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Vocabulary Name	Publishing Organization	Topics
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).
Economic Benefits of Runoff Controls Glossary	Office of Water/Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Water	Description: The glossary from the Economic Benefits of Runoff Controls document
Ag 101 Glossary of American Agriculture	Region 7	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Policy & Guidance, Sustainability & Green Living	Description: This glossary is associated with a training developed by EPA's Ag Center which is intended to provide a brief overview of American Agriculture. The training covers the primary commodities and the methods for producing them.
Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary	Office of Water/Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Policy & Guidance, Water	Description: Glossary of terms from the Protocol for Developing Sediment TMDLs technical guidance document (First Edition) (EPA 841-B-99-004).
Pesticides Glossary	Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention/Office of Pesticide Programs	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides	Description: Glossary of pesticides terms
Toxicity Testing and Risk Assessment Glossary	Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention/Office of Pesticide Programs	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Science & Research	Description: Glossary terms used for the development and evaluation of new technologies in molecular, cellular, and computational sciences to supplement or replace more traditional methods of toxicity testing and risk assessment
Pesticides Reregistration Glossary	Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention/Office of Pesticide Programs	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Policy & Guidance	Description: Glossary of abbreviations used in the pesticide reregistration process.
PRIA Fee Determination Glossary	Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention/Office of Pesticide Programs	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Policy & Guidance	Description: Pesticide registration improvement extension act (PRIA 3) definition of terms glossary.
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Glossary	Office of Land and Emergency Management/Office of Emergency Management	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Emergencies	Description: Glossary of terms relating to chemical emergencies, including those involving pesticides.
Radon Glossary of Terms	Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Radiation and Indoor Air/Indoor Environments Division	Air, Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Health & Safety	Description: Glossary of terms relevant to the topic radon
Childrens Health Protection Glossary	Office of the Administrator/Office of Children's Health Protection; Office of Policy/National Center for Environmental Economics	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Health & Safety, Policy & Guidance	Description: Glossary to support efforts to protect children's health from environmental threats.
Risk Assessment Glossary	Office of Research and Development	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Science & Research	Description: This glossary contains definitions of terms used in the Risk Assessment Portal.
Hudson River PCBs Glossary of Terms	Region 2	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Ecosystems, Water	Description: Selected words or terms critical to the understanding of the Hudson River PCBs Reassessment
Contaminated Sediment Glossary & Acronyms	Office of Water/Office of Science and Technology	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Water	Description: Terms and definitions specific to contaminated sediments. The definitions do not constitute the Agency's official use of terms and phrases for regulatory purposes.
Benchmark Dose Software (BMDS) Glossary of Terms	Office of Research and Development/Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Information Management/Systems, Science & Research	Description: Glossary of terms used in the Benchmark Dose Software (BMDS) Guide
DSSTox Public Database Network Glossary of Terms	Office of Research and Development/Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure/Chemical Characterization and Exposure Division	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides	Description: Definitions of terms found on the DSSTox web pages
RadNet Glossary	Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Radiation and Indoor Air/Radiation Protection Division	Air, Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Health & Safety, Information Management/Systems	Description: Definition of terms used on the RadNet website.
Glossary: Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources	Office of Research and Development	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Science & Research, Water	Description: Glossary of terms used in the Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing of Drinking Water Resources: Progress Report (December 2012) (EPA/601/R-12/011)
Radiation Glossary	Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Radiation and Indoor Air/Radiation Protection Division	Air, Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Health & Safety	Description: Defines radiation-related terms.
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.
Toxics Release Inventory Glossary	Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention/Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics/Data Gathering and Analysis Division	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides	Description: Terms used for Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) that stem from statues, regulations, and Reporting Forms and Instructions (RFI) http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/ry2012rfi.pdf.
RadTown Glossary	Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Radiation and Indoor Air	Air, Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Health & Safety	Description: Radiation-related terms that you may encounter in the RadTown USA fact sheets.
Food and Feed Commodity Vocabulary	Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention/Office of Pesticide Programs	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Information Management/Systems	Description: The Food and Feed Commodity Vocabulary was developed to consolidate all the major Office of Pesticide Program Commodity Vocabularies into one standardized vocabulary. The vocabulary contains only human consumable commodities and livestock feeds.
Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) Glossary	Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention/Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Health & Safety, Science & Research	Description: Definitions of key terms related to the Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Model (RSEI).
Pharmaceuticals in the Environment Glossary	Office of Water/Office of Science and Technology	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Health & Safety	Description: Key terms related to pharmaceuticals in the environment.
AirToxScreen Glossary of Terms	Office of Air and Radiation	Air, Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides	Description: Glossary of key terms used in AirToxScreen and other risk assessments
America's Children and the Environment Terms	Office of the Administrator/Office of Policy/National Center for Environmental Economics	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Health & Safety, Policy & Guidance	Description: Glossary of terms to support the America's Children and the Environment: Measures of Contaminants, Body Burdens, and Illness (Second Edition) (EPA 240-R-03-001)
Pest Patrol Glossary	Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention/Office of Pesticide Programs	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Ecosystems	Description: Glossary of terms from the Activity Book: Join Our Pest Patrol: A Backyard Activity Book for Kids on Integrated Pest Management.
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-Substances	Office of Mission Support/Office of Information Management/Information Access and Analytic Services Division	Chemicals/Toxics/Pesticides, Information Management/Systems	Description: Chemical or substance covered by or related to the content.

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