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F/SID Interaction Types

PROGRAM ACRONYMS 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 pollutant 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 that 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 All facilities that emit more than 250 tons per year of air pollutants, or 100 tons per year if the pollutants are within 28 listed categories.
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
Executive Office ENFORFNL Enforcement Final An Enforcement action (i.e. Penalty, Order, Notice) was finalized, issued to the respective party, indicating the enforcement action was taken.
NONENFNL Non Enforcement Final A Non-Enforcement action (i.e. permit, notice of construction, etc.) was finalized, issued to the respective party, indicating the non-enforcement action was taken.
ORA ORA Project A permitting project in Washington State that is being tracked by the Office of Regulatory Assistance for the purpose of facilitating the permitting process for both the citizen and state agency involved.
Hazardous Waste  and Toxics Reduction 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 any quantity of a dangerous waste. They may be classified as SQG, MQG, or LQG depending on hazardous waste generated for a given month.
HWOTHER Hazardous Waste Other Facilities that are required to have a RCRA Site ID# but who do not generate and/or manage hazardous waste (XQG generator status). This includes transporters, used oil recycler's, and dangerous waste fuel marketers and burners.
HWP Hazardous Waste Planning Facility Under Chapter 173-307 WAC, facilities that report under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning/Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA), or that generate more than 2,640 pounds of hazardous waste per year, must prepare Pollution Prevention Plans.
TIER2 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 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. [product, not waste]
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.
Shorelands and Environmental Assistance 401MIT 401CZM Mitigation Site A 401MIT Site is in most cases associated with a 401PROJ site. It is a compensatory mitigation site required as permit conditions for activities occurring at the 401PROJ site. Mitigation sites are required for impacts to the state’s water bodies and are to be protected in perpetuity. Examples of compensatory mitigation sites include; restoration, creation, enhancement, preservation, and mitigation bank sites.
401PROJ 401CZM Project Site A 401PROJ Site is a location where a proposed activity has triggered an Ecology action based on its authority from Section 401 of the Clean Water Act and/or Coastal Zone Management Act.  The activity may be pending or Ecology has taken some action (denied or approved a permit, conducted an enforcement action, etc.). Examples of projects include: commercial, residential, or industrial developments involving fill of wetlands; dredging and other in-water activities; bridge crossings; etc.
Solid Waste and Financial Assistance LANDFILL Landfills An area of land, under the same ownership or operator, where solid waste that has beneficial use for its agronomic or soil-amending properties is applied under controlled amounts and conditions.
COMPOST Composting Compost facilities turn organic wastes into compost under controlled conditions without attracting pests or creating human or environmental health problems.
LANDAPP Land Application An area of land, under the same ownership or operator, where solid waste that has beneficial use for its agronomic or soil-amending properties is applied under controlled amounts and conditions.
MRW Moderate Risk Waste A solid waste handling facility that is used to collect, treat, recycle, exchange, store, consolidate and/or transfer moderate risk waste (MRW). MRW is limited to conditionally exempt small quantity generator (CESQG) waste and household hazardous waste (HHW).
RECOVERY Energy Recovery Energy recovery facilities that recover energy in a useable form from the burning (incineration) of solid waste. These include energy-recovery facilities that burn municipal solid waste and paper manufactures who burn wood waste at a rate of more than twelve tons of solid waste per day.
RECYCLE Recycling Recycling facilities are those that transform or remanufacture waste materials into usable or marketable materials for use other than landfill disposal or incineration. Requirements do not include the collection, compacting, repackaging and sorting for the purpose of transport.
STRHAND Storage & Handling Various types of facilities that handle solid waste on an interim basis. These include piles of solid waste, surface impoundments holding liquids, drop boxes where solid waste is collected for future transportation, areas storing over 800 tires, and transfer stations where solid waste is collected, compacted, sorted and loaded for transport to a recycling facility or final disposal at a landfill or incineration.
INDUSTRIAL Industrial Facilities The Industrial Section focuses on three major industries of Washington State: Aluminum Smelters, Oil refineries, and Pulp and Paper Mills. The Section's staff is trained to handle the complexities of these industries and is responsible for environmental permitting, site inspections, and compliance issues. They regulate air, water, hazardous waste, and cleanup management activities at pulp and paper mills and aluminum smelters. They also regulate water, hazardous waste, and cleanup management activities at state oil refineries.
Spills CPLAN Oil Facility Contingency Plan Oil handling facilities that are required to file oil spill contingency plans. An oil handling facility can be classified as a structure, equipment, pipeline, or device located on or near navigable waters of the state that transfers oil in bulk to or from a tank vessel or pipeline and is used for producing, storing, handling, transferring, processing, or transporting oil in bulk.
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.
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
SCS State Cleanup Site A site is being cleaned up under state regulations. Regulations include Model Toxics Control Act or its predecessors.
SCI Source Control Inspection An 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.
SEDMENT Sediments A sediment site is a location of interest at which sediment chemical and/or biological data has been obtained and evaluated for potential impacts to human health or the environment. Sediment sites may exist beneath or be associated with freshwater, marine and estuarine bodies of water. Sediment sites may or may not be linked to a known land-based facility.
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 WQDAIRY Dairy Any farm licensed to produce milk under chapter 15.36 RCW. This definition is further restricted to include only those facilities that are producing bovine milk (as opposed to goat milk), and excludes other dairy related operations such as replacement heifer rearing farms. It should be noted that some dairies have more than one milking parlor and therefore have more than one license.
WQGIND General Permit Industrial A General Waste Water Discharge General Permit issued to an Industrial facility.
WQGMUNI General Permit Municipal A General Waste Water Discharge General Permit issued to a Municipal facility.
WQGSWI General Permit Storm Water Industrial A General Storm Water Discharge Permit issued to an Industrial facility.
WQMJMUNI Major Municipal An Individual Waste Water Discharge Permit issued to a Major Municipal facility.
WQMJIND Major Industrial An Individual Waste Water Discharge Permit issued to a Major non-Municipal facility.
WQMNMUNI Minor Municipal An Individual Waste Water Discharge Permit issued to a Minor Municipal facility.
WQMNIND Minor Industrial An Individual Waste Water Discharge Permit issued to a Minor non-Municipal facility.
Water Resources DAM Dam Site Under state law, the Department of Ecology is responsible for regulating dams that capture and store at least 10 acre-feet of water or watery materials such as mine tailings, sewage and manure waste. Ecology's Dam Safety Office currently oversees about 870 dams across the state through plan reviews and construction inspections of new dams as well as conducting inspections of existing dams to assure proper operation and maintenance.