Second report of the National Pollutant Release Inventory working group 2001 to 2002: acronyms

List of Acronyms

ATH

Alternate Threshold

CACs

Criteria air contaminants

CAS

Chemical Abstracts Service

CEPA 1999

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

C₂F₆

Carbon hexafluoride

CF₄

Carbon tetrafluoride

CFCs

Chlorofluorocarbons

CH₄

Methane

CO

Carbon monoxide

CO₂

Carbon dioxide

COS

Carbonyl sulphide

DET

Domestic emissions trading

EC

Environment Canada

ENGOs

Environmental non-governmental organizations

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency (United States)

EPER

European Pollutant Emission Register

GHGs

Greenhouse gases

GWP

Global Warming Potential

HFCs

Hydroflourocarbons

HCFC

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons

Kt

Kilotonne

LoQ

Level of Quantification

MOEE

Ministry of Energy and the Environment (Ontario)

MPO

Manufactured, processed or otherwise used

NOx

Oxides of Nitrogen

N₂0

Nitrous oxide

NH₄

Ammonia

NP/NPEs

Nonylphenol/ Nonylphenol and its ethoxylates

NPRI

National Pollutant Release Inventory

OP/OPEs

Octylphenol/ Octylphenol and its ethoxylates

PAHs

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

PFCs

Perfluorocarbons

PM

Particulate Matter

RAQM

Regional air quality model

RDIS

Residual Discharge Information System

SCC

Standard Classification Code

SG

Subgroup (of the main NPRI Work Group)

SF₆

Sulphur hexafluoride

SO₂

Sulphur dioxide

SO₄

Sulphates

SOx

Sulphur oxides

TPM

Total Particulate Matter

TRI

Toxics Release Inventory (U.S.)

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UOG

Upstream Oil and Gas industry

VCR

Voluntary Challenge and Registry Inc.

VOCs

Volatile organic compounds

WG

The 2001-2002 Work Group on Substances (NPRI)