PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 3 POLLUTION

1. Pollution Prevention, Resource Conservation and Energy Efficiency

2 Wastes

3 Hazardous Materials

4 Emergency Preparedness and Response

5 Technical Guidance

6 Ambient Considerations

7 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

8 Pesticide Use and Management

AMBIENT CONSIDERATIONS 

Ambient conditions include the air, surface and groundwater, and soils.

Consider

• Finite assimilative capacity of the environment, existing and future and use,
• Existing ambient conditions
• Proximity to ecologically sensitive or protected areas, and
• Potential for cumulative impacts with uncertain consequences;

Promote strategies that

• Avoid or, where avoidance is not feasible, minimize or reduce the release of pollutants,
• Contribute to the improvement of ambient conditions

These strategies include evaluation of location alternatives and emissions offsets.

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