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Acronyms Used by Environmental Managers and Regulators

Acronyms Commonly Used by Coastal Managers
and Regulators in Massachusetts and Beyond

AAL

Allowable Ambient Limit in air.

ACEC

Area of Critical Environmental Concern. A Massachusetts resource area designation.

ACO

Administrative Consent Order.

ACOE

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Add

Average Daily Dose of a contaminant received by a receptor of concern.

ADE

Average Daily Exposure.

ADSCR

Average Daily Soil Contact Rate.

ADSIR

Average Daily Soil Intake Rate.

AF

Absorbed Fraction, the fraction of OHM in soil absorbed through the skin.

AFCEE

Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence.

AHERA

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (1986).

ANEP

Association of National Estuary Programs. A non-profit organization that promotes the 28 National Estuary Programs.

ANG

The Massachusetts Air National Guard.

AO

Administrative Order.

AOC

area of contamination, or area of concern.

AP

Averaging Period.

APCC

Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod.

AR

Administrative Record.

ARAR

Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirement.

ARARs

Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements.

AST

Above Ground Storage Tank.

ASTM

American Society for Testing and Materials.

ATC

Allowable Threshold Concentration.

ATSDR

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

AUL

Activity and Use Limitation.

AWQC

Ambient Water Quality Criteria.

BBP

Buzzards Bay NEP NEP.

BMP

Best Management Practice. A method that has been determined to be the most effective, practical means of preventing or reducing pollution from non-point sources.

BDAT

Best Demonstrated Available Technology.

BDL

Below Detection Limit.

bgs

below ground surface.

BNA

Base- Neutral and Acid Extractable Organics.

BOD

Biological Oxygen Demand. The amount of oxygen consumed by bacteria in a water sample while decomposing organic matter under aerobic conditions. BOD5 is the amount of oxygen demand exerted over a 5-day period.

BOH

Board of Health. A Massachusetts Municipal board, elected or appointed, responsible for septic system permits and inspections, restaurant inspection, beach closures, and other public health matters.

BOL

Bill of Lading. A document between a shipper and a carrier and a shipper and consignee which serves as a receipt for the goods to be delivered to a designated person or to his order.

BPP

MA DEP Bureau of Policy and Planning.

BRP

the Massachusetts DEP Bureau of Resource Protection.

BTEX

Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylenes.

BW

Body Weight of the receptor of concern during the period of exposure.

BWP

the Massachusetts DEP Bureau of Waste Prevention.

BWSC

the Massachusetts DEP Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup.

Ch. 21E

Massachusetts General Law Chapter 21E. The state law regulating cleanup of hazardous wastes.

C

either (a) Celsius or Centigradeorunits Conversion factor.

CAA

the federal Clean Air Act administered by the US EPA.

CAFE

Corporate Average Fuel Economy [standard].

CAG

the U.S. EPA's Carcinogen Assessment Group.

CAS

Chemical Abstract Service..

CCC

Cape Cod Commission.

CCCGA

Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association.

CCMP

Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. A watershed management plan required by Section 320 of the Clean Water Act for National Estuary Programs.

CDC

Centers for Disease Control.

CDF

Confined Disposal Facility.

CEP

Critical Exposure Pathway.

CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, the federal law regulating Superfund and other hazardous waste sites.

CERCLIS

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System.

CERO

MA DEP Central Regional Office.

CFC

chlorofluorocarbon.

CFR

Code of Federal Regulation.

CG

Coast Guard.

CIP

Community Involvement Plan.

CMO

Chief Municipal Officer.

CMR

Code of Massachusetts Regulation.

COC

Contaminant of concern or Chemical of concern.

COD

Chemical Oxygen Demand. The total quantity of oxygen required to fully oxidize a material into carbon dioxide and water.

CRA

Comprehensive Response Action.

CS (w/#)

Chemical Spill.

CWA

the federal Clean Water Act.

CWG

Community Working Group.

CZM

The Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office.

DAD

Dead and Decomposing.

DAQC

the Massachusetts DEP Division of Air Quality Control.

dB

Decibel.

DCE

Dichloroethylene.

DD

Decision Document.

DDE

2,2-bis(p- chlorophenyl)- 1,1- dichloroethane.

ddE

dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene.

DDT

1,1,1- trichloro- 2,2-bis(p- chlorophenyl)ethane.

DEIR

Draft Environmental Impact Report.

DEM

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management.

DEP

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

DEQE

the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, which is the former name of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

DFA

The Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture.

DFW

The Massachusetts Division of Fish and Wildlife, a section of DFWELE.

DFWELE

The Massachusetts Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law Enforcement.

