Background conditions definition

Background conditions means the biological, chemical, and physical conditions of a water body outside the area of influence of the point source discharge, nonpoint source, or instream activity under consideration.

Background conditions means the biological (plant and animal species), chemical and physical conditions of the wetland or water body prior to the proposed activity. If the water body is disturbed, it may be necessary to use the biological, chemical and physical conditions of a similar water body as a reference condition.

Background conditions means the biological, chemical, and physical conditions of a water body outside the area of influence of the discharge under consideration. The background sampling location would be upgradient or outside the area of influence of the discharge. If several discharges to any water body exist, background sampling would be undertaken immediately upgradient from each discharge. When assessing background conditions in the headwaters of a disturbed watershed, it may be necessary to use the background conditions of a neighboring or similar watershed as the reference conditions. When assessing background conditions in estuaries, tidal influences must be considered.

Examples of Background conditions in a sentence

• Background conditions at proposed date of project completion (if two or more years in the future).

• Background conditions are summarized below: The site is proposed for development as a residential subdivision.

• Background conditions for Generation Connection Capacity Requirements in both Section 2 and Section 7.

• Background conditions define the set of operating points of the Transmission System, prior to any secured event taking place, that need to be considered in design timescales.

• Background conditions are only required to be defined for the planning criteria defined in Sections 2, 4, and 7 of the NETS SQSS.

• Background conditions of atmospheric CO2 are prescribed and thus identical for all models.

• Background conditions and influences are difficult to isolate but for many impacts these were ultimately perhaps the major factor in change; some effects are subtle and do not lend themselves to ready observation or measurement; and there was little understanding of the timescales of scheme impacts – how quickly or how slowly would the effects occur.

• Background conditions (4) in the country count during the process.

• Background conditions also include planned intersection or roadway improvements, such as improvements required as mitigation for previously approved projects that have not yet been constructed.

• Background conditions should be evaluated during indoor air assessment activities, in consultation with the KDHE/BER project manager.

More Definitions of Background conditions

Background conditions means the biological, chemical, and physical conditions of a water body, upstream from the point or non-point source of any discharge under consideration. Background sampling location in an enforcement action would be upstream from the point of discharge, but not upstream from other inflows. If several discharges to any water body exist, and enforcement action is being taken for possible violations to the standards, background sampling would be undertaken immediately upstream from each discharge.

Background conditions means the biological, chemical, and physical conditions of a water body, outside and up-gradient of the area of influence of the point source discharge, non-point source, or instream activity under consideration. If several sources to any water body exist, background sampling would be undertaken immediately upstream from each source.