Canada-US Air Quality Agreement: progress report 2016: Appendix A

ADAGIO

Atmospheric Deposition Analysis Generated by Optimal Interpolation from Observations

Agreement

Canada–United States Air Quality Agreement

ARP

Acid Rain Program

AQMEII

Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative

AQMS

(Canada) Air Quality Management System

BACT

best available control technology

BART

best available retrofit technology

BCVCC

British Columbia Visibility Coordinating Committee

CAAQS

Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards

CAIR

Clean Air Interstate Rule

CAM

compliance assurance monitoring

CAPMoN

Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network

CASTNET

Clean Air Status and Trends Network

CEMS

continuous emissions monitoring systems

CEPA 1999

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

CSAPR

Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

ECCC

Environment and Climate Change Canada

EPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

IMPROVE

Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments

IJC

International Joint Commission

JRC

(European-Commission) Joint Research Center

kg/ha/yr

kilograms per hectare per year

LAER

lowest achievable emission rate

LFV

Lower Fraser Valley

mg/kg

milligrams per kilogram

NAAQS

National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NADP

National Atmospheric Deposition Program

NAPS

National Air Pollution Surveillance

NAtChem

National Atmospheric Chemistry Database

NBP

NOx Budget Trading Program

NOX

nitrogen oxides

NSR

New Source Review

NTN

National Trends Network

ORVEER

Regulations Amending the On-Road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations and Other Regulations Made Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

PEMA

pollutant emission management area

PERC

tetrachloroethylene

PM

particulate matter

PM2.5

particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 microns, known as fine particles

PM10

particulate matter less than or equal to 10 microns

ppb

parts per billion

PRISM

Parameter-elevation Regression on Independent Slopes Model

PSD

Prevention of Significant Deterioration

SiGR

Regulations Amending the Sulphur in Gasoline Regulations

SO2

sulfur dioxide

SSI

small spark-ignition

TCE

trichloroethylene

TDEP

(NADP) Total Deposition Science Committee

TF-HTAP

Task Force on the Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution

VAQR

Visual Air Quality Rating

VOCs

volatile organic compounds

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