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Direct Effect

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-008038

1. An effect where the stressor itself acts directly on the ecological component of interest, not through other components of the ecosystem.

2. 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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-008038
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesWaste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary; 40 CFR 1508.1 (2022)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008038",
  "term": "Direct Effect",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "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.",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "40 CFR 1508.1 (2022)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/direct-effect/"
}

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