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SUMMARY:SBA Office of Advocacy National Waters of the U.S. Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. Small Business Administration\, Office of Advocacy will be hosting a roundtable to\n\ndiscuss the following topic at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday\, April 4\, 2019. Interested parties must\n\nRSVP to Prianka.Sharma@sba.gov. The purpose of the roundtable will be to hear directly from\n\nsmall businesses about the proposed rule.\n\nAgenda\n\n8:30 a.m.-- 9:00 a.m. Registration and Networking\n\n9:00 a.m.-- 9:05 a.m. Introductory Remarks\n\nCharles Maresca\, U.S. Small Business Administration\, Office of\n\nAdvocacy\n\nEileen Rodriguez\, Florida Small Business Development Center\n\n9:05 a.m.-- 9:10 a.m. Who is the Office of Advocacy and What We Do?\n\nCharles Maresca\, U.S. Small Business Administration\, Office of\n\nAdvocacy\n\n9:10a.m.-- 9:20 a.m. Overview of the Waters of the U.S. Proposed Rule\n\nPrianka Sharma\, U.S. Small Business Administration Office of\n\nAdvocacy\n\n9:20 a.m.  11:00 a.m. Input from Interested Small Entity Stakeholders\n\n*Agency staff from EPA and the Army Corps have been invited to this event however their attendance\n\nhas not been confirmed. Comments expressed during this roundtable do not take the place of submitting\n\nwritten comments to the regulatory docket.\n\nRoundtable meetings are open to all interested persons\, with the exception of the press\, in order\n\nto facilitate open and frank discussion about the impacts of Federal regulatory activities on\n\nsmall entities. Agendas and presentations are available to all\, including the press. Anyone who\n\nwants to receive roundtable agendas or presentations\, or to be included in the distribution list\,\n\nshould forward such requests to prianka.sharma@sba.gov. The purpose of these Roundtable\n\nmeetings is to exchange opinions\, facts and information and to obtain the attendees' individual\n\nviews and opinions regarding small business concerns. The meetings are not intended to\n\nachieve or communicate any consensus positions of the attendees.\n\nSmall Business Environmental Roundtable\n\nIssue for Discussion\n\nApril 4\, 2019\n\nRequest for Comments on the Army Corps and EPA's Proposed Rule to Revise the\n\nDefinition of Waters of the United States\n\nOn February 14\, 2019\, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection\n\nAgency published a proposed rule to revise the definition of waters of the United States\n\n(WOTUS). The rule outlines those bodies of water that are subject to federal jurisdiction and\n\ntherefore require permits in order to conduct activities within those waters.\n\nThe agencies published a video presentation outlining the proposed rule that is available to the\n\npublic here: https://youtu.be/ZZ6kFJasDhg. Advocacy will reference this presentation in its\n\nremarks during the roundtable\; however\, attendees are encouraged to view the presentation prior\n\nto this event to help inform their remarks.\n\nWritten comments are due by April 15\, 2019.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The U.S. Small Business Administration\, Office of Advocacy will be hosting a roundtable to<br />\ndiscuss the following topic at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday\, April 4\, 2019. Interested parties must<br />\nRSVP to Prianka.Sharma@sba.gov. The purpose of the roundtable will be to hear directly from<br />\nsmall businesses about the proposed rule.<br />\nAgenda<br />\n8:30 a.m.-- 9:00 a.m. Registration and Networking<br />\n9:00 a.m.-- 9:05 a.m. Introductory Remarks<br />\nCharles Maresca\, U.S. Small Business Administration\, Office of<br />\nAdvocacy<br />\nEileen Rodriguez\, Florida Small Business Development Center<br />\n9:05 a.m.-- 9:10 a.m. Who is the Office of Advocacy and What We Do?<br />\nCharles Maresca\, U.S. Small Business Administration\, Office of<br />\nAdvocacy<br />\n9:10a.m.-- 9:20 a.m. Overview of the Waters of the U.S. Proposed Rule<br />\nPrianka Sharma\, U.S. Small Business Administration Office of<br />\nAdvocacy<br />\n9:20 a.m.&ndash\; 11:00 a.m. Input from Interested Small Entity Stakeholders<br />\n*Agency staff from EPA and the Army Corps have been invited to this event however their attendance<br />\nhas not been confirmed. Comments expressed during this roundtable do not take the place of submitting<br />\nwritten comments to the regulatory docket.<br />\nRoundtable meetings are open to all interested persons\, with the exception of the press\, in order<br />\nto facilitate open and frank discussion about the impacts of Federal regulatory activities on<br />\nsmall entities. Agendas and presentations are available to all\, including the press. Anyone who<br />\nwants to receive roundtable agendas or presentations\, or to be included in the distribution list\,<br />\nshould forward such requests to prianka.sharma@sba.gov. The purpose of these Roundtable<br />\nmeetings is to exchange opinions\, facts and information and to obtain the attendees&rsquo\; individual<br />\nviews and opinions regarding small business concerns. The meetings are not intended to<br />\nachieve or communicate any consensus positions of the attendees.<br />\nSmall Business Environmental Roundtable<br />\nIssue for Discussion<br />\nApril 4\, 2019<br />\nRequest for Comments on the Army Corps and EPA&rsquo\;s Proposed Rule to Revise the<br />\nDefinition of Waters of the United States<br />\nOn February 14\, 2019\, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection<br />\nAgency published a proposed rule to revise the definition of waters of the United States<br />\n(WOTUS). The rule outlines those bodies of water that are subject to federal jurisdiction and<br />\ntherefore require permits in order to conduct activities within those waters.<br />\nThe agencies published a video presentation outlining the proposed rule that is available to the<br />\npublic here: https://youtu.be/ZZ6kFJasDhg. Advocacy will reference this presentation in its<br />\nremarks during the roundtable\; however\, attendees are encouraged to view the presentation prior<br />\nto this event to help inform their remarks.<br />\nWritten comments are due by April 15\, 2019.
LOCATION:Florida SBDC at the University of South Florida Port Tampa Bay Building 1101 Channelside Dr.\, Suite 210 Tampa\, FL 33602-3613
UID:e.2462.9042
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DTSTAMP:20260501T163735Z
URL:http://plantcity.smartcms.site/events/details/sba-office-of-advocacy-national-waters-of-the-u-s-roundtable-9042
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