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Updated Storm Water Management Plan (SWMP) <br />City of Ramsey, Minnesota <br />XI. ACRONYMS AND GLOSSARY <br />A. Acronyms <br />BMP - Best Management Practices <br />BWSR - Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources <br />DNR - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources <br />EOF - Emergency Overflow <br />EPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency <br />EPB - Environmental Policy Board <br />EQB - Minnesota Environmental Quality Board <br />FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />FIRM - Flood Insurance Rate Map <br />GIS - Geographic Information System <br />GPS - Geographic Positioning System <br />HWL - High Water Level, typically associated with the 100 year rainfall event <br />IDF - Intensity -Duration -Frequency (for precipitation) <br />LID - Low Impact Development <br />LRRWMO - Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organization <br />LUST - Leaking Underground Storage Tank <br />MnDOT - Minnesota Department of Transportation <br />MnRAM - Minnesota Routine Assessment Method <br />MPCA - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency <br />MS4 - Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System <br />MSWMP - Metropolitan Surface Water Management Program <br />MUSA - Metropolitan Urban Services Area <br />NOI - Notice of Intent (for coverage under the NPDES Permit Program) <br />NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System <br />NPDES/SDS - The General Permit Authorization to Discharge Storm Water <br />Associated with Construction Activity under the National Pollutant <br />Discharge Elimination System/State Disposal System Permit Program. <br />Administered by the MPCA <br />NURP - Nationwide Urban Runoff Program <br />NWL - Normal Water Level or Low Outlet Elevation <br />SWCD - Soil and Water Conservation District <br />SWMP - Surface Water Management Plan <br />SWPPP - Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program <br />TP - Total Phosphorus <br />TEP - Technical Evaluation Panel, typically needed for WCA approval of <br />wetland impacts <br />TSS - Total Suspended Solids <br />USEPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency <br />UST - Underground Storage Tank <br />WCA - The Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act and its subsequent Minnesota <br />Rules 6115 and 8420. <br />WD - Watershed District <br />WMO - Watershed Management Organization <br />Section XI <br />February 20, 2015March 6, 2015 Page 72 <br />