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Commonly Used Acronym List

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Acronym/Abbreviation

Phrase/Term

µg/m3

Micrograms per Cubic Meter

AB 2588

Assembly Bill 2588 (Air Toxics "Hot Spots“)

AB 617

Assembly Bill 617

ACF

Advanced Clean Fleets

ACT

Advanced Clean Trucks

ADT

Average Daily Trips

AER

Annual Emissions Reporting

ALPR

Automated License Plate Reader

AQIP

Air Quality Investment Program

AQMD

Air Quality Management District

AQMP

Air Quality Management Plan

AQ-SPEC

Air Quality Sensor Performance Evaluation Center

ARMC

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

ATCM

Airborne Toxics Control Measure

AVR

Average Vehicle Ridership

BACT

Best Available Control Technology

BARCT

Best Available Retrofit Control Technology

BC

Black Carbon

BIA

Bureau of Indian Affairs

BMP

Best Management Practice

BNSF

Burlington Northern Sante Fe

BTEX

Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes

BWT

Budget Working Team

CAA

Clean Air Act

CAAP

Clean Air Action Plan

CalEEMod

California Emissions Estimator Model

CalEPA

California Environmental Protection Agency

CalGEM

California Geologic Energy Management Division

Caltrans

California Department of Transportation

CAMP

Community Air Monitoring Plan

CAPCOA

Community Air Pollution Control Officers Association

CAPP

Community Air Protection Program

CARB

California Air Resources Board

CCAEJ

Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice

CCP

Castillo Consulting Partners

CCR

California Code of Regulations

CCV

Comité Civico del Valle

CDWR

California Department of Water Resources

CEC

California Energy Commission

CE-CERT

College of Engineering-Center for

Environmental Research and Technology

CEMS

Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems

CEQA

California Environmental Quality Act

CEQA IGR

California Environmental Quality Act

Intergovernmental Review

CERP

Community Emission Reductions Plan

CHC

Commercial Harbor Craft

CHE

Cargo Handling Equipment

ChICCCAA

Chicano Indigenous Community for Culturally Conscious Advocacy & Action

CHIP

Community Health Improvement Plan

CNG

Compressed Natural Gas

CNRA

California Natural Resource Agency

CO

Carbon Monoxide

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

COGR

California Oil and Gas Regulation

CORE

Community Outreach Relations Engagement

CPUC

California Public Utilities Commission

CSC

Community Steering Committee

CTR

Criteria Pollutant and Toxics Emissions Reporting

CUPA

Certified Unified Program Agencies

CVAG

Coachella Valley Assocation of Governments

DAC

Disadvantaged Community

DMV

Department of Motor Vehicles

DOAS

Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy

DOE

Department of Energy

DOT

Department of Transportation

DPH

Department of Public Health

DPM

Diesel Particulate Matter

DPR

Department of Pesticide Regulation

DTSC

Department of Toxic Substances Control

EC

Elemental Carbon

ECV

Eastern Coachella Valley

ED

Department of Education

EDVS

Enforcement Data Visualization System

EF

Emission Factor

EIR

Environmental Impact Report

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement

EJ

Environmental Justice

ELABHWC

East Los Angeles, Boyle Heights, West Commerce

EMFAC

EMission FACtor

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ERC

Emission Reduction Credit

EtO

Ethylene Oxide

EV

Electric Vehicle

F.I.N.D.

