Canada - United States Air Quality Agreement Progress Report 2014: 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
- AQI
- Air Quality Index
- AQMEII
- Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative
- AQMS
- Air Quality Management System
- AQS
- (EPA) Air Quality System
- BACT
- best available control technology
- BART
- best available retrofit technology
- BCVCC
- British Columbia Visibility Coordinating Committee
- Bc:Al
- base cation to aluminum ratio
- Bkd
- background
- Ca2+
- 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
- CEM
- continuous emissions monitoring
- CEMS
- continuous emissions monitoring system
- CEPA 1999
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- CI
- continuous improvement
- Cl-
- chlorine
- CO
- carbon monoxide
- CO2
- carbon dioxide
- CSAPR
- Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
- CSN
- PM2.5Chemical Speciation Network
- CWS
- Canada-wide Standards
- D.C.
- District of Columbia
- DOC
- dissolved organic carbon
- DOT
- Department of Transportation
- ECA
- Emission Control Area
- EGU
- electric generating unit
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Eq/ha/yr
- equivalents per hectare per year
- FIPs
- Federal Implementation Plans
- GHG
- greenhouse gas
- H+
- hydrogen ion
- HAPs
- hazardous air pollutants
- Hg
- mercury
- HNO3
- nitric acid
- 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
- kW
- kilowatts
- LAER
- lowest achievable emission rate
- LFV
- Lower Fraser Valley
- LTM
- Long-Term Monitoring
- Mg2+
- magnesium ion
- mg/kg
- milligrams per kilogram
- MW
- megawatt
- Na+
- sodium ion
- NAA
- Non-attainment area
- NAAQ
- National Ambient Air Quality Standards
- NADP
- National Atmospheric Deposition Program
- NAPS
- National Air Pollution Surveillance
- NAtChem
- National Atmospheric Chemistry Database
- NATTS
- National Air Toxics Trends Stations
- NBP
- Budget Trading Program
- NCore
- National Core Monitoring Network
- NEI
- National Emissions Inventory
- NH3
- ammonia
- NH4+
- ammonium
- NHTSA
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- NO
- nitrogen monoxide
- NO2
- nitrogen dioxide
- NO3
- nitrate
- NOX
- nitrogen oxides
- NOy
- total reactive nitrogen
- NOAA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- 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
- OPG
- Ontario Power Generation
- O3
- ground-level ozone
- OTC
- Ozone Transport Commission
- PAH
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
- PAMS
- Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations
- Pb
- lead
- PCB
- polychlorinated biphenyl
- PEMA
- Pollutant Emission Management Area
- PERC
- tetrachloroethylene
- PFC
- portable fuel container
- pH
- measure of the activity of the solvated hydrogen ion
- PM
- particulate matter
- PM2.5
- particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 microns
- PM10
- particulate matter less than or equal to 10 microns
- ppb
- parts per billion
- ppm
- parts per million
- PSD
- Prevention of Significant Deterioration
- REA
- Risk and Exposure Assessment
- SIP
- State Implementation Plan
- SLAMS
- State and Local Air Monitoring Stations
- SMB
- simple mass balance
- SOx
- sulphur oxide
- SO2
- sulphur dioxide
- SO42-
- sulphate
- SSWC
- steady-state water chemistry
- TCE
- trichloroethylene
- TEMPO
- Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution
- TIME
- Temporally Integrated Monitoring of Ecosystems
- μeq/L
- micro-equivalents per litre
- μg/m3
- micrograms per cubic metre
- UNECE
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- VOCs
- volatile organic compounds
To obtain additional information, please contact:
In Canada
Air Emissions Priorities
Environment Canada
351 St. Joseph Blvd.
19th Floor, Place Vincent Massey
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3
In United States:
Clean Air Markets Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (6204J)
Washington, DC 20460
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