DHM

the Massachusetts DEP Division of Hazardous Materials.

DMF

The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, a section of DFWELE.

DNAPL

Dense Non- Aqueous Phase Liquid.

DO

Dissolve Oxygen. May be reported as ppm or percent saturation.

DOD

the U.S. Department of Defense.

DOE

the U.S. Department of Energy.

DOI

the U.S. Department of the Interior.

DOJ

the U.S. Department of Justice.

DOT

the U.S. Department of Transportation.

DPH

the MassachusettsDepartment of Public Health.

DPS

either: (a) Downgradient Property Statusor(b) the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety.

DQO

Data Quality Objectives.

DRE

Destruction Removal Efficiency.

DSWM

the Massachusetts DEP Division of Solid Waste Management.

DWPC

the Massachusetts DEP Division of Water Pollution Control.

DWS

the Massachusetts DEP Division of Water Supply.

DWW

MA DEP Division of Wetlands and Waterways.

E/P

Evaporation/percolation.

ECD

Electron Capture Detector.

ED

Exposure Duration.

EDB

Ethylene Dibromide.

EEZ

Exclusive Economic Zone. Those marine areas under the jurisdiction of the federal government. Generally, the area between the three mile state jurisdiction and 200 miles.

EF

Exposure Frequency.

EHS

Extremely Hazardous Substance.

EIR

Environmental Impact Report. A document that may be required by the Massachusetts MEPA office upon submission of an ENF.

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement. Specifically, the document required by federal agencies pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act for major projects or legislative proposals significantly affecting the environment. The EIS is a decision-making tool, and includes the positive and negative effects of the undertaking and includes possible alternative actions.

ELCR

Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk.

ENF

Environmental Notification Form. An application form submitted under the Massachusetts Environmental Protection Act. Generally ENF are required only for large projects that meet certain thresholds.

EEA

MassachusettsExecutive Office of Environmental Affairs.

EEA

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.

EOEcA

Executive Office of Economic Affairs.

EP

Exposure Period.

EPA

the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency.

EPA

The United States Environmental Protection Agency.

EPC

Exposure Point Concentration.

EPCRA

Emergency Planning and Community Right- to- Know Act.

EPH

Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons.

ER_L

Effects Range Low.

ER_M

Effects Range Median.

ESP

Electrostatic Precipitator.

ETI

1) extraction, treatment, and infiltration when dealing with plumes and groundwater contamination. 2) Environmental Technology Initiative: an EPA program of the late 1990s to promote new environmental technologies, .

eV

Electron Volt.

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration.

FACES

Falmouth Associations Concerned with Estuaries and Salt Ponds.

FB

Field Blank.

FDA

Food & Drug Administration.

FEIR

Final Environmental Impact Report.

FEIS

Final Environmental Impact Statement.

FFS

Focused Feasibility Study.

FI

Food Intake.

FID

Flame Ionization Detector.

FIFRA

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

FNSI

Finding of No Significant Impact.

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act.

FONSEI

Finding Of No Significant Environmental Impact.

FP

Flash Point.

FS

1) feasibility study 2) fuel spill.

FSP

Field Sampling Plan.

FTE

full time employee.

FY

Fiscal Year.

GAC

Granulated Activated Carbon.

GAO

the U.S.General Accounting Office.

GC/ECD

Gas Chromatography/Electron Capture Detector.

GC/FID

Gas Chromatography/Flame Ionization Detector.

GC/MS

Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry.

GC/PID

Gas Chromatography/Photoionization Detector.

GC

Gas chromatography.

GEIR

Generic Environmental Impact Report.

GIS

Geographic Information System.

GPM

Gallons per Minute.

gpm

gallons per minute.

GW

Ground Water.

GWTP

Ground Water Treatment Plant.

H&S

Health and Safety.

HAP

Hazardous Air Pollutant.

HASP

Health and Safety Plan.

HAZWOPER

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration' (OSHA).

HAZWRAP

Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Program.

HCFC

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons.

HCS

Hazardous Communication Standard.

HDPE

High- Density Polyethylene.

HEAST

U.S. EPA's Health Effects Assessment Summary Tables.

HI

Hazard Index.

HM

Hazardous Material.

HMTA

Hazardous Material Transportation Act.

HMTUSA

Hazardous Material Transportation Uniform Safety Act.

HPLC

High- performance liquid chromatography.

HQ

1) Hazard Quotient. 2) Headquarters.

HRS

Hazard Ranking System.

HSA

Hollow Stem Auger.

HSWA

the federal Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (1984).

HW

Hazardous Waste.

IARC

International Agency for Research on Cancer.

ICAP

Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma emissions Spectroscopy.

