Welcome to EPA New England's enforcement and assistance home page -- your guide to programs working to protect human health and the environment by increasing compliance with environmental laws while promoting pollution prevention and innovative solutions to today's environmental problems.
Use the links below, the A-Z Index or the Search function to access information about
- Enforcement
- Compliance Assistance & Pollution Prevention
- Environmental Management Systems
- Innovation
- Environmental Technologies
Enforcement
Monitoring compliance with environmental laws and regulations and pursuing action against those who violate them, enforcement helps return violators to compliance, eliminate or prevent environmental harm, deter others from misconduct, and preserve a level playing field for those working to abide by the law. More information »
Compliance Assistance & Pollution Prevention
- Regional
Sectors - National
Assistance- Compliance Assistance Centers
- Environmental Compliance Assistance Platform (EnvCAP)
- EPA Hotlines
- Healthy Schools
- Sector Notebooks
- Compliance Assistance by Statute
- Federal Facilities
- Financing for Environmental Compliance
- Small Business Gateway
- Small Business Environmental Home page
- National Priorities
- Using an Integrated Approach
- CA Compass
- CA Measures
- Measuring CA Outcomes
- Pollution
Prevention - Small
Business - Incentive
Programs - Other
Information
Helping industry, institutions, and government to meet their compliance requirements and improve efficiency through pollution prevention. Assistance may focus on a specific law or address the issues of a particular audience or sector. More information »
Environmental Management Systems
An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a set of processes and procedures that helps an organization analyze, control and reduce its environmental impact. An EMS can help an organization operate with greater efficiency and reduce costs while maintaining or even going beyond compliance obligations.
Innovation
EPA New England develops and tests new approaches to solving environmental problems. Conducted jointly with state and local partners, environmental and community groups, and industry, projects are designed to overcome regulatory barriers, motivate and reward top environmental performers, encourage pollution prevention, and reduce costs.
Environmental Technologies
Environmental Technologies are critical as we seek new ways to effectively and economically treat, reduce, and prevent pollution. The Center for Environmental Industry and Technology (CEIT) was established by EPA to promote the acceptance of innovative environmental technologies for solving environmental problems. CEIT offers solutions to environmental problems through its Technology Connection and Innovative Technology Inventory. It also assists technology developers in locating government funding and resources. Visit CEIT’s website to learn more about environmental technologies and access a range of resources.