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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.
Safe Drinking Water Act Glossary	Office of Water/Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water	Health & Safety, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Water	Description: Definitions to help consumers quickly understand drinking water-related terms in the context of their daily lives
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation: Definitions	National Archives and Records Administration/Office of the Federal Register	Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Water	Description: These definitions come from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40 (Protection of Environment), Chapter I - Environmental Protection Agency, Subchapter D - Water Programs, Part 142 - National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation, subpart a - General Provisions, 142.2 - Definitions
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
Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms	Office of Water/Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water	Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance, Water	Description: A dictionary of technical and legal terms related to drinking water.
Asbestos Hazard and Emergency Response Act Terms	Region 2	Air, Emergencies, Health & Safety, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders	Description: Glossary of terms relevant to the Asbestos Hazard and Emergency Response Act (AHERA)
Total Maximum Daily Loads (303d) Glossary	Office of Water/Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water	Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance, Water	Description: Terms that support the 303(d) list of impaired and threatened waters from the Clean Water Act
Docket-Related Terms	Office of Mission Support/Office of Enterprise Information Programs/Regulatory Support Division	Information Management/Systems, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance	Description: This glossary is associated with the EPA Dockets Center. EPA dockets provide the public with access to agency information in a wide variety of rulemaking and non-rulemaking areas. Dockets serve as a source of current and historical information on agency activities, including comments received from to public to inform agency decisions.
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.
Environmental Justice Key Terms	Region 7	Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders	Description: EPA Region 7 information on environmental justice program
Comprehensive Procurement Guideline Program Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery	Land, Waste, & Cleanup, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance	Description: Defines terms common to the Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) program.
Section 508: Accessibility Glossary	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analysis Services Division	Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance	Description: Glossary of terms for the Section 508 Accessibility site with some definitions from the 508 standards.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Terms	Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights	Enforcement & Compliance, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance	Description: Terms encompassing various techniques for resolving conflict outside of court using a neutral third party. Of the different ADR approaches available, EPA New England relies primarily on mediation and facilitation.
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.
Air Permitting Terms	Region 9/Air Program	Air, Enforcement & Compliance, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders	Description: Definitions of selected permitting terms
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)
Grants and Debarment Glossary	Office of Mission Support/Office of Grants and Debarment	Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance	Description: Glossary of terms to support the Grants and Debarment Training for Non-profit Recipient Organizations who are awarded EPA assistance agreements.
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR) Glossary	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Exchange Services Division	Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders	Description: Special terms used in CROMERR.
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.
Discharges from Vessels of the Armed Forces Glossary	Office of Water	Enforcement & Compliance, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance, Water	Description: Glossary contains terms used to describe discharges from vessels of the Armed Forces, which are regulated under the Uniform National Discharge Standards (UNDS).
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
Regulations.gov Glossary	eRulemaking Program Management Office	Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders	Description: Look up terms used on the Regulations.gov website.
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
Definitions of Section 608 Terms	Office of Air and Radiation	Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders	Description: Provides definitions of key terms used in Section 608 of the Clean Air Act.
Regulations and End-Use Specifications Explorer Glossary	Office of Water	Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders, Policy & Guidance, Water	Description: The Regulations and End-Use Specifications Explorer (REUSExplorer) presents state laws and policies governing water reuse across the United States. The web search tool allows users to filter between sources of water, reuse specifications, and specific states to identify those regulations and guidelines meeting their search criteria. The terms contained in this glossary are used to standardize language for use in the REUSExplorer only. Though the list below indicates a “definition” for each term, the explanations for each term are simply broad descriptions and do not reflect any legal, regulatory, or other binding “definition.”
Web Taxonomy-Regulatory & Industrial Topics	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Enforcement & Compliance, Information Management/Systems, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders	Description: Extensible list of topics related to industrial environmental issues and policies referred to or associated with content.
Web Taxonomy-Environmental Laws, Regulations & Treaties	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Information Management/Systems, Laws, Regs, & Executive Orders	Description: Regulation that is covered by or related to the content.

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