Appendix 4 Glossary and Acronyms Robb Trend Project Appendix 4 – Acronyms and Glossary ACRONYMS AEP Alberta Environmental Protection AEPEA Alberta Environment Protection and Enhancement Act AEW Alberta Environment and Water AFWD Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division Ag Absorption amount/Silver AGCC Alberta Ground Cover Characterization AHS Alberta Health Services AHR Aspen Health Region AHW Alberta Health and Wellness AMC Antecedent moisture conditions AMD Acid Mine Drainage AMI Annual Moisture Index ANFO Ammonium Nitrate and Fuel Oil ANPC Alberta Native Plant Council ANOVA Analysis of Variance AQMS Air Quality Monitoring Station ARGR Arctic Grayling ASRD Alberta Sustainable Resource Development ASIR Age standardized incidence rates ASMR Age standardized mortality rates As Arsenic ASL Above Sea Level ASL Ambient Sound Level atm-m3/mol Atmospheric cubic meter per mol ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ATV All-Terrain Vehicles AVI Alberta Vegetation Inventory AWIS Alberta Wetland Inventory Classification Standards AWN Aseniwuche Winewak Nation B Boron Ba Barium B(a)P Benzo(a)prene B.C. British Columbia BCAQO British Columbia Air Quality Objectives BCE British Columbia Environment BCM Bank Cubic Metre BCM/CMT Bank Cubic Metre per Clean Metric Tonne BCM/RMT Bank Cubic Meter per Raw Metric Tonne bcm/tonne Bank cubic meter per tonne BCS Bureau of Chemical Safety Be Beryllium Bent Bentonite BESR Break Even Strip Ratio Bi Bismuth April 2012 Appendix 4-1 Robb Trend Project Appendix 4 – Acronyms and Glossary Bighorn Bighorn Wildlife Technologies BKST Brook Stickleback BKTR Brook Trout BLTR Bull Trout BMA Bear management Area BMD Benchmark Dose BMP Best management practice BMU Bear Management Unit B.P. Before Present BR Bedrock BURB Burbot bw/d Bodyweight per day BXL Bulk Explosives Ltd. C Celsius c Carbon Ca Calcium CaCl2 Calcium chloride CAAQO Canadian ambient air quality objectives CACs Criteria Air Containment Species CAS Chemical abstract service CB Cobbles CCME Canada Committee of Ministers of the Environment CEA Cumulative effects assessment CEAA Canadian Environment Assessment Act CH4 Methane CL Clay loam Cl Chloride cm Centimetre cm2 Square centimeters cms Cubic metre per second CMT Clean Metric Tonne CNT Consultation Notation CNR Canadian Natural Resources CO Carbon Monoxide Co Cobalt CO2 Carbon dioxide CO2e Carbon dioxide equivalents CO3 Carbonite COPC Chemicals of Potential Concern COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease COSEWIC Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada COSR Cut-Off Strip Ratio CPUE Catch per unit effort Cr Chromium CR Consultant Report CRB Conservation and Reclamation Business Plan April 2012 Appendix 4-2 Robb Trend Project Appendix 4 – Acronyms and Glossary CRC Cardinal River Coal CSSC Canadian System of Soil Classification Cu Copper CVM Coal Valley Mine CVME Coal Valley Mine Extension CVRI Coal Valley Resources Inc. CWS Canada Wide Standards CWQG Canadian Water Quality Guidelines C&R Conservation and Reclamation d day dBA Decibel (A weighted) Db Decibel Dbc C-weighed sound levels DD5 Degree Growing Days Index Dension Dension Mines Incorporated DFA Disturbance Footprint Area DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans D/S Downstream dS/m Deci-Siemens per metre E East E Ephemeral EA Environmental Assessment EC Electric Conductivity Ece salinity EIA Environmental Impact Assessment ELC Ecological Landscape Classification EMT1 Embarras River #1 EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency EPEA Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act EPT Ephermeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera ERCB Energy Resources Conservation Board Fe Iron fish/100m2 Fish per 100 square meters FMA Forest Management Area/ Agreement FN Fines FN First Nations FOB Free on Board FOIPP Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy Act FOS Foothills Ojibway Society FRAG Forest Resources Advisory Group FRI Foothills Research Institute FRIGBP Foothills Research Institute Grizzly Bear Project FRMA Foothills Recreation Management Association ft Feet FTE Full Time Equivalent FTOR Final Terms of Reference April 2012 Appendix 4-3 Robb Trend Project Appendix 4 – Acronyms and Glossary FWMIS Fish and Wildlife Management Information System G grams g/day or g/d grams per day GCC Grande Cache Coal GCM Global Climate Model g/cm2/d Gram per square centimeter per day g/m2/d Gram per square meter per day GDC Geographic Dynamic Corp. GDP Gross Domestic Product GHG Green House Gas GIS Geographical Information Systems GIS Groundwater Information Service g/mol Gram per mole GPS Global Positioning System GR Gravels g/s Grams per second g/t Grams per tonne H Hydrogen h hour H2S Hydrogen sulfide ha Hectare Hatfield Hatfield Consultants HBC Hudson Bay Company HCT1 Halpenny Creek Hg Mercury Trace HHRA Human Health