Businesses
If you're a business or small community, IDEM's Office of Compliance and Technical Assistance (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 Office of Compliance and Technical Assistance (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 assistance.
- 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 14000
- View latest information on this popular environmental management system and see a list of Indiana certified companies.
- Partners for Pollution Prevention
- Environmental Stewardship Program
- Toxic Release Inventory
- 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
- Auto Salvage Program
- Responsible Property Transfer Law
Other State Sites
- Indiana Economic Development Corporation
- Regulatory Ombudsman, (317) 232-8893
- Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division
- The Indiana Small Business Development Centers
Other Business Contacts
- Environmental Circuit Rider- Indiana Association of Cities and Towns (IACT)
- (317) 237-6200
- Northwest Indiana Forum
- (219) 763-6303
- Steel Environmental Group
- (219) 836-1000
- Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
- (248) 357-4717
- Indiana Drycleaning & Laundry Association
- (800) 401-0703
- Indiana Chamber of Commerce
- Environmental & Energy Policy, (317) 264-6881
- Small Business & Economic Development, (317) 264-6892
- Indiana Manufacturers Association
- (800) 462-7762
- Indiana Cast Metals Association
- (317) 974-1830
- Indiana Energy Association
- (317) 632-4406
- Indiana Coal Council, Inc.
- (317) 638-6997
- Indiana Petroleum Council
- (317) 639-2588
- Indiana Builders Association
- (800) 377-6334
