AIR QUALITY ACRONYMS AND COMMON ABBREVIATIONS

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1 AIR QUALITY ACRONYMS AND COMMON ABBREVIATIONS A ACFM ACHD ACP AES AFS AIM AIMS AIRS AMS APCA AQI AQS AQTAC ALAPCO B BACT BAQ BART BAT Btu C CAA CAAA CAC CAIR CA LEV CAM CAMR CARB CDC CEMDPS CEMS CFB CFM CFR CMAQ CNG CO CO CO 2 D Actual Cubic Feet per Minute Allegheny County Health Department Alternative Control Plan Annual Emission System AIRS Facility Subsystem Architectural and Industrial Maintenance Air Information Management System Aerometric Information Retrieval System Air Management Services - Philadelphia Department of Health Air Pollution Control Act (Pennsylvania) Air Quality Index Air Quality System Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials Best Available Control Technology Bureau of Air Quality Best Available Retrofit Technology Best Available Technology British Thermal Unit Clean Air Act (federal) Clean Air Act Amendments Citizens Advisory Council Clean Air Interstate Rule (federal) California Low Emission Vehicle program Compliance Assurance Monitoring Clean Air Mercury Rule (federal) California Air Resources Board Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (federal) Continuous Emissions Monitoring Data Processing System Continuous Emission Monitoring System Circulating Fluidized Bed Cubic Feet per Minute Code of Federal Regulations Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program (federal DOT) Compressed Natural Gas Carbon Monoxide (DEP) Central Office Carbon Dioxide October

2 DEP Department of Environmental Protection (Pennsylvania) DOE Department of Energy (federal) DOT Department of Transportation (federal) Dscf Dry standard cubic feet E ECOS Environmental Council of States EDMS Emissions and Dispersion Modeling System (aircraft) EGAS Economic Growth Analysis System EGU Electric Generating Unit EI Emission Inventory EIP Economic Incentive Program EPA Environmental Protection Agency (federal) EPAct Energy Policy Act (1992 or 2005) EQB Environmental Quality Board e-facts Environmental Facility Application Compliance Tracking System EC Elemental carbon efacts Environmental Facility Application Compliance Tracking System EMAP Environmental Management Assistance Program (Pennsylvania) ERC Emission Reduction Credit ETAC ElectroTechnology Application Center F FBC Fluidized Bed Combustion FEM Federal Equivalent Method FFY Federal Fiscal Year FHwA Federal Highway Administration FIP Federal Implementation Plan FIRE Factor Information REtrieval FLM Federal Land Manager FMVCP Federal Motor Vehicle Control Program G gm/mile grams per mile (highway vehicles) gm/bhp-hr grams per brake horsepower hour (offroad vehicles) GP General Permit gr/dscf Grains per dry standard cubic foot GVWR Gross Vehicle Weight Rating H HAP Hazardous Air Pollutant HC hydrocarbon HDDV heavy-duty diesel vehicle Hg Mercury H 2 S Hydrogen Sulfide HPV High Priority Violator HVOC High Volatility Organic Compound I ICI Industrial, Commercial and Institutional October

3 IC IGCC I/M IMPROVE IPM IPP IRRC J-K-L LAER lb/hg/gwh lb/hr lb/mmbtu lb/mmcf LDV, LDT M MACT MANE-VU MARAMA MDN MERC MMBtu/hr MOA MOU MOVES MPO MVOC MW MY N NAAQS NACAA NAICS NAMS NADP NAPAP NARSTO NEI NESHAP NLEV NMOG NO 2 NO x NO y NOV Internal Combustion Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Inspection and Maintenance program (vehicles) Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments Integrated Planning Model Independent Power Producer Independent Regulatory Review Commission Lowest Achievable Emission Rate Pounds of Mercury per Gigawatt-Hour Pounds per hour Pounds per million Btu Pounds per million cubic foot light-duty vehicle, light-duty truck Maximum Achievable Control Technology Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Visibility Union Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association Mercury Deposition Network Mobile Emission Reduction Credit Million Btu per hour Memorandum of Agreement Memorandum of Understanding Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator Metropolitan Planning Organization (transportation) Medium Volatility Organic Compound Megawatt model year (vehicle) National Ambient Air Quality Standard National Association of Clean Air Agencies (formerly STAPPA/ALAPPCO) North American Industrial Classification System National Air Monitoring Station(s) National Atmospheric Deposition Program National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone National Emissions Inventory National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants National Low Emission Vehicle Program Non-methane organic gases Nitrogen dioxide Oxides of nitrogen Reactive nitrogen compounds Notice of Violation October

4 NSPS New Source Performance Standard NSR New Source Review NTI National Toxics Inventory O O 3 Ozone OBD On-board diagnostics (vehicles) OC Organic carbon OG Organic gases OP Operating Permit OTC Ozone Transport Commission OTR Ozone Transport Region P-Q PA Plan approval PA Pennsylvania PAMS Photochemical Assessment Measurement Stations Pb Lead PBT Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxics PCF Pulverized coal fired PENNDOT Pennsylvania Department of Transportation PennSTAR Pennsylvania Spray Technique Analysis and Research PFC Portable fuel container ph Potential or power of hydrogen (negative log of the hydrogen ion concentration) PM Particulate Matter PM 10 Particulate Matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 10 microns PM 2.5 Particulate Matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 microns ppm parts per million PPMv Parts per million by volume PPMw Parts per million by weight ppb parts per billion PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration psi pounds per square inch R RACT Reasonably Available Control Technology RFG Reformulated Gasoline RFP Reasonable Further Progress RGGI Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative RO (DEP) Regional Office ROP Rate of Progress RVP Reid Vapor Pressure (gasoline) S SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005 surface transportation authorizing law) SBAP Small Business Assistance Program October

5 SCC SCFM SIC SIP SLAMS SMOKE SO 2 SOx STAPPA T TMHE tpd tpsd tpy TRI TSDF TSP U-V ULSD VOC VMT W-X-Y-Z Source Classification Code Standard Cubic Feet Per Minute Standard Industrial Classification State Implementation Plan State and Local Air Monitoring Stations Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions (model) Sulfur Dioxide Oxides of Sulfur State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators Total Maximum Historical Emissions tons per day tons per summer day tons per year Toxics Release Inventory Transport, Storage and Disposal Facilities Total suspended particulates Ultra-low sulfur diesel Volatile Organic Compound Vehicle Miles Travelled October