CIBO Acronyms
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A
AAMA – American Automobile Manufacturers Assn
acid rain – Air pollution produced when acid chemicals from air pollutants, including sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides, are incorporated into rain, snow, fog, or mist.
AHAT – Ad Hoc Air Trajectory Group (an OTAG mini-workgroup)
AGA – American Gas Association
Ah – Aryl hydrocarbon
AIRS – Aerometric Information Retrieval System (of U.S. EPA)
ALAPCO – Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials
ANPR – Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
AOC – Area of Concern
API – American Petroleum Institute
AQA – Air Quality Analysis (an OTAG workgroup)
AQMD – Air Quality Management District
AQSM – Air Quality Simulation Model
area sources – Air pollution sources that are not licensed under law (i.e., cars, homes, Laundromats, etc.
ATS – EPA’s SO2 allowance tracking system
ATSDR – Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
attainment – Compliance with ozone standard established by U.S. EPA. To reach attainment, an area’s ozone level must average 0.12 ppm (parts per million) over 1 hour (not to be exceeded on more than an average of 1 day per year for a 3 – year period). Proposed new standards would require the 3 – year average of the second highest 8 – hour average to be less than 0.08 ppm. (see also non-attainment)
AWQC – Ambient Water Quality Criterion or Criteria
B
BACM – Best available control measures
BACT – see RACT
B (a) P – Benzo (a) pyrene
BART – Best available retro fit technology
BOOS – Burners out of service
C
CAA – Clean Air Act
CAAA – Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
CAAAC – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee
CAFE – Corporate average fuel economy
CAPI – Clean Air Power Initiative
CARB – California Air Resources Board
CASAC – Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
CBADS – Chesapeake Bay Atmospheric Deposition Study
CBOS – Chesapeake Bay Observing System
CBP – Chesapeake Bay Program
CCMP – Comprehensive Conservation & Management Plan
CEM – Continuous emission monitoring (see also CEMS)
CEMS – Continuous emission monitoring systems. Machines that measure, on a continuous basis, pollutants released by a source (see also CEM)
CFCs – Chlorofluorocarbons
CIBO – Council of Industrial Boiler Owners
CMA – Chemical Manufacturers Association
CMB – Chemical mass balance
CMSA – Combined metropolitan statistical area
CNG – Compressed natural gas
CO – Carbon monoxide
CrèMe – Cooperative Regional Model Evaluation
CT – Combustion turbine
CTG – Control technique guideline
CTO – Control Technologies and Options (an OTAG workgroup)
CWA – Clean Water Act
D
DG – Distribution Generator
DDD – Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane
DDE – Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene
DDT – Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
deciview – A linear index expressing visibility impairment. Alinear scale to measure impairment is used because changes in visual range are not proportional to human perception. (see also visibility)
DEIS – Draft environmental impact statement
DES – Diethylstilbestrol
dL – Deciliter
DQA – Date quality assessment
DQOs – Data quality objectives
DSM – Demand side management
E
ECO – Employee commute options
ECOS – Environmental Council of the States
EDF – Environmental Defense Fund
EEI – Edison Electric Institute
EGU – Electric Generating Unit
EI – Emissions Inventory (an OTAG workgroup)
EIS – Environmental impact statement
EMAP – Environmental Monitoring & Assessment Program
EPA – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPRI – Electric Power Research Institute
ERC – Emission reduction credit
ESP – Electrostatic precipitator- a device that removes particulate matter from exhaust gases.
ETBE – Ethyl tertiary butyl ether
EV – Electric vehicle
F
FACA – Federal Advisory Committee Act, the law providing for stakeholder groups’ participating in rulemaking
FAI – Financial assessment and Implementation (an OTAG subgroup)
FBN – Fuel-bound nitrogen
FDA – Food & Drug Administration
FERC – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FEV – Forced expiratory volume – the volume of air measured in the first second of a forced vital capacity (FVC) test.
FGET – Furnace gas exit temperature
FGR – Flue gas recirculation
FIP – Federal implementation plan
FVC – Forced vital capacity – the volume of air measured in a complete exhalation accomplished as rapidly as the individual can expel the air.
