The Environmental Assistance Office is a partnership of staff focused primarily on non-regulatory programs. The Office provides guidance to permit applicants, offers environmental compliance assistance to Vermont businesses and municipalities, provides recognition programs for green businesses in Vermont, and provides assistance to municipal household hazardous waste programs. Staff assists businesses, communities, state agencies, and others to identify effective and economical ways to reduce waste at the source in order to avoid waste treatment and disposal costs and to safeguard human health and the environment.  Regional staff provide permit assistance with DEC programs and others.

		Permit Assistance Do You Need A State Permit? The Environmental Assistance Office has Permit Specialists located in the Agency of Natural Resources - Regional Environmental Offices who can help you answer that question. more >>
		Business Compliance Assistance Does your business have environmental compliance questions? The Small Business Compliance Assistance Program (SBCAP) has the answers. The SBCAP provides no-cost, confidential compliance assistance to Vermont businesses. Contact the SBCAP to ask a question or to arrange an on-site compliance review. more >>
		Municipal Compliance Assistance Is your Town in compliance with environmental regulations? Most towns have limited resources available to deal with environmental compliance issues. The Municipal Compliance Assistance Program (MCAP) provides no-cost, confidential compliance assistance to Vermont municipalities. Contact the MCAP to ask a question or to arrange an on-site compliance review. more >>
		Pollution Prevention Planning & Assistance Companies subject to Vermont's Pollution Prevention Planning law should complete and submit their Annual Progress Report by March 31, 2013. Electronic versions of the Annual Progress Report forms are also available. more >>
		2013 Vermont Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence The application period has ended for the 2013 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence. The annual awards honor the actions taken by Vermonters to conserve and protect natural resources, prevent pollution, and promote sustainability. more >>
		Business Environmental Partnership The Vermont Business Environmental Partnership is sponsored by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and the Vermont Small Business Development Center. The goals of the Partnership are to achieve greater environmental and economic performance and to promote public recognition of environmental excellence. more >>
		Green Hotels in the Green Mountain State Vermont's Green Hotels and Environmental Partners are using sound environmental management practices to reduce their impacts on the environment, improve their bottom line and satisfy customer demand for environmentally conscious lodging establishments. The Green Hotels in the Green Mountain State program provides assistance to Innkeepers desiring to achieve these goals. more >>
		Mercury Education & Reduction Campaign The Mercury Education & Reduction Campaign (MERC) was developed by EAO to increase awareness of the environmental and health impacts of mercury and to reduce mercury pollution at its source. MERC also administers Vermont's mercury-added product labeling law. more >>
		Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E)     On June 24, 1998, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a landmark agreement to advance pollution prevention efforts in our nation's health care facilities. From this agreement came Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E), a voluntary program for facilities committed to reducing the impact of their operations on the environment. The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and H2E are working together to expand the nationwide initiative to include hospitals and other health care facilities in the state of Vermont.

On 2/4/2013
former Waterbury Staff covered by this website relocated to the National Life Campus:

1 National Life Dr.,
Davis 1
Montpelier, VT 05620