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.
The intent was to identify and clean up hazardous waste sites first, and then to litigate to recover costs. This law gave EPA strong powers to encourage private parties (PRPs) to clean up sites. Concentration Amount of a material per unit volume.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of certain inactive hazardous waste sites. The list is produced and updated periodically by the EPA. See "Superfund". Odor threshold The lowest concentration of a chemical that can be smelled.
National Priorities List or NPL The US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) list of hazardous waste sites eligible for long-term environmental clean-up under the federal Superfund program.
Early Action: An action which is taken when a hazardous waste site may become a threat to humans or the environment in the near future.
CERCLA, also known as Superfund, is the federal law that concerns the removal or cleanup of hazardous substances in the environment and at hazardous waste sites.
The principal screening tool used by EPA to evaluate risks to public health and the environment associated with abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.
CERCLA An Act of Congress, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, which authorizes EPA to manage the cleanup of abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. Also known as Superfund.
Hazardous Ranking System: The principal screening tool used by EPA to evaluate risks to public health and the environment associated with abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.
In Mississippi, Jesus People Against Pollution brought together local churchgoers to pressure authorities to clean-up local toxic waste sites.
The people who live and/or work near a hazardous waste site.
Affinity
A chemical attraction or force that causes the atoms of certain elements or compounds to combine with atoms of another element or compound and remain in the combined state.
Monitoring Wells: Special wells drilled at specific locations within, or surrounding, a hazardous waste site where groundwater can be sampled at selected depths and studied to obtain such information as the direction in which groundwater flows and ...
1.The people who live and/or work near a hazardous waste site. 2. The human population adversely impacted following exposure to a toxic pollutant in food, water, air, or soil.
Afterburner ...
affected public The people who live and or work near a hazardous waste site.
affidavit A written statement made voluntarily under oath. An affidavit may be made (a) on personal knowledge, or (b) on information and belief.
A means of evaluating hazardous waste sites through preliminary assessments and site inspections to develop a Hazard Ranking System score.
Slow Sand Filtration ...
national priorities list (NPL) : EPA's list of the most serious uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites identified for possible long-term remedial action under Superfund.
Site Assessment Program: A means of evaluating hazardous waste sites through preliminary assessments and site inspections to develop a Hazard Ranking System score.
Leachates are liquids that have seeped through waste sites.
Lead-free Petrol is vehicle fuel that does not contain tetraethyl lead a compound added to stop "knocking" or "pinking".
Superfund (federal and state) - The federal and state programs to investigate and clean up inactive hazardous waste sites.
Target organ - An organ (such as the liver or kidney) that is specifically affected by a toxic chemical.
U.S. EPA's list of the top priority hazardous waste sites in the country that are subject to the Superfund program.
Negative Declaration ...
Trust Fund (CERCLA)- A fund set up under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) to help pay for cleanup of hazardous waste sites and for legal action to force those responsible for the sites to clean them up.
CERCLA: Comprehensive Environment Response, Compensation and Liability Act. Also known as SUPERFUND. The Act gave EPA the authority to clean up abandoned, leaky hazardous waste sites ...
Generators were required to report to the EPA any facility at which hazardous wastes are, or have been, treated, stored, or disposed. The intent was to identify and clean up hazardous waste sites first, and then to litigate to recover costs.
risk of adverse noncancer health effects over a specified duration of exposure: this substance specific estimate is used by ATSDR health assessors to identify contaminants and potential health effects that may be of concern at hazardous waste sites.
Superfund. Federal law which authorizes EPA to manage the clean-up of abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.
remedial action Work done at a hazardous waste site to clean up or control the contamination found at the site. respiratory system A body's system for breathing, including the nose, throat, and lungs.
 See also: Waste, Environment, Hazard, Air, Environmental
  
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