The abbreviations on this page were originally defined on the United States Environmental Protection Agency website.
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BAA: Board of Assistance Appeals
BAC: Bioremediation Action Committee; Biotechnology Advisory Committee
BACM: Best Available Control Measures
BACT: Best Available Control Technology
BADT: Best Available Demonstrated Technology
BAF: Bioaccumulation Factor
BaP: Benzo(a)Pyrene
BAP: Benefits Analysis Program
BART: Best Available Retrofit Technology
BASIS: Battelle's Automated Search Information System
BAT: Best Available Technology
BATEA: Best Available Treatment Economically Achievable
BCT: Best Control Technology BCPCT: Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology
BDAT: Best Demonstrated Achievable Technology
BDCT: Best Demonstrated Control Technology
BDT: Best Demonstrated Technology
BEJ: Best Engineering Judgement. Best Expert Judgment
BF: Bonafide Notice of Intent to Manufacture or Import (IMD/OTS)
BID: Background Information Document. Buoyancy Induced Dispersion
BIOPLUME: Model to Predict the Maximum Extent of Existing Plumes
BMP: Best Management Practice(s)
BMR: Baseline Monitoring Report
BO: Budget Obligations
BOA: Basic Ordering Agreement (Contracts)
BOD: Biochemical Oxygen Demand. Biological Oxygen Demand
BOF: Basic Oxygen Furnace
BOP: Basic Oxygen Process
BOPF: Basic Oxygen Process Furnace
BOYSNC: Beginning of Year Significant Non-Compliers
BP: Boiling Point
BPJ: Best Professional Judgment
BPT: Best Practicable Technology. Pest Practicable Treatment
BPWTT: Best Practical Wastewater Treatment Technology
BRI: Building-Related Illness
BRS: Bibliographic Retrieval Service
BSI: British Standards Institute
BSO: Benzene Soluble Organics
BTZ: Below the Treatment Zone
BUN: Blood Urea Nitrogen