Business Assistance Programs

All businesses today, whether they are large corporations or “mom and pop” establishments, are faced with complex environmental regulations. ADEQ recognizes that the best way to balance environmental excellence and economic growth in Arkansas is to work with businesses in a cooperative spirit.

Here are some of the ways we can help:

• Permit assistance
• Compliance assistance
• Small business loans
• Pollution Prevention Program
• Regulatory and environmental education
• Links to assistance providers
• Recognition for outstanding environmental efforts by businesses (EPA Performance Track Program)
• Core values

For more information, read these ADEQ publications:

• Business Assistance Program (fact sheet) (PDF File)
• Loan fact sheet (PDF File)

Permit assistance

The Public Outreach and Assistance Division’s Business Assistance staff can analyze your facility’s industrial processes to determine whether ADEQ permits are required. We’ll help you identify the information that must be submitted with permit applications and then track the status of permit applications.

Compliance assistance

Business Assistance provides compliance audits to help you determine whether your industrial processes meet regulatory requirements.

In addition, our staff provides information and assistance in:

• Tax credits for recycling equipment
• Waste market development
• Solid waste management/Pollution Prevention/Recycling
• Brownfields

Regulatory and environmental education

Our staff can tailor information and presentations to your needs. Our programs range from general overviews of environmental issues and program opportunities, to detailed how-to’s for permit processes, handling wastes, and other activities.

Links to assistance providers

• Arkansas Department of Economic Development
• Arkansas Department of Labor – Consultation Division
• Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions
• National Environmental Compliance Assistance Clearinghouse
• Small Business Environmental Home Page)
• U.S. Small Business Administration

Core values:

• Being respectful toward business owners and their employees

• Focusing our efforts on goals and objectives that provide maximum value to business

• Seeking out new and innovative solutions to problems

• Demonstrating a high level of technical and professional competence

• Representing ADEQ as an integrated source of assistance and information

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