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A must-have for anyone involved in researching environmental regulations. This completely updated, revised and expanded edition contains 5,000+ definitions reproduced exactly as they appear in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40. Every definition is cross-referenced to the section of the Code where the term is found, which not only saves users from searching through the Code to find the section pertaining to their particular topic but enables them to use the dictionary as a guide to locating subjects in the CFR.Synopsis
A must-have for anyone involved in researching environmental regulations. This completely updated, revised and expanded edition contains 5,000+ definitions reproduced exactly as they appear in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40. Every definition is cross-referenced to the section of the Code where the term is found, which not only saves users from searching through the Code to find the section pertaining to their particular topic but enables them to use the dictionary as a guide to locating subjects in the CFR.
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**** The second edition (PennWell, 1993) is cited in ARBA 1994. To help professionals cut through the jungle of the 16,000-page Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR), the Dictionary gives complete verbatim definitions from 40 CFR, shows when the definition was first promulgated or last revised, indexes every definition to its location in the Code, includes some 1,500 new and modified definitions, contains some 3,000 acronyms, and reflects code changes through June 1994. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)