Site-specific Emission Factors
The average release rates of a given pollutant that has been determined by an individual facility using their own specific emission-testing data and source-activity information.
Site Safety Plan
A crucial element in all removal actions, it includes information on equipment being used, precautions to be taken, and steps to take in the event of an on-site emergency.
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(1) In ecology, an area described or defined by its biotic, climatic, and soil conditions in relation to its capacity to produce vegetation.
Site Inspection: The collection of information from a Superfund site to determine the extent and severity of hazards posed by the site. It follows and is more extensive than a preliminary assessment.
site assessment program A means of evaluating hazardous waste sites through preliminary assessments and site inspections to develop a Hazard Ranking System score.
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The regulatory and technical process by which hazardous waste sites are identified and investigated, and cleanup alternatives are developed, analyzed, decided upon and applied.
waste site - dumping ground.
waste stream - overall waste disposal cycle for a given population.
waterborne contaminants - unhealthy chemicals, microorganisms (like bacteria) or radiation, found in tap water.
binding site The part of the antibody molecule that will specifically bind antigen.
Defense Site Environmental Restoration Tracking System (DSERTS)
A computer based system used to track environmental restoration activities at active installations.
Site and soil characteristics, combined with disturbances (human or natural) act to control the plant survival, health, density, and growth.
SITE DESIGN
Brownfields - sites that have environmental contaminants . The use of brownfields typically reduces land cost by using land which is less desirable.
Site design which utilizes a combination of narrow and wide lots to offer a varied streetscape.
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Site used to dispose of solid wastes without environmental controls.
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Site remediation The process of cleaning up a hazardous waste disposal site that has either been abandoned or that those responsible either refuse to cleanup or are financially unable to cleanup.
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A site in electrolysis where metal goes into solution as a cation leaving behind an equivalent of electrons to be transferred to an opposite electrode, called a cathode.
Aquatic
Growing in water, living in water, or frequenting water.
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The location of an unexpected occurrence, failure or loss, either at a plant or along a transportation route, resulting in a release of hazardous materials.
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Landfill site
usually a large hole in the ground, such as an old quarry or mine. Can also be an area where rubbish is piled above ground and covered, creating a hill, which will be covered in grass, a process known as landraising.
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Collection site: A stream, lake, reservoir, or other body of water fed by water drained from a watershed.
Condensation: The process in the hydrologic cycle by which a vapor becomes a liquid; the opposite of evaporation.
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A land site where wastes are discarded in a disorderly or haphazard fashion without regard to protecting the environment. Uncontrolled dumping is an indiscriminate and illegal form of waste disposal.
Environmental Site Assessment
The process of determining whether contamination is present on a parcel of real property.
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Site possessing historical, archaeological, architectural, technological, aesthetic, scientific, spiritual, social, traditional, or other special cultural significance associated with human activity.
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Adaptive Reuse The process of renovating a building or site to include elements that allow a particular use or uses to occupy a space for purposes other than those initially intended.
An on-site review of the water source, facilities, equipment, operation, and maintenance of a public water system for the purpose of evaluating the adequacy of the facilities for producing and distributing safe drinking water.
The hole was discovered over an observation site in Antarctica by J.C. Farman, B.G. Gardiner and J.D. Shanklin.
potentially responsible party Any individual or company--including owners, operators, transporters, or generators--potentially responsible for or contributing to a spill or other contamination at a Superfund site.
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allochthony refers to something being formed else-where and transported to the site in question; allochthonous, adj.
allotrophy pertains to the main source of chemical energy in an ecosystem coming from outside ...
IPPC - Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control: as well as being the title of a European Directive, this is an approach to controlling (through regulation and operating permits) all environmentally-damaging emissions from an industrial site ...
Sanitary Landfill: solid waste disposal site where waste is spread in layers, compacted, and covered with soil or other cover materials each day to minimize pest, aesthetic, disease, air pollution, and water pollution problems.
Public health hazard categories are statements about whether people could be harmed by conditions present at the site in the past, present, or future. One or more hazard categories might be appropriate for each site.
Expected Peak Day Concentration (EPDC): A calculated value that represents the concentration expected to occur at a particular site once per year, on average.
Remediation: Correction or improvement of a problem, such as work that is done to clean up or stop the release of chemicals from a contaminated site. After investigation of a site, remedial work may include removing soil ...
It may be through factories being located on it and, at some stage, factory wastes either draining from the factory area into the soil, or toxic wastes being buried around the factory site.
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Gaging station: The site on a stream, lake or canal where hydrologic data is collected.
Gallon: A unit that is now almost entirely out of date. It is equivalent to 3.785 liters.
Point source. A specific site from which waste or polluted water is discharged into a water body, the source of which is identified. See also: non-point source.
Potable water. Suitable and safe for drinking.
A site-specific risk assessment of the actual or potential danger to human health or welfare and the environment from the release of hazardous substances or waste.
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This is a great glossary for green environmental terminology. Some great additions to your list also.
LANDFILL A private or municipal site where non-hazardous solid or municipal waste is buried.
LB Light bulbs.
LD Lead.
Organisation is a company, corporation, firm, entreprise, site, authority or institution, or part or combination thereof, whether in corporate or not, public or private, that has its own functions and administration. (ISO 14001: 1996 definition 3.
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results from injury to the anterior part of the spinal cord, causing weakness and loss of pain and thermal sensations below the injury site but preservation of proprioception that is usually carried in the posterior part of the spinal cord.
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