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Elected Officials
•	The Governor’s Home Page. Provides information about policy initiatives, constituent affairs, and the latest news from the Governor’s office.
•	The Ohio General Assembly. Search for your state Senator and Representative. Provides progress reports of important legislation, and committee and session schedules.
•	Congressman John Boehner 8th Congressional District.
•	Congressman Steve Chabot 1st Congressional District.
•	Congressman David Hobson 7th Congressional District.
•	Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur 9th Congressional District.
•	Congressman Dennis Kucinich 10th Congressional District.
•	Congressman Steve LaTourette 14th Congressional District.
•	Congressman Zack Space 18th Congressional District.
•	Congresswoman Stephanie Jones 11th Congressional District.
•	Congressman Jim Jordan 4th Congressional District.
•	Congresswoman Jean Schmidt 2nd Congressional District.
•	Congresswoman Deborah Pryce 15th Congressional District.
•	Congressman Ralph Regula 16th Congressional District.
•	Congressman Tim Ryan 17th Congressional District.
•	Congresswoman Betty Sutton 13th Congressional District.
•	Congressman Patrick Tiberi 12th Congressional District.
•	Congressman Michael Turner 3rd Congressional District.
•	Congressman Charles Wilson 6th Congressional District.
•	Senator George Voinovich
•	Senator Sherrod Brown
State Agencies
•	The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Provides information about state and local laws and regulations impacting the environment.
•	The Ohio Department of Health. Provides information about Ohio’s health programs, rules and regulations, and a variety of health statistics.
•	The Ohio Department of Development. Provides access to the Department’s financial and technical assistance programs and economic incentives available to businesses making an investment in Ohio’s future.
•	The Ohio Public Utilities Commission. Information about utility services around the state, including monitoring, enforcement, and compliance.
•	Ohio Agency Websites. A listing of all state agencies for quick and easy access.
Fast Access to Helpful State Programs
•	The Ohio Department of Development, Economic Development Division. Go straight to the Department’s incentive program page. Provides information about tax incentives, grants, loans, and bonds.
•	The Ohio Department of Development, Office of Energy Efficiency. Provides information about how to improve energy usage, renewable energy, and the Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund.
•	The Ohio 3rd Frontier Project. Provides the latest information on the Administration’s initiative, including new technology-based economic development incentives, technology commercialization and research and development.
•	Ohio EPA, Small Business Assistance Program. Provides free, confidential technical assistance to small businesses about Clean Air Act requirements.
•	The Office of Compliance Assistance and Pollution Prevention. Information about pollution prevention opportunities for the dry/wet cleaning industry. Includes fact sheets on regulations and how to reduce emissions.
•	Ohio EPA, Division of Air Pollution Control. Information to help you meet the requirements of Ohio law and the Clean Air Act. Includes rules and regulations, news and publications, forms and fee programs.
•	The Ohio Public Utilities Commission, Power Siting Board. Monitors energy capacity and transmission infrastructure development.
Federal Government Information, Assistance and Agencies
•	The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Access laws, regulations, and updates about U.S. EPA’s wide variety of programs.
•	The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website for Region 5 states. Region 5 is the U.S. EPA designation for the area of Midwestern states including Ohio. Locate U.S. EPA staff and learn more about laws and regulations impacting Ohio specifically.
•	The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s permit page for Region 5 states. Need a permit? This website provides information concerning permits for Region 5 sources, including access to electronic copies of permits and an overview of the Clean Air Act permit requirements.
•	The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Small Business Gateway. Provides environmental information, environmental technical assistance, and summaries of environmental rules and regulations. Includes links to a variety of small business programs.
•	The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s site for small business assistance. Provides small businesses with information and access to initiatives designed to assist those businesses with environmental compliance and pollution prevention issues.
•	U.S. Department of Energy, Industrial Technologie Program. Supports technology partnerships to improve industrial energy efficiency and the development of Industries of the Future.
Small Business Assistance
•	The National Automotive Environmental Compliance Assistance Center. Provides environmental compliance information for the automotive industry.
•	The Coatings Guide. Developed as a pollution prevention tool by the Pollution Prevention Program at Research Triangle Institute. Contains several tools to help users identify low volatile organic compound/hazardous air pollutant coatings that may serve as a replacement for existing coating operations.
•	The Transportation Environmental Resource Center. Provides compliance assistance information for each mode of transportation: air, shipping and barging, rail, and trucking.
•	The National Metal Finishing Resource Center. Provides comprehensive environmental compliance, technical assistance, and pollution prevention information for the metal finishing industry.
•	The Paint and Coatings Resource Center. Provides information about organic coating facilities, industry vendors and suppliers as well as regulatory compliance and pollution prevention information.
•	The Printers’ National Environmental Assistance Center. Provides compliance and pollution prevention fact sheets, case studies, and training. Also includes two e-mail discussion groups on technical and regulatory issues.
Energy, Technology, and Air Issues
•	Alternative Fuel Vehicle Group. Includes information about electric, hybrid, and other alternative fuel vehicles, fuels, and infrastructure.
•	The U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Agency. Provides energy statistics and information on all aspects of energy use and development.
•	U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Provides information on codes and standards for solar energy systems.
•	The U.S. Department of Energy, Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Program. Provides information on the development of the hydrogen economy and fuel cells.
•	National Energy Technology Lab, Clean Coal Demonstrations. Provides information on industry and government cooperation in the development of clean coal technologies capable of meeting existing and emerging environmental regulations.
•	The Cleveland Advanced Manufacturing Program. Provides assistance to manufacturing and emerging-technology based companies to help them grow through implementing innovative methods.
•	The Healthy House Institute. Provides information on how to improve your home’s interior environment, especially its indoor air quality.
•	Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Investor. Current news and independent analysis of the fuel cell industry.
•	Alternative Energy Institute. A variety of publications and reports on the latest research and development of alternative energy technologies. Includes non-renewable, renewable, new energy sources.
Trade Associations
•	The American Composites Manufacturers Association. Provides the latest information on issues important to the composites industry.
•	The Ohio Manufacturers’ Association. Provides information on a variety of issues important to Ohio’s manufacturing industries.
•	The Automotive Services Association of Ohio. Provides technical and regulatory information for those in the automotive services industry.
•	The Ohio Automobile Dealers Association. Provides the latest information for automobile dealers in Ohio.
•	The Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Provides information to Ohio businesses on a variety of topics.
•	The Ohio Chemistry Technology Council. Provides information for Ohio’s high-technology chemical industry.
•	Ohio Cleaners Association. Provides a number of links to national and statewide associations representing the interests of drycleaners.
Research Links
•	The University of Toledo Air Pollution Research Group. Provides information on a number of air pollution related topics including pollution prevention, research, and Ohio’s radon database.
•	Biomass Energy Research Association. An association of biofuels researchers, companies, and advocates that promotes education and research on renewable biomass energy and waste-to-energy systems.