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SBEAP Publications: Newsletters, Calendars and Guides

Newsletter: Small Business Enterprise

The Small Business Enterprise is a quarterly newsletter that covers compliance issues, pollution prevention and training. Plus, subscribers can get timely updates through GovDelivery.

Recent issues

News from the Small Business Environmental Assistance Program
Inside: Green funding - Minneapolis grants for greening up auto maintenance; Rule watch - Revised federal boiler and stationary engines standards #MNPCA_24
2013 - Spring
Inside: MPCA offers business assistance to reduce BPA; free energy assessments for small businesses; Mpls grants for dry cleaners switching from toxic perc; Mpls grants for auto maintenance; Charging while you work: A new guide for expanding workplace electric vehicle charging; 30 seconds and a gallon jug could save your commercial kitchen over $400/yr; Business news from MNTAP; Kare 11 featuring green business challenge

Small Business Enterprise Newsletter: Past issues

Small Business Enterprise: 2012 - Fall
Inside: Better maintenance of paved surfaces; Industrial Stormwater update; MPCA Grant Opportunity – reducing BPA in thermal papers; Study shows workers at "green" companies more productive; NPPR 2025 Safer Chemistry Challenge Program webinars; DfE safer chemicals list; EPA identifies substitutes for toxic flame-retardant chemical
Small Business Enterprise: 2012 - Summer
Inside: Small business highlight: Eco-friendly REI; Fairview reduces waste at the source; A new look for the Minnesota Materials Exchange; EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winner - small business; All new grain elevator page
Small Business Enterprise: Business funding and a RICE rule webinar
Inside: MPCA Environmental Assistance Grants (due June 14); Workplace Charging for Electric Vehicles (due May 22); June Webinars on Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE) #MNPCA_24
Small Business Enterprise: 2012 - Spring
Inside: Industrial stormwater—are you monitoring?; Helping truckers save money and clean up the air; Energy efficiency at a metal fabricator; Minnesota Business First Stop launched; New SBEAP regulatory tools; Resourceful Waste Management Guide updated #MNPCA_24
Small Business Enterprise: Green funding opportunities
Inside: RFQ solicitation for assistance providers; Workplace charging of electric vehicles; Reusable transport packaging funding; MPCA GreenCorps accepting applications; MPCA Environmental Assistance Loan program #MNPCA_24
Small Business Enterprise: 2012 - Winter
Inside: Safer Chemistry Challenge Program; Parking lots on a low-salt diet; EI awards now open; Switch out T12 fluorescents now; EPA approves alt. refrigerants; New regulatory resources; Emissions Inventory reporting delayed #MNPCA_24
Small Business Enterprise: 2011 - Fall
Inside: Industrial stormwater sampler; Green Chemistry in action: Salo Manufacturing; Burning used oil for heat; Online emission inventory reporting coming soon; Funding opportunities #MNPCA_24
Small Business Enterprise: 2011 - Summer
Inside: MPCA permit streamlining; NESHAP updates: 6H and 6X; MEI Award Winner: Mustard Seed Garden Center; Governors Award Winner: Public Pools Initiative; Events; Enterprise survey - Share your story!
Small Business Enterprise: 2011 - Spring
Inside: Greening your supply chain; New boiler rules; New pesticide permit; Priority toxic chemicals from DOH; Pallet film recycling; e-subscribe for funding and event information; Green action survey
Small Business Enterprise: 2010 - Fall
Inside: NESHAP updates; Green business certifications; Air permit success story; New GreenStep Cities program; Environmental assistance grants available; Compliance calendars; MnTAP internships applications
Small Business Enterprise: 2010 - Summer
Inside: Solar array at local body shop; Metal plating/polishing NESHAP; Proposed stormwater rule for developers, Governors award applications; GHG “Tailoring Rule” for small sources; MnTAP interns to present findings; Industrial stormwater permit update
Small Business Enterprise: 2010 - Spring
Inside: New air and water fees final; Revised air rule for existing engines; ISW permit effective; Local cleaner recognized; plastic bag recycling in greater Minnesota; Ultraviolet finishes; Consider green product design
Small Business Enterprise: 2010 - Winter
Inside: Problem plastics recycling options; 2010 Compliance calendars available; Industrial stormwater program update and training; Printing process certification comparisons; Small business focus: Larkin Industries #MNPCA_24
Small Business Enterprise: 2009 - Fall
Inside: Green grants and loans; Small business program spotlight: Notch Manufacturing cuts permit fees; Information for wood burners everywhere; Where is your wash water going?; Rule watch: New climate change rule for large sources; EPA clarification for dry cleaning equipment
Small Business Enterprise: 2009 - Summer
Inside: MnTAP Interns Present P2 Findings; New Pre-Demolition Rule; Solar Panel Leasing for Businesses; Resort Owner Participates in MPCA Monitoring Program; Industrial Stormwater Permit on Public Notice

Receive the Small Business Enterprise

To help reduce paper waste, the Small Business Enterprise newsletter is available through e-mail. Sign up for the newsletter and other important small business email updates through our subscriber page. For paper copies, please contact Angela Bourdaghs at 651-757-2176.

Compliance calendars

Compliance calendars can be used to keep records and log inspections, keep you up to date on regulations affecting your business, and provide great ideas for pollution prevention and waste reduction (and related cost savings).

To request a free calendar, call the SBEAP hotline at 651-282-6143 or 800-657-3938.

Download and print a calendar. Note: to print like a calendar, set your print properties to "flip up" the pages.

2013 calendars

2013 Aboveground Storage Tanks (p-sbap5-01)
2013 Aggregate Facilities (p-sbap5-02) . For additional resources, visit the aggregate sector page.
2013 Compliance Calendar: Dry Cleaners (p-sbap5-04) .

Out of print

These calendars will not be updated, but you can print out monthly log sheets to help with your recordkeeping.

The construction stormwater permit will be reissued in mid-2013 and is likely to have different requirements. Until then, you can use the 2012 calendar (p-sbap5-06) .
2012 Hot Mix Asphalt Plants (p-sbap5-05)
2012 Vehicle Maintenance (p-sbap5-03) . Hazardous waste fact sheet #2.41, Documenting Weekly Inspections (w-hw2-41) , can be used instead. See the hazardous waste publication page for fact sheets on specific vehicle wastes.

Environmental Guide for Small Businesses in Minnesota

This guide was created for small manufacturers as a user-friendly guide to Minnesota's environmental regulations. The goal is to give you enough information to quickly determine whether your business is subject to a regulation and where to go for more help.