environment
Defined in 5 places across 4 titles of the United States Code.
The term “environment” includes water, air, and land and the interrelationship which exists among and between water, air, and land and all living things.
Same definition in 2 sections
- 1994–present15 U.S.C. § 2602Commerce and Trade · Definitions · as used in this chapter
- 1994–present42 U.S.C. § 11049The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · for purposes of this chapter
(A) The terms "environment", "facility", "hazardous substance", "person", "pollutant or contaminant", "release", "removal", "response", "disposal", and "hazardous waste" have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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- 2019–202110 U.S.C. § 2700Armed Forces · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “environment”, “facility”, “hazardous substance”, “person”, “pollutant or contaminant”, “release”, “removal”, “response”, “disposal”, and “hazardous waste” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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- 2021–202310 U.S.C. § 2700Armed Forces · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “environment” includes water, air, land, and all plants and man and other animals living therein, and the interrelationships which exist among these.
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- 1995–present7 U.S.C. § 136Agriculture · Definitions · for purposes of this subchapter
The term “environment” means (A) the navigable waters, the waters of the contiguous zone, and the ocean waters of which the natural resources are under the exclusive management authority of the United States under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act [16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.], and (B) any other surface water, ground water, drinking water supply, land surface or subsurface strata, or ambient air within the United States or under the jurisdiction of the United States.
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- 1994–199642 U.S.C. § 9601The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · in this section
The term “environment” means (A) the navigable waters, the waters of the contiguous zone, and the ocean waters of which the natural resources are under the exclusive management authority of the United States under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act [16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.], and (B) any other surface water, ground water, drinking water supply, land surface or subsurface strata, or ambient air within the United States or under the jurisdiction of the United States.
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- 1996–present42 U.S.C. § 9601The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · in this section
The terms “environment”, “facility”, “hazardous substance”, “person”, “pollutant or contaminant”, “release”, “removal”, “response”, “disposal”, and “hazardous waste” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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- 2010–present10 U.S.C. § 2700Armed Forces · Definitions · in this chapter
The terms “environment”, “facility”, “hazardous substance”, “person”, “release”, “removal”, “response”, “disposal”, and “hazardous waste” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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- 2003–201010 U.S.C. § 2700Armed Forces · Definitions · in this chapter