Pesticides

Pesticides

Any chemical or substance used to kill or inhibit the growth of pests that damage or interfere with the growth of crops, shrubs, tress, timber and other vegetation useful to humans.

Industry: Agricultural chemicals

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National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan (NOHSCP/NCP)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The federal regulation that guides determination of the sites to be corrected under both the Superfund program and the program to prevent or control spills into surface waters or elsewhere.

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A provision of the Clean Water Act which prohibits discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States unless a special permit is issued by EPA, a state, or, where delegated, a tribal government ...

National Priorities List (NPL)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

EPA's list of the most serious uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites identified for possible long-term remedial action under Superfund. The list is based primarily on the score a site ...

national response center

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The federal operations center that receives notifications of all releases of oil and hazardous substances into the environment; open 24 hours a day, is operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, which ...

National Response Team (NRT)

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Representatives of 13 federal agencies that, as a team, coordinate federal responses to nationally significant incidents of pollution--an oil spill, a major chemical release, or a - superfund ...

national secondary drinking water regulations

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Commonly referred to as NSDWRs.

navigable waters

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Traditionally, waters sufficiently deep and wide for navigation by all, or specified vessels; such waters in the United States come under federal jurisdiction and are protected by certain provisions ...