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TO: Distribution Interoffice Communication FROM: DATE: SUBJ: T. G. Grumbles November 3, 1989 SURFACTANTS ANNUAL MEETING ACTION ITEM During my presentation at the subject meeting it was suggested that a description of commonly used acronyms in the regulatory world would be helpful to have as a reference source. Attached is such a list that we developed several years ago. T. G. Grumbles dlj .807 Attachment Distribution: Surfactant Meeting Attendees VVV 000007009 AA ACL AIHC AMSA ANPR APCA ARAR ASIWPCA BACT BAT BATEA BCT BDT BID BMP BOD BPJ ACRONYMS/DEFINITIONS RECEIVED MW 24 `88 nouic Attainment Area cw Alternate Concentration Limit American Industrial Health Council Re: X-F: Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Air Pollution Control Association Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirement Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators Best Available Control Technology - the standard for pollution control technology which must be met by major new or modified pollution emission sources in areas with above-standard air quality. Best Available Technology - degree of treatment to be applied to all toxic pollutants and non-conventional pollutants based generally upon control technology which has been demonstrated as technically and economically feasible but which may not yet have been applied in any facility. b.K*' Best Available Technology Economically Achievable Best Conventional Technology - degree of treatment to be applied to all "conventional" pollutants (BOD, SS, pH, coliform, etc.) by 1984. A degree of treatment no less than BPT. The Clean Water Act specifies cost tests necessary in defining BCT. Best Demonstrated Technology Background Information Document Best Management Practice Biochemical Oxygen Demand Best Professional Judgment - the decision of a qualified person, based on experience and training, concerning a scientific or engineering question. VVV 000007010 BPT Btu CAA CAER CAG CDC CDE CEA CERCLA CIBO COD CTG OTA DMR/QA EGD EIS EOP EPA ETT -2- Best Practical Technology - degree of treatment to be applied to all industrial wastes by July 1, 1977, based generally upon the average pollution control performance achieved by the best exist ing plants. British Thermal Unit Clean Air Act - the 1970 Clean Air Act as amended in 1977. Community Awareness and Emergency Response Carcinogen Assessment Group (EPA) Center for Disease Control Control Device Evaluation Council of Economic Advisors Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. Provides for liability, clean-up and emergency response for hazardous substances released into the environment and the clean-up of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites. Commonly known as Superfund. Congress of Industrial Boiler Owners Chemical Oxygen Demand Control Techniques Guidelines - technology assessments prepared by EPA to provide guidance on the best controls available for use by categories of existing sources? used to establish RACT. Clean Water Act of 1977 (the 1972 Act was amended in 1977) (PL-92-500 &, 95-217) Discharge Monitoring Reports/Quality Assurance Effluent Guidelines Division (EPA) Environmental Impact Statement - a logical analysis of the effects on the environment that will or may reasonably be expected to occur as a result of a proposed action. End-of-Pipe-Treatment - those processes that treat a cobmined plant wastestream for pollutant removal prior to discharge. The United States Environmental Protection Agency Effluent Toxicity Testing - program for testing the toxic effects on aquatic life of an effluent, or specified pollutants in an effluent. VVV 000007011 FGD FOIA FWPCA GC/CD GC/MS GLP GPC HAP HC HRS ICAP ' IERL LAER LDR LIDAR NA NAAQS NAPCTAC NCP NCRIC -3- Flue Gas Desulfurization - any pollution control process which treats stationary source combustion flue gas to remove sulfur oxides. Freedom of Information Act Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 - sets effluent control limits for all industries discharging into waters of the United States. Gas Chromatograph/Conventional Detector Gas Chromatograph/Hass Spectrometer Good Laboratory Practices General Plan Configurations Hazardous Air Pollutant Hydrocarbons Hazard Ranking System Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory (EPA) Lowest Achievable Emission Rate - control level required on new major emissions in nonattainment areas. The most stringent control applied or required anywhere without consideration of cost or energy impact. Land Disposal Restrictions Light Detection and Ranging Nonattainment Area - an area within a state which has not attained the EPA established national ambient air quality standard. National Ambient Air Quality Standards - standards of air