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Vocabulary Name	Publishing Organization	Topics
Underground Storage Tank Sites Guide Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Underground Storage Tanks	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance, Water	Description: This glossary is from an EPA report titled "Expedited Site Assessment Tools for Underground Storage Tank Sites: A Guide For Regulators" (EPA 510-B-97-001) March 1997. The expedited site assessment (ESA) process is a framework for rapidly characterizing underground storage tank (UST) site conditions for corrective action decisions. This concept has been described with other names including: accelerated site characterization, rapid site characterization, and expedited site investigation.
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Sites Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Underground Storage Tanks	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Water	Description: Glossary of relevant terms for recovery of free product below the ground surface. This glossary is from an EPA report title "How to Effectively Recover Free Product at Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Sites: A Guide for State Regulators" (EPA 510-R-96-001).
Measuring Recycling Guidance Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Solid Waste	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Policy & Guidance, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Standard definitions for terms used in recycling management. These terms and definitions are from the EPA report titled "Measuring Recycling: A Guide for State and Local Governments" (EPA530-R-97-011).
Reducing Solid Waste: Reusable Vocabulary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery/Program Management, Communications and Analysis Office	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Commonly used environmental terms relevant to reuse and recycling.
Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management	Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: Defines some of the most commonly used terms for waste and cleanup risk assessment programs
RCRA Glossary of Terms	Region 8/Solid and Hazardous Waste Program	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance	Description: Common terms used to describe the EPA Region 8 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Program
Superfund for Students and Teachers Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management	Health & Safety, Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: These words and phrases are scientific, medical, or environmental terms used in the Haz-Ed materials.
Underground Injection Control Glossary	Office of Water/Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Water	Description: Glossary of terms used for the Underground Injection Control Program.
Superfund Reforms Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation	Health & Safety, Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders	Description: Terms commonly used in the Superfund Reforms program.
Comprehensive Procurement Guideline Program Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance	Description: Defines terms common to the Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) program.
RCRA State Authorization Terms & Topics	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders	Description: Glossary of terms and topics used frequently when dealing with RCRA state authorization.
Paper Recycling Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: Glossary of paper recycling terms
UST / LUST Glossary	Region 10/Office of Compliance and Enforcement/Groundwater Unit	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Water	Description: Glossary supporting Region 10 Underground Storage Tank/Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program
Land Disposal Restrictions Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Land Disposal Restrictions Program	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Policy & Guidance	Description: Terms applied in the Land Disposal Restrictions program
Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation	Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: Glossary of terms and acronyms associated with abandoned mine lands. The terms in this glossary should not be used for regulatory compliance purposes.
Environmental Insurance and Risk Management Tools Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Policy & Guidance	Description: Terms used by the environmental insurance industry, transactional specialists, and other parties involved in using environmental insurance or risk management tools.
Superfund and RCRA Corrective Action Institutional Controls Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance	Description: Glossary of terms to provide guidance for corrective action for Superfund and RCRA Institutional Controls. This glossary can be found in the fact sheet "Institutional Controls: A Site Manager's Guide to Identifying, Evaluating and Selecting Institutional Controls at Superfund and RCRA Corrective Action Cleanups" (EPA 540-F-00-005)
Region 5 Cleanup Sites Glossary	Region 5/Office of the Regional Administrator	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Water	Description: Glossary of terms for the Lower Fox River and Green Bay Superfund site in Green Bay, WI.
RCRA Corrective Action Terms and Acronyms	Region 3/Land and Chemicals Division	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Policy & Guidance	Description: Terms and acronyms that support the RCRA Corrective Action Program which focuses on investigation and cleanup of facilities that manage hazardous waste.
Septic Systems Glossary	Office of Water/Office of Wastewater Management	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Water	Description: Glossary contains terms commonly used in the wastewater treatment field.
Region 5 Cleanup Site: Environmental Glossary	Region 5/Office of the Regional Administrator	Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: Glossary of common words and abbreviations about the Kalamazoo River Superfund site in Allegan and Kalamazoo counties.
Underground Injection Control Terms	Region 5/Office of the Regional Administrator	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Water	Description: Terms used in the Underground Injection Control Program
RCRA Corrective Action Site Progress Profile Definitions	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery	Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: Definitions of terms related to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action Site Progress
Brownfields Profile Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization	Land, Waste, & Cleanup
Universal Waste: Glossary of Regulatory Terms	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders	Description: A list of key terms relating to universal hazardous waste.
Corrective Action 101 Key Terms	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery	Enforcement & Compliance, Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: A list of important concepts and definitions that relate to corrective action.
Superfund Acronyms	Office of Land and Emergency Management	Health & Safety, Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: List of acronyms related to the Superfund Program.
RCRA Orientation Manual 2014 Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance	Description: Glossary of terms used in the RCRA Orientation Manual 2014
Waste Reduction Model (WARM) Definitions and Acronyms	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery	Climate Change, Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: A list of definitions for words and acronyms used in the Waste Reduction Model documentation.
Office of Underground Storage Tanks Technical Terms	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Underground Storage Tanks	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance, Water	Description: Glossary of technical terms derived from the evaluation of alternative cleanup technologies
RCRA Corrective Action Event Codes	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery	Emergencies, Enforcement & Compliance, Information Management/Systems, Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Policy & Guidance
Superfund Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation	Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: Common terms in Superfund and their definitions.
Hazard Ranking System Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI)	Health & Safety, Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: Glossary of Hazard Ranking System Training Course.
EPA ExpoBox Terminology	Office of Research and Development	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Ecosystems, Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Science & Research	Description: Definitions for terms referenced on the EPA-Expo-Box website. Definitions were obtained from multiple sources. Sources include the Exposure Factors Handbook: 2011 Edition and the 1992 Guidelines for Exposure Assessment, among others.
Web Taxonomy-Industries	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	General Environmental, Information Management/Systems, Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: Industry that is covered by or related to the content.
Web Taxonomy-Environmental Media Topics	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Air, Information Management/Systems, Land, Waste, & Cleanup	Description: "Extensible list of topics related to environmental media--air

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