acronym, abbreviations and initialisms (2)

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Acronym Definition

3D Three-dimensional

A

Acronym Definition

AAARAmerican Association for Aerosol

Research

AAIBDAppalachian and Illinois Basin

Directors

AAMAAmerican Automobile Manufacturers

Association

AANR Adopt-a-Natural Resource

AAPGAmerican Association of Petroleum

Geologists

AAQS Ambient Air Quality Standards

AAR Alternative Analysis Report

AC Assistant Commissioner

ACATAdministrative Conservation

Appearance Ticket

ACBM Asbestos -Containing Building Material

ACCSPAtlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics

Program

ACGIHAmerican Conference of Governmental

Industrial Hygienists

ACL Alternate Concentration Limit (Level)

ACM Asbestos-Containing Material

ACO Administrative Consent Order or


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Amended Consent Order

ACS American Chemical Society

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ADAAGAmericans with Disabilities Act

Accessibility Guidelines

ADI Acceptable Daily Intake

ADK Adirondack Mountain Club

ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution

ADRP Acid Deposition Reduction Program

AEA Atomic Energy Act

AEC Atomic Energy Commission

AEM Acoustic Emission Monitoring

AFE Authorization for Expenditure

AFR Assistant Forest Ranger

AFS Air Facility System

AFVRLAlternative Fuel Vehicle Research

Laboratory

AG Attorney General

AGA American Gas Association

AGC Annual Guideline Concentration

AGFTCAdirondack / Glens Falls Transportation

Council

AGU American Geophysical Union

AHERAAsbestos Hazard Emergency

Response Act (federal)


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AHR Aquatic Habitat Restoration

AI Active Ingredient

AIM Architectural and IndustrialMaintenance

AIRS Aeromatic Information Retrieval System

AIS Aquatic Invasive Species

AL Action Level

ALAPCOAssociation of Local Air Pollution

Control Officials

ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable

ALES Agency Law Enforcement Series

ALJ Administrative Law Judge

ALR Action Leakage Rate

ALSC Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation

AMAC Air Management Advisory Committee

AMS American Meteorological Society

ANC Acid neutralizing capacity

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ANSWERS Albany New York Solid Waste EnergyRecovery System

AOC

Area of concern, Area of

contamination, Administrative Order on

Consent

APAAdirondack Park Agency (federal),

Administrative Procedure Act

APEDS Air Pollution Enforcement Data System


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APHIS Animal and Plant Inspection Service

API American Petroleum Institute

APLUDP Adirondack Park Land UseDevelopment Plan

APSLMPAdirondack Park State Land Master

Plan

APTI Air Pollution Training Institute

AQCR Air Quality Control Region

AQI Air Quality Index

AQMN Air Quality Monitoring Network

AQRV Air Quality Related Value

AQSAir Quality System (national database

for air quality data)

ARARsApplicable or Relevant and Appropriate

Requirements

ARIPAccidental Release Information

Program

ARM Approved Regional Method

ARNIAquatic Resource of National

Importance

ARTC Adirondack Regional Tourism Council

ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers

ASF Air State Facility

ASHRAE

American Society of Heating,

Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning

Engineers

ASIWPCA Association of States and Interstate


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Water Pollution Control Administrators

ASLF Atlantic States Legal Foundation

ASME American Society of MechanicalEngineers

ASMFC Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Council

ASRC Atmospheric Science Research Center

AST Aboveground Storage Tank

ASTMAmerican Society for Testing and

Materials

ASTSWMOAssociation of State and Territorial

Solid Waste

ATIS Adirondack Trail Improvement Society

ATSDRAgency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (federal)

ATV All Terrain Vehicle

AU Animal Unit

AVS Acid Volatile Sulfide

AWMAAir and Waste Management

Association

B

Acronym Definition

BACM Best Available Control Measures

BACT Best Available Control Technology

BAD Bureau of Application Development

BADTBest Available Demonstrated

Technology


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BAF Bioaccumulation Factor

BaP Benzo(a)Pyrene

BAQAR Bureau of Air Quality Analysis &Research

BAQP Bureau of Air Quality Planning

BAQS Bureau of Air Quality Surveillance

BART Best Available Retrofit Technology

BASF Biota Sediment Accumulation Factor

BAT Best Available Technology

BATNEECBest Available Techniques Not Entailing

Excessive Cost

BBA Breeding Bird Atlas

BBL Barrel (of oil)

BBS Bulletin Board System

BC Black Carbon

BCABird Conservation Area, Brownfield

Cleanup Agreement

BCF Bioconcentration Factor

BCF Billion Cubic Feet

BPR Bureau of Pesticides and Radiation

BCP Brownfield Cleanup Program

BCT Best Control Technology

BDATBest Demonstrated Achievable

Technology

BDC Bureau of Design & Construction


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BECIBureau of Environmental Criminal

Investigation

BEE Bureau of Environmental Education

BEGISDSBureau of Environmental GIS and

Database Services

BEIS Biogenic Emission Inventory

BEJ Best Engineering Judgment

BFPM Bureau of Forest Preserve Management

BHC benzene hexachloride

BHP-HR Brake Horse Power Hour

BHWR Bureau of Hazardous Waste Regulation

BHWRMBureau of Hazardous Waste & Radiation

Management

BMP Best Management Practice

BMR Bureau of Marine Resources

BMS Best Management System

BMSTDBureau of Mobil Sources and

Technology Development

BMTSBureau of Maintenance & Technical

Services

BNS Bureau of Network Services

BOA Brownfield Opportunity Area

BOAMOABrownfield Opportunity Area

Memorandum of Agreement

BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand

BOD5 The amount of dissolved oxygen


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consumed in five days by biological

processes breaking down organic matter

BOF Bureau of Fisheries

BOGR Bureau of Oil & Gas Regulation

BOH Bureau of Habitat

BOMR Bureau of Marine Resources

BOR Bureau of Recreation

BoSS Bureau of Stationary Sources

BOWBureau of Wildlife, Becoming An

Outdoors-Woman

BP Boiling Point

BPFV Bioaccumulation Potential Factor Value

BPI Bureau of Publications & Internet

BPJ Best Professional Judgment

BPLS Bureau of Private Land Services

BPMBureau of Pesticides Management,

Bureau of Program Management

BPO Bureau of Public Outreach

BPT Best Practicable Technology

BQA Bureau of Quality Assurance

BRA Bureau of Revenue Accounting

BRMDBureau of Resource Management &

Development

BRP Bureau of Real Property

BSLM Bureau of State Land Management


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BSS Bureau of Stationary Sources

