Glossaries
Glossary of Acronyms
The following is a list of acronyms NCASI regularly references in our resources and their meaning.
| ACRONYM/INITIALIZATION | MEANING |
| ADL | Above Detection Limit |
| ADMT | Air-Dried Metric Tons |
| ADTP | Air-Dried Tons of Pulp |
| ADTBP | Air-Dried Tons of Bleached Pulp |
| ADTFP | Air-Dried Tons of Finished Paper Product |
| ADTUBP | Air-Dried Tons of Unbleached Pulp |
| AF&PA | American Forest and Paper Association |
| AOX | Adsorbable Organic Halides |
| APCD | Air Pollution Control Device |
| ASB | Aerated Stabilization Basin |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| AWC | American Wood Council |
| BACT | Best Available Control Technology |
| BART | Best Available Retrofit Technology |
| BAT | Best Available Technology |
| BDAT | Best Demonstrated Available Treatment |
| BFR | Bleach Filtrate Recycle |
| BKME | Bleach Kraft Mill Effluent |
| BMPs | Best Management Practices |
| BOD | Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| C&DD | Construction and Demolition Debris |
| CBOD | Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| CCA | Chromated Copper Arsenic |
| CDR | Chemical Data Reporting |
| CDF | Cross Tie-Derived Fuel |
| CEM | Continuous Emission Monitors |
| CEMS | Continuous Emission Monitoring System |
| CEPA | Canadian Environmental Protection Act |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act |
| CMS | Continuous Monitoring Systems |
| COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| COLE | Carbon On-Line Estimator |
| CPM | Condensable Particulate Matter |
| CTMP | Chemi-Thermomechanical Pulping |
| CWA | Clean Water Act |
| DAF | Dissolved Air Flotation |
| DBH | Diameter at Breast Height |
| DCE | Direct Contact Evaporator |
| DO | Dissolved Oxygen |
| DMT | Dry Metric Tons |
| DTPA | Diethylenediaminepenta-Acetic Acid |
| ECF | Elemental Chlorine Free |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetra-Acetic Acid |
| EGU | Electric Generating Unit |
| ENREST | Environmental Release Estimation Tool |
| EROD | Ethoxyresorufin-O-Deethylase |
| ESP | Electrostatic Precipitator |
| FBC | Fluidized Bed Combustor |
| FESTG | Forest Environment Sustainability Task Group |
| FGD | Flue Gas Desulfurization |
| FID | Flame Ionization Detector |
| FPI | Forest Products Industry |
| FPM | Filterable Particulate Matter |
| FSLs | Food Simulating Liquids |
| GC | Gas Chromatography |
| GC/FID | Gas Chromatograph/Flame Ionization Detection |
| GC/FPD | Gas Chromatograph/Flame Photometric Detection |
| GC/MS | Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gas |
| HAP | Hazardous Air Pollutant |
| HERC | Handbook of Environmental Regulations and Control |
| HMR | Hazardous Materials Regulations |
| HSL | High Solids Liquor |
| HUC | Hydrologic Unit Codes |
| HVLC | High Volume Low Concentration |
| IDLH | Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health |
| LAER | Lowest Achievable Emission Reduction |
| LCA | Life Cycle Assessment |
| LOAEL | Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level |
| LSL | Laminated Strand Lumber |
| LTRWS | Long-Term Receiving Water Study |
| LVHC | Low Volume High Concentration |
| LVL | Laminated Veneer Lumber |
| MACT | Maximum Achievable Control Technology |
| MDF | Medium Density Fiberboard |
| MDI (resin) | Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (resin) |
| MDL | Method Detection Limit |
| MSW | Municipal Solid Waste |
| NAAQS | National Ambient Air Quality Standard |
| NAFO | National Alliance of Forest Owners |
| ND | Non-Detect |
| NCG | Non-Condensable Gas |
| NDCE | Non-Direct Contact Evaporator |
| NOAEL | No Observed Adverse Effect Level |
| NOEL | No Observed Effect Level |
| NORM | Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material |
| NOx | Nitrogen Oxides |
| NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NPRI | National Pollutant Release Inventory |
| NSPS | New Source Performance Standards |
| OCC | Old Corrugated Container |
| ODTH | Oven-Dried Tons Per Hour |
| ODTP | Oven-Dried Ton of (unbleached) Pulp |
| OEL | Occupational Exposure Limit |
| OSB | Oriented Strand Board |
| OTM | Other Test Method |
| PAH | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon |
| PCB | Polychlorinated Biphenyl |
| PCDD | Polychlorinated Dibenzo Dioxin |
| PCDF | Polychlorinated Dibenzo Furan |
| PCWP | Plywood and Composite Wood Products |
| PEL | Permissible Exposure Limit |
| PEST | Parameter Estimation Software |
| PFAS | Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances |
| PID | Photoionization Detector |
| PM | Particulate Matter |
| POTWs | Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
| PRF | Phenol-Resorcinol-Formaldehyde |
| PVC | Polyvinyl Chloride |
| QA/QC | Quality Assurance and Quality Control |
| RACT | Reasonably Available Control Technology |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RCO | Regenerative Catalytic Oxidizer |
| REL | Recommended Exposure Limit |
| RfC | Reference Concentration |
| RfD | Reference Dose |
| RO | Reverse Osmosis |
| RSC | Reduced Sulfur Compound |
| RSCR | Regenerative Selective Catalytic Reduction |
| RTO | Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer |
| RTR | Residual Risk and Technology Review |
| SARA | Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act |
| SBR | Sequencing Batch Reactor |
| SCR | Selective Catalytic Reduction |
| SFEW | Sustainable Forestry and Eastern Wildlife Program |
| SNCR | Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction |
| SOG | Stripper Off-Gas |
| SPE Cartridge | Solid Phase Extraction |
| STEL | Short-term Exposure Limit |
| SVI | Sludge Volume Index |
| TCDD | Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (also known as Dioxin) |
| TCDF | Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Furan |
| TCF | Totally Chlorine Free |
| TCLP | Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure |
| TEF | Toxic Equivalence Factor |
| TEQ | Toxicity Equivalence or Toxic Equivalent |
| THC | Total Hydrocarbon (s) |
| TLV | Threshold Limit Value |
| TMDL | Total Maximum Daily Load |
| TMP | Thermomechanical Pulp(ing) |
| TNMHC | Total Non-Methane Hydrocarbon |
| TOC | Total Organic Carbon |
| TRI | Toxic Releases Inventory |
| TRS | Total Reduced Sulfur |
| TSCA | Toxic Substances Control Act |
| TSS | Total Suspended Solids |
| TWA | Time-Weighted Average |
| UF | Urea-Formaldehyde (Resin) |
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compounds |
| WEEL | Workplace Environmental Exposure Levels |
| WET | Whole Effluent Toxicity |
| WQBEL | Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations |
| WTP | Wastewater Treatment Process |
| WWTP | Wastewater Treatment Plant |