- Industry: Government
- Number of terms: 3992
- Number of blossaries: 2
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Air-borne solid particles that result from the burning of coal and other solid fuel.
Industry:Pollution control
An agency of the California Department of Consumer Affairs that manages the implementation of the motor vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program. For more information, please go to the smogcheck website.
Industry:Pollution control
Amounts of foreign and/or natural substances occurring in the atmosphere that may result in adverse effects to humans, animals, vegetation, and/or materials. (See also air pollution. )
Industry:Pollution control
Air pollutants that occur within buildings or other enclosed spaces, as opposed to those occurring in outdoor, or ambient air. Some examples of indoor air pollutants are nitrogen oxides, smoke, asbestos, formaldehyde, and carbon monoxide. For more information, please go to our indoor air quality website.
Industry:Pollution control
Advisory groups that provide forums for communication, cooperation, and coordination in the development and implementation of air quality control measures. They may be comprised of representatives from the ARB, citizen groups, environmental groups, industry, local air districts, and the U. S. EPA.
Industry:Pollution control
Actions taken against a state or local government by the federal government for failure to plan or to implement a State Implementation Plan (SIP). Examples include withholding of highway funds and a ban on construction of new sources of potential pollution.
Industry:Pollution control
A workshop held by a public agency for the purpose of informing the public and obtaining its input on the development of a regulatory action or control measure by that agency.
Industry:Pollution control
A visible or measurable discharge of a contaminant from a given point of origin that can be measured according to the Ringelmann scale. (See Ringelmann Chart. )
Industry:Pollution control
A vehicle that meets the ARB's low emission vehicle standards. For more information, please go to our low emission vehicle website.
Industry:Pollution control
A type of internal combustion engine that uses low-volatility petroleum fuel and fuel injectors and initiates combustion using compression ignition (as opposed to spark ignition that is used with gasoline engines).
Industry:Pollution control
