Cumulative Effect

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007077",
  "term": "Cumulative Effect",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Effects on the environment that result from the incremental effects of the action when added to the effects of other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable actions regardless of what agency (Federal or non-Federal) or person undertakes such other actions. Cumulative effects can result from individually minor but collectively significant actions taking place over a period of time.\n\n2. The impact on the environment that results from the incremental impact of an action when added to other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions regardless of what agency or person undertakes such action.",
  "subject": "Chemicals, toxics and pesticides",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 1508.1 (2022)",
    "NPS Forestry Glossary; Nonpoint Pollution Source from Forestry Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/cumulative-effect/"
}