Acronyms & Symbols for Callan/Thomas Environmental Economics and Management, 6e
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Acronyms & Symbols for Callan/Thomas Environmental Economics and Management, 6e A
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
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
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 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
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
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 ETS European Union Emissions Trading Scheme F
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
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
HCFCs Hydrochlorofluorocarbons HFCs Hydrofluorocarbons Hg Mercury HPM Hedonic Price Method HRS Hazard Ranking System I
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
LCA Life Cycle Assessment LCM Life Cycle Management LDC London Dumping Convention LEV Low-emission vehicle M
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
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
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
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-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
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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
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
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
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
VOC Volatile organic compound W
WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development WTO World Trade Organization WTP Willingness to pay Z
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