New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Subchapter 1 - ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS › Section 7:14A-1.1 - Abbreviations and acronyms

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) As used in this
				chapter, the following abbreviations and acronyms shall have the following
				meaning:
"ACR" means acute to chronic ratio.
"AM" means additional measure.
"BAT" means best available technology.
"BCT" means best conventional technology.
"BOD" means biochemical oxygen demand.
"BPJ" means best professional judgment.
"BPT" means best practical control technology.
"BMP" means best management practices.
"BR" means baseline report.
"C1" means Category One waters.
"C2" means Category Two waters.
"CBOD" means carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand.
"CI" means confidence interval.
"CCC" means the criteria continuous concentration.
"CERCLA" means Comprehensive Environmental Response,
				  Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
"CFR" means the Code of Federal Regulations.
"CMC" means the criteria maximum concentration.
"COD" means chemical oxygen demand.
"CPO" means chlorine produced oxidants.
"CSO" means combined sewer overflow
"CV" means coefficient of variation.
"CWA" means the Federal Act or the Clean Water Act.
"CWEA" means the Clean Water Enforcement Act, P.L. 1990,
				  c.28; 58:10A-1 et seq.
"DAC" means Discharge Allocation Certificate.
"DEP" means the New Jersey Department of Environmental
				  Protection.
"DGW" means Discharge to Ground Water.
"DLA" means delegated local agency.
"DMR" means Discharge Monitoring Report.
"DOC" means dissolved organic carbon.
"DRBC" means the Delaware River Basin Commission.
"DSAM" means Department sanctioned analytical method.
"DSW" means Discharge to Surface Water.
"DTW" means domestic treatment works.
"ECRA" means Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act.
"EC50" means the median effective concentration resulting in
				  at least 50 percent mortality to the test species.
"EDI" means electronic data interchange.
"EDP" means effective date of permit.
"ERP" means enforcement response plan.
"FSOD" means first stage oxygen demand.
"FW" means freshwater
"GIS" means Geographic Information System.
"GPD" means gallons per day.
"GWQS" means the Ground Water Quality Standards as defined in
				  N.J.A.C. 7:9C.
"IC" means the inhibition concentration.
"IPP" means industrial pretreatment program.
"ISRA" means Industrial Site Recovery Act.
"ITW" means industrial treatment works.
"IWMF" means industrial waste management facility.
"kg/day" means kilograms per day.
"LA" means load allocation.
"LC50" means the median lethal concentration resulting in at
				  least 50 percent mortality to the test species.
"LLAMA" means Letter of Land Application Management
				  Approval.
"LTA" means long term average effluent concentration.
"MA1CD10" means the minimum average one day flow with a
				  statistical recurrence interval of ten years.
"MA30CD5" means the minimum average 30 consecutive day flow
				  with a statistical recurrence interval of five years.
"MA7CD10" means the minimum average seven consecutive day
				  flow with a statistical recurrence interval of 10 years.
"MCL" means maximum contaminant level
"MDL" means method detection level.
"MF" means membrane filter technique.
"MGD" means million gallons per day.
"mg/L" means milligrams per liter.
"ml/L" means milliliters per liter.
"MOA" means Memorandum of Agreement.
"MOU" means Memorandum of Understanding.
"MPN" means most probable number.
"MRF" means Monitoring Report Form.
"MRSF" means Monitoring Report Submittal Form.
"MS4" means municipal separate storm sewer system.
"MSWLF" means a municipal solid waste landfill as defined in
				  40 CFR part 258.2.
"NBOD" means nitrogenous biochemical oxygen demand.
"NCCW" means non-contact cooling water.
"N.J.A.C." means New Jersey Administrative Code.
"NJPDES" means the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination
				  System.
"N.J.S.A." means New Jersey Statutes Annotated.
"NOAEC" means no observed adverse effect
				  concentration.
"NOEC" means no observable effect concentration.
"NPDES" means the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
				  System.
"NSCIU" means non-significant categorical indirect
				  user.
"NT" means non-trout waters.
"OEP" means the Office of Environmental Planning.
"OM " means optional measure.
"PL" means the general surface water classification applied
				  to Pinelands Waters.
"POTW" means publicly owned treatment works.
"PPSNC" means pretreatment program significant
				  noncompliance.
"PQL" means practical quantification level.
"PVSC" means Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners.
"RCRA" means Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
"RFA" means Request For Authorization under a general NJPDES
				  permit.
"RTR" means Residuals Transfer Report.
"RWBR" means reclaimed water for beneficial reuse.
"SBR" means Statewide Basic Requirement.
"SC" means the general surface water classification applied
				  to coastal saline waters.
"SDWA" means the Federal or State Safe Drinking Water Acts
				  (P. L. 95-523, as amended by P. L. 95-1900;
				  42
				  U.S.C. §§
											300f et seq. and
				  58:12A-1 et seq.,
				  respectively).
"SE" means the general surface water classification applied
				  to saline waters of estuaries.
"SESCP" means soil erosion and sediment control plan.
"SIC" means Standard Industrial Classification.
"SIU" means significant indirect user.
"SNC" means significant non-compliance.
"SOD" means sediment oxygen demand.
"SSMP" means Statewide Sludge Management Plan.
"TDS" means total dissolved solids.
"TKN" means total Kjeldahl nitrogen.
"TM" means trout maintenance.
"TMDL" means total maximum daily load.
"TOC" means total organic carbon.
"TP" means trout production.
"TSD" means the USEPA Technical Support Document (See USEPA
				  TSD).
"TSS" means total suspended solids.
"TTO" means total toxic organics.
"TUA" means toxic units acute.
"TUC" means toxic units chronic.
"TWA" means Treatment Works Approval.
"TWTDS" means treatment works treating domestic
				  sewage.
"UIC" means Underground Injection Control program.
"ug/L" means micrograms per liter.
"USEPA" or "EPA" means the United States Environmental
				  Protection Agency.
"USEPA TSD" means the USEPA Technical Support Document for
				  Water Quality Based Toxics Control, (EPA/505/2-90-001), March 1991.
"USDA" means the United States Department of
				  Agriculture.
"USDA-NRCS" means the United States Department of
				  Agriculture--Natural Resources Conservation Service.
"USDW" means underground source of drinking water.
"USGS" means United States Geological Survey.
"USNRC" means the United States Nuclear Regulatory
				  Commission.
"UST" means underground storage tank.
"VOC" means volatile organic compounds.
"WCR" means Waste Characterization Report.
"WET" means whole effluent toxicity.
"WLA" means wasteload allocation.
"WQBEL" means water quality based effluent limitation.
"WQM plan" means Water Quality Management plan.
"WSC" means Written Statement of Consent.