Kaweah Project (FERC Project No. 298) FERC Relicensing List of Acronyms and Abbreviations C degrees Celsius F degrees Fahrenheit µg/l micrograms per liter AB Assembly Bill ac-ft acre-feet ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation AIR Additional Information Request AP avoidance and protection APCD Air Pollution Control District APE Area of Potential Effect APLIC Avian Power Line Interaction Committee AQMD Air Quality Management District AVM acoustic velocity meter BA/BE Biological Assessment/Biological Evaluation Basin Plan Water Quality Control Plan for the Tulare Lake Basin BCC Birds of Conservation Concern BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs BLM Bureau of Land Management BMI benthic macroinvertebrate BMPs Best Management Practices CAA Clean Air Act CAAQS California Ambient Air Quality Standards CAL FIRE California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Cal/EPA California Environmental Protection Agency California State Parks California Department of Parks and Recreation CARB California Air Resources Board CCAA California Clean Air Act CDC California Department of Conservation May 2015 1
CDEC CDF CDFW CDMG CEC CEQA Certification CESA CFE CFPS CFR cfs CFT CH4 CHSC cm CNPS CO CO2 CO2e Commission CR CSBP CSC CTR CVRWQCB CWA CWHR CZMA dbh DFPZ DO DWR EAP EFH EIS ELC California Data Exchange Center California Department of Forestry California Department of Fish and Wildlife California Division of Mines and Geology California Energy Commission California Environmental Quality Act State Water Quality Certification California Endangered Species Act candidates for listing as endangered California Fully Protected Species Code of Federal Regulations cubic feet per second candidates for listing as threatened methane California Health and Safety Code centimeter California Native Plant Society carbon monoxide carbon dioxide carbon dioxide equivalent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission California rare California Stream Bioassessment Procedure California Species of Special Concern California Toxics Rule California Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley Region Clean Water Act California Wildlife Habitat Relationships Coastal Zone Management Act diameter at breast height Defensible Fuel Profile Zones dissolved oxygen Department of Water Resources Emergency Action Plan Essential Fish Habitat Environmental Impact Statement Existing License Conditions May 2015 2
EO EPA ESA Exhibit E FE FERC FPA FT FY GHG GIS GWP HFC HFE HHD HSC IBI IFIM ILP IPCC km kv LD LSE MCL MD mg/kg mg/l MIF mm mph msl MT MW MWh N20 NAAQS NAGPRA Executive Order Environmental Protection Agency Endangered Species Act Exhibit E Environmental Exhibit federally endangered Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Power Act federally threatened fiscal year greenhouse gas Geographic Information System global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons hydrofluorinated ethers heavy, heavy duty habitat suitability criteria index of biotic integrity Instream Flow Incremental Methodology Integrated Licensing Process Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change kilometer kilovolts light duty load serving entity Maximum Contaminant Level medium duty milligrams per kilogram milligrams per liter minimum instream flow millimeter miles per hour mean sea level metric tons megawatts megawatt hours nitrous oxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act May 2015 3
National Policy NEPA NF3 NGO NHPA NOI NOx NRCS NRHP NRI NSPS NTR NWIS O3 OEHHA OES OHV PA PAD Plenary PM&E Porter-Cologne ppm Project PSP REA RM RMP ROD ROW RWQCB SB SCAQMD SCE SCS SE SHPO SNP National Recreational Fisheries Policy National Environmental Policy Act nitrogen trifluoride non-governmental organization National Historic Preservation Act Notice of Intent Oxides of Nitrogen Natural Resources Conservation Service National Register of Historic Places Nationwide Rivers Inventory New Source Performance Standards National Toxics Rule National Water Information System ozone Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Office of Emergency Services off-highway vehicle Programmatic Agreement Pre-Application Document Plenary Group Protection, Mitigation, and Enhancement Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act parts per million Kaweah Project Public Safety Plan Ready for Environmental Analysis river mile Resource Management Plan Record of Decision right-of-ways Regional Water Quality Control Board Senate Bill South Coast Air Quality Management District Southern California Edison Company Soil Conservation Service state endangered State Historic Preservation Officer Sequoia National Park May 2015 4
ST State Water Board SUP SWAMP TSP TSR TWG USACE USDA-FS USDOT USEPA USFWS USGS Watershed WSE WUA YOY state threatened State Water Resources Control Board Special Use Permit Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program Technical Study Plan Technical Study Report Technical Working Group United States Army Corp of Engineers United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service United States Department of Transportation United States Environmental Protection Agency United States Fish and Wildlife Service United States Geological Survey Kaweah River Watershed water surface elevation weighted usable area young-of-the-year May 2015 5