Adverse impact means any deleterious effect on waters or wetlands, including their quality, quantity, surface area, species composition, aesthetics or usefulness for human or natural uses which are or may potentially be harmful or injurious to human health, welfare, safety or property, to biological productivity, diversity, or stability or which unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property, including outdoor recreation.
Adverse impact or "disparate impact" means a substantially different rate of selection in hiring, promotion, or other employment decision which works to the disadvantage of members of a race, sex, or ethnic group. A common yardstick for determining adverse impact is the "4/5ths rule" which indicates adverse impact if the selection rate for any protected group is less than 4/5ths (80%) of the selection rate of the group with the highest selection rate.
Adverse impact means any negative or harmful effect.
Examples of Adverse impact in a sentence
Adverse impact is to be judged in terms of hazards to people and vehicular traffic and potential damage to the value of adjacent properties.
Adverse impact - continue the proposal - The EIA identifies potential problems or missed opportunities.
Adverse impact - adjust the proposal - The EIA identifies potential problems or missed opportunities.
Adverse impact on visibility—The visibility impairment which interferes with the protection, preservation, management or enjoyment of the visitor’s visual experience of a Class I area, which is an area designated as Class I in 10 CSR 10-6.060(11)(A)2.
Adverse impact of bleeding on prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
More Definitions of Adverse impact
Adverse impact means any impact that reduces the quality and/or quantity of EFH, 50 C.F.R. § 600.910(a). Adverse effects may include direct (e.g., contamination or physical disruption), indirect (e.g., loss of prey, reduction in species’ fecundity), site specific or habitat- wide impacts, including individual, cumulative, or synergistic consequences of actions.
Adverse impact means a negative impact resulting from a construction or development activity. The negative impact may include, but is not limited to, increased risk of flooding; degradation of water quality; increased sedimentation; reduced groundwater recharge; negative impacts on aquatic habitat; or threatened public health and safety.
Adverse impact means a negative impact to land or waters resulting from a construction or development activity. The negative impact includes increased risk of flooding; degradation of water quality; increased sedimentation; reduced groundwater recharge; negative impacts on aquatic organisms; negative impacts on wildlife and other resources, and threatened public health.
Adverse impact means any effect, event, occurrence, amendment or other change that, when taken together with all other effects, events, occurrences, amendments or other changes, is or would reasonably be likely to:
Adverse impact means a detrimental effect upon water quality or beneficial uses caused by a discharge or loading of a pollutant or pollutants.
Adverse impact means a detrimental effect upon water quality or best usages, including a violation of water quality standards, caused by or contributed to by a discharge or loading of a pollutant or pollutants.
Adverse impact means a statistical measure (such as those outlined in the EEO Commission’s Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures) that is applied to the effects of a selection procedure and demonstrates a disproportionate negative impact on any group protected from discrimination pursuant to Government Code 12940. A disparity identified in a given selection process will not be considered to constitute adverse impact if the numbers involved are too small to permit a meaningful comparison.