, the comments and recommendations of the Small Entity Representatives (SERs). Section 609(b) of the RFA directs the Panel to report on the comments of small entity representatives and its findings on issues related to identified elements of an IRFA under section 603 of the RFA.