Operation and Maintenance

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-019685",
  "term": "Operation and Maintenance",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Activities conducted after a Superfund site action is completed to ensure that the action is effective.\n\n2. Actions taken after construction to ensure that facilities constructed to treat waste water will be properly operated and maintained to achieve normative efficiency levels and prescribed effluent limitations in an optimum manner.\n\n3. On-going asbestos management plan in a school or other public building, including regular inspections, various methods of maintaining asbestos in place, and removal when necessary.\n\n4. The operation and maintenance phase of the CERCLA response process. Operation and maintenance may include activities such as ground water pump and treat, and cap maintenance. EPA conducts review of operation and maintenance activities to ensure that the remedy selected is still protective of human health and the environment.",
  "abbreviation": "O&M",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "RCRA Orientation Manual 2008 Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/operation-and-maintenance/"
}