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ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS

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FERC 101 - ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS
ACHP            Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
amsl               Above mean sea level
AQCR            Air Quality Control Regions
Bcf                 Billion cubic feet
BDA               Biological diversity areas
BGETA          Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
BMP               Best management practices (as written)
CAA               Clean Air Act
Certificate     Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
CEQ               Council of Environmental Quality
CFR               Code of Federal Regulations
Commission   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
CH4                Methane
CO                  Carbon Monoxide
CO2                Carbon Dioxide
CO2e             Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
CWA              Clean Water Act
CWF              Cold water fishery
dBA                Decibels (on the A-weighted scale)
Dth/d              Dekatherm per day
Dominion     Dominion Transmission, Inc.
DOT               United States Department of Transportation
ESCP             Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan
EA                  Environmental Assessment
ECMR            Environmental Compliance Monitoring and Reporting
EI                    Environmental Inspector
EFH                Essential Fish Habitat
EQT               Equitrans
ESA                Endangered Species Act
ESR               Environmental site review
EV                  Exceptional value
EWS               Extra workspace
FERC             Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
ft                     Foot or feet
FWS               United States Fish and Wildlife Service
GIS                 Geographic Information Systems
GHG               Greenhouse Gas
GWP              Global warming potential
HAP               Hazardous Air Pollutant
HCA               High Consequence Area
HDD               Horizontal Directional Drill
hp                   Horsepower
HQ                  High quality
km                  kilometer
Ldn                Day-Night Sound Level
Leq                 Equivalent Sound Level
LWWMA        Lewis Wetzel Wildlife Management Area
MAOP            Maximum allowable operating pressure
M&R               Metering and regulation
MBTA              Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Memorandum   Memorandum of Understanding on Natural Gas                                                 Transportation Facilities
MMcfd           Million Cubic Feet Per Day
MP                  Milepost
NAAQS          National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NA-NSR        Non-attainment New Source Review
National Fuel - National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation
NEPA             National Environmental Policy Act
NESHAP       National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NGA               Natural Gas Act
NHPA            National Historic Preservation Act
NOAA            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOI                 Notice of Intent
NOX               Nitrogen Oxides
N2O                Nitrous Oxide
NMFS            National Marine Fisheries Services
NPDES          Pollution Discharge Elimination System
NRCS            United States Department of Agriculture –
                        Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRHP            National Register of Historic Places
NSA               Noise Sensitive Area
NSPS             New Source Performance Standards
NSR               New Source Review
OEP               Office of Energy Projects
OPS               Office of Pipeline Safety
O3                   Ozone
PA DCED      Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic                           Development
PADCNR      Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural                             Resources
PADEP          Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
PCB               Polychlorinated biphenyls
PennDOT     Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
PEM               Palustrine emergent
PFBC                         Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
PFO                Palustrine Forested Wetlands
PGC               Pennsylvania Game Commission
PHMSA         Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
PHMC-BHP  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and               Museum Commission-Bureau for Historic Preservation Plan
FERC’s Upland Erosion Control, Revegetation, and Maintenance Plan
PM10             Particulate Matter with an Aerodynamic Diameter Less Than or Equal to 10 Microns
ppb    Parts per billion
ppm   Parts per million
Procedures     FERC’s Wetland and Waterbody Construction and                                             Mitigation Procedures
Project          Appalachian Gateway Project
PSD               Prevention of Significant Deterioration
psig                Pounds per Square Inch Gauge
PSS                Palustrine scrub-shrub
PURTA          Public Utility Realty Tax Act
RTE               Rare, threatened and endangered
SHPO            State Historic Preservation Office
SO2                Sulfur Dioxide
SPCC            Plan Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan
SPWA            Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority
SSA                Sole Source Aquifer
SSURGO      Soil Data Mart and Soil Survey Geographic Database
Texas Eastern Texas Eastern Transmission
Tonnes         Metric tons
tpy                  Tons per Year
TSS                Total suspended solids
TSF                Trout Stocking Fisheries
USACE          United States Corps of Engineers
USDA            United States Department of Agriculture
USEPA          United States Environmental Protection Agency
USGS            United States Geological Survey
VOC               Volatile Organic Compound
WPC              Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
WVDEP         West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
WVDNR        West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
WVDMR        West Virginia Division of Mining and Reclamation
WVDHHR     West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
WV-AMC       West Virginia-American Water Company
WWF              Warm Water Fisheries
ZCC               Zones of Critical Concern
μg/m3            micrograms per cubic meter


2.7.3 Operational Impacts and Mitigation
SOURCE: Environmental Assessment for APPALACHIAN GATEWAY PROJECT
OEP/DG2E/Gas3, Dominion Transmission Inc
CP10-448-000, PF09-15-000, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Office of Energy Projects, Washington, DC, March 2011



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