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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Pesticides

Measures or techniques that reduce the amount of wastes generated during industrial production processes; this term also is applied to recycling and other efforts to reduce the volume of waste going ...

mining of an aquifer

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Withdrawal over a period of time of ground water that exceeds the rate of recharge of the aquifer.

minor source

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

New emissions sources or modifications to existing emissions sources that do not exceed NAAQS emission levels.

minors

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Publicly owned treatment works with flows less than 1 million gallons per day. (See: majors.)

miscellaneous acm

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Interior asbestos-containing building material or structural components, members or fixtures, such as floor and ceiling tiles; does not include surfacing materials or thermal system insulation.