Acronym List
Summarized below are acronyms commonly used in Board folders and accompanying staff reports.
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| A/CA | 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 |