Under the federal Clean Air Act, New Hampshire's air quality program involves a variety of individual programs to control the release of air pollutants such as asbestos, PCBs, ground-level ozone precursors, and pollutants which contribute to acid rain. The following acronyms are frequently used for terms associated with these programs.
| AAL |
Ambient Air Limit |
| ACGIH |
American Conference of Industrial Hygienists |
| ACM |
Asbestos Containing Materia |
| AFS |
Airs Facility Substation |
| AFV |
Alternative Fuel Vehicle |
| AIRS |
Aerometric Information and Retrieval System |
| AMC |
Appalachian Mountain Club |
| AO |
Administrative Order |
| AP-42 |
Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors |
| APTI |
Air Pollution Training Institute |
| AQS |
Air Quality Substation |
| ARD |
Air Resources Division |
| ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ATV |
Advanced Technology Vehicle |
| BACT |
Best Available Control Technology |
| BMP |
Best Management Practices |
| BTU |
British Thermal Unit |
| CAA |
Clean Air Act |
| CAAA |
Clean Air Act Amendments (1990) |
| CALEV |
California Low Emission Vehicle |
| CAM |
Compliance Assurance Monitoring |
| CARB |
California Air Resources Board |
| CARP |
Compliance Assurance Response Policy |
| CAS |
Chemical Abstract Service |
| CEC |
Commission for Environmental Cooperation |
| CEMS |
Continuous Emission Monitoring System |
| CEQ |
Council for Environmental Quality |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act |
| CFC |
Chlorofluorocarbon |
| CFF |
Clean Fuel Fleet |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CLEANS |
Clinical Laboratory for Evaluation and Assessment of Toxic Substances |
| CMAQ |
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality |
| CMS |
Compliance Monitoring Strategy |
| CNG |
Compressed Natural Gas |
| CO |
Carbon Monoxide |
| CPM |
Certified Public Managers |
| CTG |
Control Technique Guidelines |
| DER |
Discrete Emission Reduction |
| DES (or NHDES) |
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services |
| DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| ECOS |
Environmental Council of States |
| ECS |
Emission Control System |
| EGR |
Exhaust Gas Recirculation |
| EIIP |
Emission Inventory Improvement Project |
| EIP |
Economic Incentive Program |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.) |
| EPAct |
Energy Policy Act |
| ERC |
Emissions Reduction Credit (Trading Program) |
| EV |
Electric Vehicle |
| EVR |
Enhanced Vapor Recovery |
| FACA |
Federal Advisory Committee Act |
| FCE |
Full Compliance Evaluation |
| FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FESOP |
Federally Enforceable State Operating Permit |
| FGR |
Flue Gas Recirculation |
| FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
| FR |
Federal Register |
| FTA |
Federal Transit Administration |
| G&C |
Governor & Council |
| GIS |
Graphic Information Services |
| GPS |
Geographic Positioning System |
| HAP |
Hazardous Air Pollutant |
| HC |
Hydrocarbon |
| HCFC |
Hydrochlorofluorocarbon |
| HFC |
Hydrofluorocarbon |
| Hg |
Mercury |
| HON |
Hazardous Organic NESHAP |
| HOV |
High Occupancy Vehicle |
| HPV |
High Priority Violation |
| I/M |
Inspection and Maintenance (auto emissions testing) |
| ILEV |
Inherently Low Emission Vehicle |
| ISO |
International Standards Organization |
| ISTEA |
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act |
| LAER |
Lowest Achievable Emission Rate |
| LEV |
Low Emission Vehicle |
| LIAP |
Local Impact Assessment Program |
| LNB |
Low NOx Burner |
| LNG |
Liquified Natural Gas |
| LOD |
Letter of Deficiency |
| LPG |
Liquified Petroleum Gas (Propane) |
| MACT |
Maximum Achievable Control Technology |
| MMBTU |
Million British Thermal Units |
| MOCA |
Modeling Ozone Cooperative |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPG |
Miles per gallon |
| MPO |
