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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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Gross power-generation potential
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
The installed power generation capacity that landfill gas can support.
Ground Water Under the Direct Influence (UDI) of Surface Water
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Any water beneath the surface of the ground with: 1. significant occurence of insects or other microorganisms, algae, or large-diameter pathogens; 2. significant and relatively rapid shifts in water ...
Ground-penetrating radar
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A geophysical method that uses high frequency electromagnetic waves to obtain subsurface information.
Ground-water discharge
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Ground water entering near coastal waters which has been contaminated by landfill leachate, deep well injection of hazardous wastes, septic tanks, etc.
Ground-water disinfection rule
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A 1996 amendment of the Safe Drinking Water Act requiring EPA to promulgate national primary drinking water regulations requiring disinfection as for all public water systems, including surface ...
Fumigant
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
A pesticide vaporised to kill pests. Used in buildings and greenhouses.
Functional equivalent
Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides
Term used to describe EPA's decision-making process and its relationship to the environmental review conducted under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). A review is considered functionally ...
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