EPA/744-RThe Office, 1996 - Pollution prevention |
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Page 30 - An estimate (with uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude) of a continuous inhalation exposure to the human population (including sensitive subgroups) that is likely to be without an appreciable risk of deleterious noncancer health effects during a lifetime.
Page 5-36 - Corrosive: A chemical that causes visible destruction of, or irreversible alterations in, living tissue by chemical action at the site of contact.
Page 10-2 - Correlation of Compound Properties with Sorption Characteristics of Nonpolar Compounds by Soils and Sediments: Concepts and Limitations.
Page 5-38 - mixture" means any combination of two or more chemical substances if the combination does not occur in nature and is not, in whole or in part, the result of a chemical reaction...
Page 2-18 - Solid, flammable" means a solid, other than a blasting agent or explosive as defined in §190.109(a), that is liable to cause fire through friction, absorption of moisture, spontaneous chemical change, or retained heat from manufacturing or processing...
Page 7-18 - Source reduction" is defined to mean any practice that reduces: • The amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment (including fugitive emissions ) prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal • The hazards to public health and the environment associated with the release of such substances, pollutants, or contaminants...
Page 7-24 - disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such solid waste or hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters. (4) The term "Federal agency...
Page 5-36 - ... retained heat from manufacturing or processing, or which can be ignited readily and when ignited burns so vigorously and persistently as to create a serious transportation hazard. Examples: certain metallic hydrides, metallic sodium and potassium, and certain oily fabrics, processed meals, and nitrocellulose products.
Page 5-36 - ... of, or irreversible alterations in, living tissue by chemical action at the site of contact. For example, a chemical is considered to be corrosive if, when tested on the intact skin of albino rabbits by the method described by the US Department of Transportation in Appendix A to 49 CFR Part 173...
Page 5-39 - Organic peroxide means an organic compound that contains the bivalent -OO-structure and which may be considered to be a structural derivative of hydrogen peroxide where one or both of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced by an organic radical. Oxidizer...