ICP

Inductively Coupled Plasma atomic emission spectroscopy.

IDL

Instrument Detection Limit.

IDLH

Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health.

IH

Imminent Hazard.

IM

Interim Measure.

IR

either: (a) Infra- Redor(b) Ingestion Rate.

IRA

Immediate Response Action.

IRAC

Immediate Response Action Completion [Report].

IRAP

Immediate Response Action Plan.

IRIS

US EPA'sIntegrated Risk Information System.

IROD

interim record of decision.

IRP

Installation Restoration Program.

ISV

In- Situ Volatilization.

IT

Innovative Technology.

IWPA

Interim Wellhead Protection Area.

IWTP

Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant.

JPAT

Joint Process Action Team.

kg

kilogram.

L

liter.

LAdd

Lifetime Average Daily Dose.

LADSCR

Lifetime Average Daily Soil Contact Rate normalized to bodyweight.

LADSIR

Lifetime Average Daily Soil Intake Rate normalized to bodyweight.

LAER

Lowest Achievable Emission Rate.

LC₅₀

Lethal Concentration, 50%. The concentration needed to kill 50% of a population.

LD₅₀

Lethal Dose, 50%.

LDR

Land Disposal Restrictions.

LEL

Lower Explosive Limit.

LEPC

Local Emmergency Planning Committee.

LF (w/#)

Landfill.

LLRW

Low Level Radioactive Waste.

LNAPL

Light Non- Aqueous Phase Liquid.

LOAEL

Lowest Observed Adverse Effects Level.

LOEL

Lowest Observed Effects Level.

LOP

Letter of Permission (ACOE).

LRA

Limited Removal Action.

LSP

Licensed Site Professional required to oversee the cleanup of hazardous waste under Massachusetts General Law 21e.

LTBI

Location To Be Investigated.

LTM

long-term monitoring.

LTO

long-term operation.

LTTD

Low Temperature Thermal Desorption.

LUST

Leaking Underground Storage Tank.

m

meter.

MA DEP

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

MAA

Massachusetts Aquaculture Association.

MAANG

Massachusetts Air National Guard.

MACT

Maximum Available Control Technology.

MCL

Maximum Contaminant Level.

MCP

Massachusetts Contingency Plan.

MDL

Method Detection Limit.

MDPH

Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

MEK

Methyl Ethyl Ketone.

MEPA

Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act.

MEPA

Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Unit. A unit within EEA.

MF

Modifying Factor.

mg

milligram.

MG

million gallons.

MGD

million gallons per day.

MGL

Massachusetts General Law.

MGL

Massachusetts General Laws.

MHW

Mean High Water. The average of high tides, both spring and neap. MHW is often used as the basis of the coastline on nautical and topographic maps.

MLW

Mean Low Water. The average of low tides, both spring and neap.

MMCL

Massachusetts Maximum Contaminant Level.

MMR

Massachusetts Military Reservation.

MOA

Memorandum of Agreement.

MOHML

Massachusetts Oil and Hazardous Material List.

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding.

MS/MSD

Matrix Spike/Matrix Spike Duplicate.

MS

Mass spectrometry.

MSDS

Material Safety Data Sheet.

MSL

Mean Sea Level.

MSR

Material Shipment Record.

MTBE

Methyl tertiary- Butyl Ether.

MW

either: (a) Molecular Weightor(b) Monitoring Well.

NAAQS

National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

NAPL

Non- Aqueous Phase Liquid.

NCP

National (Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution) Contingency Plan.

ND

either (a) Not Detectedor(b) Non- Detect.

NEFMC

New England Fisheries Management Council.

NEP

National Estuary Program. A coastal watershed management program established by Section 320 of the Clean Water Act, and administered by the US EPA. Currently their are 28 NEPs. The NEPs focuse on implementing watershed management plans called CCMPs.

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act.

NERO

MA DEP Northeast Regional Office.

NERRS

National Estuarine Research Reserve System. A coastal watershed management program established and administered by NOAA. The NERRS program focuses on research and education.

NESHAP

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.

NFA

No Further Action.

ng

nanogram.

NMFS

The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service.

NO_x

1) Nitrous Oxides. 2) Symbolism for Nitrates (NO₃) plus Nitrites (NO₂) in water.

NOAA

The US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

NOAEL

No Observed Adverse Effects Level.

NOEL

No Observed Effects Level.

NOHSCP

National Oil and Hazardous Substance Contingency Plan.

NON

Notice of Noncompliance.

NOR

Notice of Responsibility.

NORA

Notice of Response Action.

NOS

National Ocean Service, a unit within NOAA.

