Glossary A

The Environmental Glossary. Letter A +++ Popular Articles: 'Acid', 'Abandoned Well', 'Accident Site'

An Adequately Wet is Asbestos containing material that is sufficiently mixed or penetrated with liquid to prevent the release of particulates.

An Adiabatic Process is a thermodynamic change of state of a system such that no Heat or mass is transferred across the boundaries of the system.

An adjournment is the end of a legislative day or session.

An Administered Dose is In exposure assessment, the amount of a substance given to a test subject (human or animal) to determine dose-response relationships.

An Administrative Order is a legal document signed by EPA directing an individual, business, or other entity to take Corrective Action or refrain from an activity.

An Administrative Order On Consent is a legal agreement signed by EPA and an individual, business, or other entity through which the entity agrees to take an action, refrain from an activity, or pay certain costs.

An Administrative Procedures Act is a law that spells out procedures and requirements related to the promulgation of regulations.

An Administrative Record is all documents which EPA considered or relied on in selecting the response action at a Superfund site, culminating in the record of decision for remedial action or, an action memorandum for removal actions.

An adsorb is To take up and hold (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) in a thin layer of molecules on the surface of a solid substance.

An Adsorption is Removal of a Pollutant from air or water by collecting the Pollutant on the surface of a solid material; e.g., an advanced method of treating waste in which activated

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