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Root cause

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-024515

1. A fundamental deficiency that results in a nonconformance and must be corrected to prevent recurrence of the same or similar nonconformance.

2. Fundamental, underlying, system-related reason why an incident occurred.

3. Fundamental, underlying, system-related reason why an incident occurred that identifies a correctable failure(s) in management systems, and if applicable, in process design.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-024515
FieldEnvironment
SubjectPolicy and guidance
ReferencesEnvironmental Management System Glossary; 40 CFR 68.3 (CFR 2017); 40 CFR 86.3 (CFR 2024)
Record as JSON 
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  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Management System Glossary",
    "40 CFR 68.3 (CFR 2017)",
    "40 CFR 86.3 (CFR 2024)"
  ],
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}

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