List of Abbreviations
AAD Adopt-A-Drain
BMP Best Management Practices
CIP Capital Improvement Projects
City The City of Tacoma
CHB Communities for a Healthy Bay
DART Development Assistance and Review Team
ESA Endangered Species Act
EPG Environmental Programs Group
ES Environmental Services
GIS Geographical Information Systems
IDDE Illicit Connection and Discharge Detection and Elimination
LID Low Impact Development
MS4 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
OEPS Office of Environmental Policy and Sustainability
O&M Operation and maintenance
PCD Pierce Conservation District
PDS Planning and Development Services
PSSH Puget Sound Starts Here
RCW Revised Code of Washington
RRMP Regional Road Maintenance Program
SAP The City’s Information Management System database
SEPA The Washington State Environmental Policy Act
SCP Source Control Program
STGPD South Tacoma Groundwater Protection District
SAM Stormwater Action Monitoring
SWMM Stormwater Management Manual
SWMP Stormwater Management Program
SWPPP Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans
STRAP Stormwater Rapid Assessment Program
SSC Structural Stormwater Controls
TMC Tacoma Municipal Code
TPCHD Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
TESC Temporary Erosion and Sediment Control
Ecology Washington State Department of Ecology
QAPP Quality Assurance Project Plan
WCC Washington Conservation Corps
WRIA Water Resource Inventory Area