Small Business Environmental Assistance Program

 
LDEQ's Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (SBEAP) provides environmental regulatory assistance and information to small businesses and communities.

A small business is defined as:

• 100 or fewer employees
• independently owned - not dominant in the field
• not a major facility
• not a publically traded company

SBEAP operates in accordance with the confidentiality option provided by the EPA Enforcement Response Policy, effective August 12, 1994, regarding Section 507 of the Clean Air Act. Under this policy, violations detected through assistance will be kept confidential.

Small Business Environmental Assistance – Concerning grants, loans, etc.

LDEQ's SBEAP helps the regulated community understand the environmental regulations that may affect them. SBEAP does not issue grants, loans, etc. Here are some other agencies that may be helpful:

• Louisiana Economic Development (LED) Small Business
• U.S. Small Business Administration SBA Louisiana District Office: (504) 589-6685
• Louisiana Small Business Development Center: 1-866-782-4159

CDX/NetDMR Assistance

SBEAP offers assistance with NetDMR. NetDMR is a web-based tool that allows facilities to electronically sign and submit LPDES discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) to the LDEQ. For information about NetDMR, click here.

• LDEQ's SBEAP staff can help permittees in setting up their CDX/NetDMR accounts in NetDMR. They will help the permittees one-on-one to establish their username and password at the CDX level and request access to their permit(s) at the NetDMR level. 

*Beginning August 16, 2024, CDX/NetDMR will have a new login process with LOGIN.GOV.* 

Click here for the new CDX-Login.gov Account Information Document with instructions 

Click here for the new CDX-Login.gov Account Information Only 

Click here for the Guidance Document: Step 2 (Signatory Only)

• LDEQ'S SBEAP staff can also assist CDX/NetDMR Account Holders in submitting their NetDMRs.  If you need NetDMR Submittal Assistance, click here for the Guidance Document: Entering DMR Data and here for Guidance Document: Signing & Submitting DMRs.

If you would like to suggest a CDX/NetDMR Assistance Session in your area/region in the future, please call the Small Business Hotline at (800) 259-2890 or email sbap@la.gov. 

Helpful Links

• National Small Business Environmental Assistance Program Flyer
• National Small Business Environmental Assistance Program Website
• Dry Cleaners Compliance Calendar 2025
• EDMS
• Enviroschool Upcoming Webinars
• Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permitting Information Video

Notification of Change Form for ALL MEDIA (Water Permits, Air Permits, Waste Permits): NOC-1 Form

The following forms need a resubmittal of the original form if there is a change within the facility, ownership, etc.:

• Notification Form for Industrial Generators and Transporters of Solid Waste
• Solid Waste Notification Form for Collection Facilities, Non-Processing Transfer Stations, and Best Management Practices Plans
• State of Louisiana Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity Form (HW-1)
• Waste Tire Generator Notification Form

Regulations

Environmental Air Regulations

Abrasive Blasting

Auto Body Shops

Bakeries, Breweries, Wineries, Distilleries

Chemical Formulators and Manufacturers

Crematories and Funeral Homes

Decorative Chromium Electroplating

Dry Cleaners

Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics

Gasoline Bulk Plants

Gasoline Stations

General Contractors

Individual Sewage Treatment

Oil and Gas Production

Ready-Mix Concrete Hot Mix Asphalt Plant

Refrigeration AC

Rice Dry Feeder Mills

Shipyards and Surface Coating Operations

Wood Refinishers