List of acronyms
- ACAP
- Atlantic Coastal Action Program
- AMAP
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
- AMSP
- Arctic Marine Strategic Plan
- AOC
- Area of Concern
- APEC
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- APMA
- Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association
- AQBAT
- Air Quality Benefit Assessment Tool
- BEMAG
- Base-metals Environmental Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group
- C2P2
- Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention
- CCME
- Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
- CCPA
- Canadian Chemical Producers Association
- CEPA 1999
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- CFLs
- compact fluorescent lightbulbs
- COA
- Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem
- CWS
- Canada-wide standards
- DSL
- Domestic Substances List
- EIHWR
- Export and Import of Hazardous Wastes Regulations
- EMAN
- Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network
- EPAM
- Environmental Protection Alternative Measure
- EPCO
- Environmental Protection Compliance Order
- EPR
- Extended Producer Responsibility
- GAPs
- Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling
- GC-MS
- gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
- GEMS
- Global Environment Monitoring System
- GHG
- greenhouse gas
- GLSF
- Great Lakes Sustainability Fund
- IJC
- International Joint Commission
- IPCC
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- LC-MS
- liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
- LED
- light-emitting diode
- MARPOL 73/78
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto
- MOU
- Memoranda of Understanding
- NAPS
- National Air Pollution Surveillance Network
- NCP
- Northern Contaminants Program
- NGOs
- Non-governmental organizations
- NIR
- National Inventory Report
- NPA
- National Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities
- NPRI
- National Pollutant Release Inventory
- NRTEE
- National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
- NWRC
- National Wildlife Research Centre
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OWNERS
- One Window to National Environmental Reporting System
- PAME
- Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
- PERD
- Program on Energy Research and Development
- PIC
- Prior Informed Consent
- PMRA
- Pest Management Regulatory Agency
- PPCPs
- pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- PSL1
- First Priority Substances List
- PSL2
- Second Priority Substances List
- RPA
- Regional Programme of Action (for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment from Land-based Activities)
- SETAC
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- SOE
- State of the Environment Reports
- SMEs
- small and medium-sized enterprises
- UN
- United Nations
- UNFCCC
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- USCG
- United States Coast Guard
- U.S. EPA
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. EPA MESA
- United States Environmental Protection Agency Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis cohort
- UV
- ultraviolet
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