Excerpt from Small Business Environmental Compliance: Hearing Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session; June 2, 1993, Providence, Ri Local Industrial Pretreatment Programs benefit all users of a municipal sewerage system. The cost of such programs should be borne by all users. Water utility and sewer use rate structures should be based upon a sliding scale of increasing cost with increasing use. Presently the reverse is true in many communities. Tax credits should be provided for investment by small business in technology and processes which result in a reduction in the total waste generated by a small business/ industry. Summary. The jewelry and related metal finishing and service industries located in Rhode Island provide jobs and generate approximately $1 billion per year in total financial and benefits compensation. When standard economic multipliers are applied, the value of this industry to Rhode Island is staggering. Because the vast majority of the industry is comprised of small businesses, thus, the total net value is often overlooked. Precisely because the industry is principally comprised of small businesses, with local ownership and operation, this industry has survived repeated economic hardships when other industries failed or moved out of the state or the country. Small businesses have the exibility, versatility and ownership commitment to continue to provide the stable economic backbone of Rhode Island; however, it is asked that at both the Federal and State government level, there be an equal effort and commitment to establish the regulatory framework that will enable industry, particularly small business, to prosper in concert with the environment. Thank you. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."