Institutional Controls

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014536",
  "term": "Institutional Controls",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Non-engineering measures intended to affect human activities in such a way as to prevent or reduce exposure to hazardous substances. They are almost always used in conjunction with, or as a supplement to, other measures such as waste treatment or containment. There are four categories of institutional controls: governmental controls; proprietary controls; enforcement tools; and informational devices.\n\n2. Defined as non-engineered instruments such as administrative and/or legal controls that minimize the potential for human exposure to contamination by limiting land or resource use.\n\n3. Nonengineered instruments, such as administrative and/or legal controls, that help to minimize the potential for human exposure to contamination and/or protect the integrity of a remedy. See: EPA Citizen's Guide to Understanding Institutional Controls (PDF) [https://www.epa.gov/fedfac/pdf/ic_ctzns_guide.pdf] and All Appropriate Inquiries Standard 40 CFR Part 312 .\n\n4. Non-engineering controls used to restrict land use or land access in order to protect people and the environment from exposure to hazardous substances remaining in the site/or facility.\n\n5. Indicator as to whether or not institutional controls are required for the parcel as part of the cleanup or containment activity to help minimize the potential for exposure to contamination and/or restrict land or resource use.\n\n6. Institutional Controls are non-engineered instruments, such as administrative and/or legal controls, that help minimize the potential for human exposure to contamination and/or protect the integrity of a remedy by limiting land or resource use. Examples include fishing restrictions, deed restrictions, and the posting of warning signs outside of a contaminated site.\n\n7. Institutional controls are actions, such as legal controls, that help minimize the potential for human exposure to contamination by ensuring appropriate land or resource use.",
  "abbreviation": "ICs",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Superfund and RCRA Corrective Action Institutional Controls Glossary",
    "RCRA Corrective Action Terms and Acronyms",
    "http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title40/40cfr312_main_02.tpl",
    "RCRA Corrective Action Site Progress Profile Definitions",
    "Brownfields Profile Glossary",
    "Superfund Glossary",
    "Glossary of Asbestos-related Terms and Acronyms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/institutional-controls/"
}