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Terminology related to greenhouse gases (pdf)

AQCA - Air Quality Consent Agreement

BACT - Best Available Control Technology

BMP - Best Management Practices

CAA - Clean Air Act

CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

EPCRA - Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act

LAER - Lowest Achievable Emission Rate

SIP - State Implementation Plan


CH4 - Methane (Global Climate Change)

H2S - Hydrogen Sulfide (Quality of Human Life)

NH3 - Ammonia (Atmospheric Deposition and Haze)

N2O - Nitrous Oxide (Global Climate Change)

NOx - Nitric Oxide (NO) and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)
(Haze, Atmospheric Deposition and Smog)

PM2.5 - Particulate Matter < 2.5 microns (Health and Haze)

PM10 - Particulate Matter < 10 microns (Haze)

VOC - Volatile Organic Compounds (Quality of Human Life)

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