Acronyms
AQS
AIRMoN
APTI
AQI*
AQRV*
BACT*
CAA*
CAAA*
CARB
CAS*
CASAC
CASTNet
CEM*
CFR*
CHIEF
CO*
CMSA*
EIIP
EIS
EPA
FEM*
FIP*
FLM*
FRM*
GHG*
HAPs*
IADN
I/M
IMPROVE*
IPP*
LAER*
MACT*
MARAMA
MDN
MOU/MOA
MSA*
NAAQS*
NADP*
NAPAP
NATA
NCORE*
NEI*
NETI*
NEPA
NESCAUM
NESHAPS*
Air Quality Subsystem/Aerometric
Information Retrieval System
Atmospheric Integrated Assessment
Monitoring Network
Air Pollution Training Institute
Air Quality Index
Air-Quality Related Values
Best Available Control Technology
Clean Air Act
Clean Air Act Amendments
California Air Resources Board
Chemical Abstract Services
Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee
Clean Air Status and Trends Network
Continuous Emission Monitor
Code of Federal Regulations
Clearinghouse of Inventory
Emission Factors
Carbon Monoxide
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical
Area
Emissions Inventory Improvement
Program
Emissions Inventory System
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Equivalent Method
Federal Implementation Plan
Federal Land Manager
Federal Reference Method
Greenhouse Gasses
Hazardous Air Pollutants
Integrated Atmospheric Deposition
Network
Inspection & Maintenance Program
Interagency Monitoring of Protected
Visual Environments
Inventory Preparation Plan
Lowest Achievable Emissions Rate
Maximum Achievable Control
Technology
Mid-Atlantic Regional Air
Management Association
Mercury Deposition Network
Memorandum of Understanding/
Agreement
Metropolitan Statistical Area
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards
National Atmospheric Deposition
Program
National Acid Precipitation
Assessment Program
National Air Toxics Assessment
National Core Monitoring Sites
National Emissions Inventory
National Emissions Trends Inventory
National Environmental Protection Act
Northeast States for Coordinated Air
National Emissions Standards for
NMOC*
NO2*
NOX*
NOAA
NPAP
NPS
NSPS*
NSR*
NTI*
O3*
OAQPS
PAHs*
PAMS
Pb*
PCBs*
PEP
PM10*
PM2.5*
POM*
POPs*
ppm*
PPG*
PSD*
PTE*
QAPP
RACT*
RFG*
SEP*
SER*
SIC
SIL*
SIP*
SMC*
SO2*
SOX*
SOP
STP
TAP
TAR*
TAS*
TIP*
tpy
TRI*
TSP*
UATMP
VMT*
VOCs*
WRAP
µg/m3
* = definition can be found in the Air Quality Glossary in this manual.
Hazardous Air Pollutants
Non-Methane Organic Compound
Nitrogen Dioxide
Nitrogen Oxides
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Performance Audit Program
National Park Service
New Source Performance Standards
New Source Review
National Toxics Inventory
Ozone
Office of Air Quality Planning &
Standards
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Photochemical Assessment
Monitoring Stations
Lead
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Performance Evaluation Program
Particulate Matter of 10 micrometers
in diameter or less
Particulate Matter of 2.5 micrometers
in diameter or less
Polycyclic Organic Matter
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Parts Per Million
Performance Partnership Grant
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
Potential to Emit
Quality Assurance Project Plan
Reasonably Available Control
Technology
Reformulated Gasoline
Supplemental Environmental Project
Significant Emission Rate
Standard Industrial Classification
Significant Impact Level
State Implementation Plan
Significant Monitoring Concentration
Sulfur Dioxide
Sulfur Oxides
Standard Operating Procedure
Standard Temperature and Pressure
Tribal Air Program
Tribal Authority Rule
Treatment As a State
Tribal Implementation Plan
Tons Per Year
Toxic Release Inventory
Total Suspended Particulates
Urban Air Toxics Monitoring Program
Vehicle Miles Traveled
Volatile Organic Compounds
Western Regional Air Partnership
Micrograms Per Cubic Meter
Revised 2/17/16