Acronyms & Symbols for Callan/Thomas Environmental Economics and Management, 6e
A
ABT Averaging, banking, and trading
ACC American Chemistry Council
ADWR Aircraft Drinking Water Rule
AEM Averting Expenditure Method
AQCR Air Quality Control Region
AQI Air Quality Index
ARB California Air Resources Board
ARP Acid Rain Program
B
BACT Best available control technology
BADCT Best available demonstrated control technology
BART Best available retrofit technology
BAT Best available technology (drinking water)
BAT Best available technology economically achievable (existing point sources)
BCM Bromochloromethane
BCT Best conventional control technology
BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis
BEACH Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act
BFR Brominated flame retardant
BMP Best Management Practices
BOD Biological oxygen demand
BSR Business for Social Responsibility
Btu British thermal unit
C
CAAA Clean Air Act Amendments
CAFE Corporate Average-Fuel Economy
CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule
CAIROS CAIR Ozone Season
CARS Car Allowance Rebate System
CB EMT Chesapeake Bay Environmental Markets Team
CBOT Chicago Board of Trade
CCL Construction Completions List
CCRI Climate Change Research Initiative
CCSP Climate Change Science Program
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
CEC North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation
CEITs Countries with Economies in Transition
CEPA Canadian Environmental Protection Act
CER Certified Emission Reduction
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CERCLIS Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System
C2F6 Perfluoroethane
C6H6 Benzene
CF4 Tetrofluoromethane
CFC-11 Chlorofluorocarbon-11
CFC-12 Chlorofluorocarbon-12
CFCs Chlorofluorocarbons
CFRP Carbon fiber reinforced polymers
CH4 Methane
CCRI Climate Change Research Initiative
CCSP Climate Change Science Program
CO Carbon monoxide
CO2 Carbon dioxide
COP Conference of the Parties
CPI Consumer Price Index
CSAPR Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
CTE Committee on Trade and Environment
CVM Contingent Valuation Method
CWA Clean Water Act
CWSRF Clean Water State Revolving Fund
CWSs Community Water Systems
CZARA Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments
D
DDT Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane
DFD Design for Disassembly
DfE Design for the Environment
DOI Department of the Interior
DSD Duales System Deutschland AG
DWS Drinking Water Strategy
DWSRF Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
E
EA Economic Analysis
EAP Environmental Accounting Project
EDB Ethylene dibromide
EEE Electrical and electronics equipment
E85 Fuel with 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline
EHS Environmental Health and Safety
EIS Economic Impact Statement
EKC Environmental Kuznets Curve
EMS Environmental Management System
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPR Extended Product Responsibility
ERP Equipment replacement provision
ERU Emissions reduction unit
ESD Ecologically Sustainable Development
E10 Fuel with 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline
EU European Union
EU ETS European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
F
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FFDCA Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
FFV Flexible fuel vehicle
FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
FLC Federal Leadership Committee
FQPA Food Quality Protection Act
FV Future value
FWPCA Federal Water Pollution Control Act
FWS Fish and Wildlife Service
G
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP Gross domestic product
GHG Greenhouse gas
GNP Gross national product
gplg Grams per leaded gallon
gpm Grams per mile
GWP Global warming potential
H
HBFCs Hydrobromofluorocarbons
HCFCs Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
HFCs Hydrofluorocarbons
Hg Mercury
HPM Hedonic Price Method
HRS Hazard Ranking System
I
IBEP Integrated Border Environmental Plan
ICCA International Council of Chemical Associations
ICI Integrated Cleanup Initiative
IIS Inflation Impact Statement
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPM Integrated Pest Management
IPPC Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
IRIS Integrated Risk Information System
ISO International Organization for Standardization
IFSD institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD)
L
LAER Lowest achievable emission rate
LCA Life Cycle Assessment
LCM Life Cycle Management
LDC London Dumping Convention
LEV Low-emission vehicle
M
MAC Marginal abatement cost
MACEX Marginal abatement cost for an existing stationary source
MACmkt Market-level MAC
MACN Marginal abatement cost for a new stationary source
MACT Maximum achievable control technology
MB Marginal benefit
MC Marginal cost
MCE Marginal cost of enforcement
MCL Maximum contaminant level
MCLG Maximum contaminant level goal
