United States Communications, Education, EPA 175-B-97.001
Environmental Protection ‘And Publie Affairs December 1997
Agency (1704) vwwepa.gov
Terms Of Environment
Glossary, Abbreviations, and
Acronyms
(Revised December 1997)Introduction
Terms of Environment defines in non-technical language the more
commonly used environmental terms appearing in EPA publications, news
releases, and other Agency documents available to the general’ public,
students, the miedia, and Agency employees. The definitions do not
constitute the Agency’s official use of terms for regulatory purposes, and
nothing in this document should be constructed to alter or supplant any
other federal document. Official terminology may be found in the laws and
related regulations as published in such sources as the Congressional
Record, Federal Register, and elsewhere.
The terms selected for inclusion are derived from previously published
lists, internal glossaries: produced by various programs and specific
suggestions made by personnel in many Agency offices. The chemicals and
pesticides selected for inclusion are limited to those most frequently
referred to in Agency publications or that are the subject of major
regulatory or program activities.
Definitions or infotmation about substances or program activities not
included herein may be found in EPA libraries or scientific/technical
reference documents, or may be obtained from various program offices
Those with suggestions for future’editions should write to the Office of
Communications, Education, and Public Affairs, 1704, USEPA,
Washington, DC 20460-0001
Also available on http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms.
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