x IX. Acronyms and Abbreviations - Department of City...

City of Los Angeles Century Plaza Mixed Use Development SCH No. 2009061084 July 2011

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IX. Acronyms and Abbreviations

μg microgram

µg/m3 micrograms per cubic meter

AAM annual arithmetic mean

AAQS ambient air quality standards

AB Assembly Bill

AC Alternating Current

ACCM Asbestos Containing Construction Materials

ACM Asbestos Containing Material

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ADT average daily traffic

AIRS Aeromatic Information Retrieval System

AMSD American Standard Testing Method

AQMP Air Quality Management Plan

ARB Air Resources Board

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers

ASTM American Standard Testing Method

ATCM airborne toxic control measure

ATCS Adaptive Traffic Control System

ATSAC Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control

AVTA Antelope Valley Transit Authority

BAAQMD Bay Area Air Quality Management District

BACT Best Available Control Technology

Basin Plan Water Quality Control Plan

Basin South Coast Air Basin



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Bcf billion cubic feet

BMP Best Management Practices

BOE City Bureau of Engineering

BOS City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation

BPS Best Performance Standards

Branch Facilities Plan 1988 Los Angeles Public Library Branch Facilities Plan

BRT Bus Rapid Transit

CAA Federal Clean Air Act

CAAQS California Ambient Air Quality Standards

Cal/OSHA California Occupational Safety and Health Administration

CalEPA California Environmental Protection Agency

California Register California Register of Historical Resources

CALINE California Line Source Model

Caltrans California Department of Transportation

CARB California Air Resources Board

CAT California Climate Action Team

CATGP cumulative automobile trip generation potential

CC Culver City Citybus

CCAA California Clean Air Act

CCAR California Climate Action Registry

CCNSP Century City North Specific Plan

CCR California Code of Regulations

CEC California Energy Commission

CEQA California Environmental Quality Act

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

CERCLIS Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System

cf cubic feet

CFL compact fluorescent light



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CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CGS California Geological Survey

CH4 methane

CiSWMPP City of Los Angeles Solid Waste Management Policy Plan

City City of Los Angeles

CMP Congestion Management Plan

CNEL Community Noise Equivalent Level

CO carbon monoxide

CO2 carbon dioxide

CO2e CO2 equivalent units

Community Plan West Los Angeles Community Plan

CPA West Los Angeles Community Plan Area

CRT cathode ray tube

CSSA Collection System Settlement Agreement

CSTMP Construction Staging and Traffic Management Plan

CUB Conditional Use Permit for the sale or dispensation of alcoholic beverages

CUP Conditional Use Permit

CWA Clean Water Act

dBA A-weighted decibels

DC Direct Current

DOGGR Department of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources

DPM diesel particulate matter

Draft EIR Draft Environmental Impact Report

DTSC California Department of Toxic Substances Control

DU dwelling unit

EIR Environmental Impact Report

EIR/EA Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment

EIS/EIR Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report



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EMFAC emission factors

EOO Emergency Operations Organization

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

ERM Environmentally Regulated Material

Existing Hotel Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel

Expo Project Exposition Corridor Transit Project

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

FAR floor area ratio

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIND Facility Information Database

Framework Element City of Los Angeles General Plan Framework Element

GBCI Green Building Certification Institute

GBIS Glendale-Burbank Interceptor Sewer

General Permit California General Construction Activity Stormwater Permit

GHG greenhouse gas

GIS geographic information system

gpd gallons per day

Greening Plan Greening of Century City – Pedestrian Connectivity Plan

GWP global warming potential

H2S Hydrogen Sulfide

HAP hazardous air pollutant

HAZNET Hazardous Waste Information System

HCM Highway Capacity Manual

HFC hydrofluorocarbon

HIST UST Historical Underground Storage Tanks

hp horsepower

HTP Hyperion Treatment Plant

HVAC Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

ICU Intersection Capacity Utilization



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IIPP Injury and Illness Prevention Program

