National Steering Committee

The National Steering Committee, also known as the NSC, has a mission "To serve, support, and strengthen the Small Business Environmental Assistance Programs through representation and collaboration."

NSC members are made up of representatives from each of the 10 EPA regions. Each subcommittee is also asked to provide a representative for the monthly calls.

The monthly calls are held the first Tuesday of each month at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. The group communicates through the NSC listserv and a call agenda with call-in information is provided each month before the scheduled call. Attendance is limited to the NSC members and subcommittee chairs. Leadership is provided by the NSC Chair, Donovan Grimwood of TN.

2022-2023 NSC Photo Directory

NSC Chair

Donovan Grimwood
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
(615) 532-4966
donovan.grimwood@tn.gov

NSC Vice Chair

Chris Lynch
University of Nevada, Reno
(775) 834-3687
clynch@unr.edu

Regional Representatives

Region	Regional Representative	Regional Alternate
Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT)	Sara J. Johnson, MS NH Department of Environmental Services (603) 271-1379 Sara.Johnson@des.nh.gov	Julie M. Churchill ME Department of Environmental Protection (207) 287-7881 Julie.M.Churchill@maine.gov
Region 2 (NJ, NY, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)	Edward Bakos New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Small Business Assistance Program (609) 292-0958 Edward.Bakos@dep.state.nj.us	Vacant
Region 3 (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, and WV)	Jeremy Hancher, CEA, REP Environmental Management Assistance Program (EMAP) Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Phone: (610) 499-4322 jwhancher@widener.edu	Nancy Herb Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (717) 783-9269 nherb@pa.gov
Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, and TN)	Crystal Warren Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (901) 371-3164 Crystal.Warren@tn.gov	Vacant
Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI)	Renee Bashel Wisconsin Department if Natural Resources (608) 347-7940 Renee.Bashel@wisconsin.gov	Kari A. Clevenger Indiana Department of Environmental Management (317) 233-0572 KCleveng@idem.IN.gov
Region 6 (AR, LA, NM, OK, and TX)	Lloyd A. Kirk Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (405) 702-7105 Lloyd.Kirk@deq.ok.gov	Lucy Cross Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment (501) 682-0788 cross@adeq.state.ar.us
Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, and NE)	Jennifer Wittenburg Iowa Air Emissions Assistance Program Iowa Waste Reduction Center University of Northern Iowa (319) 273-6580 jennifer.wittenburg@uni.edu	Nancy Larson Pollution Prevention Institute Kansas State University (316) 660-0104 nlarson@ksu.edu
Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY)	Eleanor Divver Small Business Environmental Assistance Program Utah Department of Environmental Quality (801) 536-0091 edivver@utah.gov	Gabe Catenacci Colorado Division of Environmental Health and Sustainability (720) 515-2119 gabe.catenacci@state.co.us
Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau)	Chris Lynch University of Nevada, Reno (775) 834-3687 clynch@unr.edu	Vacant
Region 10 (AK, ID, OR, WA and 271 native tribes)	Belinda Breidenbach Idaho Small Business Development Center (208) 426-1873 belindabreidenba@boisestate.edu	Jim Plosay Air Permit Program State of Alaska (907) 465-5561 Jim.plosay@alaska.gov

SBEAP-SBO Guidelines - 2010 NSC guidelines for positions and voting. (update pending)

The NSC Technical Subcommittee periodically reviews and provides comments on proposed EPA regulations. The NSC approves and submits the comment letters to EPA. Recent comment letters are listed below.

Additional comment letters can be found on the NSC Technical Subcommittee page.