Table F.1.
US EPA Crop Activity Clusters and Supporting Crop Activity Data (US EPA, 2017)
| EPA TC Cluster | Supporting data | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Description | Crop | Activity |
| HH | Hairy‐leaf field crops: hand harvesting and similar contact activities | Cucumbers | Hand Harvesting |
| Summer Squash | Hand Harvesting | ||
| HHt | Hairy‐leaf (Tobacco): hand harvesting and canopy management | Tobacco | Hand harvesting |
| HS | Hairy‐leaf field crops: scouting and similar contact activities | Sunflowers | Scouting |
| SH | Smooth‐leaf field crops: hand harvesting and tying | Tomato | Tying |
| Strawberry | Hand Harvesting | ||
| Tomato | Hand Harvesting | ||
| Strawberry | Hand Harvesting | ||
| SSr | Smooth‐leaf field crops: scouting in row conditions | Cotton | Scouting |
| Tomato | Scouting | ||
| SSs | Smooth‐leaf field crops: scouting in solid stand conditions | Corn | Scouting |
| Dry Pea | Scouting | ||
| SW | Smooth‐leaf field crops: hand weeding, thinning and similar contact activities | Cotton | Hand weeding |
| Cotton (2nd study) | Hand weeding | ||
| Dry Pea | Hand weeding | ||
| Sx (EPA) | Smooth‐leaf field crops: intense contact activities | Sweet Corn | Hand harvesting |
| Sweet Corn (2nd study not reported) | Hand harvesting | ||
| WIH | Waxy‐leaf field crops, low height: hand harvesting and similar contact activities | Cabbage | Hand harvesting |
| WIS | Waxy‐leaf field crops, low height: scouting and similar contact activities | Cauliflower | Scouting |
| Wm | Waxy‐leaf field crops, medium height: all activities, plus full foliage weeding | Cauliflower | Scouting |
| Cauliflower | Hand harvesting | ||
| Cabbage | Hand weeding | ||
| OH (EPA) | Orchard crops: hand harvesting and similar contact activities | Apples | Hand Harvesting |
| Oranges | Hand Harvesting | ||
| Oranges (2nd study) | Hand Harvesting | ||
| Grapefruit | Hand Harvesting | ||
| Peaches | Hand Harvesting | ||
| Peaches (2nd study) | Hand Harvesting | ||
| Peaches (3rd study) | Hand Harvesting | ||
| OT (EPA) | Orchard crops: thinning | Apples | Thinning |
| OHn | Orchard crops: mechanically harvesting nuts | Almonds | Mechanical Harvesting |
| OP | Orchard crops: hand pruning, scouting and similar contact activities | Olives | Hand Pruning |
| Apples | Hand Pruning | ||
| OW | Orchard crops: hand weeding and similar contact activities | Peaches | Propping |
| THb | Trellis crops: hand harvesting cranberries and similar contact activities | Blackberries | Hand harvesting |
| THjg (EPA) | Trellis crops: hand harvesting juice/wine grapes and similar contact activities | Juice/Wine Grapes | Hand harvesting |
| THrg (EPA) | Trellis crops: hand harvesting table/raisin grapes and similar contact activities | Table/Raisin Grapes | Hand harvesting |
| Table/Raisin Grapes (2nd study) | Hand harvesting | ||
| TP | Trellis crops: hand pruning, scouting and similar contact activities | Table/Raisin Grapes | Scouting |
| Tx | Trellis crops: intense contact activities | Table/Raisin Grapes | Cane turning |
| GHf | Greenhouse and nursery floriculture hand harvesting: all flowers and methods | Solidasters, Snapdragons, Lillies | Hand Harvesting |
| GHv | Greenhouse vegetables: hand harvesting and similar contact activities | Blackberries | Hand Harvesting |
| Tomatoes, fresh | Tying | ||
| GN | Greenhouse and nursery crops: all activities | Chrysanthemums | Pinching |
| Nursery Stock Citrus Trees | Hand Pruning | ||
| All crops: transplanting | Nursery Stock Citrus Trees | Hand Harvesting | |
| I | Irrigation, any crop where hand line is possible | Potatoes | Irrigation |
| CHp | Cotton, mechanical harvesting: picker operator and raker (based on boll residue) | Cotton | Mechanical Harvesting |
| CHm | Cotton, mechanical harvesting: module builder operator (based on boll residue) | ||
| CHt | Cotton, mechanical harvesting: tramper (based on boll residue) | ||
| DH | Sod: mechanical harvesting, scouting, transplanting and hand weeding | Sod | Mechanical Harvesting |
| DM | Golf courses: maintenance activities | Golf Course Turf | Maintenance |