BSWRRBureau of Solid Waste Reduction &

Recycling

BTA Best Technology Available

BTEX

Abbreviation for a group of chemical

compounds - benzene, toluene,

ethylbenzene and xylene

BTS Bureau of Transportation Services

BTU British Thermal Unit

BTX benzene, toluene, and xylene

BUD Beneficial Use Determination

BUS Bureau of User Support

BZ Ballschmitter-Zell

C

Acronym Definition

CD Construction & Demolition

CDD Construction and Demolition Debris

CO Consent Order, Order on Consent

CAA Clean Air Act

CAAA Clean Air Act Amendments

CACCitizens' Advisory Committee,

Conservation Advisory Commission

CACA Clean Air Compliance Act

CAF Coastal Assessment Form

CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency


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CAFMComputer Assisted Facilities

Management System

CAFO Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation

CAG Community Advisory Group

CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule

CAM Compliance Assurance Monitoring

CAMP Community Air Monitoring Program

CAMR Clean Air Mercury Rule

CAMU Corrective Action Management Unit

CANY Conservation Alliance of New York

CAOCorrective Action Order, chief

administrative officer (local government)

CAP Compliance Advisory Panel

CAT Climate Action Team

CARB California Air Resources Board

CASChemical Abstract Service (a referencing

numbering system for chemicals)

CASAC Clean Air Science Advisory Committee

CBI Confidential Business Information

CBODCarbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen

Demand

CBRNEChemical, Biological, Radiological,

Nuclear or Explosive

CBS Chemical Bulk Storage

CBSA Core-Based Statistical Area

CCMP Comprehensive Conservation and


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Management Plan

CDC Center for Disease Control

CDL Commercial Drivers License

CDTC Capital District Transportation Committee

CEA critical environmental area

CEC Citizens Environmental Coalition

CEM Continuous Emissions Monitor (ing)

CENRAP Central Regional Air PlanningAssociation

CEQCouncil on Environmental Quality

(federal)

CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980

CERCLISComprehensive EnvironmentalResponse, Compensation and Liability

Information System

CERICenter for Environmental Research

Information

CERR Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule

CESQG

Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity

Generator

CFAB Conservation Fund Advisory Board

CFCs Chlorofluorocarbons

CFF Clean Fuels Fleet Program

CFL Compact Fluorescent Lamps

CFM Chlorofluoromethanes


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CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CFSANCenter for Food Safety and Applied

Nutrition (FDA)

CFU Colony Forming Units

CGLG Council of Great Lakes Governors

CH4 Methane

Ci/ml Microcuries per milliliter

CIBO Council of Industrial Boiler Owners

CIH Certified Industrial Hygienist

CJ Consent Judgment

CKD Cement Kiln Dust

CLA Commercial Lawn Application

CLP Contract Laboratory Program

CMA Chemical Manufacturers Association

CMAQ Congestion Mitigation Air Quality

CMAQ-

HG

Community Multi-Scale Air Quality

Modeling-Mercury

CMASCommunity Modeling and Analysis

System

CMI Corrective Measures Implementation

CMS Corrective Measures Study

CNG Compressed Natural Gas

CPO Commissioner's Policy Office

COCarbon Monoxide, Certificate to Operate,

Consent Order


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CO2 Carbon Dioxide

COC Chain of Custody

COD Chemical Oxygen Demand

COH Coefficient of Haze

COM Continuous Opacity Monitor

COOP Continuity of Operations Plan

COPASCouncil of Petroleum Accounting

Societies

COPC Constituent of Possible Concern

CPCitizen Participation or Commissioner's

Policy

CPI Consumer Price Index

CPL Criminal Procedure Law

CPLR Civil Practice Law and Rules

CPP Citizen Participation Plan

CPS Citizen Participation Specialist

CPSCConsumer Products (Protection) Safety

Commission

CQA construction quality assurance

CQC construction quality control

CRA Comprehensive Recycling Analysis

CRCPDConference of Radiation Control

Program Directors, Inc.

CREPConservation Reserve Enhancement

Program

CRP Community Relations Plan


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CSAClear Skies Act, Combined Statistical

Area

CSEA Civil Service Employees Association

CSG Council of State Governments

CSI Clear Skies Initiative

CSO Combined Sewer Overflow

CSPNew York State Museum Center for

Stratigraphy and Paleontology

CT Contact Time

CTG Control Technique Guideline

CWA Clean Water Act (see also FWPCA)

CWC Catskill Watershed Corporation

CWCA Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996

CWCS Comprehensive Wildlife ConservationStrategy

CWD Chronic Wasting Disease

CWNS Clean Water Needs Survey

CWSRF Clean Water State Revolving Fund

CZMA Coastal Zone Management Act

D

Acronym Definition

DD Decontamination and Decommissioning

DAF Dilution/Attenuation Factor

DAR Division of Air Resources

DART Department Application Review &


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Tracking system

DBF Database File

DCA Dichloroethane

DCE Dicloroethene

DEA Drug Enforcement Agency

DECDepartment of Environmental

Conservation (New York State)

DECALS

Department of Environmental

Conservation Automated LicensingSystem

DED Department of Economic Development

DEE Division of Environmental Enforcement

DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement

DEP Division of Environmental Permits

DERDiscrete Emission Reduction, Division of

Environmental Remediation

DERADiesel Emissions Reduction Act (of

2006)

