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SITE ABANDONNE [10 records]

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Record 1 2014-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Soil Pollution
  • Waste Management
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
DEF

A hazardous site left by the owner or another responsible party in unmanaged condition.

OBS

abandoned hazardous site: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Pollution du sol
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Études et analyses environnementales
DEF

Site dangereux laissé par son propriétaire ou un autre responsable dans un état non entretenu.

OBS

site dangereux abandonné : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation(ISO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Soil Pollution
  • Waste Management
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
DEF

An abandoned site, the history of which leads to a suspicion that it may be hazardous.

OBS

abandoned potentially hazardous site: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • potentially hazardous abandoned site

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Pollution du sol
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Études et analyses environnementales
DEF

Site abandonné dont l'histoire laisse penser qu'il peut être dangereux.

OBS

site abandonné potentiellement dangereux : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation(ISO).

Key term(s)
  • site potentiellement dangereux abandonné

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Soil Pollution
  • Waste Management
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
DEF

An industrial site left by the owner or another responsible party in unmanaged condition.

OBS

abandoned industrial site: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Pollution du sol
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Études et analyses environnementales
DEF

Site industriel laissé par son propriétaire ou un autre responsable dans un état non entretenu.

OBS

site industriel abandonné : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation(ISO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Pollution
  • Effects of Pollution
  • Waste Management
DEF

A contaminated site whose owner is insolvent or unknown.

CONT

... the clean-up of high-risk contaminated sites where the responsible party cannot be identified or otherwise cannot pay for the cleanup; these sites are referred to as "orphan" sites.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution du sol
  • Effets de la pollution
  • Gestion des déchets
DEF

[...] site contaminé dont le propriétaire est non identifiable ou non solvable.

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

An oil or gas well from which a well-head equipment has been removed and the opening sealed because its yield has fallen below that necessary for profitable production.

OBS

When permanent drilling and production platforms became operational in 1974, the four subsea wells were plugged and abandoned.

OBS

"abandoned" means, in respect of a well or test hole, a well or test hole that has been permanently plugged; ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Un dernier carottage [...] permet de vérifier que l'outil a bien pénétré dans le «socle», basalte ou autre roche sous-jacente aux terrains sédimentaires : qualifié de sec, le puits est abandonné. L'appareil de forage est alors démonté et transporté sur un autre site.

OBS

«abandonné» signifie, en ce qui concerne un puits ou un trou d’essai, qu’il a été obturé de façon permanente; [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Site Development
  • Environmental Management
DEF

In a city, abandoned filling stations, shuttered dry-cleaning plants, disused warehouses and industrial sites.

CONT

Brownfields don't encourage expansion, investment or jobs. These sites are usually polluted enough to deter prospective purchasers, but not sufficiently toxic to qualify for federal clean-up funds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du terrain
  • Gestion environnementale
DEF

Terrain occupé par des bâtiments industriels et leurs annexes, aujourd’hui à l’abandon.

CONT

On entend par site désaffecté, un site abandonné ou inutilisé, souvent dans les zones urbaines, sur lequel se trouvaient auparavant des installations industrielles ou commerciales. Ces sites posent souvent des risques environnementaux pour les collectivités.

OBS

friche industrielle : Sous la pression du lobby industriel plusieurs sites ont été rayés de l’inventaire des sols pollués.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Preparación del terreno
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
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Record 8 - external organization data 1994-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
  • Radioactive Ores (Mining)
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

control over an abandoned site by an authority or public institution for the purpose of ensuring the continued effectiveness of measures taken by a licensee in decommissioning the site; the control may be active (monitoring, maintenance, remedial action) or passive (land-use controls, records, landmarking, fencing).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière
  • Minerais radioactifs (Mines métalliques)
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

surveillance de tout site abandonné par une autorité ou une institution publique dans le but d’assurer l'efficacité constante des mesures prises par le titulaire de permis qui a abandonné le site; la surveillance peut être active(contrôle, maintenance, mesure corrective) ou passive(réglementation de l'utilisation du sol, dossiers, signalisation, clôtures).

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Soil Pollution
CONT

The problem is not restricted to active sites, since gases can also escape to the atmosphere through the layers of soil covering former landfill sites.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Pollution du sol
OBS

Par opposition à un site d’enfouissement ancien ou abandonné.

Spanish

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Record 10 1988-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
OBS

Subject-test CANMET-METALLURGY

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière

Spanish

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