Business Resources
Please select a resource below to find out more:
“Go Green” Business Support
Business Environmental Resource Center
One-stop, non-regulatory office helping businesses understand and comply with environmental requirements
Environmental Services Center
Provide permit and license assistance and promote compliance with environmental laws
State of California Trade and Commerce Agency
One-Stop Agency for business advice, including help with complying with State environmental regulations
Our Green Community
Learn and act on what you find out, for the good of the Sacramento region, our local quality of life—
and the big blue planet we all call home
Business Environmental Resource Center (BERC)
10425 Norden Avenue
Mather, CA 95655-1101
(located within the former Mather AFB)
(916) 364-4110
www.sacberc.org
The BERC is a one-stop, non-regulatory office helping businesses understand and comply with local, state, and federal air quality, hazardous materials/waste, solid waste, and water quality regulations. The center also acts as an ombudsman for businesses having difficulty with environmental regulatory issues. Other services include permit assistance and information about costs savings through waste minimization. Services are free and confidential.
Environmental Services Center
1001 I Street, First Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
(located in the California Environmental Protection Agency building)
(916) 332-7394
www.calgold.ca.gov
The Environmental Services Center is part of the State of California Permit Assistance Center program and is designed promote compliance with environmental laws. These centers provide permit and license assistance covering all levels of government.
State of California Trade and Commerce Agency
Office of Permit Assistance
801 K Street, Suite 1700
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 322-4245
This office serves as a One-Stop Agency for busines’s advice, including help with complying with State environmental regulations. The State also publishes a permit handbook which describes over 40 major permits issued by State agencies for projects affecting the environment.
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OurGreenCommunity.org was launched because the SMUD Board of Directors recognized the potential impact on not only the world but particularly on the Sacramento region served by the locally owned electric utility. In underwriting the Web site and supporting community efforts for a greener Sacramento, SMUD is providing a way for us all to take change into our own hands.
Here you'll find some of the information you need to get started, to learn and to act on what you find out, for the good of the Sacramento region, our local quality of life - and the big blue planet we all call home.



