Basin Plan - List of Acronyms

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af - Acre foot

ASBS - Areas of Special Biological Significance

AST - Above Ground Storage Tank

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BMP’s - Best Management Practices

BOD - Biochemical Oxygen Demand

BPJ - Best Professional Judgement

BPTCP - Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup Program

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CALEPA - California Environmental Protection Agency

CALTRANS - California Department of Transportation

CAO - Cleanup and Abatement Order

CCAMP - Central Coast Ambient Monitoring Program

CDO - Cease and Desist Order

CCR - California Code of Regulations

CDF - California Department of Forestry

CEQA - California Environmental Quality Act

CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

cfs - Cubic Feet Per Second

COD - Chemical Oxygen Demand

CPP - Continuing Planning Process

CTR - California Toxics Rule

CWA - Clean Water Act

CWC - California Water Code

CWS - Clean Water Strategy

CZARA - Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendment

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DFG - (California) Department of Fish and Game

DHS - (California) Department of Health Services

DO - Dissolved Oxygen

DPR - (California) Department of Pesticide Regulation

DTSC - (California) Department of Toxic Substances Control

DWQ - (California) Department of Water Quality

DWR - (California) Department of Water Resources

DWSAP - Drinking Water Source Assessment and Protection Program

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EIR - Environmental Impact Report

EIS - Environmental Impact Statement

EPA - (Federal) Environmental Protection Agency

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GAMA - Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program

gpd - Gallons Per Day

gpm - Gallons Per Minute

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HAZMAT - Hazardous Materials

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ISDS - Individual Sewage Disposal System

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JTU - Jackson Turbidity Unit

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LA - Load Allocation

LUFT - Leaking Underground Fuel Tank

LUST - Leaking Underground Storage Tank

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MCL - Maximum Contaminant Level

MDL - Maximum Daily Load

MDL - Method Detection Limit

mgd- Million Gallons Per Day

ML - Minimum Level

MOA - Memorandum of Agreement

MOU - Memorandum of Understanding

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NMFS - National Marine Fisheries Service

NOI - Notice of Intent

NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPL - National Priorities List

NPS - Non-Point Source

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OAL - Office of Administrative Law

OSDS - On-site Sewage Disposal System

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POTW - Publicly Owned Treatment Works

ppb - Parts Per Billion

ppm - Parts Per Million

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QA/QC - Quality Assurance Quality Control

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RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RFP - Request for Proposals

ROWD - Report of Waste Discharge

RWQCB - Regional Water Quality Control Board

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SEP - Supplemental Environmental Project

SMW - State Mussel Watch Program

SWAMP - Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program

SWAP - Source Water Assessment Program

SWAT - Solid Waste Assessment Test

SWP - State Water Project

SWRCB - State Water Resources Control Board

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TCDD - Total Chlorinated Dibenzodioxins

TDS - Total Dissolved Solids

TMDL - Total Maximum Daily Load

TPCA - Toxic Pits Cleanup Act

TSCA - Toxic Substances Control Act

TSM - Toxic Substances Monitoring Program

TSS - Total Suspended Solids

TU_a - Acute Toxicity

TU_c - Chronic Toxicity

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UST - Underground Storage Tank

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VOC - Volatile Organic Compound

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WDR - Waste Discharge Requirement

WLA - Waste Load Allocation

WMU- Waste Management Unit

WQL - Water Quality Limited Segment

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ZID - Zone of Initial Dilution