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Acronym Definition

ACI Activated Carbon Injection

AQCS Air Quality Control System
ATH Alternate Threshold Canada
BAT Best Available Technology, or Best Available Techniques
BLIER Base-Line Industrial Emission Requirement Canada
BREF BAT Reference Document
CACs Criteria Air Contaminants
CAS Chemical Abstracts Service
CCME Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Canada
CCS Carbon Capture and Sequestration
CEPA 1999 Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 Canada
CFBS Circulating Fluidized Bed Scrubbers
CHP Combined Heat and Power
CPM Condensable Particulate Matter (assumed to be less than 1 micron in diameter)
Criteria pollutant The six criteria pollutants are sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, lead, particulate matter less than 10 micron and ozone.
DET Domestic Emissions Trading Canada
DSI Dry Sorbent Injection
ECA Environmental Compliance Approval Canada
ESDM Emissions Summary and Dispersion Modelling Canada
EPA Environmental Protection Agency USA
EPER European Pollutant Emission Register Europe
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute USA
ESP Electrostatic Precipitator
FF Fabric Filter
FGD Flue Gas Desulphurization
GHG GreenHouse Gas
GLC Ground Level Concentration Canada
GWP Global Warming Potential
HAP Hazardous Air Pollutants
IGCC Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
IGFC Integrated Gasification Fuel Cell
JSL Jurisdictional Screening Level Canada
LCP Large Combustion Plants Europe
MACT Maximum Achievable Control Technology USA
MATS Mercury and Air Toxics Standards USA
MMBTU Million BTU per hour, or MMBH
MOE Ministry of Environment (prior to 2016) Canada
MOECC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Canada
NAICS North American Industrial Classification System
NERM National Emissions Reduction Masterplan Canada

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NOx Oxides of nitrogen based on nitrogen dioxide

NPRI National Pollutant Release Inventory Canada
PAC Powdered Activated Carbon
PAH Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
PIBS Public Information Banking System Canada
PJFF Pulse Jet Fabric Filter
PM Particulate Matter
PM2.5 Particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 microns in aerodynamic diameter
PM10 Particulate matter less than or equal to 10 microns in aerodynamic diameter
POI Point of Impingement Canada
Poly Organic Matter - includes organic compounds with more than one benzene ring and which have a boiling point greater than or equal
POM
to 100 oC
RAQM Regional Air Quality Model Canada
RDIS Residual Discharge Information System Canada
RFS Renewable Fuel Standard USA
RIN Renewable Identification Numbers USA
RSH methyl mercaptan
RSR methyl sulfide
RSSR methyl disulfide
RVO Renewable Volume Obligation USA
SCC Standard Classification Code
SDA Spray Dryer Absorber
SOFC Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
SOx oxides of sulfur based on sulfur dioxide
TOC total organic compound - all organics including non-photoreactive compounds
TPM Total Particulate Matter
TRI Toxics Release Inventory USA
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Global
URT Upper Risk Threshold Canada
USC Ultra super critical
VCR Voluntary Challenge and Registry Canada
volatile organic compound - any compound of carbon excluding carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, metallic oxides and carbonates,
VOC
amonnium carbonate which participate in atmospheric chemical reactions
WFGD Wet Flue Gas Desulphurization
WI Waste Incineration

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EPA version 1639.03.05.29

BPVM version 1639.07.74.60

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