Exceedance

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010242",
  "term": "Exceedance",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Violation of the pollutant levels permitted by environmental protection standards.\n\n2. Condition that is detected by monitoring that provides data in terms of an emission limitation or standard and that indicates that emissions (or opacity) are greater than the applicable emission limitation or standard (or less than the applicable standard in the case of a percent reduction requirement) consistent with any averaging period specified for averaging the results of the monitoring.\n\n3. With respect to a national ambient air quality standard means one occurrence of a measured or modeled concentration that exceeds the specified concentration level of such standard for the averaging period specified by the standard.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 64.1 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 50.1 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/exceedance/"
}