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| acfm | Actual cubic feet per minute |
| ALAPCO | Association of Local Air Pollution Program Control Officials |
| ASTSWMO | Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials |
| AWMA | Air and Waste Management Association |
| BACT | Best Available Control Technology |
| BIF | Boilers and Industrial Furnaces |
| CAA | Clean Air Act |
| CAMDS | Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System |
| CAS | Chemical Abstracts Service |
| CATC | Clean Air Technology Center |
| CEMS | Continuous Emissions Monitors |
| CETRED | Combustion Emissions Technical Resource Document |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CMS | Continuous Monitoring System |
| DOC | Documentation of Compliance |
| DRE | Destruction and Removal Efficiency |
| dscf | Dry standard cubic foot |
| dscm | Dry standard cubic meter |
| EPA/USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| EU-HWC | Emissions Unit - Hazardous Waste Combustor |
| GPRA | Government Performance and Results Act |
| gr | Grains |
| HAPs | Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| HSWA | Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments |
| HWC | Hazardous Waste Combustor |
| HWIR | Hazardous Waste Identification Rule |
| J.I. | Johnston Island |
| kg | Kilogram |
| LAER | Lowest Achievable Emissions Rate |
| MACT | Maximum Achievable Control Technology |
| mg | Milligrams |
| Mg | Megagrams (metric tons) |
| NAAQS | National Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| NESHAP | National Emission Standards for HAPs |
| ng | Nanograms |
| NIC | Notification of Intent to Comply |
| NOC | Notification of Compliance |
| NODA | Notice of Data Availability |
| NOx | Nitrogen Oxides |
| NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| NSPS | New Source Performance Standards |
| NSR | New Source Review |
| NTIS | National Technical Information Service |
| OAQPS | Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards |
| OAR | Office of Air and Radiation |
| OECA | Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance |
| ORCR | Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (formerly Office of Solid Waste (OSW) |
| PIC | Product of Incomplete Combustion |
| POHC | Principal Organic Hazardous Constituent |
| ppmv | Parts per million by volume |
| ppmw | Parts per million by weight |
| PSD | Prevention of Significant Deterioration |
| PTE | Potential to Emit |
| RACT | Reasonably Available Control Technology |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| R & D | Research and Development |
| RIC | RCRA Information Center |
| SIP | State Implementation Plan |
| SPM | Significant Permit Modification |
| SSRA | Site Specific Risk Assessment |
| STAPPA | State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators |
| TBP | Trial Burn Plan |
| TEQ | Toxicity Equivalence Quotient |
| TOCDF | Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility |
| tpy | Tons Per Year |
| TSDF | Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility |
| TTN | Technology Transfer Network |
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |
| mg | Micrograms |