Environmental Engineering Dictionary

This newly updated dictionary provides a comprehensive reference of hundreds of environmental engineering terms used throughout the field. Drawing from many government documents and legal and regulatory sources, this edition includes terms relating to pollution control technologies, monitoring, risk assessment, sampling and analysis, quality control, and permitting. This new edition now also includes fuel cell technology terms, environmental management terms, and basic environmental calculations. Users of this dictionary will find exact and official Environmental Protection Agency definitions for environmental terms that are statute-related, regulation-related, science-related, and engineering-related, including terms from the following legal documents: Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; CERCLA; EPCRA; Federal Facility Compliance Act; Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; FIFRA; Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendment; OSHA; Pollution Prevention Act; RCRA; Safe Drinking Water Act; Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act; and TSCA. The terms included in this dictionary feature time-saving cites to the definitions' source, including the Code of Federal Regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Energy. A list of the reference source documents is also included.

This newly updated dictionary provides a comprehensive reference of hundreds of environmental engineering terms used throughout the field. Drawing from many government documents and legal and regulatory sources, this edition includes terms relating to pollution control technologies, monitoring, risk assessment, sampling and analysis, quality control, and permitting. This new edition now also includes fuel cell technology terms, environmental management terms, and basic environmental calculations.

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Provides clear definitions of various environmental engineering terms, along with the sources of the definitions. The main subjects covered include: air, water and land pollution control technologies; environmental laws, regulations, permitting and enforcement as it relates to engineering; environmentally regulated chemicals and environmental standards; monitoring, sampling and analysis, quality assurance and quality control, and risk assessment; and environmentally-related engineering and science. The appendix lists all chemicals regulated under various environmental laws. Acidic paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

C. C. Lee, Ph.D., is a Research Program Manager for the fuel cell environmental impact program at the National Risk Management Research Laboratory of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Cincinnati, Ohio. In his 30 years of experience with EPA, he has conducted many engineering and regulatory research projects that often involve several environmental issues ranging from clean air and clean water control to solid waste disposal. He is recognized as a worldwide expert in the thermal treatment of hazardous wastes. At the initiation of the U.S. State Department, he served as head of the U.S. delegation to the Conference on "National Focal Points for Low- and Non-Waste Technology." He has published more than 175 papers and reports and has authored 17 books in various environmental areas.