- Industry: Government
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An emission control system for a reciprocating internal combustion engine that involves recirculating gases that blow by the piston rings during combustion from the crankcase back into the intake manifold so they can be more completely burned.
Industry:Pollution control
Any facility, building, structure, or installation, or combination thereof, which generates or attracts mobile source activity that results in emissions of any pollutant (or precursor) for which there is a state ambient air quality standard. Examples of indirect sources include employment sites, shopping centers, sports facilities, housing developments, airports, commercial and industrial development, and parking lots and garages.
Industry:Pollution control
Any material, except pure water, that exists in the solid or liquid state in the atmosphere. The size of particulate matter can vary from coarse, wind-blown dust particles to fine particle combustion products. For more information, please take alook at our PM brochure.
Industry:Pollution control
Any control measure to reduce vehicle trips, vehicle use, vehicle miles traveled, vehicle idling, or traffic congestion for the purpose of reducing motor vehicle emissions. TCMs can include encouraging the use of carpools and mass transit.
Industry:Pollution control
An increase in the temperature of the Earth's troposphere. Global warming has occurred in the past as a result of natural influences, but the term is most often used to refer to the warming predicted by computer models to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases. For more information, please go to ARB's climate change website or Climate Change: see ClimateChange. Ca. Gov Glossary. )
Industry:Pollution control
An organic molecule that contains oxygen. Oxygenates are typically ethers and alcohols.
Industry:Pollution control
An operational permit issued yearly by an air district to sources that meet specified regulations.
Industry:Pollution control
An individual employed by the local, state, or federal government to manage air quality.
Industry:Pollution control
An expert international agency of the World Health Organization which publishes evaluations of evidence on the carcinogenicity of a wide range of chemicals. For more information, please go to the IARC website.
Industry:Pollution control
An evaluation of risk which estimates the relationship between exposure to a harmful substance and the likelihood that harm will result from that exposure.
Industry:Pollution control