quality established by the EPA for pollutants identified by the Agency as likely to endanger public health and welfare - primary standards to protect public healthy secondary standards to protect public welfare. National Air Pollution Control Techniques Advisory Committee National Contingency Plan National Chemical Referral Information Center vvv 0000070X2 NEPA NESHAP NOAA NO X NPDES NRDC NSPS OAQPS OCPSF OGC OMB OPS ORD OSTP osw PER pH PIC POTW POM PM -4- National Environmental Policy Act - a federal statute that established basic federal policy and procedures for review of the impacts on the environment that will result from a proposed project. National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants emission limitations established by EPA for pollutants the Agency judges to possess a significant potential for causing health problems, but for which no national air quality standards have been established. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Abbreviation for nitrogen oxides or oxides of nitrogen National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System - the national permitting system authorized under Section 402 of the FWPCA. Natural Resources Defense Council New Source Performance Standards - the levels and types of emission control imposed by EPA on various categories of new or modified sources of air pollution. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (EPA) Organic Chemicals, Plastics, and Synthetic Fibers Manufacturing Point Source Category Office of General Counsel Office of Management and Budget Organic Chemicals/Plastics and Synthetics Industrial Category Office of Research and Development (EPA) Office of Science and Technology Policy Office of Solid Waste Process Emission Regulations A measure of the acidity of alkalinity of a material, liquid or solid. Product of Incomplete Combustion Publicly Owned Treatment Works Polycyclic Organic Matter Particulate Matter VwVvV 000000000077001133 PRP PPb PSD PSES PSNS PACT RAP RCRA RIA V RI/FS RMCL ROSE SAB SARA SDWA SIC SIP SO X SOCMI STAPPA * STORET -5- Potentially Responsible Parties Abbreviation for Parts Per Billion Prevention of Significant Deterioration - a policy implemented by regulations applying to attainment areas of the USA to protect these areas from any future significant deterioration. Pretreatment Standards for Existing Sources of indirect discharges under Section 307(d) of the Clean Water Act. Pretreatment Standards for New Sources of indirect discharges under Section 307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act. Reasonably Available Control Technology - applied to existing major sources in nonattainment areas. Remedial Accomplishments Plan Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 - establishes controls of the handling and disposal of solid wastes and hazardous wastes. Regulatory Impact Analysis - a logical analysis of the effects of a particular regulatory program on the regulated community and the economy. Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Recommended Maximum Contaminant Level Remote Optical Sensing of Emissions Science Advisory Board Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 Safe Drinking Water Act Standard Industrial Classification - a numerical categorization scheme used by the U.S. Department of Commerce to denote segments of industry. State Implementation Plans - a body of regulations and emissions standards developed by the state designed to reach the air quality goals of the state. Must be approved by EPA. Sulfur Oxide Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators Storage and Retrieval System. EPA data bank WV 000007014 "SUPERFUND" TLV TMDL TSDF TSP TSS TWA UCR UIC USGS voc VOL WPCF WQC WQS Popular term applied to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and the Superfund Amend ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. Threshold Limit Values Total Maximum Daily Loads Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility Total Suspended Particulates Total Suspended Solids Time Weighted Average Upper Confidence Range Underground Injection Control U.S. Geological Survey Volatile Organic Compounds - organic compounds that participate in photochemical reactions. Volatile Organic Liquid Water Pollution Control Federation Water Quality Criteria - acceptable concentration of a pollutant, based upon the latest scientific knowledge concerning the effects of the pollutant on health and welfare. Water Quality Standard - a regulatory program for a particular segment of a receiving water which will normally be based upon applicable water quality criteria and other relevant characteristics of the receiving water segment and will include designated use or uses for the water segment, along with a plan of enforcement. VVV 00000701