DERC Discrete Emission Reduction Credit

DFOCanada Department of Fisheries and

Oceans

DFPDivision of Forest Protection (Forest

Rangers)

DFPFMDivision of Forest Protection and Fire

Management

DFWMRDivision of Fish,Wildlife and Marine

Resources


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DG Distributed Generation

DHSDepartment of Homeland Security

(federal)

DIS Division of Information Services

DLA Division of Legal Affairs

DLE Division of Law Enforcement (ECOs)

DLF Division of Lands and Forests

DMB Division of Management & Budget

DMN Division of Mineral Resources

DMP Deer Management Permit

DMR Discharge Monitoring Report

DMU Deer Management Unit

DMV Department of Motor Vehicles

DNAPL Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid

DO Division of Operations, Dissolved Oxygen

DOCDepartment of Corrections (New York

State)

DOE Department of Energy (New York State)

DOH Department of Health (New York State)

DOS Department of State (New York State)

DOTDepartment of Transportation (New York

State)

DOW Division of Water

DPAE Division of Public Affairs and Education

DPC Disaster Preparedness Commission


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DPWDepartment of Public Works (New York

State)

DQO Data Quality Objective

DRBC Delaware River Basin Commission

DRE Destruction and Removal Efficiency

DSCF Dry Standard Cubic Feet

DSCM Dry Standard Cubic Meter

DSHMDivision of Solid and Hazardous

Materials

DSM Demand Side Management

DU Dobson Unit

DWQC Drinking Water Quality Control

E

Acronym Definition

EA

Environmental Advocates or

Environmental Assessment or

Environmental Audit

EAB Environmental Appeals Board

EAFEnvironmental Assessment Form or

Electric Arc Furnaces

EANY Environmental Advocates of New York

EBM Ecosystem Based Management

E-Board State Environmental Board

EBP Environmental Benefit Project

EC Elemental Carbon or Engineering Control

ECAT Environmental Conservation Appearance


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Ticket

ECD Emissions Control Device

ECDEP Erie County Department of Environmentand Planning

ECHOEnforcement and Compliance History

On-Line

ECL Environmental Conservation Law

ECOEmployee Commute Option Program or

Environmental Conservation Officer

ECOS Environmental Council of States

ECRAEnvironmental Cleanup & Responsibility

Act (NJ)

EDB Ethylene Dibromide

EDC Ethylene Dichloride

EDF Environmental Defense Fund

EDMS Emissions Dispersion Modeling System

EDPL Eminent Domain Procedure Law

EEI Edison Electric Institute

EFC Environmental Facilities Corporation

EGBE Ethylene Glycol Butyl Ether

EGR Exhaust Gas Recirculation

EGU Electric Generating Unit

EHS Extremely Hazardous Substance

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

EIL Environmental Impairment Liability(Insurance)


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EIM Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance

EIS Environmental Impact Statement

EJ Environmental Justice

EL Executive Law, Exposure Level

ELI Environmental Law Institute

ELS Environmental Law Section

EMDepartment of Energy - Environmental

Management Office

EMANCanadian Ecological Monitoring and

Assessment Network

EMAPEnvironmental Monitoring & Assessment

Program

EMC Environmental Management Council

EMIGEnvironmental Management Investment

Group

EML Environmental Measurements Laboratory

EMS Emission Modeling System

EMS95 Emissions Modeling System 95

EMT Electromagnetic Transmission

ELV End of Life Vehicle

ENB Environmental Notice Bulletin

EO Executive Order, Ethylene Oxide

EOCEmergency Operations Center (at

SEMO)

EOH East-of-Hudson

EOP End of Pipe


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EPExtraction Procedure (as in EP Toxicity

Test), or Environmental Permit

EP Tox Extraction Procedure Toxicity Test

EPA Environmental Protection Agency (US)

EBP Environmental Benefit Policy

EPCRAEmergency Planning and Community

Right-to-Know Act

EPF Environmental Protection Fund

EPHT Environmental Public Health Tracking

EPRI Electric Power Research Institute

EQBAEnvironmental Quality Bond Act (New

York State)

ERC Emission Reduction Credit

ERICEnforcement Recertification Inspection

Compliance

ERISSEmergency and Remedial Response

Inventory System

ERNS Energy Response Notification System

ERP

Emission Rate Potential or Emergency

Response Plan or Environmental

Restoration Program

ESAEndangered Species Act or

Environmental Site Assessment

ESDEmpire State Development or

Explanation of Significant Differences

ESFPAEmpire State Forest Products

Association

ESMP Estuarine Sanctuary Management Plan


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ESO Empire State Outdoors

ESOGISEmpire State Oil and Gas Information

System

ESP Electrostatic Precipitator

ESP Environmentally Significant Project

EUP Experimental Use Permit

F

Acronym Definition

FACA Federal Advisory Committee Act

FACMAPFacility Air Contaminant Management

and Audit Plan

FAD Filtration Avoidance Determination

FC Fecal Coliforms

FCE Full Compliance Evaluation

FCV Final Chronic Value

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FDMS Filter Dynamic Measurement System

FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement

FEM Federal Equivalent Method

FEMAFederal Emergency Management

Agency

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FGD Flue Gas Desulfurization

FGR Flue Gas Recirculation

FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and


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Rodenticide Act

FIP Federal Implementation Plan

FIR Facility Information Report

FLEP Forest Land Enhancement Program

FLWF Ferris Lake Wild Forest

FMP Fishery Management Plan

FOIA Freedom of Information Act

FOIL Freedom of Information Law

FONSIFinding of No Significant Impact (under

NEPA)

FOSTTA Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action

FPAC Forest Preserve Advisory Committee

FR Forest Ranger, Federal Register

FRM Federal Reference Method

FS Feasibility Study

FSF Federal Superfund (see CERCLA)

