"Clean Break" Featured at Annual
Truckers Meeting
The innovative "Clean
Break" amnesty program is now operational statewide.
Representatives from the Illinois EPA's
Office of Small Business were on hand to discuss the Agency's
"Clean Break" program during the 33rd annual convention
of the Midwest Truckers' Association in Springfield in February.
Approximately 6,000 people attended the three day gathering at
the Prairie Capital Convention Center.
Joining more than 130 other exhibitors, Norma Van Valkenburg,
Karen Buckley and and Don Squires of the Office of Small Business
answered questions and displayed a video to provide basic
information about the Clean Break program. During formal
convention sessions, Small Business Office Manager John Kelley
discussed ways in which the Illinois EPA can be of assistance to
small business owners. Emphasis during both the formal and
informal sessions was on compliance issues and eligibility
requirements for aquiring amnesty under the Clean Break program.
Now in the first phase of statewide operation, the program is
working with autobody and motor vehicle repair and maintenance
businesses, and with printers, letting them identify regulations
that impact them, and determine if they are meeting all
compliance requirements. Small business owners may choose to
remain anonymous in early stages of Clean Break participation.
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