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ATTACHMENT B

ACRONYM LIST

NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)
GENERAL PERMIT FOR STORM WATER DISCHARGES
ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES
(GENERAL PERMIT)

ASBS Areas of Special Biological Significance
BAT Best Available Technology Economically Achievable
BCT Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology
BMP Best Management Practices
BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand
BPT Best Practicable Control Technology Currently Available
CBPELSG California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists
DWQ Division of Water Quality
ELGs Effluent Limitations Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards
ERA Exceedance Response Action
MS4 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
MSGP Multi Sector General Permit
NAL Numeric Action Level
NAICS North American Industrial Classification System
NEC No Exposure Certification
NEL Numeric Effluent Limitation
NOI Notice of Intent
NONA Notice of Non Applicability
NOT Notice of Termination
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NSPS New Source Performance Standards
NSWD Non Storm Water Discharges
O&G Oil and Grease
PRDs Permit Registration Documents
QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control
QISP Qualified Industrial Storm water Practitioner
QSE Qualifying Storm Event
SIC Standard Industrial Classification
SMARTS Storm Water Multiple Application and Report Tracking System
SWPPP Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
TBEL Technology Based Effluent Limitation
TDS Total Dissolved Solids
TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load
TOC Total Organic Carbon
TSS Total Suspended Solids
U.S. EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
WDID Waste Discharge Identification Number
WQBEL Water Quality Based Effluent Limitation

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