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Appendix F: Glossary
Pages 120-122

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... Benefit. Impact or result of an action or event related to building, operating, maintaining, or using infrastructure, not necessarily related to the tasks that infrastructure is intended to accomplish; may be positive or negative, in the latter case, may be termed disbenefit.
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... Benefit. Impact or result of an action or event related to building, operating, maintaining, or using infrastructure, not necessarily related to the tasks that infrastructure is intended to accomplish; may be positive or negative, in the latter case, may be termed disbenefit.
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