Direct effect

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008038",
  "term": "Direct effect",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Direct Effect",
  "definitions": [
    "1. An effect where the stressor itself acts directly on the ecological component of interest, not through other components of the ecosystem.\n\n2. Changes to the human environment from the proposed action or alternatives that are reasonably foreseeable and which are caused by the action and occur at the same time and place.",
    "(toxin) An effect where the stressor itself acts directly on the ecological component of interest, not through other components of the ecosystem.",
    "Direct effects are \"caused by the action and occur at the same time and place\" (40 C.F.R. § 1508.8) and are directly related to the project activity."
  ],
  "subject": [
    "Outcomes",
    "Land, waste and cleanup",
    "Enforcement and compliance"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "40 CFR 1508.1 (2022)",
    "Environmental Review Training for Special Appropriations Grants Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/direct-effect/"
}