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GLOSSARY (Concluded)
Understory: A community of low-growing plants beneath the tree canopy of a forest or
woodland.
Vadose Zone Vapor Extraction: See Soil Vapor Extraction.
VCM: See Voluntary Corrective Measure.
Vegetation: The plant community of an area, with emphasis on the relative abundances of
the species comprising the community.
Voluntary Corrective Measure (VCM): Partial or complete cleanups undertaken at the
initiative of the permittee rather than in response to permit compliance schedules.
Wetland: An area of permanently or periodically saturated soil that possesses resulting
modifications in soil and/or vegetation.
Woodland: Vegetation characterized by the presence of trees but not to the extent of forming
a closed canopy of foliage.
NOTE: Throughout this document, a scientific shorthand notation for expressing risks is used
in all tables estimating risks. For example, the number 0.00000111 can be expressed as
1.11 x 10- which would correspond to a 1.11-in-a-million risk.ALI12-95/WP/SNL:R3878TOC
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