FSP Field Sampling Plan

FSRU Floating Storage Regasification Unit

FTE Full-Time Equivalent

FTIR Fourier Transform Infra Red

FTP Federal Test Procedure

FUSRAPFormerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action

Program

FWAB Freshwater Wetlands Appeals Board


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FWPCAFederal Water Pollution Control Act (see

CWA)

FWS Fish and Wildlife Service (Federal)

G

Acronym Definition

g Gram

GAC Granulated Activated Carbon

GACT Generally Available Control Technology

GBNRTCGreater Buffalo-Niagara Regional

Transportation Council

GBTC Green Building Tax Credit

GC Gas Chromatography

GC/EC Gas Chromatograph/Electron Capture

GC/MSGas Chromatography with Mass

Spectrometric detection

GCL geosynthetic clay liner

GCMSGas Chromatography with Mass

Spectrometry

GEIS Generic Environmental Impact Statement

GHG Greenhouse Gas

GIS Geographic Information System

GLAD Great Lakes Air Deposition

GLDC Griffis Local Development Corporation

GLFC Great Lakes Fisheries Commission

GLRPPRGreat Lakes Regional Pollution

Prevention Roundtable


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GLSAPAGreat Lakes States Air Permitting

Agreement

GLWQA Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

GML General Municipal Law

GOL General Obligations Law

GORR Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform

GPAD Gallons Per Acre Per Day

GPD Gallons Per Day

GPM Gallons Per Minute

GPR Ground Penetrating Radar

GPSGeographical Positioning System, global

positioning system

GRAS Generally Recognized as Safe

GSI Geosynthetic Institute

GVWR Gross Vehicle Weight Rating

GW Groundwater

GWPC Ground Water Protection Council

GWPS Groundwater Protection Strategy

H

Acronym Definition

H2O Water

H2S hydrogen sulfide

HA Health Advisory

HAA5 Haloacetic Acids


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HAACP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point

HAB Harmful Algal Bloom

HAP Hazardous Air Pollutant

HASP Health and Safety Plan

HAZMAT Hazardous Materials

HAZWOPERHazardous Waste Operations and

Emergency Response

HC Hydrocarbons

HCFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbons

HCl Hydrogen Chloride

HCS Hazard Communication Standard

HD Heavy Duty

HD-CFF Heavy Duty Clean Fuel Fleet

HDD Heavy Duty Diesel

HDPE High Density Polyethylene (Plastic)

HDV Heavy Duty Vehicle

HEEP Health & Environmental Effects Profile

HEP Harbor Estuary Program

HFC Hydrofluorocarbon

Hg Mercury

HHW Household Hazardous Waste

HLRW High Level Radioactive Waste

HMTAHazardous Materials Transportation

Act


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HNuTradename of a Particular

Photoionization Detector

HOC Halogenated Organic Carbons

HON Hazardous Organic NESHAP

HPAI Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

HPLCHigh Performance Liquid

Chromatography

HPV High Priority Violation

HRA Health Risk Assessment

HRCTM Hydrogen Release Compound

HRP Hudson River Park

HRPT Hudson River Part Trust

HRS Hazard(ous) Ranking System

HRSG Heat Recovery Steam Generator

HVACHeating, Ventilating and Air

Conditioning (system)

HWIR Hazardous Waste Identification Rule

HWRF Hazardous Waste Remedial Fund

I

Acronym Definition

I/I Infiltration/Inflow

I/M or

I&MInspection and Maintenance

IA Impact Analysis

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency


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IAQ Indoor Air Quality

IC Internal Control

ICAC Institute of Clean Air Companies

ICE Internal Combustion Engine

ICESInternational Council for the Exploration

of the Sea

ICG Interagency Consultation Group

ICM Interim Corrective Measures

ICRPInternational Commission of Radiation

Protection

ICS Incident Command System

ICSSLInterstate Certified Shellfish Shippers

List

IDA Industrial Development Authority

IDL Instrument Detection Limit

IEC Interstate Environmental Commission

IESWTRInterim Enhanced Surface Water

Treatment Rule

IFB Invitation for Bid

IGP Intermediate Glass Processors

IIA Institute of Internal Auditors

IIWP Immediate Investigation Work Plan

IJC International Joint Commission

IMCC Interstate Mining Compact Commission

IMERC Interstate Mercury Education andReduction Clearinghouse


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IOGA Independent Oil and Gas Association

IOGCCInterstate Oil and Gas Compact

Commission

IP International Paper

IPA Instrumental Protocol Assessment

IPM Integrated Pest Management

IPN Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis

IPP Independent Power Producer

IRIS Integrated Risk Information System

IRM Interim Remedial Measure

IS Interim Status

ISD Information System Development

ISI Implementation Strategies and Issues

ISSCInterstate Shellfish Sanitation

Conference

ISTEAIntermodal Surface Transportation

Efficiency Act of 1991

ISU Internal System of Unit

IUP Intended Use Plan

IWS Ionizing Wet Scrubber

J

Acronym Definition

JBDA Jamaica Bay Damages Account

K

Acronym Definition


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KAP Kensico Action Plan

KAPLKnolls Atomic Power Laboratory,

(Niskayuna, NY)

KAPL/KSOKAPL/Kesselring Site Operations, (West

Milton, NY)

Kb kilobyte

KEEPKensico Environmental Enhancement

Program

Kg Kilogram

Km Kilometer

KWICKensico Watershed Improvement

Committee

L

Acronym Definition

LAC Limits of Acceptable Change

LADCO Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium

LADDLowest Acceptable Daily Dose or

Lifetime Average Daily Dose

LAER Lowest Achievable Emission Rate

LATS Leave Accrual Tracking System

LCL Lower Control Limit

LCRSLeachate Collection and Removal

System

LD Lethal Dose

LD50 Median Lethal Concentration

LDPE Low Density Polyethylene


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LDR Land Disposal Restriction

