Mobile Source

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-017585",
  "term": "Mobile Source",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Any non-stationary source of air pollution such as cars, trucks, motorcycles, buses, airplanes, and locomotives.\n\n2. Any vehicle, rolling stock, or other means of transportation which contains or carries a reportable quantity of a hazardous substance.\n\n3. On-road (highway) vehicles (e.g., automobiles, trucks and motorcycles) and nonroad vehicles (e.g., trains, airplanes, agricultural equipment, industrial equipment, construction vehicles, off-road motorcycles, and marine vessels).\n\n4. Locomotives, aircraft, motor vehicles, nonroad vehicles, nonroad engines, and marine vessels.\n\n5. Term used to describe a wide variety of vehicles, engines, and equipment that generate air pollution and that move, or can be moved, from place to place. \"On-road\" sources are vehicles used on roads to transport passengers or freight. \"Nonroad\" sources include vehicles, engines, lawn and garden equipment, and equipment used for construction, agriculture, transportation, recreation, and many other purposes.\n\n6. Air pollution sources that can move from place to place, like cars or trucks. Mobile sources are divided into two categories: on-road and nonroad vehicles/engines.\n\n7. A term used to describe a wide variety of vehicles, engines, and equipment that generate air pollution and that move, or can be moved, from place to place. \"On-road\" sources are vehicles used on roads to transport passengers or freight. \"Nonroad\" sources include vehicles, engines, lawn and garden equipment, and equipment used for construction, agriculture, transportation, recreation, and many other purposes.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 117.1 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 51.491 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 49.123 (CFR 2013)",
    "Report on the Environment (ROE) Glossary",
    "National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) Glossary; AirToxScreen Glossary of Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/mobile-source/"
}