Glossary of Environmental Terms

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A

ACE
United States Army Corps of Engineers

ACO
Administrative Consent Order

 

B

BDAT
Best Demonstrated Available Technology

 

C

CAFRA
Coastal Area Facility Review Act

CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

CWA
Clean Water Act

 

D

DSW
Discharge to Surface Water

 

E

ECRA
Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act

EIS
Environmental Impact Statement

EPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency

EPCRA
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

 

F

FIFRA
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (or FIFRA), is a United States federal law that set up the basic US system of pesticide regulation to protect applicators, consumers and the environment.

H

HMTA
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act

HSWA
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments

 

I

ISRA
Industrial Site Recovery Act

 

L

LUST
Leaking Underground Storage Tank

 

M

MACT
Maximum Achievable Control Technology

MRF
Monitoring Report Form

MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheet

 

N

NAAQ
National Ambient Air Quality

NCP
National Contingency Plan

NESHAPS
National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants

NJAPCA
New Jersey Air Pollution Control Act

NJDEP
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

NJPDES
New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NJUST
New Jersey Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances Act

 

O

OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

 

P

PCBs
Polychlorinated biphenyls

POTW
Publicly Owned Treatment Works

PRP
Potentially Responsible Party

PSD
Prevention of Significant Deterioration

 

R

RACT
Reasonably Available Control Technology

RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RQ
Reportable Quantity

 

S

SIC
Standard Industrial Classification

SIP
State Implementation Plan

SPCC
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure

SPPP
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan

SWMA
Solid Waste Management Act

 

T

TSDF
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities

 

U

UST
Underground Storage Tank

 

V

VOC
Volatile Organic Compound

 

W

WPCA
Water Pollution Control Act