LDS Leak Detection System

LDT Light Duty Truck

LDV Light Duty Vehicle

LEEDLeadership in Energy and Environmental

Design

LELLower Explosive Limit or Lowest Effect

Level

LEPC Local Emergency Planning Committee

LEV Low Emission Vehicle

LFG Landfill Gas

LIFS Legislation Initiation Form

LIS Long Island Sound

LISS Long Island Sound Study

LLRW Low Level Radioactive Waste

LLW Low Level (Radioactive ) Waste

LMCCCLower Manhattan Construction

Command Center

LMDCLower Manhattan Development

Corporation

LNAPL Light Non-aqueous Phase Liquid

LNG Liquid Natural Gas

LOADS Lake Ontario Deposition Study

LOAEL Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level

LOCMA Lower Orange County Metropolitan Area


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LOD Limit of Detection

LPAI Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza

LPG Liquified Petroleum Gas

LQG Large Quantity Generator

LSWMP Local Solid Waste Management Plan

LTA Land Trust Alliance

LTCP Long Term Control Plan

LUST Leaking Underground Storage Tank

M

Acronym Definition

M2P2 Multi-media Pollution Prevention

MAC Multi-Agency Coordination Group

MACT

Maximum Achievable Control

Technology

MAFMCMid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council

MANE-VUMid-Atlantic/Northeastern Visibility

Union

MAP

Maximum Annual Potential,

Management Assistance Program,Mercury Action Plan

MARAMAMid-Atlantic Regional Air Management

Association

MARLAPMulti-Agency Radiological Laboratory

Analytic Protocols

MARSSI

M

Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site

Investigation Manual


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mcf thousand cubic feet (of natural gas)

MCIPMeteorology-Chemistry Interface

Program

MCLMaximum Contaminant Level (Limit),

Major Change in Labeling

MCLG Maximum Contaminant Level Goal

MDA Minimum Detectable Activity

MDC Minimum Detectable Concentration

MDL Method Detection Limit

MEAQ Mobile Emissions and Air Quality

MED Manhattan Engineering Project

MEK Methyl Ethyl Ketone

MEU Marine Enforcement Unit

MG/L Milligrams Per Liter, or Parts Per Million

MGD Million Gallons Per Day

MGP Manufactured Gas Plant

MIBK Methyl isobutyl ketone

ML Millileter

MLRL Mined Land Reclamation Law

MLUP Mined Land Use Plan

MMPA Marine Mammal Protection Act

MO Model Ordinance (for NSSP)

MOA Memorandum of Agreement

MOSF Major Oil Storage Facility


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MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MOVES Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator

MPN Most Probable Number (bacterial count)

MRAC Marine Resources Advisory Council

MRF Materials Recovery Facility

MRGP Municipal Recycling Grants Program

MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area

MSAT Mobile Sources of Air Toxics

MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet

MSFCMAMagnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act

MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration

MSGP Multi-Sector General Permit

MSW Municipal Solid Waste

MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority

MTBE Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether

MTS Marine Transfer Station

MUA Multiple Use Area

MVMAMotor Vehicle Manufacturers

Association

MVWA Mohawk Valley Water Authority

MW Megawatt

MW Monitoring Well

MWC Municipal Waste Combustor


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MWRR Municipal Waste, Reduction & Recycling

N

Acronym Definition

N/A Not Applicable

N2 Nitrogen Gas

NA Not Applicable

NAA Nonattainment Area

NAAGNational Association of Attorney

General

NAAMSCNational Ambient Air Monitoring

Steering Committee

NAAQSNational Ambient Air Quality

Standards

NAD83 North American Datum 1983

NADATSNew York Acid Deposition Allowance

Tracking System

NAMS National Air Monitoring System

NAPAPNational Acid Precipitation

Assessment Program

NAPL Non-aqueous Phase Liquid

NARSTONorth American Research Strategy

for Tropospheric Ozone

NARUCNational Association of Regulatory

Utility Commissioners

NORMnaturally occurring radioactive

material

NASLR National Association of State Land


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Reclamationists

NATA National Air Toxics Assessment

NAVC Northeast Alternative VehicleConsortium

NBARNon-Binding Allocations of

Responsibility

NBWI Native-But-Widely-Introduced

NCA Noise Control Act

NCAQ National Commission on Air Quality

NCoreNational Core multipollutant

monitoring program

NCP National Contingency Plan

NCRPNational Council on Radiation

Protection

NEAP Natural Event Action Plan

NEFSC Northeast Fisheries Science Center

NEG/ECPNew England Governors and Eastern

Canadian Premiers

NEI National Emission Inventory

NEIWPCCNew England Interstate Water

Pollution Control Commission

NEP National Estuary Program

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

NEPPSNational Environmental Performance

Partnership System

NERC Northeast Recycling Coalition


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NESCAUMNortheast States for Coordinated Air

