Archived: Air Pollutant Emission Inventory report: acronyms

List of acronyms, abbreviations and units

AS 

Area source

AAFC

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

APEI 

Air Pollutant Emission Inventory

B(a)p 

Benzo(a)pyrene

B(b)f 

Benzo(b)fluoranthene

B(k)f 

Benzo(k)fluoranthene

CAC

Criteria air contaminant

CANSIM 

Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System

CCME   

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

Cd 

Cadmium

CEA

Canadian Electricity Association

CEIP 

Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections

CEPA    

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

CH ₄ 

Methane

CLRTAP 

Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

CNG

Compressed natural gas

CO

Carbon monoxide

CORINAIR

Core Inventory of Air Emissions in Europe

CPI  

Consumer Price Index

D/F  

Dioxins and furans

EEA 

European Environment Agency

EF 

Emission factor

EIIP 

Emission Inventory Improvement Program

EMEP    

European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme

FVRD

Fraser Valley Regional District

g    

Gram

gTEQ 

Gram of toxic equivalent

GVRD    

Greater Vancouver Regional District

HC

Hydrocarbon

HCB

Hexachlorobenzene

Hg 

Mercury

I(cd)p

Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

IE  

Included elsewhere

kg  

Kilogram

kt  

Kilotonne

LPG 

Liquefied petroleum gas

MOVES

Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator

Mt 

Megatonne

NAESI   

National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative

NAHARP

National Agri-Environmental Health Analysis and Reporting

NAICS   

North American Industry Classification System

NFR 

Nomenclature for Reporting

NH ₃ 

Ammonia

NO ₂  

Nitrogen dioxide

NO _x  

Nitrogen oxides

NPRI 

National Pollutant Release Inventory

NRCan  

Natural Resources Canada

PAH

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

Pb 

Lead

PIRD 

Pollutant Inventories and Reporting Division

PM

Particulate matter

PM ₁₀

Particulate matter less than or equal to 10 microns

PM _2.5 

Particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 microns

POP 

Persistent organic pollutant

PS 

Point source

QC

Quality control

RESD

Report on Energy Supply-Demand Canada

SO ₂  

Sulphur dioxide

SOMA    

Sulphur Oxides Management Area

SO _x  

Sulphur oxides

t     

Tonne

TCDD    

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

TEQ 

Toxic equivalent

TPM

Total particulate matter

U.S. EPA

United States Environmental Protection Agency

UNECE  

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

VOC

Volatile organic compound