Agriculture Industry

Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center
Offers comprehensive easy-to-understand information on environmentally protective and agriculturally sound approaches to compliance.

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Air Quality Issues

AIRNOW
Office of Air Quality Standards and Planning

Office of Air and Radiation
Deals with issues that affect the quality of air and protection from exposure to harmful radiation. Develops national programs, technical policies and regulations for controlling air pollution and radiation exposure.

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Automotive Industry

Automotive Pollution Prevention Materials
Automotive pollution prevention materials made available by the EPA office serving Hawaii, California, Nevada and Arizona.

Automotive Compliance Information Assistance Center
Helps the automotive service and repair community identify flexible, common sense ways to comply with environmental requirements.

Environmental Compliance for Automotive Recyclers
An EPA-sponsored partnership between the the Automotive Recyclers Association and the National Centers for Manufacturing sciences that provides comprehensive and up-to-date environmental compliance information for all automotive dismantling and recycling operations.

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ChemAlliance
Source of up-to-date information concerning the environmental regulations affecting the chemical industry.

EPA Emergency Management Programs
Prevent and prepare for chemical emergencies and respond to crises; inform the public on chemical hazards in the community.

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Responsible for assuring that chemicals in the U.S. do not pose any adverse risks to human health and/or the environment.

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Hazardous Materials Information Center
Provides hazardous material information.

Innovative Technologies for Hazardous Waste Treatment
Information about treatment technologies to the hazardous waste remediation community.

Office of Solid Waste & Emergency Response
Develops guidelines & standards for the land disposal of hazardous wastes for UST.

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Healthcare Environmental Resource Center
Provides pollution prevention and compliance assistance information for the healthcare sector.

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National Metal Finishing Resource Center
Provides comprehensive environmental compliance, technical assistance, and pollution prevention information to the metal finishing industry.

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Clean Air Technology Database
Available pollution prevention and control for the paints and coatings category.

National Paint & Coatings Association
Offers the Coatings Care program which assists members' efforts to integrate health, safety and environmental activities with their businesses.  Offers non-members access to publications regarding management of post-consumer paints.

Paints & Coatings Resource Center
Provides regulatory compliance & pollution prevention information to organic coating facilities, industry vendors, suppliers, and others.

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Printed Wiring Board Resource Center
Provides regulatory compliance and pollution prevention information to printed wiring board manufacturers, industry vendors and suppliers, and others.

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Transportation Environmental Resource Center
Identifies up-to-date information on environmental compliance requirements and to make that information available to transportation professionals and the public.

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Other Materials of Interest to Small Businesses

Pollution Prevention Program
Promotes effective environmental protection while helping businesses reduce costs.

Green Business Program
Assists and recognizes businesses that operate in an environmentally responsible way.

ENERGY STAR for Small Business
Learn how to improve your company's financial performance by reducing energy waste and energy costs, while protecting the earth’s environment.

Interactive state dashboard for Clean Water Act violations
EPA data and mapping tool designed to help the public compare water quality trends, by state, over the last two years.

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