Environmental Compliance Resources

For Small Businesses

• EPA Small Business Gateway
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gateway to environmental information and contacts for small businesses.
  
• EPA Small Business Ombudsman
  The Small Business Ombudsman (SBO) serves as an effective conduit for small businesses to access EPA and facilitates communications between the small business community and the Agency. This Web site provides documents, guidance, and explanations of environmental regulations provided by the SBO.
  
• Environment Compliance FAQs for Small Businesses
  Answers to frequently asked questions about complying with environmental regulations enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency.
  
• Regulatory Flexibility Act / Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (RFA/SBREFA)
  Provides information about the Regulatory Flexibility Act / Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act.
  
• Small Business Compliance and Enforcement
  Information on Small Business Compliance with the Environmental Statutes and the Compliance Incentives
  
• Small Business Environmental Home Page
  Helps small businesses access environmental compliance and pollution prevention information.

General Reference

• Environmental Compliance Assistance Guide
  EPA's compliance assistance web portal includes resources, tools and guides to help businesses comply with environmental regulations.
• Environmental Compliance Information Resources
  Guide to reference and legal resources, data models and reports, and compliance contacts.
• State-by-State Resource Locator
  Directory of state contacts to help industry comply with environmental regulations.
• EPA Environmental Test Methods and Guidelines
  Provides links to information about environmental test methods and guidelines.
• Statutes and Regulations by Environmental Topic
  Provides information on environmental regulations as they relate to individual environmental topics.

Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement

• Environmental Compliance Enforcement Guide for Business
  Provides a set of compliance resources, enforcement tools and incentives to help businesses comply with environmental regulations.
• ECHO Database : Enforcement and Compliance History Online
  Provides summary and detailed information about an entity's compliance and enforcement status and history.
  
• Environmental Compliance Monitoring
  Overview of EPA's compliance monitoring methods and programs.
• Compliance Monitoring FAQs
  Answers to frequently asked questions about EPA's compliance monitoring under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, FIFRA, and the Toxic Substance Control Act.
  
• Environmental Compliance Incentives and Auditing
  Compliance Incentives are a set pf policies and programs that eliminate, reduce or waive penalties under certain conditions for business, industry, and government facilities which voluntarily discover, promptly disclose, and expeditiously correct environmental problems.
• Audit Policy Self : Disclosure and Regional Contacts
  Provides information about audit policy self-disclosures.

Industry and Sector Information

• Compliance Assistance Centers
  Sponsored by the EPA, these centers provide comprehensive, easy to understand environmental compliance information, tools and best practices advice targeted specifically to industry sectors.
  
• Environmental Compliance : Industry Sector Guides
  Directory of compliance assistance resources covering specific industry sectors.
• Statues and Regulations by Business Sector
  Provides information to specific business sectors on the environmental statutes and regulations that affect businesses within their field.
• Chemical Information Collection and Data Development (Testing)
  Information on regulations that require manufacturers and processors of existing chemicals to test their chemicals for health and environmental effects.
  
• Dry Cleaning : FAQs
  This fact sheet delineates the partnership between the dry cleaning industry and EPA, and gives basic facts about the environmental impact of the chemicals involved in the process, as well as information about chemical alternatives.
• Plain Language Guide to Regulations for Paints and Coatings
  Provides clear guidance on how to comply with environmental regulations.
• Retail Industry Portal
  Provides compliance and sustainability resources for retail businesses to help meet regulatory obligations and reduce environmental impacts, this includes freight transportation, waste management, product selection, facility management and construction of new facilities.