Environmental indicator

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009757",
  "term": "Environmental indicator",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Environmental Indicator",
  "definitions": [
    "A measurement, statistic or value that provides a proximate gauge or evidence of the effects of environmental management programs or of the state or condition of the environment.",
    "1. Two RCRA corrective action environmental indicators, Current Human Exposures Under Control and Migration of Contaminated Groundwater Under Control, are measures of program progress and are being used by the Agency to track whether it meets the goals set under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). In general terms, these measures indicate current \"environmental conditions\" - whether people are currently being exposed to environmental contamination at unacceptable levels, and whether any existing plumes of contaminated groundwater are getting larger or adversely affecting surface water bodies. (more information available on Region 3's environmental indicator website).\n\n2. Achieving the two environmental indicators-\"Current Human Exposures Under Control\" and \"Migration of Contaminated Groundwater Under Control\"-is the near-term goal of the Corrective Action Program. EPA has identified 1,714 facilities (called the RCRA Cleanup Baseline) that warrant attention in the near-term. By 2005, the Agency expects human exposures to be under control at 95% of these facilities and migration of contaminated groundwater to be under control at 70% of these facilities."
  ],
  "abbreviation": "EIs",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "see_also": [
    "Indicator"
  ],
  "references": [
    "RCRA Glossary of Terms; Terms of Environment",
    "RCRA Corrective Action Terms and Acronyms",
    "Corrective Action 101 Key Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/environmental-indicator/"
}