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NORME REJET [2 records]

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Record 1 2002-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Pollution
  • Environmental Law
  • Environmental Economics
OBS

Normally, gaseous discharges are called emissions, while liquid discharges are called effluents. Solid wastes, in more candid fashion, are called discharges.

OBS

Compare "emission standard and discharge standard".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Droit environnemental
  • Économie environnementale
DEF

Norme qui vise à prévenir, à limiter, à réduire ou à éliminer la pollution de l'eau.

OBS

Les normes de rejet portent sur les débits, teneurs en polluants, températures, types d'ouvrages d'évacuation des eaux, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del agua
  • Derecho ambiental
  • Economía del medio ambiente
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Record 2 1999-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Environmental Law
DEF

Legally binding maximum allowed emission for a certain type of process, plant or installation, e.g. expressed in terms of concentrations or mass flow rates per pollutant, or of plume visibility.

OBS

Processing standards include: a) emission standards; b) design standards; c) operational standards.

OBS

Emission standards differ from country to country, in the United States they even differ from state to state. Specific emission standards, for example one which specifies that the pollutant is discharged from a given type of source, should not be confused with the general concept of "emission standard".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Droit environnemental
DEF

Type de norme de procédés qui détermine le niveau maximal de polluant que peut émettre une ou des catégories de sources.

OBS

Les normes d'émission varient d'un pays à l'autre. Aux É.-U. la norme s'applique autant aux sources mobiles qu'aux sources fixes. En Europe, la norme d'émission ne s'applique qu'aux installations fixes (ce qui exclut en principe la pollution automobile de la réglementation).

OBS

Le niveau maximal peut prendre la forme d'une quantité, d'une concentration, d'un taux, d'un indice de visibilité, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Derecho ambiental
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