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Acronyms 

ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND INITIALISMS 

AADT: annual average daily trips 

AB: Assembly Bill 

ACC: Advanced Clean Cars 

ACT: Alternative Control Techniques 

AEO: annual energy outlook 

AERO: Advanced Emission Reduction Options 

AFO: animal feeding operation 

AIP: achieved in practice 

AMI: acute myocardial infarction 

AMP: air monitoring program 

AMR: annual monitoring report 

AO: agricultural operations 

APCD: Air Pollution Control District 

APCO: Air Pollution Control Officer 

AQ: air quality 

AQI: Air Quality Index 

AQIP: Air Quality Improvement Program 

AQMD: Air Quality Management District 

AQS: Air Quality System 

ARB: California Air Resources Board 

ATCM: Airborne Toxic Control Measure 

BACM: Best Available Control Measure 

BACT: Best Available Control Technology 

bhp: brake horsepower 

BMP: best management practice 

BTU: British Thermal Units 

CAA: Clean Air Act 

CCAQS: Central California Air Quality Studies 

CCDAQ: Clark County Department of Air Quality 

CDFA: California Department of Food and Agriculture 

CE: cost effectiveness 

CEC: California Energy Commission 

CE-CERT: University of California, Riverside College of Engineering - Center for 

Environmental Research and Technology 

CEIDARS: California Emission Inventory Development and Reporting System 

CEMS: Continuous Emissions Monitoring System 

CEPAM: California Emissions Projection Analysis Model 

CFR: Code of Federal Regulations 

CGYM: Clean Green Yard Machine 
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CH&SC: California Health and Safety Code 

CM: control measures 

CMAQ: Community Multi-Scale Air Quality 

CMP: Conservation Management Practice 

CNG: compressed natural gas 

CO: carbon monoxide 

CO2: carbon dioxide 

CPRC: California Public Resources Code 

CRF: capital recovery factor 

CRPAQS: California Regional Particulate Air Quality Study 

CSUF: California State University, Fresno 

CTG: Control Techniques Guidelines 

CVP: Central Valley Project 

CVRP: Clean Vehicle Rebate Project 

DAC: direct annual costs 

DC: direct capital (costs) 

DERA: Diesel Emission Reductions Act 

DI: direct installation (cost) 

DF: deposition fraction 

District: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District 

DMV: Department of Motor Vehicles 

DOF: Department of Finance 

DOGGR: California Department of Conservation’s Division of Oil, Gas, and 

Geothermal Resources 

DPR: Department of Pesticide Regulation 

DV: design value 

e-AIM: extended aerosol inorganics model 

EC: elemental carbon 

EF: emission factor 

EFMP: Enhanced Fleet Modernization Program 

EMFAC: Emission Factors Model 

EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

ER: emergency room 

ERC: emission reduction credits 

ESP: electrostatic precipitator 

FAF: freight analysis framework 

FDEP: Florida Department of Environmental Protection 

FEM: federal equivalent method 

FG: flare gas 

FHWA: Federal Highway Administration 

FMMP: Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program 

FMP: Flare Minimization Plan 

FR: Federal Register 
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FRM: Federal Reference Method 

FY: fiscal year 

GHG: greenhouse gas 

GIS: geographic information system 

GVWR: gross vehicle weight rating 

HC: hydrocarbon 

HD: heavy duty 

HEPA: high-efficiency particulate arresting (filtration systems) 

HHDV: heavy heavy-duty vehicles 

HMA: hot-mix asphalt 

HRRS: Heath Risk Reduction Strategy 

HVIP: Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program 

IAC: indirect annual costs 

IC: internal combustion 

IEPR: Integrated Energy Policy Report 

IMPROVE: Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments 

ISR: indirect source review 

kW: kilowatt 

kWH: kilowatt-hour 

LAER: Lowest Achievable Emission Rate 

lb/MMBtu: pounds per million British thermal units of heat output 

LDT: light-duty trucks 

LHDV: light heavy-duty vehicles 

LMA: Land Management Agency 

LPG: liquefied petroleum gas 

LTO: low temperature oxidation 

MACT: maximum achievable control technology 

MCF: thousand cubic feet 

MCSF: thousand cubic standard feet 

MCY: motorcycles 

MH: motor homes 

MHDV: medium heavy-duty vehicles 

MMBtu/hr: million British thermal units per hour 

MOZART: Model for Ozone and Related Chemical Tracers 

MPO: Metropolitan Planning Organization 

MSM: Most Stringent Measure 

MSW: municipal solid waste 

MW: megawatt 

NAAQS: National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

NASS: National Agriculture Statistics Service 

NESHAP: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

NG: natural gas 

ng/J: nanograms per Joule of heat output 
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NO: nitrogen oxide 

