Area of Concern definition

Area of Concern or “AOC” shall mean any area that has had a probable release of a hazardous waste or hazardous constituents and that is determined by the Department to pose a current or potential threat to human health or the environment.
Area of Concern means any location where contaminants are or were known or suspected to have been discharged, generated, manufactured, refined, transported, stored, handled, treated, or disposed, or where contaminants have or may have migrated;
Area of Concern or “AOC” means any area of the facility under the control or ownership of the owner or operator where a release to the environment of hazardous waste(s) or hazardous constituents has occurred, is suspected to have occurred, or may occur, regardless of the frequency or duration of the release.

Examples of Area of Concern in a sentence

  • These xxxxx and sampling criteria are identified in Table 2 and shown in Figure 1 with the following well classifications: • Area of Concern (AOC) Xxxxx: Located within a drainage and downgradient of a contaminant plume or group of contaminant plumes.


More Definitions of Area of Concern

Area of Concern means a geographic area located within the Great Lakes, in which beneficial uses are impaired and which has been officially designated as such under Annex 2 of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement;
Area of Concern or "AOC" means any area having a known or suspected release of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents that is not from a solid waste management unit and that the secretary has determined may pose a current or potential threat to human health or the environment, pursuant to 20.4.1.500 NMAC (incorporating 40 CFR 270.32 (b) (2)). An area of concern may include buildings, and structures at which releases of hazardous waste or constituents were not remediated, including one-time and accidental events;
Area of Concern means any location where contaminants are or
Area of Concern or “AOC” means any area that may have had a release of a hazardous waste or hazardous constituent, which is not a Solid Waste Management Unit.
Area of Concern means any location where hazardous substances
Area of Concern means any location defined as such pursuant to the Technical Requirements for Site Remediation at N.J.A.C. 7:26E-1.8.
Area of Concern means any location where hazardous substances or hazardous wastes are or were known or suspected to have been discharged, generated, manufactured, refined, transported, stored, handled, treated, or disposed, or where hazardous substances or hazardous wastes have or may have migrated;