Glossary: Q
Qualitative Use Assessment: Report summarizing the major uses
of a pesticide including percentage of crop treated, and amount of pesticide
used on a site.
Quality Assurance/Quality Control: A system of procedures, checks,
audits, and corrective actions to ensure that all EPA research design
and performance, environmental monitoring and sampling, and other technical
and reporting activities are of the highest achievable quality.
Quench Tank: A water-filled tank used to cool incinerator residues
or hot materials during industrial processes.
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