Pesticides

Pesticides

Any chemical or substance used to kill or inhibit the growth of pests that damage or interfere with the growth of crops, shrubs, tress, timber and other vegetation useful to humans.

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Land application

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Discharge of wastewater onto the ground for treatment or reuse. (See: irrigation.)

Land ban

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Phasing out of land disposal of most untreated hazardous wastes, as mandated by the 1984 RCRA amendments.

Litter

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

1. The highly visible portion of solid waste carelessly discarded outside the regular garbage and trash collection and disposal system. 2. leaves and twigs fallen from forest trees.

Littoral zone

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

1. That portion of a body of fresh water extending from the shoreline lakeward to the limit of occupancy of rooted plants. 2. A strip of land along the shoreline between the high and low water ...

In the asbestos program, an educational agency at the local level that exists primarily to operate schools or to contract for educational services, including primary and secondary public and private ...

Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A committee appointed by the state emergency response commission, as required by SARA Title III, to formulate a comprehensive emergency plan for its jurisdiction.