G
g – gram
GLWQA – Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
GLWQB – Great Lakes Water Quality Board
GLWQC – Great Lakes Water Quality Criteria
GLWQG – Great Lakes Water Quality Guidance
GLWQO – Great Lakes Water Quality Objective
GMP – Gulf of Mexico Program
Ground-level ozone – A gaseous compound of NOx (nitrogen oxides) and VOCs (volatile organic compounds) formed when these ozone precursors react to strong sunlight. (see also smog; tropospheric ozone)
H
HAPS – Hazardous air pollutant
HC – Hydrocarbon; also hazardous constituents
HCB – Hexachlorobenzene
HCFC – Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
HDT – Heavy-duty truck
HDV – Heavy-duty vehicle
HEAT – House Energy Action Team
HEI – Health Effects Institute
Hg – Mercury
HON – Hazardous organic NESHAP
HPMS – Highway performance monitoring system
HRSG – Heat recovery steam generator
I
IADN – Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network
ICBM – Industrial Combustion Boiler MACT
IJC – International Joint Commission
IM – Inspection and maintenance
IMCC – Interstate Mining Compact Commission
ILEV – Inherently LEV
ISI – Implementation Strategies and Issues (an OTAG workgroup)
ISTEA – Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
J
K
kg – Kilogram
L
L – Liter
LADCO – Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
LAER – Lowest achievable emission rate
LDT – Light-duty truck
LDV – Light-duty vehicle
LEBS – Low–emission boiler system
LEV – Low emission vehicle
LEVP – 49-state low-emission vehicle program
LNB – Low-NOx burners (see also LNCB)
LNCB – Low-NOx cell burners (see also LNB)
LPG – Liquefied petroleum gas
LQER – Lesser-quantity emission rates
LVW – Loaded vehicle weight
M
M&A – Modeling and Assessment (an OTAG subgroup)
MACT – Maximum achievable control technology – see RACT
MARAMA – Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association
MCL – Maximum contaminant level
MET – Meteorology (data)
MFR – Modified focus roll out
mg – Milligram
mmbtu – Million btu
MMT – Methylcyclopentaclienyl manganese tricarbonyl – a manganese compound used as an additive in mobile sources (gasoline additive)
mobile sources – Objects that are not fixed or stationary and may release air pollutants; mobile sources are divided into two groups: road vehicles and non-road vehicles. Non-road vehicles include trains, planes, lawn mowers, etc.
MOCA – Modeling Ozone Cooperative
MOG – Midwest Ozone Group
MOU – Memorandum of understanding
MSA – Metropolitan statistical area (see also CMSA)
MSDS – Material safety data sheets
MSR – Management systems review
MTBE – Methyl tertiary butyl ether
N
NAAQS – National Ambient Air Quality Standard
NADP – National Atmospheric Deposition Program
NAFTA – North American Free Trade Agreement
NAPAP – National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
NARSTO – North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone
NEA – NOx (nitrogen oxides) emission allotment
NEP – National Estuary Program
NERRS – National Estuarine Research Reserve System
NESCAUM – Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management
NESHAP – National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants
ng – Nanogram
NGM – Nested grid model
NGV – Natural gas vehicle
NH3 – Ammonia
NMOC – Non-methane organic compounds or non-methane organic carbon
NMOG – Non-methane organic gases
NOAA – National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
NO2 – Nitrogen dioxide, criteria pollutant
NOx – Oxides of nitrogen
NOI – Notice of Intent
non-attainment – Noncompliance with ozone standard set by U.S. EPA. An area is considered to be in non-attainment when its average ozone over 1 hour exceeds the current ozone standard of 0.12 ppm (parts per million) on more than an average of 1 day per year for a 3-year period. Proposed new standards would require the 3-year average of the second highest 8-hour average to be less than 0.08 ppm (see also attainment)
NOPR – Notice of proposed rulemaking (see also NPRM and NPR)
NPR – Notice of proposed rulemaking (see also NPRM and NOPR)
NPRM – Notice of proposed rulemaking (see also NOPR and NPR)
NRDC – Natural Resources Defense Council
NSPS – New source performance standards
NSR – New source review
NS&T – National Status & Trends
O
O&C – Outreach and Communications (an OTAG subgroup)
O&M – Operations and maintenance
OAQPS – Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards
OBD – On-board diagnostic
OIT – Office of Industrial Technology
OMB – Office of Management & Budget
ORD – Office of Research and Development (of U.S. EPA)
OSHA – Occupational Safety & Health Administration
OMTR – Open market trading rule
OTAG – Ozone Transport Assessment Group
OTC – Ozone Transport Commission (called Northeast Ozone Transport Commission in the CAAA)
OTR – Ozone Transport Region
ozon – A compound gas made of molecules with three atoms of oxygen each. Ozone is formed by a combination of NOx (nitrogen oxides) and VOC (volatile organic compounds). Ground-level ozone, also referred to as tropospheric ozone, is the prime ingredient of smog and may present health risks at high concentrations. Stratospheric or “good” ozone is found in the upper atmosphere and provides a protective filter above the earth.
ozone precursors – Gases including NOx (nitrogen oxides) or VOCs (volatile organic compounds) that can combine to form ground-level ozone, or smog, under certain conditions.
ozone transport – The movement of surface or ground-level ozone or its precursors by weather patterns from one area to another.
