Exhaust gas

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010321",
  "term": "Exhaust gas",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Exhaust Gas",
  "definition": "1. Gaseous waste product from combustion usually emitted from a chimney, flue or pipe\n\n2. Any offgas (the constituents of which may consist of any fluids, either as a liquid and/or gas) discharged directly or ultimately to the atmosphere that was initially contained in or was in direct contact with the equipment for which gas limits are prescribed in §§ 61.62(a) and (b); 61.63(a); 61.64 (a)(1), (b), (c), and (d); 61.65 (b)(1)(ii), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(5), (b)(6)(ii), (b)(7), and (b)(9)(ii); and 61.65(d). A leak as defined in paragraph (w) of this section is not an exhaust gas. Equipment which contains exhaust gas is subject to § 61.65(b)(8), whether or not that equipment contains 10 percent by volume vinyl chloride.",
  "subject": "Environmental events",
  "references": [
    "EPA EV-Environmental Events-Discharges, Emissions and Releases",
    "40 CFR 61.61 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/exhaust-gas/"
}