1-877-AIR-IOWA Aids Nation’s Fastest Permit Issuance
You’re busy. So are we. That’s why we’ve not only dramatically streamlined how we process construction permits to have the fastest permit turnaround times in the nation, we’ve set up a phone number – 1-877-AIR IOWA – to help ensure you get your permit as quickly as possible.

Call 1-877-AIR-IOWA weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. before you submit your application, and one of our permit engineers will assist you to ensure the correct types of information, proper forms, correct emissions factors and other necessary items are all there. You will also get a good idea – some certainty – when your permit will be issued so you can get on with business!

You can also call to ask other construction permit related questions such as rule interpretation, applicability, etc.

How Are We So Fast?
We used the same technique businesses use to manage high volume processes – a Kaizen event, or Business Process Improvement – to work more efficiently. We think we are on the right track by offering the same high protection of Iowa’s good air quality, and quick service to business with some of the fastest permit issuance times anywhere in the United States.

Because we’ve streamlined how we process permits – cutting out delays and idle time when permits were not actively under review – we’re vastly more efficient. (Eighty one percent more efficient in issuing standard air construction permits!) We also learned that far too often, permit applications contain missing details that slow the process too. That’s where the phone hotline comes in.

So get set…ready… dial…to make sure that whatever the business pressure, you know your air permits are on the way.