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GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONSIN ENVIRONMENTAL and Natural Resources PRACTICE
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ABEL |
Ability to pay for environmental liability, both pollution controls and civil penalties |
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ACE |
Any Credible Evidence rule (CAA) |
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ACO |
Administrative Consent Order |
| Acre | A unit of land equal to 4,840 square yards (.4 hectare). The English version of this measure refers to the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in a day, but its root is German, referring simply to the plow. The English measure was an area 4 rods wide and 10 rods long. (A rod is 16-1/2 feet long.) |
| Acre Foot | The volume of a unit of water one acre (.4 hectare) in area and one foot (30.5 cm) in depth.; 43,560 cubic feet (1233.5 cubic meters). |
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ADR |
Alternate Dispute Resolution |
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AEC |
Atomic Energy Commission (now NRC) |
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AID (or USAID) |
U.S. Agency for International Development |
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AMPs |
Allotment management plans (grazing) |
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ANPR |
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
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APA |
Administrative Procedure Act |
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AQCR |
Air Quality Control Regions (CAA) |
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AR |
Attributable Risk |
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ARARs |
Applicable, Relevant, Appropriate Requirements (CERCLA) |
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ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
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BACT |
Best Available Control Technology |
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BADT |
Best Adequately Demonstrated Pollution Control Technology (CWA) |
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BANANA |
Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody (see NIMBY) |
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BAT |
Best Available Technology, or, Best Available Technology Economically Achievable (CWA) |
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BCT |
Best Conventional Control Technology (CWA) |
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BDAT |
Best Demonstrated Available Technology (RCRA) |
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BECC |
Border Envtl Coop Comm., (NAFTA) |
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BEN |
EPA computer modeled value to determine the economic benefit of noncompliance |
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BLM |
Bureau of Land Management (DoI) |
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BMP |
Best Management Practices |
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BOD |
Biological Oxygen Demand (CWA) |
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BPJ |
Best Professional Judgment (CWA) |
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BPT |
Best Practicable Control Technology Currently Available (CWA) |
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BRZ |
Biological Resource Zones (BRZMA) |
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BRZMA |
Biological Resources Zone Management Act |
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CAA |
Clean Air Act |
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CAFO |
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation |
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CAM |
Compliance Assurance Monitoring |
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CAMU |
Corrective Action Management Unit (CERCLA) |
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CAP |
Capacity Assurance Plan (RCRA) |
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CBO |
Congressional Budget Office |
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CDC |
Center for Disease Control |
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CEC |
Comm. on Envtl Coop, (NAFTA) |
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CEM |
Continuous Emission Monitoring |
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CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality (Executive Office of the President) |
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CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) |
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CERCLIS |
CERCLA Information System |
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CERES |
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economics |
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CFCs |
Chlorofluorocarbons |
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CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
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CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangers Species |
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CMP |
Coastal Management Plan (CZMA) |
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COD |
Chemical Oxygen Demand |
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CSO |
Combined Sewer Overflows (CWA) |
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CWA |
Clean Water Act (also FWPCA) |
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CZMA |
Coastal Zone Management Act |
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DEC |
Department of Environmental Conservation |
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DEIS |
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (NEPA) |
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DEQ |
Department of Environmental Quality |
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DMRs |
Discharge Monitoring Reports (CWA) |
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DNR |
Department of Natural Resources |
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DOA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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DOI |
U.S. Department of Interior |
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DOJ |
U.S. Department of Justice |
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DOT |
U.S. Department of Transportation |
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EA |
Environmental Assessment (NEPA) |
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EAJA |
Equal Access to Justice Act |
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EBEs |
Environmentally Beneficial Expenditures (CWA) |
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EC |
European Community |
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ECJ |
European Court of Justice |
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EDF |
Environmental Defense Fund |
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EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement (NEPA) |
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ELP |
Environmental Leadership Program |
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ELR |
Environmental Law Reporter (by Environmental Law Institute) |
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EO |
Executive Order |
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EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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EPCRA |
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act |
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ERDA |
Energy Research and Development Commission |
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ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
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EU |
European Union |
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FACA |
Federal Advisory Committee Act |
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FDA |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
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FDF |
Fundamentally Different Factors (FDF) (CWA) |
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FEIS |
Final Environmental Impact Statement (NEPA) |
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FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
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FFDCA |
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act |
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FIFRA |
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act |
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FLPMA |
Federal Land Policy and Management Act |
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FOE |
Freidns of the Earth |
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FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
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FONSI |
Finding of No Significant Impact (NEPA) |
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Form R |
A toxic chemical Release Inventory Reporting Form (EPCRA); TRI information must be frilled on a “Form R” |
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FORPLAN |
A computerized model to determine LRMPs |
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FPC |
Federal Power Commission |
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FQPA |
Food Quality Protection Act of 1966 |
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FR |
Federal Register |
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FRCP |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure |
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FS |
U.S. Forest Service (DOA) |
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FSEIS (or FEISS) |
Final Supplemental EIS |
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FWPCA |
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (also CWA) |
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FWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI) |
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GAAP |
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
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GAO |
General Accounting Office (Comptroller-General, Congress) |
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GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
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GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
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GI-GO |
Garbage In-Garbage Out |
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GNP |
Gross National Product |
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HCPs |
Habitat Conservation Plans |
| Hectare | A metric unit of square measure equal to 100 ares (an are is 100 square meters) or a total of 10,000 square meters (2.47 acres). |
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HEW |
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now split into separate Departments of Education, Health & Human Services) |
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HMTA |
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act |
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HRS |
Hazardous Ranking System (CERCLA) |
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HWIR |
Hazardous Waste Identification Rule |
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I & M |
Inspection and Maintenance (CAA auto & truck emissions) |
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ICJ |
International Court of Justice (The Hague) |
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ICOLP |
International Cooperative for Ozone Layer Protection |
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ICS |
Individual Control Strategy (CWA) |
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IGO |
Intergovernmental organization |
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IJC |
International Joint Commission |
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ILO |
International Labor Organization |
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IPM |
Integrated Pest Management |
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ISC |
Interagency Scientific Committee (ESA) |
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ISO |
International Standards Organization |
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IWC |
International Whaling Commission |
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LAER |
Lowest Achievable Emissions Rate (CAA, non-attainment areas) |
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LAs |
Load Allocations (CWA) |
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LCA |
Life Cycle Assessment |
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LCCA |
Lead Contamination Control Acts (SDWA) |
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LCDC |
Land Conservation and Development Commission (Ore.) |
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LDCs |
Less-Developed Countries |
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LDRs |
Land Disposal Restrictions (CERCLA) |
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LEVs |
Low Emission Vehicles |
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LRMPs |
Land and Resource Management Plans (NFMA) |
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LUBA |
Land Use Board of Appeals (DOT) |
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LULU |
Locally Undesirable Land Use |
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LUST |
Leaking Underground Storage Tank |
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