pollution control technology
1Best Available Control Technology — (BACT) is a pollution control standard mandated by the United States Clean Air Act. [Clean Air Act, section 169(3), uscsub|42|7479|3.] The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines what air pollution control technology will be used to …
2Reasonably Available Control Technology — (RACT) is a pollution control standard created by the Environmental Protection Agency and is used to determine what air pollution control technology will be used to control a specific pollutant to a specified limit. RACT applies to existing… …
3Lowest Achievable Control Technology — (LAER) is a pollution control standard created by the Environmental Protection Agency and is used to determine what air pollution control technology will be used to control a specific pollutant to a specified limit. At the discretion of the… …
4pollution — /peuh looh sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of polluting or the state of being polluted. 2. the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment: air pollution. [1350 1400; ME pollucioun ( < OF) < LL pollution , s. of pollutio… …
5Pollution in eloor — ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION Environmental pollution is the addition of any substance or form of energy (e.g., heat, sound, radioactivity) to the environment at a rate faster than the environment can accommodate it by dispersion, breakdown, recycling …
6Pollution — For the Fransisco Battiato album, see Pollution (album). For the Goodies episode, see Pollution (The Goodies). Air pollution from World War II weapon production in Alabama, 1942 …
7Pollution lumineuse — L’expression pollution lumineuse (light pollution, ou photopollution pour les anglophones) désigne à la fois la présence nocturne anormale ou gênante de lumière et les conséquences de l éclairage artificiel nocturne sur la faune, la flore, la… …
8Air pollution — from World War II production Smog over …
9Technology and society — or technology and culture refers to cyclical co dependence, co influence, co production of technology and society upon the other (technology upon culture, and vice versa). This synergistic relationship occurred from the dawn of humankind, with… …
10Environmental Technology Verification Program — The Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States develops testing protocols and verifies the performance of innovative environmental technologies that can address problems… …
