Performance-Based Standard

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-020576",
  "term": "Performance-Based Standard",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Standards expressed in terms of a desired result or outcome rather than a method, process, or technology.\n\n2. A pollution control standard that requires polluters to meet a source-level emission standard without mandating the specific method by which they must comply with the standard. A performance-based standard is defined in terms of an emission level or an emission rate (i.e., emissions per unit of output or input).",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Glossary",
    "Preparing Economic Analyses Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/performance-based-standard/"
}