Risk Assessment hour/day Hours per day hp Horsepower HRIA Historical Resources Impact Assessment HRMB Historic Resources Management Branch Hr hour HRO Historical Resources Overview HRV Historical Resource Value hr/yr hour per year Hwy Highway Hz Frequency H&S Health and Safety I Intermittent ICSR Incremental Strip Ratio IFN Instream Flow Needs igpm Imperial Gallons per Minute IHDA Interactive Health Data Application ILCR Incremental lifetime cancer risk Inc Incalculable IPPC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IRP Integrated Resource Plan April 2012 Appendix 4-4 Robb Trend Project Appendix 4 – Acronyms and Glossary ISO International Standards Organization ISP Industrial Sample Plot K Kelvin - equal to +273 C KAI Key Aquatic Indicators kg kilogram kg/1000l Kilograms per 1000 liters kbcm Kilo bank cubic meter kg/BCM kilogram per bank cubic meter kg/d kilogram per day kg/d/km kilogram per day per kilometer kg/ha kilogram per hectare kg/ha/yr kilogram per hectare per year kg/t kilogram per tonne km Kilometre km2 square kilometres km/hr kilometres per hour km/km2 Kilometers per square kilometer Kow Octanol-water partition coefficients kph Kilometres per hour kt Co2e/yr Kilotonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents per year ktonne Kilotonne kt/yr Kilotonnes per year L Loam Leq Equivalent Sound Pressure Level LF Lower Foothills Li Lithium LKCH Lake Chub LNDC Longnose Dace LNSC Longnose Sucker LOAEC Lowest observed adverse effect level LOAEL Lowest-observable-adverse-effects level LOC Licence of Occupation LOEL Lowest-observed-effects level LOEC Lowest observed effect level LR Lower Robb LS Loamy Sand LSA Local Study Area LSD Legal Surveys Division Luscar Luscar Ltd. m male m meter m AGL meters above the ground level m ASL meters above sea level Matrix Matrix Solutions 2 m square metres m2/s Square meters per second April 2012 Appendix 4-5 Robb Trend Project Appendix 4 – Acronyms and Glossary 3 m cubic metres m3/day Cubic meters per day m3/s Cubic meter per second m/s or m/sec metre per second m3/s or m3/sec cubic metre per second m3/min cubic meter per minute MAML Mobile Air Monitoring Laboratory MDL Method Detection Limits MDH MDH Engineering Solutions MEMS Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd. mg milligram Mg Magnesium mg/L Milligrams per litre mm millimetre or 1/1000th of a metre Mm3 Million cubic meters mmHg Millimeters of mercury mt metric tonne MM5 Penn State Mesoscale Model Version 5 MMt Million Metric Tonne MNA Métis Nation of Alberta MNWH Mountain Whitefish Mo Molybdenum MOE Ontario Ministry of the Environment MSL Mineral Surface Lease MST mountain standard time Mt Metric Tonne Mud Mudstone MW Mercoal West N North N Nitrogen/Nitrate/Sodium NA, N/A Not Applicable NAAQ National Ambient Air Quality NCO North Canada Oil Limited NNLP No Net Loss Habitat Compensation Plan NO nitric oxide N2O nitrous oxide NO2 nitrogen dioxide NOAEL No observed adverse effect level NOEL No observed effect level Norwest Norwest Corporation NOX nitrous oxides NPRI National Pollutant Release Inventory NR Natural Region NRPK Northern Pike NTS National Topographic Map Series NW Northwest April 2012 Appendix 4-6 Robb Trend Project Appendix 4 – Acronyms and Glossary NWC North West Company NWT Northwest Territories NWWG National Wetland Working Group OCM Ozone Limiting Method OEHHA California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment OH Hydroxide OHV Off Highway Vehicles OLM Ozone Limiting Method OMOE Ontario Ministry of the Environment O2 Oxygen O3 ozone O&M Operations and Maintenance P Permanent PA Pascals PAI Potential Acid Input PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons PARC Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative Pb Lead PDD Public Disclosure Document pg Pellet group pg/ha Pellet group per hectare PHC Petroleum Hydrocarbon PIL Pipeline Installation Lease Pisces Pisces Environmental Consulting Services Ltd. PLA Pipeline Agreement Plant Coal Valley Mine Coal Processing Plant PM Particulate Matter PM10 Particulate matter with mean aerodynamic diameter of 10 microns in size or smaller PM2.5 Particulate matter with mean aerodynamic diameter of 2.5microns in size or smaller PMF Probable Maximum Flood PMP Probable Maximum Precipitation PNG Petroleum and Natural Gas PNT Protective Notation ppb Parts per billion ppm parts per million PSL Permissible Sound Level RFMA Registered Fur Management Area RGE Range RHPA Robb Hamlet Protection Accosiation RIVM Netherlands National Institute of Public Health and the Environment Rm Regular Members RM Robb Main RMA Resource Management Area April 2012 Appendix 4-7 Robb Trend Project Appendix 4 – Acronyms and Glossary RMS Risk Management Solutions rmt or RMT Raw Metric Tonne RNTR Rainbow Trout ROM run-of-mine ROW right-of-way RQ Risk Quotient RRD Range Road RSA Regional Study Area RsC Risk-specific Concentration