NPS

Nonpoint Source Pollution. Generally diffuse or multiple small sources of pollution discharged from a geograophic area of any size. Generally the cumulative input of many pollution sources, that do not require separate regulatory permits.

NPDES

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. Authorization to discharge into surface waters of the U.S. issued by the Environmental Protection Agency in Massachusetts, pursuant to the 1977 Clean Water Act. Massachusetts is one of two non-delegated states.

NPDWSA

Non-Potential Drinking Water Source Area.

NPL

National Priorities List.

NPOTW

Non-Publicly Owned Treatment Works.

NRD

Natural Resource Damage.

NRDA

Natural Resources Damage Assessment.

NRS

Numerical Ranking System.

NRTC

National Research Trustee Council.

NSPS

New Source Performance Standard.

NSR

No Significant Risk.

NSSP

National Shellfish Sanitation Program.

O&M

Operation and Maintenance.

OANGB

Otis Air National Guard Base.

OHM

Oil and/or Hazardous Material.

ORS

DEP Office of Research and Standards.

ORW

Outstanding Resource Water.

OSC

On- Scene Coordinator.

OSHA

the USOccupational Safety and Health Administration.

OTA

[Massachusetts]Office of Technology Assessment.

OWM

the Massachusetts Office of Watershed Management.

PA

Public Affairs.

PAHs

Polycyclic (or Polynuclear) Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

PAN

Penalty Assessment Notice.

PAVE PAWS

Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry - Phased Array Warning System.

Pb

lead.

PCBs

Polychlorinated Biphenyls. Any of the 209 possible molecules having multiple chlorine atoms attached to the carbon atoms of a biphenyl (two carbon ring) nucleus.

PCdds

Polychlorinated Dibenzo Dioxins.

PCDFs

Polychlorinated Dibenzo Furans.

PCE

Perchloroethylene (Tetrachloroethylene).

PDWSA

Potential Drinking Water Source Area.

PEL

OSHA Permissable Exposure Limit.

PGP

Programmatic General Permit (ACOE). A simplified wetlands filling Army Corp permit issued for wetland fillings below a certain size threshold. Under the PGP, projects are categorized as I or II. Category I projects represent minor impacts to State waters and are non-reporting to the ACOE. Category II projects represent more than minor impacts to State waters and must be reviewed at a monthly screening meeting where appropriate State and Federal agencies review the project.

PID

Photo ionization Detector.

PIP

Public Involvement Plan.

PIT

Public Information Team.

PM10

Particulate Matter, 10 microns.

POTW

Publicly Owned Treatment Works.

PPA

either: (a) Potentially Productive Aquiferor(b) Pollution Prevention Act.

ppb

parts per billion also equal to micrograms per liter (mg/l).

PPE

Personal protective equipment.

ppm/v

parts per million by volume.

ppm

parts per million, also equal to milligrams per liter (mg/l).

ppt

in the measurement of salinity, equals parts per thousand or grams per liter (mg/l), but for low level contamination may also equal parts per trillion or nanograms per liter.

PQL

Practical Quantization Limit.

PRA

Preliminary Response Action.

PRP

Potentially Responsible Party.

PSD

Prevention of Significant Deterioration.

PVC

Polyvinyl Chloride.

q₁

the US EPA's Cancer Assessment Group's published cancer slope value.

QA

Quality assurance.

QA/QC

Quality Assurance Quality Control. A plan to ensure that data collected is reliable and accurate.

QC

Quality control.

RA

1) remedial action 2) EPA Regional Administrator.

RACT

Reasonably Available Control Technology.

RAF

Relative Absorption Factor.

RAM

Release Abatement Measure.

RAO- P

Response Action Outcome - Partial.

RAPS

Response Action Performance Standard.

RC

Reportable Concentration.

RCGW- 1

the groundwater Reporting Category RCGW- 1.

RCGW- 2

the groundwater Reporting Category RCGW- 2.

RCRA

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.

RCS- 1

the soil Reporting Category RCS- 1.

RCS- 2

the soil Reporting Category RCS- 2.

RD

remedial design.

RfC

U.S. EPA's published Reference Concentration.

RfD

U.S. EPA's published Reference Dose.

RFI

either: (a) Request for Informationor(b) RCRA Facility Investigation.

RFP

Request for Proposals. A solicitation for services.

RFR

Request for Responses. A solicitation for services or bids release by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

RI/FS

Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study. An detailed study designed to gather data needed to determine the nature and extent of contamination at a Superfund site, establish site cleanup criteria; identify preliminary alternatives for remedial action, and support technical and cost analyses of alternatives. The remedial investigation usually includes a feasibility study, which is an analysis of the practicability and cost-effectiveness of the proposed cleanup strategy and alternatives.

