Washington State Department of Ecology

Facility-Site Interactions (20040707)

PROGRAM	ACRONMYS	INTERACTION TYPE	DEFINITION
Air Quality	AQOPS	Air Quality Operating Permit Source	Facilities with actual or potential emissions that are greater than 100 tons of (or 10 tons any one hazardous air pollutants or 25 tons per year of a combination of hazardous pollutants) fugitive air emissions per year. (These are generally large industrial facilities governed by the federal and state operating permit program.) See Ch. 173-401 WAC
	AQARS	Air Quality Annual Registration Source	Facilities with actual or potential emissions that are less than thresholds identified for federal and state operating permit program. (These sources are smaller than operating permit program sources) See WAC 173-400-100
	AQSYNMNR	Air Quality Synthetic Minor Source	Facilities who would be regulated under the operating permit program but have opted to keep their emission limits lower than the threshold for the program Their enforceable emission limits keep them out of the operating permit program. See WAC 173-400-030-77 and 091
	AQPR	Air Quality Periodic Registration	These businesses are the smallest sources required to report their emissions under the federal and state operating permit program. (These sources are generally smaller than registration sources) See WAC 173-400-102
	AQGSR	Air Quality Gas Station Registration Source	Gas stations and gasoline storage facilities. See Ch. 173-491 WAC.
	AQPSD	Air Quality PSD Source	Facilities that emit more than 250 tons per year of air pollutants. See WAC 173-400-141 or Section 40 CFR 52.21
	AQLA	Air Quality Local Air Registration Source	Small sources governed only by local air authorities.
	AQPS	Air Quality Permit Source	Facilities that as part of their process will emit air pollutants and are seeking construction permits for either a new source or changes to their existing facility. See WAC 173-400-110 or -114
HWTR	HWRSVP	Hazardous Waste Revised Site Visit Program	The Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program engages in a variety of field work, site visits, and contacts with sites. While most compliance related activity is recorded into the EPA's RCRAInfo system, the other types of activities are recorded into the Revised Site Visit Program (RSVP).
	HWTSDF	Hazardous Waste Treatment Storage and Disposal Facility	Facilities that treat store or dispose hazardous waste.
	HWTRNSFR	Hazardous Waste Transfer Facility	Transfer facility is a site, owned, leased or operated by a transporter of regulated hazardous waste shipments where any of the following occurs: 1) receives wastes from another transporter, 2) transfers wastes from one transport vehicle to another, 3) transfers waste from one container to another, and 4) stores waste within a vehicle or on property for 10 days or less. Examples of transfer facilities include a parking lot, warehouse, truck terminal, barge or steamship loading and unloading facility, or railroad spur loading or unloading facility.
	HWG	Hazardous Waste Generator	Facilities that generate regulated amounts of hazardous waste. >220 lbs./month
	TIER TWO	Emergency & Hazardous Chemical Inventory Report	Businesses that store 10,000 pounds or more of a hazardous chemical or 500 pounds or less, depending on the chemical, of an extremely hazardous chemical (product, not waste) on site at any one time must report annually. Reports are sent to the State Emergency Response Commission (represented by Ecology) Local Emergency Planning Committees, and local fire departments for emergency planning.
	TRI	Toxics Release Inventory	Facilities in specific industries that manufacture, process or use more than the threshold amount of one or more of 600 listed toxic chemicals. Most threshold amounts are 10,000 or 25,000 pounds per year. Some chemicals have much lower thresholds.
Toxics Cleanup	FCS	Federal (Superfund) Cleanup Site	A federal cleanup site listed in CERCLIS where Ecology has been or is currently involved with the cleanup process or has knowledge of the site from another process.
	FUDS	Formerly Used Defense Site	The Department of Defense (DoD) is responsible for cleaning up properties that were formerly owned, leased possessed, or operated by DoD. Such properties are known as Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS). The Army is the executive agent for the program and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the organization that manages and executes the program. Information about the origin and extent of contamination, land transfer issues, past and present property ownership, and program policies must be evaluated before DoD considers a property eligible for Defense Environment Restoration Account (DERA) funding under the FUDS program.
	LUST	LUST Facility	A leaking underground tank cleanup site being cleaned up with Ecology oversight or review. ** Note: Not all LUST facilities are in F/S at this time.
	UST	Underground Storage Tank	Any one or combination of tanks (including connecting underground pipes) that is used to contain regulated substances and has a tank volume of ten percent or more beneath the surface of the ground. This term does not include any of the exempt UST systems specified in WAC 173-360-110(2) or any piping connected thereto. See WAC 173-360
	SCI	Source Control Inspection	An on site inspection by the Toxics Cleanup, Water Quality, Hazardous Waste Toxic Reductions Program of a business not currently regulated or permitted by Ecology for the purpose of determining if the current business occupant is a potential source of pollutants to a surface water or sediments or subject to Ecology regulatory oversight.
	SCS	State Cleanup Site	A site is being cleaned up under state regulations. Regulations include Model Toxics Control Act or its predecessors.
	INDPNDNT	Independent Cleanup	Any remedial action without department oversight or approval and not under an order or decree.
	IRAP	Independent Remedial Action Program	Ecology staff reviewed IRAP reports and provide written determination indicating whether the cleanup meets Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) standards.
	VOLCLNST	Voluntary Cleanup Site	For a fee, Ecology staff will review an independent cleanup report(s) and provide a written decision about the adequacy of the cleanup actions taken and described in the report.
Water Quality	WDPMJR	WDP Major NPDES to Surface Water	A Wastewater Discharge Permit issued to a facility, which discharges wastewater to surface water and is deemed to be a "major" discharger by EPA.
	WDPMNR	WDP Minor NPDES to Surface Water	A Wastewater Discharge Permit issued to a facility, which discharges wastewater to surface water and is deemed to be a "minor" discharger by EPA.
	WDPGW	WDP Discharge to Groundwater	A Wastewater Discharge Permit issued to a facility, which discharges wastewater by land application to underground water.
	WDPPOTW	WDP Discharge to POTW	A Wastewater Discharge Permit issued to a commercial or industrial facility, which discharges wastewater to a municipal sanitary sewerage system.
	WDPGEN	WDP General Permit	A Wastewater Discharge Permit issued for a type of wastewater discharger. There are currently nine different types of general permits available.
Water Resources	DAM	Dam Site	Dam facility that consists of an artificial barrier and/or controlling works that can impound 10 or more acre-feet.