State SBEAPs work with multiple industries on sector-specific environmental regulations. Industry sector resources are intended to provide small business clients with new ideas or solutions to some of their sector-specific challenges. Use the list below to identify these resources and/or consult the National Compliance Assistance Centers or Gateway to State Resource Locators. If you need additional help, your state SBEAP is your environmental compliance resource. Additional resources on general sustainability and sustainability by industry sector are also available.
Agriculture
- EPA Regulations for Agriculture Sector
- EPA Smart Sectors- Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- US EPA Agriculture, Sustainability
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Animal & Veterinary
- U.S. House Committee on Agriculture
Aircraft
- EPA Smart Sectors- Aerospace
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Federal Interagency Committee on Aviation Noise
Aluminum
Chemicals
- Emergency Planning for Chemical Spills
- EPA Smart Sectors- Chemical Manufacturing
- Safer Choice
- US DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office, Chemicals
- U.S. EPA Green Chemistry
- U.S. EPA Toxic Release Inventory
Automotive
- Auto Body sector page
- Auto Recycling Compliance Assistance Center
- Auto Repair Compliance Assistance Center
Construction
Die Casting
Dry Cleaning
- Dry Cleaning sector page
- Dry cleaner rules
- Dry cleaner compliance calendars
- NSPS JJJ dry cleaning determination
- State Coalition for Remediation of Drycleaners
Electric/Power/Energy
Electronics/Computers
Electroplating
Fiberglass Operations
Foods
Forest Products
Furniture
General Small Business
Hospitals/Medical
- Assisted Living/Nursing Home Compliance Assistance Center
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Dental Office Compliance Assistance Center
- ENERGY STAR for Healthcare
- Healthcare Environmental Resource Center
- National Institutes of Health
- National Library of Medicine
- PubMed
- Practice Greenhealth
- Practice Greenhealth, Pharmaceutical Waste
- US EPA Pacific Southwest, Region 9 - Hospital Pollution Prevention
- US EPA Partnership for Sustainable Heathcare
- Veterinary Compliance Assistance - VetCA
- Washington Department of Ecology - Pharmaceutical Waste
Hotels
Iron and Steel
Janitorial
Laboratories and Schools
Landscaping
Local Government
Lubricants
Lumber and Wood
Machining
Marine/Shipyard
Related sector resources and associations
- EPA Smart Sectors- Ports and Maritime Transportation
- Green Marina Education and Outreach Project
- Port Compliance.org - Environmental Compliance for Port Tenants and Authorities
- U.S. Coast Guard
Metal Finishing
- Metal Fabrication and Finishing sector page
- Plating and Polishing sector page
- Surface Technology Environmental Resource Center
Mining
Painting and Coating
- Painting and Coating sector page
- Paints & Coatings Resource Center
- US EPA Outdoor Air, Painting and Coating Operations
Pesticides
Petroleum Refining
- Environmental Compliance Information for Energy Extraction
- EPA Smart Sectors- Oil and Gas
- US DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office, Petroleum Refining
Pharmaceuticals
Plastics
Printing and Photoprocessing
Pulp and Paper
Recreation
Recycling
Related sector resources and associations
Retail
Rubber
Solvents/Cleaning
Stone/Clay/Glass/Concrete
Textiles/Textile Services
Transportation
- EPA Smart Sectors- Ports and Maritime Transportation
- pedbikeinfo.org, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
- National Transportation Safety Board
- Transportation and Air Quality (EPA)
- Transportation Environmental Resource Center
- U.S. Department of Transportation
Used Oil