Use Management

NESEANortheast Sustainable Energy

Association

NESHAPNational Emission Standard for

Hazardous Air Pollutants

NEWMOANortheast Waste Management

Officials' Association

NFPA National Fire Protection Association

NFRAP No Further Remedial Action Planned

NFTANiagara Frontier Transportation

Authority

NG Nanogram

NGA National Governors Association

NGO Nongovernmental Organization

NH3 Ammonia

NHSDANational Highway System Designation

Act

NIIMSNational Interagency Incident

Management System

NIMBY Not in My Back Yard

NIMSNational Incident Management

System

NIMTO Not in My Term of Office

NIOSHNational Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health

NIST

National Institute of Standards and

Technology


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NL Navigation Law

NLEV National Low Emission Vehicle

NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service

NMHC Nonmethane Hydrocarbon

NMIM National Mobile Inventory Model

NMOG Non-Methane Organic Gases

NNL Neighbor Notification Law

NNSR Non-attainment New Source Review

NO Nitric Oxide

No. Number

NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide

NO3 Nitrate

NOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

NODA Notice of Data Availability

NOEL No Observable Effect Level

NOID Notice of Intent to Delete

NORMNaturally Occurring Radioactive

Material

NRCSUSDA National Resource

Conservation Service

NOV Notice of Violation

NOx Nitrogen Oxides

NOy Reactive nitrogen consisting of NOx

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nitrates

NPAP National Performance Audit Program

NPCL Not-for-profit Corporation Law

NPDESNational Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System

NPE Nonylphenol Ethoxylates

NPL National Priorities List

NPRM or

NPR

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NPS National Park Service

NRCNational Recycling Coalition, Nuclear

Regulatory Commission

NYSGANew York State Geologists

Association

NRD Natural Resource Damages

NRDC National Resources Defense Council

NRDU National Resource Damages Unit

NSCR Non-Selective Catalytic Reduction

NSPS New Source Performance Standard

NSR New Source Review

NSSP National Shellfish Sanitation Program

NTI National Toxics Inventory

NTU Nephlometric Turbidity Unit

NUG Non-Utility Generator

NUREG Nuclear Regulatory Guide issued bythe USNRC


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NWCG National Wildfire Coordinating Group

NWI National Wetlands Inventory

NWS National Weather Service

NYCDEPNew York City Department of

Environmental Protection

NYCDOH New York City Department of Health

NYCDOSNew York City Department of

Sanitation

NYCMA New York City Metropolitan Area

NYCMSANew York Consolidated Metropolitan

Statistical Area

NYCRRNew York Codes, Rules and

Regulations

NYHSEESNew York Hazardous Substances

Emergency Events Surveillance

NYMA New York Metropolitan Area

NYMTCNew York State Metro Transportation

Council

NYPIRGNew York Public Interest Research

Group

NYS New York State

NYSDAM or

DAM

New York State Department of

Agriculture and Markets

NYSAR3New York State Association for

Reduction, Reuse and Recycling

NYSASWMNew York State Association for Solid

Waste Management

NYSCACA New York State Clean Air Compliance


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Act

NYSCC New York State Canal Corporation

NYSDEC New York State Department ofEnvironmental Conservation

NYSDOH New York State Department of Health

NYSEG New York State Electric and Gas

NYSEO New York State Energy Office

NYSERDANew York State Energy Research and

Development Authority

NYSGS New York State Geologic Survey

NYSICANew York State Internal Control

Association

NYSM New York State Museum

NY-TESTNew York's Transient Emission Short

Test

NYVIP New York Vehicle Inspection Program

O

Acronym Definition

ODMOrganization & Delegation

Memorandum

OM Operation and Maintenance

O2 Oxygen

O3 Ozone

OAQPSOffice of Air Quality Planning and

Standards

OBD On-board Diagnostics


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OBPRAOffice of Business Permit and

Regulatory Assistance

OC Organic Carbon

OCS Outer Continental Shelf

OCRRAOnondaga County Resource

Recovery Agency

ODS Ozone Depleting Substances

OECAOffice of Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance

OEJ Office of Environmental Justice

OER Office of Employee Relations

OGS or

NYSOGS

New York State Office of General

Services

OH Hydroxyl Radical

OHMS Office of Hearings and MediationServices

OHS Office of Homeland Security (NYS)

OHSWMAOneida-Herkimer Solid Waste

Management Authority

OIA&IOffice of Internal Audit and

Investigation

OLA Office of Legislative Affairs

OMMOperation, Maintenance and

Monitoring

OMR Office of Media Relations

OMRD Open Motorized Route Density

OMTR Open Market Trading Rule


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OOD Office of Director

OPA Oil Pollution Act

OPP Operating Permit Program

OPRHPOffice of Parks, Recreation and

Historic Preservation

ORD Open Road Density

OSC On-Scene (site) Coordinator

OSHAOccupational Safety and Health

Administration

OSP Open Space Plan

OSTPOffice of Science and Technology

Policy

OTAGOzone Transport Assessment

Group

OTC Ozone Transport Commission

OTR Ozone Transport Region

OU Operable Unit

OWB Outdoor Wood Boiler

P

Acronym Definition

PA Preliminary Assessment

P2 Pollution Prevention

P2RxPollution Prevention Resource

Exchange

PA Preliminary Assessment

PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon


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PAHsPolynuclear (or polycyclic) aromatic

hydrocarbons

PAMSPhotochemical Assessment Monitoring

Station

Pb Lead

PBL Planetary Boundary Layer

PBS Petroleum Bulk Storage

PBT Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic

PC Permit to Construct

PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl

PCDD Polychlorinated Dibenzo-Dioxin

PCDF Polychlorinated Dibenzo-Furan

PCE Perchloroethylene

PCI orP/C/I

Private, Commercial and Institutional

pCi/g Picocuries per gram

pCi/l Picocuries by Liter

PCS Pesticide Control Specialist

PDCTCPoughkeepsie-Dutchess County

Transportation Council

PDF Portable Document Format

PE Professional Engineer

PEF Public Employees Federation

PEL Permissible Exposure Limit

PEP Peconic Estuary Program


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PEP Performance Evaluation Program

PERCPerchloroethylene or Program

Emergency Response Coordinator

PETE Polyethylene Terephthalate

PFA Project Financing Agreement

PFACProgram, Finance and Administrative

Committee

PFC Perfluorinated Carbon

PFLT Paint Filter Liquids Test

pHA measure of the acidity or alkalinity of

a liquid or a solid material

PHL Public Health Law

PIC Product of Incomplete Combustion

PID Photo Ionization Device or Detection.

