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New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) are pollution control standards issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The term is used in the Clean Air Act Extension of 1970 (CAA) to refer to air pollution emission standards, and in the Clean Water Act (CWA) referring to standards for water pollution discharges of industrial wastewater to surface waters.
The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) was an American professional association representing the interests of those engaged in measuring and communicating geospatial data. [1] Originally, it was composed of four organizations: During the 2000s, CaGIS and GLIS removed themselves from ACSM; in 2012, ACSM legally merged into the ...
The National Security Personnel System (NSPS) was a pay for performance pay system created in 2004-5 under authorization by Congress for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) [1] and implemented in mid-2006. NSPS replaced the General Schedule (GS) grade and step system for the DoD with a pay band system intended to provide more ...
Publicly Available Specification. A Publicly Available Specification or PAS is a standardization document that closely resembles a formal standard in structure and format but which has a different development model. [1] The objective of a Publicly Available Specification is to speed up standardization. PASs are often produced in response to an ...
EN 1069: Water slides of 2 m height and more. EN 1078: Helmets for pedal cyclists and for users of skateboards and roller skates. EN 1090: Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures (3 parts) EN 1092: Flanges and their joints. Circular flanges for pipes, valves, fittings and accessories, PN designated.
NSPS is an acronym with multiple meanings: New Source Performance Standard, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency term. National Security Personnel System, a human resources program of the U.S. Department of Defense. Nova Scotia Paramedic Society, promotes emergency health services in Nova Scotia, Canada. National Shipbuilding Procurement ...
The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors. [1] FIPS standards establish requirements for ensuring ...
The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) are air pollution standards issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The standards, authorized by the Clean Air Act, are for pollutants not covered by the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) that may cause an increase in fatalities or in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating illness.