Acronyms
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BMP |
Best management practice |
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BPJ |
Best professional judgment |
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CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
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CWA |
Clean Water Act |
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CZARA |
Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments |
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DEC |
Department of Environmental Conservation |
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DEM |
Department of Environmental Management |
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DEP |
Department of Environmental Protection |
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EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
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LA |
Load Allocation (for nonpoint sources) |
| LIS | Long Island Sound |
| LISS | Long Island Sound Study |
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MAHL |
Maximum Allowable Headworks Loading |
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Maximum Allowable Industrial Loading |
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MS4 |
Municipal separate storm sewer systems |
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NCTP |
Nitrogen Credit Trading Program (state of CT) |
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NOX |
Nitrogen oxides |
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NPDES |
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
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ONRW |
Outstanding Natural Resource Waters |
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POTWs |
Publicly owned treatment works |
| PCS | Permit Compliance System |
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RIPDES |
Rhode Island Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
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SIP |
State Implementation Plan |
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SO2 |
Sulfur dioxide |
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SRPW |
Special Resource Protection Waters |
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TMDL |
Total Maximum Daily Load |
| TP | Tar-Pamlico Trading Program (North Carolina) |
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VOCs |
Volatile organic compounds |
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WLA |
Waste Load Allocation (for point sources) |
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WQBELs |
Water quality-based effluent limits |