Arquivos: Glossário

In Arizona, the point source discharge permitting program established less than 18 A.A.C. 9, Article 9.

Responsible for the conduct of a statewide radiological health and safety program and for the enforcement of state rules and regulations for the control of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.

State laws adopted by the Arizona State Legislature.

Implements requirements of the WQARF program and the State’s Superfund long-term contracting strategy. Established working relationships between ADEQ and contractors aimed at minimizing administrative costs and maximize project work.

Mission is to improve the economic prosperity and quality of life for all Arizonans through strong, public/private collaborations in advocacy, trade, networking and information. It is chaired by the governor of Arizona and has several cross-border committees, including an environment and water committee.

Afforestation-Reforesation and Revegetation (ARR): A group of Forestry and Land Use project types that establish new forests or restore deforested/degraded forests through tree planting and revegetation. ARR projects generate nature-based removal credits.

A small, deep, flat-floored channel or gully of an ephemeral or intermittent stream, usually with nearly vertical banks cut, into unconsolidated material. A term commonly used in the arid and semiarid regions of the Southwestern United States.

Architecture for REDD+ Transactions

Groundwater held under pressure in porous rock or soil confined by impermeable geologic formations which rises to the land surface when tapped by a well.

A well which taps an artesian aquifer.