Credible Evidence

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006878",
  "term": "Credible Evidence",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "EPA believes that any credible evidence can be used to show a violation of or demonstrate compliance with an emissions limit. Credible evidence may come from monitoring required by a permit, or from other sources. A permit may not be written in such a manner that it would interfere with the use of credible evidence. The permit should specify the source's obligations for monitoring, but it should do it in a way that does not establish an exclusive link between the test method and the emissions limit.Examples of unacceptable language include: Compliance with the emissions limit shall only be determined by test method X; The permittee shall be deemed in compliance with the emissions limit if the results of an emissions test done in accordance with test method X are less than Y. Example of acceptable language: The permittee shall monitor the emissions unit weekly in accordance with method X.",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Air Permitting Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/credible-evidence/"
}