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Mining Megasite

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-017445

Generally, a site is considered to be a megasite if the combined extramural, actual and planned, removal and remedial action costs incurred by Superfund or by PRPs are greater than $50 million. The megasite designation may be applied to any Federal or non-federal facility NPL or non-NPL site.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-017445
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesEPA Megasites Presentation for the NACEPT - Superfund Subcommittee at http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/naceptdocs/megasites.pdf
Record as JSON
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  "term": "Mining Megasite",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Generally, a site is considered to be a megasite if the combined extramural, actual and planned, removal and remedial action costs incurred by Superfund or by PRPs are greater than $50 million. The megasite designation may be applied to any Federal or non-federal facility NPL or non-NPL site.",
  "references": [
    "EPA Megasites Presentation for the NACEPT - Superfund Subcommittee at http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/naceptdocs/megasites.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/mining-megasite/"
}

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