Permit Writer's Tips: Clean Air Act Acronyms

BACT: Best Available Control Technology

CAA: Clean Air Act

CAM: Compliance Assurance Monitoring

COM: Continuous Opacity Monitor

CFR: Code of Federal Regulations

EPA: Environmental Protection Agency

HAP: Hazardous Air Pollutants

IBR: Incorporation by Reference

MACT: Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards

NESHAP: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

NSPS: New Source Performance Standards

NSR: New Source Review

PSD: Prevention of Significant Deterioration

PTE: Potential to Emit

RACT: Reasonably Available Control Technology

SIP: State Implementation Plan

VOC: Volatile Organic Compounds