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FSI Acronym Dictionary

AB 32 – California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006

AER – Annual Emissions Report

ANPR – Advanced Notice of Public Rule making (along with TSD)

ANSI – American National Standards Institute

ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASTM – American Society for Testing Materials

AQMD – Air Quality Management District

BACT Best Available Control Technology

BDT – Best Demonstrated Technology

BMP – Best Management Practice

Btu/SCF – Btu/Standard Cubic Foot

CAA – EPA empowered Clean Air Act

CAR – Climate Action Reserve (required for Carbon Reduction Credit Issuance)

CC -  Carbon Content

CCX Chicago Climate Exchange (required for Carbon Reduction Credit Issuance)

CEMS-  Continuous Emission Monitoring System

CFR – Code of Federal Regulations

CO2 – carbon dioxide, a GHG

CRU catalytic reforming units

EAB – Environmental Appeals Board

EGU – (?)

EPA – Environmental Protection Agency, the US federal agency responsible for “policing” the US environment, including air, water and ground quality (and contamination). Sets policy and follows with enforcement.

EPA- Method 21 (see definitions)

FCCU – Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (see definitions)

FCU – Fluid Coking Units

GC -  Gas Chromatograph

GC/TDC – Gas Chromatography / Thermal Conductivity Detection

GHG – Greenhouse gas, a pollutant, according to the EPA

HAP -  Hazardous Air Pollutants

HHV – High Heating Value

ISO – International Organization for Standardization

LDAR- Leak Detection and Repair

LEL – Lower Explosive Limit

MACT – Maximum Available Control Technology -
Used in the Clean Air Act, it is the emissions control standard that applies to major sources of hazardous air pollutants (See also GACT)

MACT UUU Subpart UUU to 40 CFR Part 63 (see definition)

MAERT – Maximum Allowable Emissions Rate

MBtu/hr – One Thousand Btu/hr

MF – Mole Fraction

MMBtu/hr – One million Btu/hr

MST – Major Source Thresholds

MT CO2e – Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide equivalents

NESHAPS – National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air

NG – Natural Gas

NMHC – Non Methane Hydrocarbon

NS -Natural (?)

NSPS – New Source of Performance Standards

OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer

PHSVS – ProGreen® Hybrid Solids Removal System (PHSRS)

P&ID – Process and Instrumentation Diagram

PFD – Process Flow Diagram

PSD – Program Support Data

PTE – Potential to Emit

RFG – Reformulated Gasoline

RFP – Request For Proposal

SRU -  Sulfur Recovery Units

TA – Turn around

TG – Tail Gas

TOC – Total Organic Carbon

TRS – Total Recovered Sulfur

TSD – Technical Supporting Document

TPY – Tons Per Year

VOC – Volatile Organic Compound

WWTU – Waste-water Treatment Units