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• Compliance EPA has established national compliance assistance centers, in parhtership with Assistance industry, academic institutions, and other federal and state agencies, that provide on Centers line and fax back assistance services in the following sectors heavily populated with small businesses: •+ Metal Finishing (vvww.nmfrc.org) •+ Printing (1-888-USPNEAC or www.pneac.org) •+ Automotive (1-888-GRN-LINK or www.ccar-greenlink.org) •+ Agriculture (]-888-633-2155 or www.epa.gov/oeca/ag) •+ Printed Wiring Board Manufacturing (www.pwbrc.org) •+ The Chemical Industry (Contact: Emily Chow 202-564-707I) •+ The Transportation Industry (http://www.epa.gov/oeca/tcac/tcaahtml) •+ The Paints and Coatings Center {Contact: Scott Throwe 202-564-7013) •+ Local Governments (Contact: ]ohn Dombrowski, 202-564-7036) State Many state agencies have established compliance assistance programs that provide Agencies on- site as well as other types of assistance. Please contact your local state environmental agency for more information. EPA's Small Business Ombudsman can provide you with State Agency contacts by calling (800)-368-5888. Compliance EPA's Small Business Policy and Small Communities Policy are intended to Incentive promote environmental compliance among small businesses by providing incentives Policies such as penalty waivers and reductions for participation in compliance assistance programs, and encouraging voluntary disclosure and prompt correction of violations. These policies can not be applied to an enforcement action such as this one that has already been initiated, but are noted for fiiture reference. Contact Karin Leff (202-564-7068) for information on the Small Business Policy and Ken Harmon (202-564-7049) for information on the Small Communities Policy. In order to improve your understanding of and compliance with environmental regulations and avoid the need for future enforcement actions, we encourage you to take advantage of these tools. However, please note that any decision to seek compliance assistance at [his time does not relieve you ojyour obligation to answer EPA's administrative complaint in a timely manner, does not create any new rights or defenses, and will not affect EPA's decision to pursue this enforcement action. The Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman and ten Regional Fairness Boards were established to regeive comments from small businesses about federal agency enforcement actions. The Ombudsman will annually rate each agency's responsiveness to small businesses. If you believe that you fall within the Small Business Administration's definition of a small business (based on your SIC designation, number of employees or annual receipu) and wish to comment on federal enforcement and compliance activities, call 1-888-REG-FAIR (]-888-734-3247). However, participation in this program does not relieve you of your obligation to respond to an EPA request, administrative or civil complaint or other enforcement action in a timely manner nor create any new rights or defenses under Pnrxd .. asryded npe.