New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
Subchapter 1 - ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS
Section 7:14A-1.1 - Abbreviations and acronyms

(a) As used in this chapter, the following abbreviations and acronyms shall have the following meaning:

"ACR" means acute to chronic ratio.

"AM" means additional measure.

"BAT" means best available technology.

"BCT" means best conventional technology.

"BOD" means biochemical oxygen demand.

"BPJ" means best professional judgment.

"BPT" means best practical control technology.

"BMP" means best management practices.

"BR" means baseline report.

"C1" means Category One waters.

"C2" means Category Two waters.

"CBOD" means carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand.

"CI" means confidence interval.

"CCC" means the criteria continuous concentration.

"CERCLA" means Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.

"CFR" means the Code of Federal Regulations.

"CMC" means the criteria maximum concentration.

"COD" means chemical oxygen demand.

"CPO" means chlorine produced oxidants.

"CSO" means combined sewer overflow

"CV" means coefficient of variation.

"CWA" means the Federal Act or the Clean Water Act.

"CWEA" means the Clean Water Enforcement Act, P.L. 1990, c.28; 58:10A-1 et seq.

"DAC" means Discharge Allocation Certificate.

"DEP" means the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

"DGW" means Discharge to Ground Water.

"DLA" means delegated local agency.

"DMR" means Discharge Monitoring Report.

"DOC" means dissolved organic carbon.

"DRBC" means the Delaware River Basin Commission.

"DSAM" means Department sanctioned analytical method.

"DSW" means Discharge to Surface Water.

"DTW" means domestic treatment works.

"ECRA" means Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act.

"EC50" means the median effective concentration resulting in at least 50 percent mortality to the test species.

"EDI" means electronic data interchange.

"EDP" means effective date of permit.

"ERP" means enforcement response plan.

"FSOD" means first stage oxygen demand.

"FW" means freshwater

"GIS" means Geographic Information System.

"GPD" means gallons per day.

"GWQS" means the Ground Water Quality Standards as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:9C.

"IC" means the inhibition concentration.

"IPP" means industrial pretreatment program.

"ISRA" means Industrial Site Recovery Act.

"ITW" means industrial treatment works.

"IWMF" means industrial waste management facility.

"kg/day" means kilograms per day.

"LA" means load allocation.

"LC50" means the median lethal concentration resulting in at least 50 percent mortality to the test species.

"LLAMA" means Letter of Land Application Management Approval.

"LTA" means long term average effluent concentration.

"MA1CD10" means the minimum average one day flow with a statistical recurrence interval of ten years.

"MA30CD5" means the minimum average 30 consecutive day flow with a statistical recurrence interval of five years.

"MA7CD10" means the minimum average seven consecutive day flow with a statistical recurrence interval of 10 years.

"MCL" means maximum contaminant level

"MDL" means method detection level.

"MF" means membrane filter technique.

"MGD" means million gallons per day.

"mg/L" means milligrams per liter.

"ml/L" means milliliters per liter.

"MOA" means Memorandum of Agreement.

"MOU" means Memorandum of Understanding.

"MPN" means most probable number.

"MRF" means Monitoring Report Form.

"MRSF" means Monitoring Report Submittal Form.

"MS4" means municipal separate storm sewer system.

"MSWLF" means a municipal solid waste landfill as defined in 40 CFR part 258.2.

"NBOD" means nitrogenous biochemical oxygen demand.

"NCCW" means non-contact cooling water.

"N.J.A.C." means New Jersey Administrative Code.

"NJPDES" means the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

"N.J.S.A." means New Jersey Statutes Annotated.

"NOAEC" means no observed adverse effect concentration.

"NOEC" means no observable effect concentration.

"NPDES" means the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

"NSCIU" means non-significant categorical indirect user.

"NT" means non-trout waters.

"OEP" means the Office of Environmental Planning.

"OM " means optional measure.

"PL" means the general surface water classification applied to Pinelands Waters.

"POTW" means publicly owned treatment works.

"PPSNC" means pretreatment program significant noncompliance.

"PQL" means practical quantification level.

"PVSC" means Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners.

"RCRA" means Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

"RFA" means Request For Authorization under a general NJPDES permit.

"RTR" means Residuals Transfer Report.

"RWBR" means reclaimed water for beneficial reuse.

"SBR" means Statewide Basic Requirement.

"SC" means the general surface water classification applied to coastal saline waters.

"SDWA" means the Federal or State Safe Drinking Water Acts (P. L. 95-523, as amended by P. L. 95-1900; 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f et seq. and 58:12A-1 et seq., respectively).

"SE" means the general surface water classification applied to saline waters of estuaries.

"SESCP" means soil erosion and sediment control plan.

"SIC" means Standard Industrial Classification.

"SIU" means significant indirect user.

"SNC" means significant non-compliance.

"SOD" means sediment oxygen demand.

"SSMP" means Statewide Sludge Management Plan.

"TDS" means total dissolved solids.

"TKN" means total Kjeldahl nitrogen.

"TM" means trout maintenance.

"TMDL" means total maximum daily load.

"TOC" means total organic carbon.

"TP" means trout production.

"TSD" means the USEPA Technical Support Document (See USEPA TSD).

"TSS" means total suspended solids.

"TTO" means total toxic organics.

"TUA" means toxic units acute.

"TUC" means toxic units chronic.

"TWA" means Treatment Works Approval.

"TWTDS" means treatment works treating domestic sewage.

"UIC" means Underground Injection Control program.

"ug/L" means micrograms per liter.

"USEPA" or "EPA" means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

"USEPA TSD" means the USEPA Technical Support Document for Water Quality Based Toxics Control, (EPA/505/2-90-001), March 1991.

"USDA" means the United States Department of Agriculture.

"USDA-NRCS" means the United States Department of Agriculture--Natural Resources Conservation Service.

"USDW" means underground source of drinking water.

"USGS" means United States Geological Survey.

"USNRC" means the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

"UST" means underground storage tank.

"VOC" means volatile organic compounds.

"WCR" means Waste Characterization Report.

"WET" means whole effluent toxicity.

"WLA" means wasteload allocation.

"WQBEL" means water quality based effluent limitation.

"WQM plan" means Water Quality Management plan.

"WSC" means Written Statement of Consent.