Significance Threshold Clause Samples
A Significance Threshold clause defines a minimum level of importance or materiality that an event, fact, or breach must reach before it triggers certain rights or obligations under a contract. For example, it may specify that only breaches resulting in losses above a specified dollar amount will be actionable, or that only changes with a substantial impact on the agreement require notification or consent. This clause helps prevent minor or trivial issues from causing unnecessary disputes or administrative burdens, ensuring that only meaningful matters are addressed under the contract.
Significance Threshold. A significant effect on air quality is determined when:
1. Project-related emissions cause an increase in pollutant concentrations over the nearest onshore area of at least 20 square kilometers that
a. exceeds half of any of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) (except for ozone); or
b. exceeds half of the maximum allowable increase for any pollutant for the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) for a Class II area under 40 CFR 52.21(c) or 18 AAC 50.020(b); or
c. is expected to exceed half the ozone NAAQS based on an analysis of the potential increase in the ozone precursor emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOX); or
2. Design concentrations violate the NAAQS or if applicable, the Alaska Ambient Air Quality Standards (AAQS).
Significance Threshold. Economic effects that would cause important and sweeping changes in the economic well-being of the residents or the area or region. Local employment is increased by 20% or more for at least 5 years.
Significance Threshold. Adverse impacts which disrupt subsistence activities, or make subsistence resources unavailable, undesirable for use, or only available in greatly reduced numbers, for a substantial portion of a subsistence season for any community.
Significance Threshold. Though the significance threshold for the Mayo Clinic DRI is 10%, the City requested the applicant evaluate transportation impacts based on the more stringent 5% threshold. This analysis will review transportation impacts based on a 5% threshold, though the 10% threshold will be retained for any future analysis including the reanalysis required before Phase VI.
Significance Threshold. Significant effect on water quality is determined by any of the following: (1) the action is likely to violate its National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit; (2) in the event of an accidental spill of crude oil or refined oil, total aromatic hydrocarbon or total aqueous hydrocarbon criteria for the Alaska marine or fresh-water quality standards are exceeded; or (3) the action is otherwise likely to introduce changes in the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a waterbody which case an unreasonable degradation of the marine environment as defined at 40 CFR 125.121 and determined in accordance with 40 CFR 125.122.
Significance Threshold. An adverse impact that results in a decline in abundance and/or change in distribution requiring three or more generations for the indicated population to recover to its former status.
Significance Threshold. The significance threshold for Environmental Justice is when minority or low-income populations experience disproportionate, high adverse human health or environmental effects from the Noticed Activities. Disproportionately high adverse impacts are those impacts which exceed the significance thresholds for subsistence or sociocultural effects for minority populations or low income populations.
Significance Threshold. A disruption of social organization, cultural values, and/or institutional arrangements with a tendency towards displacement of existing social patterns.