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Sec. 17-77. - Abbreviations.

Part of the Code of Ordinances of East Providence, RI.

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The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings: BOD—Biochemical oxygen demand.

BPT—Best practicable technology.

CFR—Code of Federal Regulations.

COD—Chemical oxygen demand.

DEM—Department of Environmental Management.

EPA—Environmental Protection Agency.

L—Liter.

mg—Milligrams.

mg/l—Milligrams per liter.

NPDES—National pollutant discharge elimination system.

O&M—Operations and management.

POTW—Publicly owned treatment works.

RCRA—Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

R.I.P.D.E.S.—Rhode Island Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

SIC—Standard industrial classification.

SWDA—Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq.

TSS—Total suspended solids.

USC—United States Code.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 17-77; Ch. 446, §§ IV, V, 8-12-97)