Significant Environmental Effect

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025549",
  "term": "Significant Environmental Effect",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Any irreversible damage to biological, commercial, or agricultural resources of importance to society; (ii) Any reversible damage to biological, commercial, or agricultural resources of importance to society if the damage persists beyond a single generation of the damaged resource or beyond a single year; or(iii) Any known or reasonably anticipated loss of members of an endangered or threatened species. Endangered or threatened species are those species identified as such by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the Endangered Species Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531).",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 723.50 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/significant-environmental-effect/"
}