Appendix O 

Acronym List 

O-1 

List of Acronyms 

μg/m3

 Micro grams per cubic meter 

ABT Averaging, Banking, and Trading 

ADEC Advanced Diesel Emission Control 

ANSI American National Standards Institute 

AQMD Air Quality Management District 

ARB Air Resources Board 

ATCM Airborne Toxic Control Measure 

BACT Best Available Control Technology 

Bhp-hr Brake horsepower-hour 

CAA Clean Air Act 

CAIRP California International Registration Program

CARB California Air Resources Board 

CCR California Code of Regulations 

CDPF Catalyzed Diesel Particulate Filter 

CEC California Energy Commission 

CEQA California Environmental Quality Act 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

CGE Computable General Equilibrium 

CHE Cargo Handling Equipment 

CHP California Highway Patrol 

CIAQC Construction Industry Air Quality Coalition 

CO Carbon Monoxide 

CO2 Carbon Dioxide 

CO2/Kg fuel Carbon Dioxide Emission per Kilogram of Fuel 

CSLB Contractors State License Board 

CWMF Catalyzed Wire Mesh Filter 

CY Calendar Year 

DECS Diesel Emission Control Strategies 

DMV Department of Motor Vehicles 

DOC Diesel Oxidation Catalyst 

DOD Department of Defense 

DOE Department of Energy 

DPF Diesel Particulate Filter 

DTCC Driving Toward a Cleaner California 

DTSC Department of Toxic Substances Control 

ECF Elemental Carbon Fraction 

ECM Electronic Control Module 

E-DRAM Environmental-Dynamic Revenue Analysis Model

EGR Exhaust Gas Recirculation 

EIA Energy Information Administration 

EJ Environmental Justice 

EMF Emission Factor 

EO Executive Order 

EPA Environmental Protection Agency 
List of Acronyms (continued) 

O-2 

ESC European Stationary Cycle 

FBC Fuel Borne Catalyst 

FEL Family Emission Limits 

FTF Flow Through Filter 

FTL Full Truckload 

FTP Federal Test Procedure 

g/bhp-hr Grams per brake horsepower hour 

GHG Green House Gases 

GSE Ground Support Equipment 

H2O Water 

HC Hydrocarbon 

HDDE Heavy-duty diesel engine 

HDV Heavy-duty vehicle 

HHD Heavy heavy-duty vehicle 

HP Horsepower 

HSC Health and Safety Code 

IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer 

IMPLAN Impact Analysis for Planning 

ISOR Initial Statement of Reason (Staff Report) 

JPA Joint Powers Authority 

kW Kilowatt 

kW-hr Kilowatt-hour 

LTL Less Than Truckload 

MATES II Multiple Air Toxics Exposure Study II 

MECA Manufactures of Emission Controls Association 

MHD Medium heavy-duty vehicle 

MOA Memorandum of Agreement 

MSAT Mobile Source Air Toxic 

MSRC Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee 

MY Model Year 

NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

NADA National Automobile Dealers Association 

NAPSA North American Power Sweeping Association 

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act 

NMHC Non-Methane Hydrocarbons 

N2O Nitrous oxide 

NO Nitric Oxide 

NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide 

NOx Oxides of Nitrogen 

NPV Net Present Value 

NTE Not-To-Exceed 

O3 Ozone 

OEHHA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment 

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer 

ORD Off-Road Diesel 

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
List of Acronyms (continued) 

O-3 

PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons 

PERP Portable Equipment Registration Program 

PM Particulate Matter 

PM10 Particles with diameter less than or equal to 10 microns 

PM2.5 Particles up to 2.5 microns in diameter 

ppb Parts per billion 

ppmw Parts per million by weight 

PTO Power take off 

ROE Return on Owner’s Equity 

ROG Reactive Organic Gases 

SAM Social Accounting Matrix 

SB 25 Senate Bill 25 

SCAQMD South Coast Air Quality Management District 

SCR Selective Catalytic Reduction 

SIP State Implementation Plans 

SOF Soluble Organic Fraction 

SOP Statement of Principles 

SOx Sulfur Oxides 

SRP Scientific Review Panel 

SUVA Schweizerische Unfallversicherungsanstalt, Swiss National 

Accident Insurance 

TAC Toxic Air Contaminants 

TPD Tons per Day 

TRU Transport Refrigeration Unit 

U.S. EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency 

ULSD Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel 

VC Vehicle Code 

VDECS Verified Diesel Emission Control Strategy 

VERT Verminderung der Emissionen von Real-Dieselmotoren in 

Tunnelbau, Curtailing Emissions from Diesel Engines in 

Tunnel Construction 

VOC Volatile Organic Compounds