P
PAH – Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
PAL – Plant Applicability Limit
PAM – Photochemical Analysis Monitoring System
particulate matter – Pollutants from combustion (see also PM-10, PM-2.5)
PCA – Principal component analysis
PCB – Polychlorinated biphenyl
PE – Performance evaluation
PM-10 – Measure of particulate matter (pollutants from combustion); denotes particles with a nominal size less than 10 micrometers in diameter). Proposed new standards would establish separate standards for fine particles, those smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (see also PM-2.5)
PM-2.5 – Measure of particulate matter (pollutants from combustion); denotes particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (see also PM-10)
point sources – Fixed sources of (air) pollution, such as factories or power plants.
Policy Group – OTAG group charged with overseeing operations of OTAG subgroups, receiving subgroup recommendations, and making final recommendations to U.S. EPA.
POM – Polycyclic organic matter
ppb – Parts per billion
ppm – Parts per million
PSD – Prevention of serious deterioration
PUHCA – Public Utility Holding Company Act
Q
QA – Quality assurance
QAM – Quality assurance manager
QAPP – Quality assurance project plan
QC – Quality control
QMP – Quality management plan
R
RACM – Reasonable available control measures
RACT – Reasonably available control technology; as with best (BACT), or maximum achievable (MACT)
RADM – Regional Acid Deposition Model
RFG – Reformulated gasoline
RAP – Remedial Action Plan
RAPIDS – Regional Air Pollutant Inventory Development System
RCRA – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RECLAIM – Regional Clean Air Incentives Market
RELMAP – Regional Lagrangian Model of Air Pollution
REMSAD – Regional Modeling System for Aerosols & Atmospheric Deposition
RFG – Reformulated gasoline
RFP – Reasonable further progress
ROG – See VOG
ROM – Regional Oxidant Model
ROP – Rate of progress
RPM – Regional Particulate Model
RUSM – Regional and Urban Scale Modeling (an OTAG workgroup)
RVP – Reid vapor pressure
S
SAB – Science Advisory Board
S&C – Strategies and controls (an OTAG subgroup)
SAMI – Southern Appalachian Mountain Initiative
SAV – Submerged aquatic vegetation
SCAQMD – South Coast Air Quality Management District
SCR – Selective catalytic reduction
SETAC – Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry
SIL – Significant Impact Levels
SIP – State implementation plan
smog – Ground-level ozone; also referred to as tropospheric ozone
SNCR – Selective non-catalytic reduction
SO2 – Sulfur dioxide
SOCMI – Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry
SOLEC – State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference
SOS – Southern Oxidant Study
SOP – Standard operating procedure
STAPPA/ALAPCO – State & Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators / Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officers
stationary source – A fixed place or object from which air pollutants may be released; includes power plants, gas stations, incinerators, houses, etc.
T
TAG – Technical assessment guide
TCDD – Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
TCDF – Tetrachlorodibenzofuran
TCM – Transportation control measures
TEF – Toxic Equivalent Factors
TEQ – Toxic Equivalent Levels
T/I – Trading / Incentives (an OTAG workgroup)
TLEV – Transitional LEV
TNRCC – Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission
top/down BACT – In PSD cases, even in areas that don’t have a big NOx problem, new sources have to conform to the toughest standards set elsewhere in the US except where a case can be made for not adopting the toughest standard. Starting for the to (toughest rules) and working down according to local conditions in seeking the best available control technology.
tpy – Tons per year
TRI – Toxic Release Inventory
tropospheric ozone – Ground-level ozone
TSA – Technical systems audit
TSCA – Toxic Substances Control Act
TTN – EPA’s Technology Transfer Network; access by modem at 919/541-5742 and Help Line 919/541-4814
TUT – The Ultimate Truth (an extension of the OTAG Web site home page)
U
UAM-V – Urban Airshed Model Five
UARG – Utility Air Regulatory Group
ULEV – Ultra LEV
UVB – Ultraviolet B
V
VAD – Valley Air District, short for San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District in Fresno
visibility – The furthest distance from which a person can see a landscape feature.
VMT – Vehicle miles traveled
VOCs – Volatile organic compounds [called ROGs (reactive organic gases) in California]
W
WESTAR – Western States Air Resources Council
WHO – World Health Organization
X
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Z
ZEV – Zero emission vehicle
