Best available technology economically achievable

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003055",
  "term": "Best available technology economically achievable",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Best Available Technology Economically Achievable",
  "definition": "1. Originally described under Section 304(b)(2)(B) of the Clean Water Act, this level of control is generally described as the best technology currently in use and includes controls on toxic pollutants.\n\n2. Technology-based standard established by the Clean Water Act (CWA) as the most appropriate means available on a national basis for controlling the direct discharge of toxic and nonconventional pollutants to navigable waters. BAT effluent limitations guidelines, in general, represent the best existing performance of treatment technologies that are economically achievable within an industrial point source category or subcategory.\n\n3. Technology standard established by the CWA as the most appropriate means available on a national basis for controlling the direct discharge of toxic and nonconventional pollutants to navigable waters. BAT limitations in effluent guidelines, in general, represent the best existing performance of treatment technologies that are economically achievable within an industrial point source category or subcategory.\n\n4. Technology-based standard established by the Clean Water Act as the most appropriate means available on a national basis for controlling the direct discharge of toxic and nonconventional pollutants to navigable waters. BAT effluent limitations guidelines, in general, represent the best existing performance of treatment technologies that are economically achievable within an industrial point source category or subcategory.\n\n5. Best Available Technology Economically Achievable is defined at CWA section 304(b)(2). BAT results in reasonable further progress towards the national goal of eliminating discharge of all pollutants. Factors relating to the assessment of best available technology take into account the age of equipment and facilities involved, the process employed, the engineering aspects of the application of various types of control techniques, process changes, the cost of achieving such effluent reduction, non-water quality environmental impact (including energy requirements), and such other factors as the Administrator deems appropriate.",
  "abbreviation": "batea",
  "synonyms": [
    "BAT"
  ],
  "subject": "Environmental technologies",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms",
    "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary",
    "NPDES Permit Writers Glossary; NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary",
    "NPDES Glossary; Water Quality Toolkit Glossary",
    "Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELG) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/best-available-technology-economically-achievable/"
}