Commence Construction

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-005697",
  "term": "Commence Construction",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Owner or operator has either undertaken a continuous program of construction or has entered into a contractual obligation to undertake and complete, within a reasonable time, a continuous program of construction.\n\n2. (As applied to construction of a major stationary source or major modification) The owner or operator has all necessary preconstruction approvals or permits and either has: (1) Begun, or caused to begin, a continuous program of actual on-site construction of the source, to be completed within a reasonable time; or (2) Entered into binding agreements or contractual obligations, which cannot be cancelled or modified without substantial loss to the owner or operator, to undertake a program of actual construction of the source to be completed within a reasonable time.\n\n3. That an owner or operator has undertaken a continuous program of construction or modification.\n\n4. With respect to the definition of new source in section 111(a)(2) of the Act, that an owner or operator has undertaken a continuous program of construction or modification or that an owner or operator has entered into a contractual obligation to undertake and complete, within a reasonable time, a continuous program of construction or modification.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 72.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 49.22 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 52.01 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 60.2 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/commence-construction/"
}