The mission of the DEQ's Small Business/Small Community Assistance Program (SB/SCAP) is to provide environmental regulatory assistance and information to small businesses and small communities.

The vision of the SB/SCAP is to make environmental compliance and pollution prevention assistance and information available to every small business and small community in Louisiana that can benefit from it.

The SB/SCAP is dedicated to:

• Assisting in understanding complex federal and state regulations in all environmental media, and providing advice on how to comply with them;
• Assisting in understanding the rights and obligations of small businesses with respect to regulations;
• Identifying emission sources and pollutants;
• Estimating emissions at each source for inventory questionnaires;
• Preparing environmental permit applications and exemptions;
• Developing pollution and prevention plans;
• Assisting newly permitted facilities in understanding their responsibilities;
• Assisting small communities and municipalities in resolving environmental issues, and
• Providing support and resources to LDEQ's Community Industry Relations Group.