BABFO—British Association for Biofuels and Oil
BACT—Best Available Current (Control) Technology
BAF—Biological Amplification Factor
BALF—Bronchoalveolar Fluid
BANANA—Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Anytime
BAP—Benzo-(a)-Pyrene
BAP—Biomass-Associated Product
Bara—Bar Absolute
BART—Best Available Retrofit Technology
BAT—Best Available Technology
BATNEEC—Best Available Technology Not Entailing
Excessive Cost (UK)
BBADCP—Broad Band Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
BBL—Barrels
BCC—Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern
BCDL—Beverage Container Deposit Legislation
BCF—Bio-Concentration Factor
BCT—Best Conventional Technology
BD—Butadiene
BDAT—Best Demonstrated Available Technology
BDO—Butanediol
BDOC—Biodegradable Organic Carbon
BDS—Biocatalytic Desulfurization
BEDI—Brownfields Economic Development Initiative
BEI—Biological Exposure Indices
BEP—Board for the Engineering Profession (UK)
BER—Board for Engineering Regulation (UK)
BESS—Battery Energy Storage System
BFSS—Bioremediation in the Field Search System
BGB—Brilliant Green Bile
BGS—British Geological Survey
BHA—Butylated Hydroxy Anisole
BHC—Benzene Hexachloride
BHC—Lindane
BHET—Bis-Hydroxyethylene Tetraphthalate
BHT—Butylated Hydroxy Toluene
BICER—Baikal International Center for Ecological Research
BID—Background Information Document
BIF—Boilers and Industrial Furnaces
BIOMOVS—Biospheric Model Validation Study
BLL—Blood Lead Levels
BLM—Bureau of Land Management (U.S.)
BMB—British Medical Bulletin
BMP—Best Management Practices
BN—Base Neutral
BNA—Base Neutral Acid Extractable
BNFL—British Nuclear Fuels PLC
BNL—Brookhaven National Laboratory (U.S.)
BNR—Biological Nutrient Removal
BOD—Biochemical Oxygen Demand
BOHC—British Occupational Hygiene Society
BOOS—Burner Out of Service
BPBR—Batch Packed Reactor Bed
BPD—Biocidal Products Directive (EU)
BPEO—Best Practicable Environmental Option
BPL—Beta Propiolacetone
BPM—Best Practicable Means
BPWTT Best Practicable Waste Treatment TechnologyBq—Becquerel
BRE—Building Research Establishment (UK)
BREEAM—Building Research Establishment
Environ mental Assessment Management
BRH—Bureau of Radiological Health (U.S.)
BRWM—Board on Radioactive Waste Management
BS—British Standard
BSE—Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathies
BSERT—Building Services Engineering Research and
Technology (UK)
BSI—British Standards Institution
BSL-4—Biosafety Level 4
BSP—Biosafety Protocol
BT—Biotechnology
BTC—Breakthrough Curve
BTEX—Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene
BTF—Biotrickling Filter
BTU—British Thermal Unit
BTWC—Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
BTX—Benzene-Toluene-Xylene
BV—Bed Volume
BWEA—British Wind Energy Association
BWR—Boiling Water ReactorC—Celsius (Centigrade)
CA—Cellulose Acetate
CAA—Clean Air Act (UK) (U.S.)
CAAA—Clean Air Act Amendment (U.S.)
CAD—Computer Aided Design
CaFCP—California Fuel Cell Partnership
CAE—Computer Aided Engineering
CAfE—Community Action for Energy
CAFE—Corporate Average Fuel Economy
CAM—Computer Assisted Mapping
CAMP—Continuous Air Monitoring Program
C and S—Capture and Storage
CANDU—Canadian Heavy Water Moderated Reactor
CAP—Chemical Analysis Parameter
CAP—Coagulant Aid Polymer
CAP—Common Agricultural Policy (EU)
CARB—California Air Resources Board
CARL—Conservation and Recreation Lands (U.S.)
CASSIOPEE—Association of Western European Waste
Disposal Organizations
CATNIP—Cheapest Available Techniques Not Involving
Prosecution (UK)
CBA—Cost-Benefit Analysis
CBED—Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction
CBER—Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
CBI—Confidential Business Information
CBO—Congressional Budget Office (U.S.)
CBOD—Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand
CBR—Crude Birth Rate
CCAA—Canadian Clean Air Act
CCAR—Closed-Cycle Air Refrigeration
CCD—Charged-Coupled-Device
CCDT—Calcium Carbonate Deposition Test
CCGT—Combined Cycle Gas Turbine1354 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
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