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Maximum Available Control Technology

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-016716

The emission standard for sources of air pollution requiring the maximum reduction of hazardous emissions, taking cost and feasibility into account. Under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the MACT must not be less than the average emission level achieved by controls on the best performing 12 percent of existing sources, by category of industrial and utility sources.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-016716
FieldEnvironment
SubjectGeneral environmental
AbbreviationMACT
ReferencesTerms of Environment
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016716",
  "term": "Maximum Available Control Technology",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The emission standard for sources of air pollution requiring the maximum reduction of hazardous emissions, taking cost and feasibility into account. Under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the MACT must not be less than the average emission level achieved by controls on the best performing 12 percent of existing sources, by category of industrial and utility sources.",
  "abbreviation": "MACT",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/maximum-available-control-technology/"
}

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