Technical Assistance & Beyond Compliance

Go Beyond Compliance

Once a business has reached compliance, it's time to take a look at actions businesses can take to go beyond compliance requirements. By doing so, a business may benefit from:

• reduced manufacturing costs,
• improved energy efficiency,
• reduced or simplified paperwork,
• reduced employee absences due to illness, and/or
• reduced emissions (resulting benefits vary by business and type and degree of change).

Some examples of going beyond compliance might include:

• Pollution Prevention – in some cases, implementing "source reduction" and other practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants allow a business to get below certain emission-reporting thresholds, resulting in reduced registration fees.
  
• Material Substitution – using materials that produce fewer or no hazardous air pollutants or volatile organic compounds, but still result in the same or an improved product, may save a company material costs and/or reduce the administrative burden that comes with compliance.
  
• Manufacturing Method Changes – advancements in manufacturing techniques can often reduce the pollution produced through production process improvements and improved manufacturing efficiency.
  
• Combustion Efficiency Improvements – making equipment operate more efficiently can reduce energy consumption and reduce emissions.
  

Technical Assitance

Various indstrial sectors have different opportunities to implement pollution prevention protocols:

• boilers 
• dry cleaners 
• emergency generators 
• energy efficiency 
• gas stations 
• printers 
• surface coaters & water-based coatings
• transportation 

Calculators

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has developed tools for businesses to calculate emission reductions and savings.

• Greenhouse Gas Calculator 
• Cost Savings Calculator 
• PowerPoint explaining how to use calculators

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