When conducting state agency file research it’s important to know the lingo. Reports and correspondence documents found at the Central Registry are loaded with technical jargon and acronyms. This is a brief guide to the most common acronyms used by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
AER – Allowable Emissions Rate
AOI – Area of Impact
APAR – Affected Property Assessment Report
AQCR – Air Quality Control Region
AST – Above Ground Storage Tank
BAE – Baseline Actual Emissions
CCIP – Comprehensive Compliance Inspection Protocol
CEIS – Computerized Emissions Inventory System
CERCLA – Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
EIS – Environmental Impact Statement
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency
FOP – Federal Operating Permit
FIN – Facility Identification Number
GCCS – Gas Collection and Control System
GIS – Geographic Information System
GLO – General Land Office
GOP – General Operating Permit
HAP – Hazardous Air Pollutant
HW – Hazardous Waste
HRVOC – Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds
IHW – Industrial Hazardous Waste
IOP – Innocent Owner Program
LACT – Lease Automatic Custody Transfer
LCRA – Lower Colorado River Authority
LNG – Liquefied Natural Gas
LOV – Letter of Violation
LPG – Liquefied Petroleum Gas
LPST (f/k/a LUST) – Leaking Petroleum Storage Tank
LUST – Leaking Underground Storage Tank
MOA – Memorandum of Agreement
MSDS – Mineral Safety Data Sheet
MUD – Municipal Utility District
NEDS – National Emissions Data System
NESHAP – National Environmental Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NSRP – New Source Air Permits
OSSF – On-site Sewage Facility
PAE – Projected Actual Emissions
PEMS – Predicted Emissions Monitoring System
PCS – Permit Compliance System
PST – Petroleum Storage Tank
RACR – Remediation Activity Completion Report
RCRA – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RRC – Railroad Commission
RN – Registration Number
SDWA – Safe Drinking Water Act
SWD – Solid Waste Disposal
SIS – Source Investigation System
SP – Standard Permit
STARS – State of Texas Air Reporting System
STEERS – State of Texas Environmental Electronic Recording System
SWDA – Solid Waste Disposal Act
SWP – Source Water Protection Program
SWQMIS – Surface Water Quality Monitoring System
TAC – Texas Administrative Code
TERP – Texas Emissions Reduction Program
THSC – Texas Health and Safety Code
TNRCC – Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (n/k/a/ TCEQ)
TNRIS – Texas Natural Resource Information System
TPY – Tons per year
TSL – Texas State Library
TWC – Texas Water Code
TxDOT – Texas Department of Transportation
USGS – United States Geological Survey
UST – Underground Storage Tank
VCP – Voluntary Cleanup Program
VOC – Volatile Organic Compound
WCID – Water Control and Improvement District
WMP – Waste Management Plan
WQMP – Water Quality Management Plan
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