Spoil

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-026414",
  "term": "Spoil",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Dirt or rock removed from its original location--destroying the composition of the soil in the process--as in strip-mining, dredging, or construction.\n\n2. Excavated material such as soil from the trench of a water main.\n\n3. Debris or waste material from a mine.",
  "subject": "Laws, regulations and executive orders",
  "references": [
    "RCRA Glossary of Terms; Terms of Environment",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "EPA Abandoned Mite Site Characterization and Cleanup Handbook; Appendix A: Acronym List and Glossary of Mining Terms at http://www.epa.gov/superfund/policy/remedy/pdfs/appendix.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/spoil/"
}