Metropolitan Planning Organization |
| MSA |
Metropolitan Planning Organization |
| MTBE |
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether |
| NAAQS |
National Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| NADP |
National Atmospheric Deposition Program |
| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NAMS |
National Air Monitoring Station |
| NATA |
National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment |
| NEG/ECP |
New England Governors/Eastern Canadian Premiers |
| NESCAUM |
Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management |
| NESHAPS |
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| NET |
National Emissions Trends |
| NHDES-ARD |
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services- Air Resources Division |
| NHOEP |
New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning |
| NLEV |
National Low Emissions Vehicle |
| NMHC |
Non-Methane Hydrocarbons |
| NO2 |
Nitrogen Dioxide |
| NOx |
Nitrogen Oxides (or Oxides of Nitrogen) |
| NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NSPS |
New Source Performance Standards |
| NSR |
New Source Review |
| O3 |
Ozone |
| OAQPS |
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (USEPA) |
| OBD |
On Board Diagnostics |
| ODC |
Ozone Depleting Chemical |
| ORVR |
Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery |
| OTC |
Ozone Transport Commission |
| OTR |
Ozone Transport Region |
| P2 |
Pollution Prevention |
| PAMS |
Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Station |
| Pb |
Lead |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated Biphenyl |
| PE |
Potential Emissions |
| PM |
Particulate Matter |
| PM10 |
Particulate Matter less than 10 micron diameter |
| PM2.5 |
Particulate Matter less than 2.5 micron diameter |
| PPA |
Performance Partnership Agreement |
| Ppb |
Parts per billion |
| Ppm |
Parts per million |
| PSD |
Prevention of Significant Deterioration |
| PSNH |
Public Service of New Hampshire |
| PTE |
Potential to Emit |
| PUC |
Public Utilities Commission |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QA/QC |
Quality Assurance/ Quality Control |
| QAPP |
Quality Assurance Program Plan |
| RACT |
Reasonably Available Control Technology |
| RATA |
Relative Accuracy Test Audit |
| RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RFG |
Reformulated Gasoline |
| RFP |
Reasonable Further Progress |
| ROM |
Regional Oxidant Model |
| RPA |
Regional Planning Agency |
| RTAP |
Regulated Toxic Air Pollutant |
| SB |
Small Business |
| SBTAP |
Small Business Technical Assistance Program |
| SCR |
Selective Catalytic Reduction (air pollution control Equipment) |
| SEP |
Supplemental Environmental Project |
| SIC |
Standard Industrial Code |
| SIP |
State Implementation Plan |
| SLAMS |
State and Local Air Monitoring Station |
| SNCR |
Selective Non-catalytic Reduction |
| SO2 |
Sulfur Dioxide |
| SOPs |
Standard Operating Procedures or Statement of Principles |
| SOV |
Single Occupancy Vehicle |
| STAPPA/ALAPCO |
State and Territorial Air Pollution Program
Administrators/Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials |
| STIP |
Statewide Transportation Improvement Program |
| SULEV |
Super Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle |
| SUV |
Sport Utility Vehicle |
| TAP |
Toxic Air Pollutant |
| TCM |
Transportation Control Measure |
| TIP |
Transportation Improvement Program |
| TLEV |
Transitional Low Emission Vehicle |
| TQM |
Total Quality Management |
| TRI |
Toxics Release Inventory |
| TRS |
Total Reduced Sulfur |
| TSCA |
Toxic Substances Control Act |
| TSP |
Total Suspended Particulates |
| UAM |
Urban Airshed Model |
| ULEV |
Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle |
| UV |
Ultraviolet Radiation |
| VE |
Visible Emissions Determination, or Method 9 |
| VMT |
Vehicle Miles Traveled |
| VOC |
Volatile Organic Compound |
| ZEV |
Zero Emission Vehicle |