Facility INformation Detail

FBMSM

Facility-Based Mobile Sources Measure

FLIR

Forward-Looking Infrared

FTIR

Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

FY

Fiscal Year

GGRF

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

GHG

Greenhouse Gas

H&S

Health and Safety

H2S

Hydrogen Sulfide

HAP

Hazardous Air Pollutant

HP

Horsepower

HRA

Health Risk Assessment

HVAC

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

HVIP

Hybrid And Zero Emission Truck And Bus Voucher Incentive Project

ICTF

Intermodal Container Transfer Facility

IGR

Intergovernmental Review

IID

Imperial Irrigation District

ISR

Indirect Source Rule

LA County DPH

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

LADWP

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

LBACA

Long Beach Alliance For Children With Asthma

lbs/day

Pounds Per Day

LCJA

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

LDAR

Leak Detection and Repair

LESBP

Lower-Emission School Bus Program

LEV

Low Emission Vehicle

LIC

Low-income Community

LNG

Liquefied Natural Gas

MATES

Multiple Air Toxics Exposure Study

MERV

Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value

MND

Mitigated Negative Declaration

MOA

Memorandum of Agreement

MOC

Memorandum of Cooperation

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MSERCs

Mobile Source Emission Reduction Credits

MSRC

Mobile Source (Air Pollution Reduction) Review Committee

MWT

Monitoring Working Team

NAAQS

National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NAICS

North American Industrial Classification Codes

NATTS

National Air Toxics Trends Station

NC

Notice to Comply

ND

Negative Declaration

NESHAPS

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

NGO

Non-governmental Organization

NGV

Natural Gas Vehicle

NOA

Notice of Availability

NOV

Notice of Violation

NOx

Oxides of Nitrogen

NSPS

New Source Performance Standards

NSR

New Source Review

NZEV

Near-Zero Emission Vehicle

O3

Ozone

OCE

Office of Compliance and Enforcement

OEHHA

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OWT

Outreach Working Team

PAMS

Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations

PAR

Proposed Amended Rule

PEAQS

Portable Emissions Acquisition System

PERC

Perchloroethylene

PERP

Portable Off-Road Equiment Registration Program

PEV

Plug-In Electric Vehicle

PHEV

Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

PM

Particulate Matter

PM10

Particulate Matter less than or equal to 10 microns (Coarse PM)

PM2.5

Particulate Matter less than or equal to 2.5 microns (Fine PM)

PPB

Parts per Billion

PPM

Parts per Million

PR

Proposed Rule

PRIMER

Pacific Rim Initiative For Marine Emission Reductions

PSR-LA

Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles

RECLAIM

Regional CLean Air Incentives Market

RFP

Request for Proposals

RFQ

Request for Quotations

RFQQ

Request for Qualifications and Quotations

ROG

Reactive Organic Gases

RTP

Regional Transportation Plan

SAJE

Strategic Actions for a Just Economy

SBM

San Bernardino, Muscoy

SCAB

South Coast Air Basin

SCAG

Southern California Association of Governments

SCE

Southern California Edison

 

SCLA-PUSH

South Central Los Angeles Project to Understand the Sources and Health Impacts of Local Air Pollution

SCOPE

Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education

SEJCA

State Environmental Justice Cooperation Agreement

SELA

Southeast Los Angeles

SEP

Supplemental Environmental Project

SIP

State Implementation Plan

SLA

South Los Angeles

SOON

Surplus Off-Road Opt-in for Nitrogen Oxides

SORE

Small Off-Road Engine

South Coast AQMD

South Coast Air Quality Management District

SOx

Sulfur Oxides

SSA

Salton Sea Authority

SSAB

Salton Sea Air Basin

SSMP

Salton Sea Management Plan

STAND-LA

Standing Together Against Neighborhood Drilling-LA

SULEV

Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle

TAC

Toxic Air Contaminant

TAG

Technical Advisory Group

TCM

Transportation Control Measure

TEU

Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit

TOG

Total Organic Gases

TPD

Tons per Day

TPY

Tons per Year

TRU

Transportation Refrigeration Unit

TS-Code

Technical Specialty Code

TSP

Total Suspended Particulate

U.S. EPA

United States Environmental Protection Agency

UCR

University of California, Riverside

UF/UFP

Ultrafine Particles

ULEV

Ultra Low Emission Vehicle

UP

Union Pacific

VMT

Vehicle Miles Traveled

VOC

Volatile Organic Compound

VTB

Vincent Thomas Bridge

WAIRE

Warehouse Actions and Investments to Reduce Emissions

WCAEC

Watts Clean Air and Energy Committee

WCWLB

Wilmington, Carson, West Long Beach

WGM

Working Group Meeting

WHAM

Why Healthy Air Matters

WT

Working Team

ZE

Zero Emission

ZEV

Zero Emission Vehicle

 



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