PIGS Pesticide in Groundwater Strategy

PIMSPesticide Product, Ingredient and

Manufacturer System

PISCESPassive In-Situ Chemical Extraction

Sampler

PLCRSPrimary Leachate collection and

removal system

PLM Polarized Light Microscopy

Ci/ml PM Project Manager, Particulate Matter

PM-10 Particulate Matter-10 Microns or less

PM2.5 Particulate matter- 2.5 Microns or less

PMcoarse Particlate Matter larger than PM2.5 and


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smaller than PM10

PMN Premanufacture Notification

PNAs Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons

POE Point of Exposure

POM Polycyclic Organic Matter

POTW Publicly Owned Treatment Works

POV Privately Owned Vehicle

PP Pollution Prevention

PPAPerformance Partnership Agreements

or Pollution Prevention Act

ppb parts per billion

PPEProbable Point of Entry or Personal

Protective Equipment

PPL Project Priority List

ppm parts per million

PPM Policies and Procedures Manual

ppt parts per trillion

PPU Pollution Prevention Unit

PQL Practical Quantitation Limit

PRAP Proposed Remedial Action Plan

PRP Potentially Responsible Party

PRR Periodic Review Report

PS Personal Service

PSA Preliminary Site Assessment


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PSC Public Service Commission

PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration

PSEG Public Service Electric and Gas

PSI

Pollution Standard Index, Product

Stewardship Institute, pounds per

square inch

PSP Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning

PTE Potential To Emit

PURPA Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act

PVC Polyvinyl Chloride

PWC Personal Water Craft

PWL Priority Waterbodies List

Q

Acronym Definition

QA Quality Assurance

QAPP Quality Assurance Project Plan

QC Quality Control

QL Quantification Limit

QMP Quality Management Plan

Quad Quadrangle Map

R

Acronym Definition

RI Rehabilitation and Improvements

RA

Regional Attorney or Remedial Action,

Regional Administrator


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RACD Remedial Action Consent Decree

RACTReasonably Available Control

Technology

RADARRelevant Acronyms-Division of Air

Resources

RAF Reactivity Adjustment Factor

RAMP Remedial Action Management Plan

RAPCE Regional Air Pollution Control Engineer

RAPIDS Regional Air Pollution InventoryDevelopment System

RAR Remedial Alternatives Report

RATA Relative Accuracy Test Audit

RBLC RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse

RBRCRechargeable Battery Recycling

Corporation

RC Remedial Construction

RCA Returnable Container Act

RCRAResource Conservation and Recovery

Act (Federal)

RD Remedial Design or Regional Director

RDD Research Development & Demonstration

RD/RA Remedial Design / Remedial Action

RDF Refuse Derived Fuel

REL Recommended Exposure Limits

RERCRegional Emergency Response

Coordinator


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RFA Request for Application

RFB Request for Bid

RD Reference Dose

RFG Reformulated Gasoline

RFI RCRA Feasibility (Facility) Investigation

RFP Reasonable Further Progress

RFP Request for Proposal

RFRA Religious Freedom Restoration Act

RGGI Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

RHA Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899

RI Remedial Investigation

RI/FS Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study

RICORacketeer Influenced and Corrupt

Organizations Act

RIMRule (making) Initiation Memorandum or

Regulatory Initiation Memorandum

RIR Remedial Investigation Report

RIS Regulatory Impact Statement

RIWP Remedial Investigation Work Plan

RLUIPAReligious Land Use and Institutionalized

Persons Act

RMP Risk Management Plan

ROD Record of Decision

ROW Right-of-Way

RP Responsible Party


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RPA Regional Permit Administrator

RPL Real Property Law

RPO Regional Planning Organization

RPS Renewable Portfolio Standard

RQ Reportable Quantity

RRF Relative Reduce Factor

RRT Regional Response Team

RTF Regional Treatment Facility

RtK Right-to-Know

RVP Reid Vapor Pressure

S

Acronym Definition

SI Site Investigation (USEPA)

SAB Science Advisory Board

SAC State Assistance Contract

SACM Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model

SAEWG Standing Air Emissions Work Group

SAFIS

Standard Atlantic Fisheries Information

System

SAMWG Standing Air Monitoring Work Group

SAO Summary Abatement Order

SAP Sampling & Analysis Plan

SAPA State Administrative Procedure Act

SARA Superfund Amendments Reauthorization


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Act (Federal)

SAREPSportfish and Aquatic Resources

Education Program

SBAP Small Business Assistance Program

SBEAPSmall Business Environmental

Assistance Program

SBREFASmall Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act of 1996

SC Soot Carbon

SCBA Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus

SCC Source Classification Code

SCG Standards, criteria and guidance

SCO Soil Cleanup Objectives

SCORPStatewide Comprehensive Outdoor

Recreation Plan

SCP Stormwater Concept Plan

SCR Selective Catalytic Reduction

SCR Stormwater Control Report

SCS Soil Conservation Service

SDEIS Supplemental Draft EnvironmentalImpact Statement

SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act

SEAF Short Environmental Assessment Form

SEL Severe Effects Level

SEM Scanning Electron Microscope

SEMO State Emergency Management Office


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SEQR State Environmental Quality Review

SEQRA State Environmental Quality Review Act

SERC State Emergency Response Commission

SFA Sustainable Fisheries Act

SFL State Finance Law

SFY State Fiscal Year

SGC Short-term Guideline Concentration

SHPA State Historic Preservation Act

SI International System of Units

SI Spark Ignited or Site Investigation

SIC Standard Industrial Classification (Code)

SIP State Implementation Plan

SIR Site Investigation Report

SLAMS State and Local Air Monitoring System

SLCRSSecondary Leachate Collection &

Removal System

SLN Special Local Need

SMCRASurface Mining Control and Reclamation

Act

SMP Site Management Plan

SMS Source Management System

SMTCSyracuse Metropolitan Transportation

Council

SNCR Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction

SNAP Significant Non-Compliance Action


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Program

SNPRMSupplemental Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking

SO2 Sulfur Dioxide

SO3 Sulfur Trioxide

SO4 Sulfate

SOC Synthetic Organic Chemicals

SOP Standard Operating Procedure

SOW Scope of Work

SPCCSpill Prevention, Control and

Countermeasure Plan

SPDESState Pollutant Discharge Elimination

System

SPOTSSpill Prevention Operations Technology

Series

SPPP Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan

SQC Sediment Quality Criteria

SQG Small Quantity Generator

SRA State Reforestation Area

SRBC Susquehanna River Basin Commission

SRFSmall Scale Energy Recovery Facility or

State Revolving Fund

SSA Soil Source Aquifer

SSF State Superfund

SSL Soil Screening Level

SSO Sanitary Sewer Overflow


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SSTS Subsurface Sewage Treatment System

