The department may establish a technical assistance and outreach program to promote implementation of model pollution prevention measures in priority business categories.
(a) In the work plan described in Section 25244.22, the department may, in consultation with the advisory committee, identify priority categories of businesses by SIC or NAICS Code. At least one selected category of businesses shall be a category that consists primarily of small businesses. At least one selected category of businesses shall be a category that consists primarily of businesses affected by an action taken by the department pursuant to Article 14 (commencing with Section 25251).
(b) For each selected priority business category, the department may implement a cooperative pollution prevention technical assistance and outreach program that includes the following elements:
(1) Effective pollution prevention measures for each business category.
(2) The most effective technical assistance and outreach methods to promote implementation of the pollution prevention measures identified in paragraph (1).
(3) Appropriate measures for evaluating the effectiveness of the technical assistance and outreach measures, including quantitative measures when feasible.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 50. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012.)