Environmental - Pollution Liability Insurance Glossary
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REPLACEMENT - When discussing lead hazards, an
abatement strategy in which components such as windows, doors, and trim
with lead-painted surfaces are removed, and new lead-paint-free components
are installed.
REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE - A sample of a universe
or whole (e.g., waste sample pile or groundwater) that can be expected to
exhibit the average properties of the universe or whole.
RESTRICTION OF WORK OR MOTION - An action that
occurs when an employee, because of a job-related injury or illness, is
physically or mentally unable to perform all or any part of his or her normal
assignment during all or any part of the workday or shift.
RETROFIT - In the case of a UST, the construction
methods used to adapt an existing storage tank to meet regulatory requirements.
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RETURN FREQUENCY - How often a storm is expected
to return; for example, a ten-year storm is expected to occur only every
ten years. Used in designing a stormwater system.
RICO - Racketeering, Influenced, and Corrupted
Organizations Act. A broad federal remedial criminal act designed to help
prosecutors prosecute conspiracies.
RIPRAP PAD - See Energy Dissipater.
RISER - The upright part of a step situated at
the back of a lower tread near the leading edge of the next higher tread.
* This Glossary is Excerpted from Managing Environmental Risk for
Facility Owners and Operators / Legal Actions Against Facilities from AIG, © BOMI 1996, 2nd qtr. *
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