STAG State and Tribal Assistance Grants

STAPPA State and Territorial Air PollutionProgram Administrators

STAPPAState and Territorial Air Pollution

Program Administrators

STARSSpills Technology and Remediation

Services

STB Surface Transportation Board

STEL Short-Term Exposure Limit

STEP Saratoga Technology and Energy Park

STGWGState and Tribal Government Working

Group

STP Sewage Treatment Plant

STP Sewage Treatment Plant

SUNY State University of New York

SV Seasonal Variance

SV Seasonal Variance

SV Significant Violator

SV Significant Violator

SVE Soil Vapor Extraction

SVOC Semi-volatile organic compounds

SVOCs Semi-volatile Organic Compounds

SW Surface Water

SWANCC Solid Waste Agency of Northern CookCounty


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SWCD Soil and Water Conservation District

SWDA Solid Waste Disposal Act (federal)

SWG State Wildlife Grant

SWMA Solid Waste Management Act

SWIMSSolid Waste Information Management

System

SWMP Solid Waste Management Plan

SWMU Solid Waste Management Unit

SWN State Wireless Network

SWO Storm Water Outfall

SWTR Surface Water Treatment Rule

T

Acronym Definition

TAC Thermostatic Air Cleaner

TAGTechnical Assistance Grant

(Program)

TAGA Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer

TAGMTechnical Assistance and

Guidance Memorandum

TAP Technical Assistance Program

TBR Trenton-Black River

TBT Tributyltin

TC Total Coliforms

TCA Trichloroethane

TCDD 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin


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TCDF 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran

TCE Trichloroethylene

TCL Target Compound List

TCLPToxicity Characteristic Leaching

Procedure

TCM Transportation Control Measure

TDF Tire Derived Fuel

TDLTarget Detection Limit or Target

Distance Limit

TDS Total Dissolved Solids

TEM Transmission Electron Microscope

TEOM

Tapered Element Oscillating

Microbalance, continuous PM

monitor

TGM Technical Guidance Memorandum

THC Total Halogenated Compounds

THM Trihalomethane

TLC Taxi and Limousine Commission

TLEV Transitional Low Emission Vehicle

TLV Threshold Limit Value

TMD True Measured Depth

TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load

TNC The Nature Conservancy

TNTC Too Numerous to Count

TOC Total Organic Carbon


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TOCs Total Organic Compounds

TOGSTechnical and Operational

Guidance Series

TPCHToxics in Packaging

Clearinghouse

TPH Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons

TPQ Threshold Planning Quantity

TPY Tons per Year

TQ Threshold Quantity

TRI Toxic Release Inventory

TRP Temporary Revocable Permit

TSCA

(pronounced

Tosca)

Toxic Substances Control Act

TSD Technical Support Document

TSDFTreatment, Storage or Disposal

Facility

TSP Total Suspended Particulate

TSS Total Suspended Solids

TT Treatment Technique

TTHM Total Trihalomethanes

TTN Technology Transfer Network

TVD True Vertical Depth

TVS Total Volatile Solids

TWA Time Weighted Average

TWAREL Time Weighted Average


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Recommended Exposure Limit

TWATLVTime Weighted Average Threshold

Limit Value

U

Acronym Definition

UAM Urban Airshed Model

UAM-V Urban Airshed Model V

UAO Unilateral Administrative Order

UARG Utility Air Regulatory Group

UEL Upper Explosive Limit

UFL Upper Flammability Limit

ug/kg Micrograms per Kilogram

ug/l Micrograms per Liter

UHC Unburned Hydrocarbon

UIC Underground Injection Control

ULEV Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles

UMP Unit Management Plan

UPA Uniform Procedures Act

USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers

USCUnited States Code or Unified Soil

Classification

USCA United States Code Annotated

USCG United State Coast Guard

USCS Unified Soil Classification System


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USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USDE United States Department of Education

USDHS United States Department of HomelandSecurity

USDOE United States Department of Energy

USEPAUnited States Environmental Protection

Agency

USFS United States Forest Service

USGS United States Geological Survey

USNRCUnited States Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

UST Underground Storage Tank

USTCAUnderground Storage Tank Compliance

Act (federal)

UV Ultraviolet

V

Acronym Definition

VALE Voluntary Airport Low Emission

VCP Voluntary Cleanup Program

VERP Visitor Experience and ResourceProtection

VHAP Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutant

VHS Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia

VI Vapor Intrusion

VIN Vehicle Identification Number

VISTA Visual Inspection System for Tracking


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and Analysis

VMT Vehicle Miles Traveled

VOC Volatile Organic Compound

W

Acronym Definition

WAC Watershed Agricultural Council

WAP Watershed Agricultural Program

WDRAPWaterborne Disease Risk Assessment

Program

WECCWatershed Enforcement Coordination

Committee

WESTAR Western States Air Resources Council

WET Whole Effluent Toxicity

WFP Whole Farm Program

WHIP Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program

WI Water Inventory

WMA Wildlife Management Area

WMRCWaste Management and Research

Center

WMU Wildlife Management Unit

WOH West-of-Hudson

WPCP Water Pollution Control Plant

WPS Worker Protection Standard

WQC Water Quality Certification

WQS Water Quality Standard


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WRRs Watershed Rules and Regulations

WRDA Water Resources Development Act

WSP Water Supply Permit

WTE Waste to Energy Facility

WVDP West Valley Demonstration Project

WWF World Wildlife Fund

WWTP Waste Water Treatment Plant

YAcronym Definition

yCi/ml Microcuries

Z

Acronym Definition

ZEV Zero Emission Vehicle

ZRL Zero Risk Level

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