Acronyms

AHRQ	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AQS	Air Quality System

BenMAP	Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program

BWC	Best workplaces for commuters

CAAA	Clean Air Act Amendments

CAIR	Clean Air Interstate Rule

CAMR	Clean Air Mercury Rule

CAPMS	Criteria Air Pollutant Modeling System

CAVR	Clean Air Visibility Rule

CDC	Centers for Disease Control

CDC WONDER	Centers for Disease Control Wide-Ranging Online Data for
Epidemiological Research

CFR	Code of Federal Regulations

CI	Confidence interval

CMAQ	Community Multi-Scale Air Quality

COI	Cost of illness

COPD	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

CPI-U	Consumer price index – urban

C-R	concentration-response

DOE	Department of Energy

DOI	Department of the Interior

DPF	Diesel Particulate Filters 

EGU	electric generating unit

EIA	Economic Impact Analysis

EO	Executive Order

EPA	Environmental Protection Agency

ER	Emergency room  

HIS	National Health Interview Survey

ICD	International Classification of Disease

IPM	Integrated Planning Model

km	kilometer

kWh	kilowatt hour

MACT	Maximum Achievable Control Technology

MRAD	Minor restricted activity days

MWRPO	Mid-West Regional Planning Organization 

NAAQS	National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NAS	National Academy of Sciences

NCHS	National Center for Health Statistics

NEI	National Emissions Inventory

NHAMCS	National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

NHANES	National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

NHDS	National Hospital Discharge Survey

NMMAPS	National Morbidity, Mortality and Air Pollution Study

Non-EGU	Non-Electricity Generating Unit

NOx	nitrogen oxides

O&M	operation and maintenance

OAQPS	Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (EPA)

OH	Hydroxide

OMB	Office of Management and Budget

ORD	Office of Research and Development (EPA)

OTAQ	Office of Trasnportation and Air Quality (EPA)

OTC	Ozone Transport Commission

PM	particulate matter

PM10	Particulate matter less than or equal to 10 microns

PM2.5	Particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 microns

POC	Parameter occurrence code

ppb	parts per billion

ppm	parts per million

RIA	Regulatory Impact Analysis

RVP	Reid vapor pressure

SCR	selective catalytic reduction

SIP	state implementation plan

SMR	standard mortality rate

SNCR	selective non-catalytic reduction

SO2	Sulfur dioxide

US	United States

USC	US code

USDA	United States Department of Agriculture

USEPA	United States Environmental Protection Agency

USFWS	United States Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS	United States Geological Survey

UV-B	ultraviolet light, type B

VNA	Voronoi neighbor averaging

VOC	Volatile Organic Compounds

VSL	Value of statistical life

WHO	World Health Organization

WTP	Willingness to pay



