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DEQ is committed to working with Utah companies to ensure the ongoing protection of public health and the environment. DEQ's Business Assistance Program provides Utah companies with resources for improving their long-term environmental performance, increasing regulatory compliance, and obtaining required environmental permits.

What's Happening

• Utah League of Cities and Towns Presentation (September 15, 2011)

Business Resources

Business resources includes the Green Makes Business $ense program that provides companies with strategies to use raw materials, energy, water, and other natural resources more efficiently while saving money; the Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Program to assist companies with a Can, Do, Check, and Act model to meet business and environmental goals; and the Clean Utah Program to recognize companies with successful EMS projects.

• Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
• Clean Utah
• Energy Development
• Environmental Checklist
• Green Makes Business $ense
  • Business Specific Guides
    

    Auto Body Shops Construction and Best Management Practices Dry Cleaning Operations

    Hospitals & Health Care Systems Metal Finishers Printers Surface Coating Operations

  • Key Steps Guides
    

    Adopting a Recycling Program Adopting a Sustainability Program Adopting a Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program

    Converting to Reusable Transport Packaging Creating Green Teams In Your Facility

• Utah Case Studies
  • AAA Auto Club
  • AutoLiv
  • Intermountain Healthcare | Central Laundry | Energy Efficiency Projects
  • Lorraine Press
  • Orbit Irrigation
  • Utah Food Services
• Links
  
• Pollution Prevention (P2)
• Utah Pollution Prevention Association
• Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP)

Compliance Assistance

Compliance Assistance resources includes the Division of Air Quality's Environmental Assistance Program that helps small businesses with permitting, regulatory, and pollution prevention issues; Small Business Compliance Advisory Panel that advises and monitors Air Quality's Environmental Assistance Program; and Division of Environmental Response and Remediation information on how to report environmental spills and comply with reporting requirements of Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA).

• Air Quality Self-audit for Small Business
• Common Compliance Problems
• Compliance Advisory Panel and Ombudsman
• Division of Air Quality's Small Business Environmental Assistance Program
• Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste Checklist
• Reporting Spills
• Small Business Assistance
• Tier II Chemical Inventory
• Toxic Release Inventory

Environmental Permits

Environmental Permits resources includes information on how to schedule a Pre-design Meeting to introduce your new business to DEQ's permitting process and information on DEQ's environmental permits that are required if your company releases pollutants to the air, land, or water, or if you store, treat, or dispose of hazardous or solid wastes.

Overview

• Fee Schedules (DEQ Fee Schedules by Fiscal Year)
• Online Permitting
• Pre-design / Permitting Assistance (Pre-design Meeting Process)

Permits By Division

• Air Quality Permits
• Drinking Water Permits
• Hazardous Waste Permits
• Radiation Control Permits
• Solid Waste Permits
• Underground Storage Tank Permits
• Used Oil Permits
• Water Quality Permits

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