NOx: oxides of nitrogen 

NRCS: Natural Resources Conservation Service 

NSCR: non-selective catalytic reduction 

NSPS: New Source Performance Standard 

NSR: New Source Review 

NTE: not-to-exceed 

OAQPS: Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (EPA) 

OB: other buses 

OBD: on board diagnostics 

OC: organic carbon 

OFP: ozone forming potential 

OGV: ocean-going vessels 

OMP: operator management plan 

OH: hydroxyl radicals 

PAH: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 

PAN: peroxy acetyl nitrate 

PASS: Polluting Automobile Scrap and Salvage 

PBW: particle bound water 

PCAPCD: Placer County Air Pollution Control District 

PEC: purchased equipment costs 

PEER: Permit-Exempt Equipment Registration 

PERP: Portable Equipment Registration Program 

PM: particulate matter 

PM0.1: ultrafine particles 

PM10: particulate matter that is 10 microns or less in diameter 

PM2.5: particulate matter that is 2.5 microns or less in diameter 

POA: primary organic aerosols 

PPN: particulate protein nitrogen 

PSD: particle size distribution 

PST: Pacific Standard Time 

PTFE: poly tetra fluoro ethylene 

PUC: Public Utilities Commission 

QA: quality assurance 

QC: quality control 

RAAN: Real-Time Air Quality Advisory Network 

RAP: reclaimed asphalt pavement 

RARE: Regional Applied Research Effort 

RBS: Risk-Based Strategy 

REES: Regional Energy Efficiency Strategy 

REHEX: Regional Human Exposure Model 

REMI: Regional Economic Models, Inc. 

REMOVE: REduce MOtor Vehicle Emissions 
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Acronyms-5 Acronyms 

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RFQ: Request for Qualifications 

RFP: Reasonable Further Progress 

RH: relative humidity 

ROAR: Real-time Outdoor Activity Risk 

ROS: reactive oxygen species 

RRD: respirable road dust 

RRF: relative response factors 

RTO: regenerative thermal oxidizer 

RV: recreational vehicles 

SA: stationary aggregated 

SANDWICH: sulfate, adjusted nitrate, derived water, inferred carbonaceous material 

balance approach 

SB: school buses 

SB: Senate Bill 

SBA: small business assistance 

SBCAPCD: Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District 

SC: source category 

SCAQMD: South Coast Air Quality Management District 

SCR: selective catalytic reduction 

SIP: State Implementation Plan 

SJV: San Joaquin Valley 

SJVAPCD: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District 

SJVUAPCD: San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District 

SMAQMD: Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District 

SMAT: Speciated Modeled Attainment Test 

SMS: Smoke Management System 

SNCR: selective non-catalytic reduction 

SOA: secondary organic aerosol 

SORE: small off-road engines 

SOx: oxides of sulfur 

TAC: toxic air contaminant 

TCI: total capital investments 

TOC: total organic compounds 

TOG: total organic gases 

Tpd: tons per day 

Tpy: tons per year 

TRU: transport refrigeration unit 

TSD: technical support document 

TSM: total selective metals 

UB: urban buses 

UCSF: University of California, San Francisco 

UFP: ultrafine particles 

US: United States 
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USDA: United States Department of Agriculture 

USDA-ARS: United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service 

USG: unhealthy for sensitive groups 

Valley: San Joaquin Valley 

VCAPCD: Ventura County Air Pollution Control District 

VDE: visible dust emissions 

VMT: vehicle miles traveled 

VOC: volatile organic compounds 

WAAQS: web-based archived air quality system 

WOE: Weight of Evidence 

WMA: warm-mix asphalt 

WWTP: wastewater treatment plan 

XRF: X-ray fluorescence 

ZEV: zero-emission vehicle 

μg/m3: micrograms per cubic meter