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SBEAP Contacts

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By Mail:   

NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation
625 Broadway          
Albany, NY 12207-2997 

By Phone/Email:     

Harry Ching
Environmental Project Manager
518-402-7462 or 1-800-780-7227
 SBEAP@efc.ny.gov

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Small Business Environmental Assistance Program

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The Small Business Environmental Assistant Program (SBEAP) provides free, confidential technical assistance to New York’s small-business owners to assist their compliance of air emission requirements. SBEAP’s partner is the Small Business Environmental Ombudsman of Empire State Development. Under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, every state across the nation must provide a small business assistance program to help businesses understand if air requirements apply to them, and if so, the necessary steps to become compliant.

What does SBEAP do?
  • We operate a toll-free technical assistance hotline to answer questions from small businesses, help determine what regulations apply to their operations, and help them understand how to comply with those regulations.
  • We assist businesses with completing the required authorizations, such as permit application forms for State Facility Permits or Minor Facility Registrations.
  • As needed, we conduct on-site technical assistance visits to evaluate the site-specific compliance issues at your business.
  • We prepare technical publications (newsletters, factsheets, brochures) to provide both general compliance information and information for specific industry sectors
  • We sponsor and co-sponsor seminars and workshops across the state to bring technical information to locations near your business.
  • We help new businesses understand what requirements must be met upon start-up.
There are more than 50,000 small businesses in New York State that may be subject to federal and/or state air emission requirements. The SBEAP is dedicated to helping those businesses come into compliance.

Latest News:

NYS DEC is changing the requirements for motor vehicle emissions inspections conducted in New York Metropolitan Area. Beginning on January 1, 2011, the NYTEST equipment will no longer be required, and vehicles previously inspected on NYTEST equipment will instead be inspected on the New York Vehicle Inspection Program (NYVIP) equipment. Click here to learn how to properly dispose of the obsolete NYTEST inspection equipment.

Information by Business Sector

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EFC has organized the information on its SBEAP website primarily by business sector.  We hope this will make it easier for you to find the information you seek.

The SBEAP has developed several brief technical factsheets, articles, and other helpful materials for many industry sectors. These materials summarize requirements and technical tips that apply to specific industries and processes.

To view the factsheets, articles and other helpful materials online, select your business sector from the list below.

Available Services

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SBEAP offers the following forms of assistance to help small business owners:

  • Compliance Plans
  • Emission Inventories
  • Material Substitution
  • Multimedia Compliance Assistance
  • On-site Visits
  • Permitting Assistance
  • Process Modification
  • Publication Requests
  • Technical Assistance

Confidentiality

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Under New York State Law, all information that a small business reveals to the SBEAP is strictly confidential, unless there is an imminent threat to health or safety. There is no time limit on the confidentiality of information that a small business reveals to the SBEAP and such information will not be passed on to regulatory authorities. EFC, which administers the SBEAP, is not a regulatory agency, and has no enforcement capabilities.

The SBEAP cannot guarantee immunity from enforcement action should a regulatory agency independently uncover violations. However, businesses working with the Program may benefit since a good-faith effort to come into compliance can be demonstrated to regulatory authorities.
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