Environmental - Pollution Liability Insurance Glossary
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CAD - Computer-Aided Design. The computer
software used in architectural and other types of drawings.
CLEAN AIR ACT - A law that authorizes comprehensive control strategies that regulate sources of air emissions and establish ambient air quality standards. Regulations are published by EPA in 40 CFR 52-99. CLEAN WATER ACT - The U.S. federal law enacted to force industries and municipalities to reduce and ultimately prevent pollution of navigable waters. CLOSURE - Removal of an existing underground storage tank; may be temporary, permanent, or a change in service. COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM - A sewer system that conveys both sanitary sewage and stormwater flows. COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS - Liquids with flash points above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius) but below 200 degrees Fahrenheit (93.3 degrees Celsius). COMMON LAW - Judge-made law. A body of law developed over the years by the U.S. federal and state appeals court. COMPLIANCE - The act of meeting the explicit and implicit requirements of environmental health and safety laws. COMPRESSED GASES - Contained gases with pressures greater than 40 psi. CONCRETE SEAL - A poured concrete cap usually near the surface of a monitoring well used to secure the placement of the well. CONFINED SPACE - A workplace area -- large enough and configured so that a person can bodily enter it -- having limited or restricted egress, and not designed for continuous occupancy. CONTAINMENT - A method of protecting both workers and the environment by controlling exposures to the dust and debris from hazardous materials such as lead created during abatement. CONTAMINATION - The presence of hazardous substances in quantities above regulatory limits or at levels representing elevated risk to those who are exposed. CONTINGENCY PLAN - A document that sets out an organized, planned, and coordinated course of action to follow in case an accident, fire, or explosion releases hazardous waste that could threaten human health or the environment.
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