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Right from the Start: Pre-Permit Environmental Assistance

The Office of Technical Assistance's Right from the Start Program offers environmental technical and compliance assistance to new and expanding businesses to ensure that they adopt environmental best practices from the outset.

Right from the Start helps companies design pollution out of the process before the construction or modification phase. While better environmental designs may require an initial investment, the reduced toxics and materials use, and reduced environmental liability costs often lead to savings in the long-term -- while protecting workers, communities, and the environment.

What Right from the Start can offer your business

  • Confidential and free environmental assistance
  • Information on regulatory requirements
  • Access to training and business mentoring organizations like the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI)
  • Access to funding opportunities and incentive programs, such as grants and state-sponsored energy efficiency incentive programs from local utilities
  • Free technical support for equipment evaluation
  • Information on applied green chemistry practices, pollution prevention, and cleaner production technologies
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Contact OTA to learn more

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100 Cambridge Street, 10th Floor, Boston, MA 02114
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Call Office of Technical Assistance and Technology (OTA) at (617) 626-1060

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