AQI

Air Quality Index

ATC

Authorization to Construct

BCPS

Beaver Creek Pump Station

BMP

Best Management Practice

BNR

Biological Nutrient Removal

CEQ

Council on Environmental Quality

cfs

Cubic feet per second

CG&L

Construction Grants and Loans

CO

Carbon Monoxide

CWA

Clean Water Act

DAQ

(North Carolina) Division of Air Quality

DEIS

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

DENR

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

DO

Dissolved Oxygen

DWQ

Department of Water Quality

DWR

Division of Water Resources

EA

Environmental Assessment

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement

EJ

Environmental Justice

ESA

Endangered Species Act

ETJ

Extra-territorial Jurisdiction

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FONSI

Finding of No Significant Impact

FSC

Federal Species of Concern

GIS

Geographic Information System

GPM

Gallons Per Minute

GPS

Global Positioning System

HVAC

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

I/I

Infiltration / Inflow

IBT

Inter-basin Transfer

LID

Low-Impact Development

MGD

Million Gallons per Day

MOA

Memorandum of Agreement

NAAQS

National Ambient Air Quality Standard

NCDEM

North Carolina Division of Emergency Management

NCDLR

North Carolina Division of Land Resources

NCEMC

North Carolina Environmental Management Commission

NCGIA

North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis

NCIBI

North Carolina Index of Biological Integrity

NCNHP

North Carolina Natural Heritage Program

NCWRC

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act

NHEO

Natural Heritage Element Occurrence

NPDES

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service

NRHP

National Registry of Historic Places

NRHP

National Registry of Historic Places

NSW

Nutrient Sensitive Waters

NWI

National Wetlands Inventory

PAC

Policy Advisory Committee

PDT

Project Delivery Team

PER

Preliminary Engineering Report

PWC

Public Works Commission

ROD

Record of Decision

ROW

Right of Way

RTP

Research Triangle Park (North Carolina)

SCI

Secondary and Cumulative Impacts

SEPA

State Environmental Policy Act

SHPO

State Historic Preservation Office

SHPO

State Historic Preservation Office

SNHA

Significant Natural Heritage Areas

SRF

State Revolving Fund

SSO

Sanitary Sewer Overflow

TM

Technical Memorandum

TMDL

Total Maximum Daily Load

USACE

United States Army Corps of Engineers

USEPA

United States Environmental Protection Agency

WRF

Water Reclamation Facility

WTP

Water Treatment Plant

WWTP

Wastewater Treatment Plant