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Parked vehicle on Dana Street in Wilkes-Barre reportedly damaged

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Got the building bug? King’s has new majors for you

PHILADELPHIA &#8212; The Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)&#8217;s Environmental Management Assistance Program (EMAP) was awarded the Fiscal Year 2015 U.S. EPA Administrator&#8217;s Award for Outstanding Accomplishments by a Small Business Trade or State Small Business Environmental Assistance Provider.The award was presented May 5 during the U.S. EPA Administrator&#8217;s 26th Annual Small Business Program Awards Ceremony. The event recognized various program activities, individuals, businesses and state and local entities for their outstanding contributions in Fiscal Year 2015.The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection provides funding to support EMAP in a longstanding partnership to provide environmental technical and compliance assistance to Pennsylvania small businesses, as required by the state Air Pollution Control Act and the federal Clean Air Act. EMAP provides valuable services to help small businesses in Pennsylvania come into compliance with environmental regulations, stay in compliance and go beyond compliance to become more sustainable.EMAP provided environmental consulting assistance to 278 businesses in 50 of Pennsylvania&#8217;s 67 counties in 2015. EMAP staff conducted on-site assessment visits at 39 of these businesses. A significant number of the businesses had complex and long unresolved issues that EMAP consultants were able to sort through to help the businesses thoroughly address their compliance issues. Since 2004, EMAP has provided environmental compliance assistance to over 2,645 small companies and conducted 1,262 onsite visits.

Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center program wins national EPA honor