Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term accidental release has the meaning given the term in section 112(r)(2) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7412(r)(2) ). The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term air quality system means an air quality sensor or set of sensors installed together with instruments to measure meteorology and store and transmit data. Except as otherwise provided, the terms area source , hazardous air pollutant , major source , new source , and stationary source have the meanings given those terms in section 112(a) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7412(a) ).
The term cumulative impact means the totality of exposures to combinations of chemical and nonchemical stressors, and the effects of those exposures on health, well-being, and quality of life outcomes. The term cumulative risk means the combined risks to health or the environment from multiple agents or stressors. The term emissions measurement system means a set of monitors, testing equipment, tools, and processes employed at a facility to measure emissions from direct and fugitive points at a source or facility or at the fenceline of the source or facility that employs Environmental Protection Agency-approved or promulgated test methods for all measured pollutants for which a method is available.
The terms Federal equivalent method and Federal reference method have the meanings given those terms in section 53.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or to the same or substantially similar terms in successor regulations). The term Method 325A means the most current version of the test method 325A published by the Environmental Protection Agency. The term Method 325B means the most current version of the test method 325B published by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The term Method 327 means the most current version of the test method 327 published by the Environmental Protection Agency. The term Method TO–15A means the most current version of the test method TO–15 (including TO–15A) published by the Environmental Protection Agency. The term National Air Toxics Trends Network means the long-term hazardous air pollutants monitoring data network established by the Environmental Protection Agency to assess trends and emissions reduction program effectiveness.
The term national ambient air quality standard means a national ambient air quality standard established under section 109 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7409 ). NCore The term NCore has the meaning given the term in section 58.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act). The term Office of Research and Development means the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency. The terms perfluoroalkyl substance and polyfluoroalkyl substance have the meanings given those terms in section 7331(2)(B) of the PFAS Act of 2019 ( 15 U.S.C. 8931(2)(B) ).
The term real-time means the actual or near actual time during which pollutant levels occur at or near the property boundary of a facility or in a nearby community. The term source is within the meaning of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ). The term test method means a method described in the most recent document of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Compendium of Methods for the Determination of Toxic Organic Compounds in Ambient Air .
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