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If you're a business or small community, IDEM's Compliance and Technical Assistance Program (CTAP) is here to provide you with technical and compliance assistance on environmental regulations. If you don't know where to start, contact our CTAP program for education about existing and new regulations.

Small businesses and communities might also be interested in learning about Indiana's Self-Disclosure and Environmental Audit Policy . Potential penalties can be reduced or totally eliminated through your voluntary efforts to discover, disclose, correct and prevent violations.

  • Indiana Small Business Guide to Environmental, Safety, and Health Regulations
    • Quickly access environmental, safety, and health regulations that may impact your business and learn what you need to do to comply
  • Environmental Review Letter
    • Obtaining the IDEM Environmental Review Letter Required For Publicly Funded Grant, Loan, or Other Financing Programs
  • Proposed Roadway Construction Projects Letter
    • IDEM has streamlined the roadway early coordination review process, eliminating the need for roadway construction project managers to contact IDEM by U.S. mail with request letters and extensive project descriptions.
  • Community Right to Know
    • Instructs businesses on how to report stored hazardous chemicals
  • IDEM's Compliance and Technical Assistance Program (CTAP)
    • CTAP focuses on early education and outreach efforts to businesses and small communities to make them aware of new and existing regulations. CTAP provides compliance assistance as well as pollution prevention opportunities to get small businesses out of the regulatory loop or into less burdensome regulatory processes. CTAP also provides phone assistance and on-site consultations.
  • Indiana's Self-Disclosure and Environmental Audit Policy [PDF]
    • IDEM's Audit Policy enhances protection of human health and the environment by encouraging Indiana's regulated entities, including small businesses, to voluntarily discover, disclose, correct and prevent violations of federal and state environmental requirements. This policy gives IDEM the discretion to reduce or eliminate your penalty if certain conditions are met.
  • Rules and Regulations
    • Search for and view the latest State and Federal environmental regulations, find out what regulations are in the works, when and where board meetings will occur and get the latest drafts of proposed rules.
  • Public File Rooms and Records
    • You are welcome to view IDEM's public files. Office hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding state holidays.
  • ISO 14001
    • View latest information on this popular environmental management system and see a list of Indiana certified companies.
  • Partners for Pollution Prevention
    • The Partners for Pollution Prevention is an organization comprised of Indiana industries and businesses that are interested in pollution prevention (P2) and the financial and environmental benefits P2 projects can bring. The Partners provide a forum where Indiana businesses can network and exchange ideas about P2 experiences and discuss how P2 fits into current and future IDEM programs.
  • Environmental Stewardship Program
    • ESP is a voluntary, performance based leadership program designed to recognize and reward Indiana regulated entities for going above and beyond current environmental regulations.
  • Toxic Release Inventory
    • The Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) or SARA 313 is a publicly available database that contains detailed information on nearly 650 chemicals and chemical categories that over 23,000 industrial and other facilities manage through disposal or other releases, recycling, energy recovery or treatment. The TRI's primary function is to inform of potential chemical releases and environmental waste generated by local facilities. Only facilities that meet the certain requirements must report.
  • Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessments
    • Pollution prevention opportunity assessments can help you identify improvements that will not only lead to increased profits, but can also reduce environmental impacts. IDEM's Office of Pollution Prevention and Technical Assistance offers free, confidential, on-site pollution prevention opportunity assessments to Indiana manufacturers.
  • Pollution Prevention Regulatory Integration
    • The Pollution Prevention Regulatory Integration workgroup strives to implement, in coordination with the IDEM program offices, recommendations for specific pollution prevention integration goals and projects for the permitting, compliance assurance and enforcement programs.
  • Auto Salvage Program
  • Responsible Property Transfer Law

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