Canada-United States Air Quality Agreement Progress Report 2012: appendix B

Appendix B: List of Acronyms

AIRMoN

Atmospheric Integrated Research Monitoring Network

AMoN

Ammonia Monitoring Network

ANC

acid-neutralizing capacity

ARP

Acid Rain Program

AQA

Air Quality Agreement

AQBAT

Air Quality Benefits Assessment Tool

AQHI

Canadian Air Quality Health Index

AQI

Air Quality Index

AQMEII

Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative

AQMS

Air Quality Management System

AQS

(EPA) Air Quality System

AURAMS

A Unified Regional Air quality Modelling System

BACT

best available control technology

BART

best available retrofit technology

BC

black carbon

BCVCC

British Columbia Visibility Coordinating Committee

Bc:Al

base cation to aluminum ratios

BLIERs

Base-Level Industrial Emissions Requirements

Ca ²⁺

calcium ions

CAA

Clean Air Act

CAAQS

Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards

CAIR

Clean Air Interstate Rule

CAPMoN

Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network

CASTNET

Clean Air Status and Trends Network

CDDs

chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins

CDFs

furans

CCME

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

CEMS

continuous emission monitoring systems

CEPA 1999

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

CI

continuous improvement

Cl ^-

chlorine

CMAQ

Community Multiscale Air Quality Model

CO

carbon monoxide

CO ₂

carbon dioxide

CSN

PM _2.5 Chemical Speciation Network

CWS

Canada-wide Standards

D.C.

District of Columbia

DISCOVER-AQ

Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from Column and Vertically

Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality

DOC

dissolved organic carbon

E3MC

economy forecast model

ECA

Emission Control Area

EGU

electric generating unit

EM

Environmental Manager (magazine)

EMAP

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ER

emergency room

ESAI

Essar Steel Algoma Inc.

EU

European

FEM

Federal Equivalent Method

FIPs

Federal Implementation Plans

GEM

gaseous elemental mercury

GHG

greenhouse gas

GOM

gaseous oxidized mercury

GPMP

Gaseous Pollutant Monitoring Program

H ⁺

hydrogen ion

HAP

hazardous air pollutant

Hg

mercury

hp

horsepower

IADN

Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network

ICP

International Cooperative Programme

IJC

International Joint Commission

IMPROVE

Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments

ISA

Integrated Science Assessment

K ⁺

potassium ion

KCAC

Keeping Clean Areas Clean

kg/ha/yr

kilograms per hectare per year

km

kilometer

kt

kiloton (thousand metric tons)

kW

kilowatts

LAER

lowest achievable emission rate

LFV

Lower Fraser Valley

LRTAP

Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

LTM

Long-Term Monitoring

MESA Air

Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution

Mg ²⁺

magnesium ion

mg/kg

milligrams per kilogram

MOE

Ministry of the Environment (Ontario)

μg/m ³

micrograms per cubic meter

MW

megawatt

Na ⁺

sodium ion

NA

North American

NAAQS

National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NATTS

National Air Toxics Trends Stations

NADP

National Atmospheric Deposition Program

NAPS

National Air Pollution Surveillance (Network)

NAtChem

National Atmospheric Chemistry Database

NBP

NO _x Budget Trading Program

NCore

National Core Monitoring Network

NEI

National Emissions Inventory

NH ₃

ammonia

NH ₄ ⁺

ammonium

NHTSA

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

HNO ₃

nitric acid

NO

nitrogen monoxide

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NO ₂

nitrogen dioxide

NO ₃ ^-

nitrate

NO _x

nitrogen oxides

NPRI

National Pollutant Release Inventory

NPS

National Park Service

NSPS

New Source Performance Standards

NSR

New Source Review

NTN

National Trends Network

OBD

on-board diagnostic

O ₃

ground-level ozone

OTC

Ozone Transport Commission

PAH

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

PAMS

Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations

Pb

lead

PBM

particulate bound mercury

PCB

polychlorinated biphenyl

PEMA

Pollutant Emission Management Area

PERC

tetrachloroethylene

pH

measure of the activity of the solvated hydrogen ion

PM

particulate matter

PM _2.5

particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 microns

PM ₁₀

particulate matter less than or equal to 10 microns

ppb

parts per billion

ppm

parts per million

PSD

Prevention of Significant Deterioration

RCC

Regulatory Cooperation Council

REA

Risk and Exposure Assessment

SI

spark-ignition

SIP

State Implementation Plan

SLAMS

State and Local Air Monitoring Stations

SO ₂

sulfur dioxide

SO ₄ ^2-

sulfate

TCE

trichloroethylene

TIME

Temporally Integrated Monitoring of Ecosystems

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

U.S.

United States

VOC

volatile organic compound

To obtain additional information, please contact:

In United States:

Clean Air Markets Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (6204J)
Washington, DC 20460

In Canada:

Air Emissions Priorities
Environment Canada
351 St. Joseph Blvd.
12^th Floor, Place Vincent Massey
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website:
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Environment Canada’s website:
www.ec.gc.ca/Air/default.asp?lang=En&n=83930AC3-1