RI

Remedial Investigation.

RIP

Remedy Implementation Plan.

RLF

Release Log Form.

RLFA

Release Log Form Amendment.

RNF

Release Notification Form.

ROD

Record of Decision.

ROS

Remedy Operation Status.

RP

either: (a) Responsible Partyor(b) Respirable Particulates.

RP

responsible party (for a spill of hazardous materials).

RQ

Reportable Quantity.

RQD

Rock Quality Designation.

RRT

Regional Response Team.

RTECS

Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances.

RTN

Release Tracking Number.

SA

Skin Surface Area in contact with the contaminated soil on days exposed.

SAP

sampling and analysis plan.

SARA

the federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act.

SCUBA

Self- Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.

SDWA

the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.

SERO

MA DEP Southeast Regional Office.

SI

site investigation.

SIC

Standard Industrial Classification.

SIP

State Implementation Plan.

SITE

Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation.

SO

2 - Sulfur Dioxide.

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure.

SOW

Scope of Work.

SPCC

Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan.

SRM

Substantial Release Migration.

SSI

supplemental site investigation.

STCL

Soil Target Cleanup Level.

STEL

Short- Term Exposure Limit.

SVE

Soil Vapor Extraction.

SVOC

Semi- volatile Organic Compound.

SW

either: (a) Surface Wateror(b) Solid Waste.

TAG

1) Technical Advisory Group. 2) Technical Assistance Grant.

TAPP

Technical Assistance for Public Participation.

TCA

Trichloroethane.

TCdd

Tetrachlorinated Dibenzo Dioxin.

TCDF

Tetrachlorinated Dibenzo Furan.

TCE

Trichloroethylene.

TCLP

Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure.

TCRA

time-critical removal action.

TEF

Toxicity Equivalency Factor.

TEL

Threshold Effects Level in air.

TEQ

Toxicity Equivalent.

TICs

Tentatively Identified Compounds.

TLV

OSHA Threshold Limit Value.

TMDL

Total Maximum Daily Load. A regulatory limit, generally a mass load or concentration, need to protect living resources. In the US Clean Water Act, Section 303(d), and state regulations, a TMDL is the quantity of a pollutant that can be assimilated by a water body and still meet water quality objectives.

TN

Total Nitrogen [in a water sample]. Calculated by either adding TKN + Ammonia, or by adding TON plus NOx using the persulfate method.

TOC

Total Organic Carbon.

TOR

Threat of Release.

TOV

Total Organic Vapors.

TPH/GC/FID

Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons measured using Gas Chromatography and a Flame Ionization Detector.

TPH/IR

Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons measured using Infrared Analysis.

TPH

Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons.

TQ

Threshold Quantity.

TRC

Technical Review Criteria.

TRI

Toxic Release Inventory.

TSCA

the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act.

TSDF

Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility.

TWA

Time Weighted Average.

UCL

either: (a) Upper Concentration Limitor(b) Upper Confidence Limit.

UF

Uncertainty Factor.

ug

microgram.

UIC

Underground Injection Control.

UR

Unit Risk value.

URAM

Utility- related Abatement Measure.

US EPA

the United StatesEnvironmental Protection Agency.

USACE

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

USAF

U.S. Air Force.

USCG

U.S. Coast Guard.

USDA

U.S. Department of Agriculture.

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey.

USN

U.S. Navy.

UST

Underground Storage Tank.

UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator. The grid system found on USGS topographic maps.

UV

Ultra- Violet.

UXO

unexploded ordnance.

VA

Veterans Administration.

VI

Volume Ingested.

VOC

Volatile Organic Compound.

VPH

Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons.

VR

Volume Respired.

WBNERR

Waquoit Bay National Estuarial Research Reserve

WERO

MA DEP Western Regional Office.

WG

Working Group(s).

WPA

Wetlands Protection Act. The Massachusetts state law (MGL 130) for the protection of wetlands. Also establishes the authority of municipal Conservation Commissions.

WQBELs

Water Quality-Based Effluent Limits applied to dischargers when mere technology-based limitations would cause violations of water quality standards. Usually applied to discharges into small streams.

WQC

[Ambient] Water Quality Criteria.

WQS

Water Quality Standards are adopted by law or regulation, pursuant to the Clean Water Act, and consist of the beneficial designated use or uses of a waterbody, the numeric and narrative water quality criteria that are necessary to protect the use or uses of that particular waterbody, and an antidegradation statement.

WWTF

Waste Water Treatment Facility. Equivalent to WWTP.

WWTP

Waste Water Treatment Plant. Equivalent to WWTF.

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