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A Clean Coal Technology is any technology not in widespread use prior to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. This act will achieve significant reductions in pollutants associated with the burning of coal.

A clean fuel is fuels which have lower Emissions than conventional gasoline and diesel. Refers to Alternative Fuels as Well as to reformulated gasoline and diesel.

Clean Fuels are Blends or substitutes for gasoline fuels, including compressed natural gas, methanol, ethanol, and liquified petroleum gas.

Deutsch: Clean Water Act / Español: Ley del Agua Limpia / Português: Lei da Água Limpa / Français: Loi sur l'eau propre / Italiano: Legge sull'Acqua Pulita /

A Clean Water Act is a Federal law that controls the Discharge of pollutants into surface water in a number of ways, including Discharge permits

A Clean Water Act (CWA) is an act passed by the U.S. Congress to control water Pollution (formerly referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972). Public Law 92-500,

- Clean Water Act Section 303(d) : A Clean Water Act Section 303(d) is annual report to Congress from EPA that identifies those waters for which existing controls are not sufficiently stringent to achieve applicable water quality standards.

- Clean Water Act Section 305(b) : A Clean Water Act Section 305(b) is biennial reporting requires description of the quality of the Nation's surface waters, evaluation of progress made in maintaining and restoring water quality, and description of the extent of remaining problems by using biological data to make aquatic life use support decisions.

A Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment is a document that systematically evaluates the relative risk,

Deutsch: Aufräumen / Español: Limpieza / Português: Limpeza / Français: Nettoyage / Italiano: Pulizia /

A Cleanup is actions taken to deal with a Release or threat of Release of a Hazardous Substance that could affect humans and/or the environment. The term "Cleanup" is sometimes used interchangeably with the terms remedial action, removal action, response action, or corrective action.
A Cleanup is restoring the site to a condition that is not dangerous to people or the environment.

A Clear Cut is Harvesting all the trees in one area at one time, a practice that can encourage fast rainfall or snowmelt runoff, erosion, sedimentation of streams and lakes, and flooding, and destroys vital habitat.