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- See ozone
- Browse Related Terms: Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), NO2, NOx, O3, Ozone (O3), Volatile organic compound (VOC)
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- An isolated, fertile tract or green locality in a desert region, made so by the presence of water. See also Palm oasis
- Browse Related Terms: arid, Desert, Mantle hot spot, Mesic habitat, OASIS, Prehistoric resources, Rain shadow effect, Semi-arid, Shadow zone, Shrink-swell potential, Upper-air sounding
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- Restricted to a particular condition of life; for example, dependent on a particular habitat to be able to breed. See also Riparian obligate species; Sand dune obligate species
- Browse Related Terms: Carrying Capacity, Compensation, Desert focal bird species, Ecological resources, Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), fragmentation, Fragmentation of habitat, Habitat degradation, Obligate species, Riparian obligate species, Sand dune obligate species, Shrub-steppe, Shrubsteppe obligate, Snag, steppe, Wildlife corridor, Xeric (habitat)
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A black or dark-colored volcanic glass.
- Browse Related Terms: Andesite, Aquifer-volcanic rock, Basalt, Dome, volcanic, Obsidian, Rhyolite, Rhyolitic domes, Scoria, Tertiary volcanics (Tv), Tuff, Vent, Volcanic vent, Volcanic-rock aquifer
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Congress created the OSHA under the Occupational Safety and Health Act on December 29, 1970. Its mission is to prevent work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths.
- Browse Related Terms: Air quality, Air Quality Standards, Ambient Air Quality Standards, California Ambient Air Quality Standard (CAAQS), Embryotoxicity, Hazardous air pollutant (HAP), Maximum contaminant level (MCL), National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), OSHA, receptor
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- Any motorized vehicle designed for or capable of cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain; except that such term excludes (1) any registered motorboat; (2) any military, fire, emergency, or law enforcement vehicle when used for emergency purposes; and (3) any vehicle whose use is expressly authorized by the respective agency head under a permit, lease, license, or contract. See also Off-road vehicle designations
- Browse Related Terms: All-American Canal, CAP, Central Arizona Project (CAP) Aqueduct, Grazing lease, Locatable Minerals, Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (MLA), Off-highway vehicle (OHV) or off-road vehicle, Permittee, Right-of-way (ROW)
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- See also Off-highway vehicle
- Browse Related Terms: Clean Water Act (CWA), Effluent, Emissions, Hazardous material, Heavy metals, Off-road vehicle, Photosynthesis, Plume, Secondary containment, Wastewater
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OPEN: Vehicles are allowed without restrictions. LIMITED: Vehicle travel off existing roads and trails would be allowed only for authorized or permitted uses. CLOSED: Vehicle travel is closed in the area including existing roads and trails, except for authorized uses.
- Browse Related Terms: Clovis Complex, Designated Roads and Trails, GDAs, Indian trust resources, Interpretive site, Known Geothermal Area (KGA), Lease, Off-road vehicle (OHV) designations, Pueblo, Quad-level occurrence, Sacred site, Social disruption, USGS, Water code
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A hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal area that is located away from the generating site.
- Browse Related Terms: Decommissioning, Domestic solid waste, Off-site facility, Sanitary waste, Sanitary wastewater, Substation, Waste management, Waste minimization
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The BLM leases oil and gas rights to explore for and produce oil and gas resources from federal lands or mineral rights owned by the federal government. Federal oil and gas leases may be obtained and held by any adult citizen of the United States.
- Browse Related Terms: Allotment, Appropriations, Ephemeral allotment, Federal land, Grazing allotment, Oil and gas leasing (on BLM land), Perennial allotment, Permitted use
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Any mobile source of air pollution such as cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buses that travels on roads and highways.
- Browse Related Terms: AERMOD, Area sources (emissions), Emission factor, Fugitive dust, Lead, Non-point source pollution, Nonpoint sources, Nonroad mobile sources (emissions), Onroad mobile source (emissions), Plume model, Point source (emissions), source, Toxic air pollutant (TAP), Wake effect
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- See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Browse Related Terms: Air quality, Air Quality Standards, Ambient Air Quality Standards, California Ambient Air Quality Standard (CAAQS), Embryotoxicity, Hazardous air pollutant (HAP), Maximum contaminant level (MCL), National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), OSHA, receptor
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Group of small crustaceans with a bivalved carapace which can be closed to completely cover the body; important planktonic fish food.
- Browse Related Terms: Amphibian, Crucial winter range, Generalist (species), Herpetofauna, Hunting, Ostracods, Reptile, Subsistence, Vertebrate, zooplankton
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The amount of surface water or groundwater passing a given point downstream, expressed as a volume per time. Water flowing out of a body of water.
- Browse Related Terms: Augmentation water, Benthic, Channel incision, drawdown, Floodplain, Groundwater overdraft, hydrology, Inflow, Junior water rights, Kiva, Outflow, Perennial/safe/sustainable yield, Phosphorous, Point of diversion, Pueblo rights, Thermal water, Water right
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Fine-grained sediment (silt and clay) deposited from suspension on a floodplain by floodwaters from a stream channel.
- Browse Related Terms: Acid deposition, Alluvial, Alluvial flats, Alluvial plains, Delta, Excessive slopes, Fluvial, Geotextile mats, Interdune flat, Lacustrine wetland, Land disturbance in natural drainage systems, Overbank deposits, Shear strength, Soil deposition, Unconsolidated (basin fill deposits), Vernal pool
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The pumping of water from a groundwater basin or aquifer in excess of the supply flowing into the basin; resulting in a depletion or mining of the groundwater in the basin.
- Browse Related Terms: Basin-fill aquifer, Bolson (floor), Closed Basin, compact, Depletion, Earthern cattle tank, Groundwater basin, Gypsum, Infiltration pond, Interbasin flow, Interbasin transfer of water, Interbasin transfers, Overdraft, Perennial yield (groundwater), reservoir, Safe yield, Sustainable yield
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- A strong-smelling, reactive, toxic, chemical gas consisting of three oxygen atoms chemically attached to each other. Ozone is formed in the atmosphere by chemical reactions involving NOx and volatile organic compounds in the presence of sunlight. Ozone is a criteria air pollutant under the Clean Air Act and is a major constituent of smog.
- Browse Related Terms: Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), NO2, NOx, O3, Ozone (O3), Volatile organic compound (VOC)
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