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pollution > emission > plant-specific release
pollution > emission > atmospheric emission > plant-specific release

Preferred term

plant-specific release  

Definition

  • Any introduction of pollutants into the environment from a specific industrial facility or location, as a result of any human activity, whether deliberate or accidental, routine or non-routine, including spilling, emitting, discharging, injecting, disposing or dumping, or through sewer systems without final waste-water treatment;

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/15261

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