Acronym List

Summarized below are acronyms commonly used in Board folders and accompanying staff reports.

A/C		Authority to Construct Permit
AB		Assembly Bill
AMOS		Automatic Meteorological Observation Stations
AP-42		EPA technical reference specifying specific Air Pollutant Emission Factors
APCD		Air Pollution Control District
APCO		Air Pollution Control Officer
AQMD		Air Quality Management District
ATCM		Airborne Toxic Control Measure
BACT		Best Available Control Technology
BAM		Beta Attenuation Monitor (records hourly ambient particulate data)
BCAG		Butte County Association of Governments
BCAQMD		Butte County Air Quality Management District
BCC		Sacramento Valley Basinwide Air Pollution Control Council
BOS		Board of Supervisors
CAA		Clean Air Act
CAAQS		California Ambient Air Quality Standards
Cal-EPA		California Environmental Protection Agency
CAPCOA		California Air Pollution Control Officers Association
CARB		California Air Resources Board
CCO		Central Computer Operator (applies to Agricultural Burning Program)
Cd		Chemical symbol for cadmium
CDF		California Department of Forestry
CEQA		California Environmental Quality Act
CI		Compression Ignition
CO		Chemical symbol for carbon monoxide
CO2		Chemical symbol for carbon dioxide
CPA		Certified Public Accountant
CPI		Consumer Price Index
CSAC		California State Association of Counties
CUA		Chico Urbanized Area
DMV		Department of Motor Vehicles
DTSC		California Department of Toxic Substance Control
EG		Emission Guidelines
EI		Emission Inventory
Emfac		Emission Factor Computer Model
EPA		Environmental Protection Agency (Federal)
ERC		Emission Reduction Credit
EVR		Enhanced Vapor Recovery
FRM		Federal Reference Method
FY		Fiscal Year (June 30-July 1, unless otherwise stated)
GASB		Governmental Accounting Standards Board
GDF		Gasoline Dispensing Facilities
GFOA		Governmental Finance Officers Association
GHG		Greenhouse Gases
GWP		Global Warming Potential
HAP		Hazardous Air Pollutants
HCl		Hydrochloric Acid
Hg		Chemical symbol for mercury
HRA		Health Risk Assessments
HSC		Health & Safety Code
HWSA		High Wood Smoke Area
ICE		Internal Combustion Engine
ISR		Indirect Source Review
LE5		Law Enforcement, Permit No. 5 (for open burning)
LESB		Lower Emission School Bus program
Mb		Millibar
Mg/Yr		Milligrams per year
Micron		Abbreviation of Micrometer or 1,000,000th of a meter in size
MPO		Metropolitan Planning Organization
Msl		Mean sea level
MMT CO2		Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide equivalent emissions
MSW		Municipal Solid Waste
NAAQS		National Ambient Air Quality Standard
NACAA		National Association Clean Air Agencies
NESHAPS		National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NMOC		Non-Methane Organic Compound
NON		Notice of Noncompliance
NOx		Oxides of Nitrogen
NSPS		New Source Performance Standards
NSR		New Source Review
NTA		Notice to Apply
NTC		Notice to Comply
OEHHA		California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
OAL		Office of Administrative Law
ORVR		Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery
Pb		Chemical symbol for lead
PERP		Portable Equipment Registration Program
PM		Particulate Matter
PM 10-2.5		Particulate Matter 10 Microns in Size and smaller, but greater than 2.5 Microns
PM10		Particulate Matter 10 Microns in Size and smaller
PM2.5		Particulate Matter 2.5 Microns in Size and smaller
PSD		Prevention of Significant Deterioration
RACT		Reasonably Available Control Technology
RCRC		Regional Council of Rural Counties
RRF		Relative Reduction Factor
RSD		Remote Sensing Device
SB		Senate Bill
SDRMA		Special District Risk Management Authority
SF		Square Foot
SIC		Standardized Industrial Classification
SIP		State Implementation Plan
SO2		Chemical symbol for sulfur dioxide
SSI		Size Selective Inlet (applies to particulate samplers)
TAC		Technical Advisory Committee of the BCC
TARMAC		CAPCOA Toxics and Risk Managers Committee
TEIP		Toxic Emission Inventory Plan
TEIR		Toxic Emission Inventory Report
TEOM		Taper Element Oscillating Microbalance (records hourly ambient particulate data)
Title 17		California Code of Regulations, Administrative Law adopted by the California Air Resources Board, and referencing in this Board folder the Agricultural burn guidelines
ug/m3		Micrograms per cubic meter
URBEMIS		Urban Emissions computer program
USDA		United States Department of Agriculture
USEPA		United States Environmental Protection Agency
UV		Ultra Violet
VEE		Visible Emission Evaluation Certification
VOC		Volatile Organic Compound
WUI		Wildland Urban Interface
YTD		Year to Date