MEB Marginal external benefit
MEC Marginal external cost
MEF Marginal effluent fee
MFL Million fibers per liter
g/m3 Micrograms per cubic meter
mg/l Milligrams per liter
mg/m3 Milligrams per cubic meter
mmBtu Million British thermal units
MPB Marginal private benefit
MPC Marginal private cost
mpg Miles per gallon
mrem/yr Millirems per year
MSB Marginal social benefit
MSBNON Marginal social benefit of abatement in a nonattainment area
MSBPSD Marginal social benefit of abatement in a PSD area
MSC Marginal social cost
MSCNON Marginal social cost of abatement in a nonattainment area
MSCPSD Marginal social cost of abatement in a PSD area
MSW Municipal solid waste
MT Marginal tax
MTBE Methyl tertiary-butyl ether
M Marginal profit
N
N2O Nitrous oxide
NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NAPAP National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NBP NOX Budget Trading Program
NCOD National Contaminant Occurrence Database
NCP National Contingency Plan
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NEPIS National Environmental Publications Information System
NESHAP National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NIMBY “Not in my backyard”
NMHC Non-methane hydrocarbons
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide
NOx Nitrogen oxides
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPDWRs National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
NPL National Priorities List
NRC National Research Council
NRC National Response Center
NSCEP National Service Center for Environmental Publications
NSDWRs National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations
NSPS New Source Performance Standards
NSR New Source Review
O
O2 Oxygen
O3 Ozone
ODP Ozone depletion potential
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OPA Oil Pollution Act of 1990
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OTC Ozone Transport Commission
P
P2 Pollution prevention
PAYT Pay-as-you-throw
Pb Lead
PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls
pCi/L Picocuries per liter
PEMA Pollutant Emission Management Area
PER Perchloroethylene
PESP Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program
PFCs Perfluorocarbons
PHEV Plug-in hybrid vehicle
PM Particulate matter
PM-10 Particulate matter less than 10 micrometers in diameter
PM-2.5 Particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter
PMN Premanufacture notice
POTWs Publicly owned treatment works
ppb Parts per billion
ppm Parts per million
ppm/l Parts per million per liter
PREPA Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
PRIA 1 Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003
PRIA 2 Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act
PRO EUROPE Packaging Recovery Organisation Europe
PRP Potentially responsible party
PSD Prevention of significant deterioration
PV Present value
PVB Present value of benefits
PVC Present value of costs
PVC Polyvinyl chloride
PVNB Present value of net benefits
PWS Public water system
PZEV partial zero-emission vehicle
Q
QOL Quality of life
R
RACT Reasonably available control technology
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
REC Renewable Energy Certificate
RECLAIM Regional Clean Air Incentives Market
RED Reregistration Eligibility Decision
RfD Reference dose
RGGI Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
RIA Regulatory Impact Analysis
RMU Removal Unit
RTC RECLAIM trading credits
S
SAB Science Advisory Board
SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SCAQMD South Coast Air Quality Management District
SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act
SF6 Sulfur hexafluoride
SIP State Implementation Plan
SMCL Secondary maximum contaminant level
SNA System of National Accounts
SNAP Significant New Alternative Policy
SO2 Sulfur dioxide
SOx Sulfur oxides
SWDA Solid Waste Disposal Act
T
TAC Total abatement cost
TC Total costs
TCDD Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
TCE Trichloroethylene
TCI Transportation and Climate Initiative
TCM Travel Cost Method
TCP Trichlorophenol
TD Total damages
TMDLs Total maximum daily loads
TR Total revenue
TRI Toxics Release Inventory
TSB Total social benefits
TSC Total social costs
TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act
TSDFs Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities
TT Treatment technique
TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
U
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNCSD United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change
USCAR U.S. Council for Automobile Research
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
V
VAVR Voluntary Accelerated Vehicle Retirement
VOC Volatile organic compound
W
WCI Western Climate Initiative
WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development
WTO World Trade Organization
WTP Willingness to pay
Z
ZEV Zero-emission vehicle
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