Public Receptor

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022727",
  "term": "Public Receptor",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Offsite residences, institutions (e.g., schools, hospitals), industrial, commercial, and office buildings, parks, or recreational areas inhabited or occupied by the public at any time without restriction by the stationary source where members of the public could be exposed to toxic concentrations, radiant heat, or overpressure, as a result of an accidental release.\n\n2. Parks, recreational areas, docks, or other public spaces inhabited, occupied, or used by the public at any time where members of the public could be injured as a result of a worst case discharge into or on the navigable waters or a conveyance to navigable waters.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 68.3 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 118 (CFR 2024)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/public-receptor/"
}