Adverse impact definition

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.

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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 typically demonstrated with what is called the 4/5ths rule, in which substantially fewer candidates from a protected group pass a test and obtain favorable employment outcomes compared to majority group candidates.

• Adverse impact shall include, but is not limited to: any action taken to investigate, restrict, suspend or revoke a provider’s license or certification to provide hospital care, medical care, or extended care services.

• Adverse impact on monuments and archaeological sites is not anticipated on the operational stage.

• Adverse impact on the per- formance stage shall not be significant, while assuming the absence of emergency situations – temporary and reversable.

• Adverse impact from odour from NWNT RTS to the planned ASRs is not anticipated provided that no air sensitive uses would be located within the 200m buffer distance from the RTS.

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 adverse environmental impact and adverse human rights impact;

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 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 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 of the following: