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Pollution caused by reactions in air already polluted by primary emissions (from factories, automobiles, and so forth). An example of secondary air pollution is photochemical smog.

Felt more widely by society as a whole, such as increased health expenditures (medical services, medication, etc.) due to adverse health effects.

The maximum level of a contaminant or undesirable constituent in public water systems that, in the judgment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), is required to protect the public welfare. SMCLs are secondary (nonenforceable) drinking water regulations established by the USEPA for contaminants that may adversely affect the odor or appearance of such water.

Secondary Mortgage Market is the purchase and sale of existing mortgages among lenders, designed to provide greater liquidity for selling mortgages. Many of our customers buy and sell loans on the secondary mortgage market.

A wastewater treatment process used to convert dissolved or suspended materials into a form more readily separated from the water being treated.

Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources. Mexico’s environmental and natural resources protection agency. It is considered the counterpart to the U.S. EPA.

Unit of land area, generally equal to one square mile or 640 acres. Thirty- six sections comprise a township.

Grants for nonpoint source pollution programs.

That section of the Clean Water Act delineating restrictions on dredging and filling of wetlands, and disruption of beds and banks of streams.

The category of GHG source sectors or groups of activities that apply to CDM project activities or PoAs. It is based on the sectors and source categories set out in Annex A to the Kyoto Protocol. A CDM project activity or PoA may fall within more than one sectoral scope.