General Glossary

DPLP (Delisted Permanent List of Priority) sites are those that
have been removed from the state Superfund Program priority list
because they have been cleaned up, pose no further risk to
public health or the environment, or have been transferred to a
more appropriate cleanup program.

DPLP (Delisted Permanent List of Priority) sites are those that
have been removed from the state Superfund Program priority list
because they have been cleaned up, pose no further risk to
public health or the environment, or have been transferred to a
more appropriate cleanup program. For more information, visit
the <a
href="http://www.pca.state.mn.us/programs/superf_p.html">MPCA
Superfund Program page.</a>

National Priority List (NPL) sites are those considered high
priority for cleanup under the federal Superfund program. These
are sites where known or suspected environmental contamination
threatens public health or the environment. The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency updates the NPL once a year. For
more information, visit the <a
href="http://www.pca.state.mn.us/programs/superf_p.html">MPCA
Superfund Program page.</a>

Permitted Solid Waste (SW) sites include facilities that manage
solid waste (household or business garbage). Among the types of
facilities included are landfills, transfer stations, demolition
landfills, composting facilities and solid waste incinerators.
For more information about SW permits, call the MPCA at 218-846-
0470.

Response by an animal that enables it to tolerate a change in a
single factor (for example, temperature) in its environment.

Adjustments made by animals in respect of their environments.
The adjustments may occur by natural selection, as individuals
with favorable genetically acquired traits breed more
prolifically than those lacking these traits (genotypic
adaptation), or they may involve non-genetic changes in
individuals, such as physiological modification (for example,
acclimatization) or behavioral changes (phenotypic adaptation).

Monitoring within natural systems (lakes, rivers, estuaries, and
wetlands) to determine existing conditions.

An organism group of interacting populations in a given
waterbody, for example, fish assemblage or a benthic
macroinvertebrate assemblage.

Collective term describing the organisms living in or depending
on the aquatic environment.