Stormwater Acronyms

BERC Business Environmental Resource Center
BMP Best Management Practice
CASQA California Stormwater Quality Association
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
CMP Coordinated Monitoring Program
CWA Clean Water Act
CWBP Clean Water Business Program
EIR Environmental Impact Report
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ESC Erosion and Sediment Control Plan
GESC Grading, Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance
HHW Household Hazardous Waste
IPM Integrated Pest Management
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NOI Notice of Intent
NOV Notice of Violation
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
OWOW Our Water Our World
RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board
SQIP Stormwater Quality Improvement Program
SSQP Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership
SWPPP Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
SWRCB State Water Resource Control Board
TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load
WQA Water Quality Act