Technical Assistance

	Businesses State Agencies Small Business Guide P2Rx Center

State technical assistance programs (TAPs) strive to promote sustainable development and resource efficiency by providing services and technical assistance to help businesses and state agencies enhance their pollution prevention programs.

Businesses describes TAP services to help businesses implement P2 activities.

State Agencies discusses TAP services to state officials to enhance the effectiveness of regulatory programs.

Small Business Guide is a resource guide targeted at small business on pollution prevention approaches and innovative technologies.

Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx) Centers
The Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx) is a consortium of eight regional pollution prevention information centers, funded in part through grants from EPA. These centers all provide pollution prevention information, networking opportunities and other services to States, local governments and technical assistance providers in their region. The centers represent a broad constituency, including state and local pollution prevention programs, manufacturing extension partnerships, cooperative extension and nonprofit organizations. The diversity of audience contributes to an overall breadth of P2 information and opportunities.

For more information on the P2Rx Centers, visit their web site at http://www.p2rx.org. or read their Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange Fact Sheet

Small Business Assistance Centers
In November 1993, the EPA and the Small Business Administration got together to promote both economic growth and environmental compliance/pollution prevention through assistance to small businesses. EPA provided funds to the SBA for grants to support the development of 4 pilot environmental programs in state (IA, TX, VA and WI) Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs), as well as directly funding two state (in PA and VT) SBDC environmental pilot projects.

The goal of the projects was to involve SBDCs more actively in providing environmental assistance for the small businesses they serve. EPA prepared this study to assess the results of these projects, and to learn how the experience of these pilots might inform the design of future environmental assistance efforts.

Evaluation of SBDC Pilot Projects (6.64MB)

The executive summary of the Evaluation (13KB)

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