IRP Integrated Resources Plan

ISCST3 Industrial Source Complex Short Term model

ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers

kg kilograms

kV kilovolt

kWh kilowatt-hour

LAAFP Los Angeles Aqueduct Filtration Plant

LABC Los Angeles Building Code

LACDPW Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

LADBS Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety

LADOT Los Angeles Department of Transportation

LADPW City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works

LADRP Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks

LADWP Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

LAFD Los Angeles Fire Department

LAMC Los Angeles Municipal Code

LAPD Los Angeles Police Department

LAPL Los Angeles Public Library

LARWQCB Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board

LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District

LBP lead-based paint

LCP Lead Containing Paints

Ldn Day-Night Average Sound Level

LEED Leadership in Energy Efficiency and Design

LEED-AP LEED Accredited Professional

Leq Equivalent Sound Level

LID Low Impact Development

Lmax maximum instantaneous noise level



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Lmin minimum instantaneous noise level

LOS level of service

LRT Light Rail Transit

LRTP Long Range Transportation Plan

LST localized significance threshold

LUST Leaking Underground Storage Tanks

MATES Multiple Air Toxics Exposure Study

MCLS Metropolitan Cooperative Library System

Metro Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

MGD million gallons per day

mm/yr millimeters per year

MMcfd million cubic feet per day

MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization

MRZ machine readable zone

msl mean sea level

MW megawatts

MWh megawatt hour

N2O nitrous oxide

NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NAHC California Native American Heritage Commission

NERC North American Electric Reliability Council

NESHAP National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollution

NO nitric oxide

NO2 nitrogen dioxide

NOI Notice of Intent

NOP Notice of Preparation

NOX nitrogen oxide

NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPL National Priorities List



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O3 ozone

ODS Ozone Depleting Substances

OEHHA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

OFFROAD off-road emissions

OPR California Office of Planning and Research

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OW-PEI Olympic West - Pico East Initiative

Pb Lead

PCE Perchloroethylene or Tetrachloroethylene

PDF Project Design Feature

PFC perfluorocarbon

PM particulate matter

PM10 respirable particulate matter

PM2.5 fine particulate matter

ppm parts per million

PRD Permit Registration Documents

PRP Public Recreation Plan

psi pounds per square inch

Quimby Act California Government Code, Section 66477

RCP reinforced concrete pipe

RCPG Regional Comprehensive Plan and Guide

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RCRIS Resource Conservation Recovery Information System

RD Reporting District

REL reference exposure level

RGA Rules of General Application

RTIP Regional Transportation Improvement Program

RTP Regional Transportation Plan

RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board



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SAR Service Advisory Request

SARA Federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act

SB Senate Bill

SCAG Southern California Association of Governments

SCAQMD South Coast Air Quality Management District

SCG Southern California Gas Company

SEC southeast corner

sf square feet

SF6 sulfur hexafluoride

SHBC State Historic Building Code

SIP State Implementation Plan

SJVUAPCD San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District

SMBBB City of Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus

SO2 sulfur dioxide

SOON Surplus Off-Road Opt-in for NOx

SOX sulfur oxides

SQG Small Quantity Generator

SRA Source Receptor Area

SRRE Source Reduction and Recycling Element

STIP State Transportation Improvement Program

SUSMP Standard Urban Stormwater Mitigation Plan

SWEEPS Statewide Environmental Evaluation and Planning System

SWPPP Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan

TAC toxic air contaminant

TDML Total Daily Maximum Load

TIA Transportation Impact Assessment

TIMP West Los Angeles Transportation Improvement and Mitigation Specific Plan Area

TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load

tpd tons per day



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tpy tons per year

TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act

TWRP Donald Tillman Water Reclamation Plant

URBEMIS Urban Emissions

USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

UST underground storage tank

UWMP Urban Water Management Plan

V/C volume to capacity

VA Veterans Affairs

VMT vehicle miles traveled

VOC volatile organic compound

WECC Western Electricity Coordinating Council

WFP Wastewater Facilities Plan

WLA TIMP West Los Angeles Transportation Improvement and Mitigation Specific Plan

WLA West Los Angeles

WSA Water Supply Assessment

WSO Water Services Organization

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