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- noun Plural form of
exceedance .
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Examples
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However, we haven't been able to prevent these exceedances, Guille said.
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It should adopt a national standard far more protective than 1 in 28, and it should eliminate any use of the 90-day averaging period and any allowable exceedances.
Steve Fleischli: EPA Proposal Allows 1 in 28 People to Get Sick at U.S. Beaches Steve Fleischli 2012
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We regret these exceedances and have taken aggressive steps to ensure that they will not be repeated in the future.
Arch Coal Pays $4 Million to Settle Clean-Water Act Charges Tess Stynes 2011
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It should adopt a national standard far more protective than 1 in 28, and it should eliminate any use of the 90-day averaging period and any allowable exceedances.
Steve Fleischli: EPA Proposal Allows 1 in 28 People to Get Sick at U.S. Beaches Steve Fleischli 2012
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The group found that the reckless coal company had over 300 documented exceedances of their NPDES permit since July, 2003.
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Air pollution by ozone in Europe in summer 2003 - Overview of exceedances of EC ozone threshold values during the summer season April-August 2003 and comparisons with previous years.
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Air pollution by ozone in Europe in summer 2003 - Overview of exceedances of EC ozone threshold values during the summer season April-August 2003 and comparisons with previous years.
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Inspectors had also found "serious exceedances of permit emissions limits for ammonia, up to 15 times the limit, and particulates (dust), up to 27 times the limit".
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Suppose that 10 years ago, 99% of speed limit exceedances were ticketed not likely, but conceivably possible.
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Now suppose that The Powers That Be decided to redirect law enforcement efforts toward jaywalking, littering, and the War on Drugs instead, so that enforcement of the law on speeding dropped to 5% of exceedances.
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