Site

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025675",
  "term": "Site",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An area or place within the jurisdiction of the EPA and/or a state.\n\n2. A specific location or body of water (e.g., a stream reach, a pond, an embayment of a lake, or an area of an estuary).\n\n3. Geographic location. One or more stations may be at the same site.\n\n4. Any combination of one or more graded pad sites, gravel pad sites, foundations, platforms, or the immediate physical location upon which equipment is physically located.\n\n5. Area(s) where a hazardous substance has been deposited, stored, disposed, or placed, or has otherwise come to be located. Such areas may include multiple sources and may include the area between sources.\n\n6. Land or water area where any “facility or activity” is physically located or conducted, including adjacent land used in connection with the facility or activity.[40 CFR 122.2 (CFR 2013)]\n\n7. Land or water area upon which a major PSD stationary source or major PSD modification is physically located or conducted, including but not limited to adjacent land used for utility systems; as repair, storage, shipping or processing areas; or otherwise in connection with the major PSD stationary source or major PSD modification.\n\n8. Contiguous property unit. Property divided only by a public right-of-way shall be considered one site. There may be more than one plant on a single site. The site for a person who imports a substance is the site of the operating unit within the person's organization which is directly responsible for importing the substance and which controls the import transaction and may in some cases be the organization's headquarters office in the United States.\n\n9. Contiguous property unit. Property divided only by a public right-of-way will be considered one site. There may be more than one manufacturing plant on a single site. For the purposes of imported chemical substances, the site will be the business address of the importer.\n\n10. Same meaning as in § 710.3 of this chapter.\n\n11. Contiguous property unit. Property divided only by a public right-of-way shall be considered one site. More than one manufacturing plant may be located on a single site.\n\n12. Contiguous property unit. Property divided only by a public right-of-way will be considered one site. More than one manufacturing plant may be located on a single site. (1) For chemical substances manufactured under contract, i.e., by a toll manufacturer, the site is the location where the chemical substance is physically manufactured. (2) The site for an importer who imports a chemical substance described in § 710.25 is the U.S. site of the operating unit within the person's organization that is directly responsible for importing the chemical substance. The import site, in some cases, may be the organization's headquarters in the United States. If there is no such operating unit or headquarters in the United States, [Definition truncated. For full definition see, 40 CFR 710.3 (CFR 2018)\n\n13. Contiguous property unit. Property divided only by a public right-of-way is considered one site. There may be multiple manufacturing, processing, or distribution activities occurring within a single site.\n\n14. Land or water area where any facility or activity is physically located or conducted, including adjacent land used in connection with the facility or activity.\n\n15. Area contained within the boundary of a location under the effective control of persons possessing or using spent nuclear fuel or radioactive waste that are involved in any activity, operation, or process covered by this subpart\n\n16. Area contained within the boundary of a location under the control of persons possessing or using radioactive material on which is conducted one or more operations covered by this part.\n\n17. Land or water area where any facility or activity is physically located or conducted, including adjacent land used in connection with the facility or activity. [40 CFR 146.3 (CFR 2018)]\n\n18. Areas where a hazardous substance has been deposited, stored, disposed, or placed, or has otherwise come to be located. Such areas include multiple sources and may include the area between sources.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "CADDIS Glossary",
    "40 CFR 58.1 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 98.6 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR Appendix A to Part 300 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 124.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 124.41 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 704.3 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 710.3 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 723.175 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 711.3 (CFR 2013)",
    "EPA EV-Locations-Geographic Areas",
    "40 CFR 717.3 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 270.2 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 191.02 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 190.02 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 144.3 (CFR 2018)",
    "Hazard Ranking System Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/site/"
}