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Acronym
3D

Definition
Three-dimensional

A
Acronym

Definition

AAAR

American Association for Aerosol


Research

AAIBD

Appalachian and Illinois Basin


Directors

AAMA

American Automobile Manufacturers


Association

AANR

Adopt-a-Natural Resource

AAPG

American Association of Petroleum


Geologists

AAQS

Ambient Air Quality Standards

AAR

Alternative Analysis Report

AC

Assistant Commissioner

ACAT

Administrative Conservation
Appearance Ticket

ACBM

Asbestos -Containing Building Material

ACCSP

Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics


Program

ACGIH

American Conference of Governmental


Industrial Hygienists

ACL

Alternate Concentration Limit (Level)

ACM

Asbestos-Containing Material

ACO

Administrative Consent Order or

Amended Consent Order


ACS

American Chemical Society

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act

ADAAG

Americans 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

AFVRL

Alternative Fuel Vehicle Research


Laboratory

AG

Attorney General

AGA

American Gas Association

AGC

Annual Guideline Concentration

AGFTC

Adirondack / Glens Falls Transportation


Council

AGU

American Geophysical Union

AHERA

Asbestos Hazard Emergency


Response Act (federal)

AHR

Aquatic Habitat Restoration

AI

Active Ingredient

AIM

Architectural and Industrial


Maintenance

AIRS

Aeromatic Information Retrieval System

AIS

Aquatic Invasive Species

AL

Action Level

ALAPCO

Association 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 Energy


Recovery System

AOC

Area of concern, Area of


contamination, Administrative Order on
Consent

APA

Adirondack Park Agency (federal),


Administrative Procedure Act

APEDS

Air Pollution Enforcement Data System

APHIS

Animal and Plant Inspection Service

API

American Petroleum Institute

APLUDP

Adirondack Park Land Use


Development Plan

APSLMP

Adirondack 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

AQS

Air Quality System (national database


for air quality data)

ARARs

Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate


Requirements

ARIP

Accidental Release Information


Program

ARM

Approved Regional Method

ARNI

Aquatic 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

Water Pollution Control Administrators


ASLF

Atlantic States Legal Foundation

ASME

American Society of Mechanical


Engineers

ASMFC

Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Council

ASRC

Atmospheric Science Research Center

AST

Aboveground Storage Tank

ASTM

American Society for Testing and


Materials

ASTSWMO

Association of State and Territorial


Solid Waste

ATIS

Adirondack Trail Improvement Society

ATSDR

Agency for Toxic Substances and


Disease Registry (federal)

ATV

All Terrain Vehicle

AU

Animal Unit

AVS

Acid Volatile Sulfide

AWMA

Air and Waste Management


Association

B
Acronym

Definition

BACM

Best Available Control Measures

BACT

Best Available Control Technology

BAD

Bureau of Application Development

BADT

Best Available Demonstrated


Technology

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

BATNEEC

Best Available Techniques Not Entailing


Excessive Cost

BBA

Breeding Bird Atlas

BBL

Barrel (of oil)

BBS

Bulletin Board System

BC

Black Carbon

BCA

Bird 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

BDAT

Best Demonstrated Achievable


Technology

BDC

Bureau of Design & Construction

BECI

Bureau of Environmental Criminal


Investigation

BEE

Bureau of Environmental Education

BEGISDS

Bureau 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

BHWRM

Bureau of Hazardous Waste & Radiation


Management

BMP

Best Management Practice

BMR

Bureau of Marine Resources

BMS

Best Management System

BMSTD

Bureau of Mobil Sources and


Technology Development

BMTS

Bureau of Maintenance & Technical


Services

BNS

Bureau of Network Services

BOA

Brownfield Opportunity Area

BOAMOA

Brownfield Opportunity Area


Memorandum of Agreement

BOD

Biochemical Oxygen Demand

BOD5

The amount of dissolved oxygen

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

BOW

Bureau 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

BPM

Bureau 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

BRMD

Bureau of Resource Management &


Development

BRP

Bureau of Real Property

BSLM

Bureau of State Land Management

BSS

Bureau of Stationary Sources

BSWRR

Bureau 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

CAC

Citizens' Advisory Committee,


Conservation Advisory Commission

CACA

Clean Air Compliance Act

CAF

Coastal Assessment Form

CAFE

Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency

CAFM

Computer 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

CAO

Corrective Action Order, chief


administrative officer (local government)

CAP

Compliance Advisory Panel

CAT

Climate Action Team

CARB

California Air Resources Board

CAS

Chemical Abstract Service (a referencing


numbering system for chemicals)

CASAC

Clean Air Science Advisory Committee

CBI

Confidential Business Information

CBOD

Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen


Demand

CBRNE

Chemical, Biological, Radiological,


Nuclear or Explosive

CBS

Chemical Bulk Storage

CBSA

Core-Based Statistical Area

CCMP

Comprehensive Conservation and

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 Planning


Association

CEQ

Council on Environmental Quality


(federal)

CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980

CERCLIS

Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Information System

CERI

Center 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

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CFSAN

Center 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

CMAQHG

Community Multi-Scale Air Quality


Modeling-Mercury

CMAS

Community Modeling and Analysis


System

CMI

Corrective Measures Implementation

CMS

Corrective Measures Study

CNG

Compressed Natural Gas

CPO

Commissioner's Policy Office

CO

Carbon Monoxide, Certificate to Operate,


Consent Order

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

COC

Chain of Custody

COD

Chemical Oxygen Demand

COH

Coefficient of Haze

COM

Continuous Opacity Monitor

COOP

Continuity of Operations Plan

COPAS

Council of Petroleum Accounting


Societies

COPC

Constituent of Possible Concern

CP

Citizen 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

CPSC

Consumer Products (Protection) Safety


Commission

CQA

construction quality assurance

CQC

construction quality control

CRA

Comprehensive Recycling Analysis

CRCPD

Conference of Radiation Control


Program Directors, Inc.

CREP

Conservation Reserve Enhancement


Program

CRP

Community Relations Plan

CSA

Clear Skies Act, Combined Statistical


Area

CSEA

Civil Service Employees Association

CSG

Council of State Governments

CSI

Clear Skies Initiative

CSO

Combined Sewer Overflow

CSP

New 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 Conservation


Strategy

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 &

Tracking system
DBF

Database File

DCA

Dichloroethane

DCE

Dicloroethene

DEA

Drug Enforcement Agency

DEC

Department of Environmental
Conservation (New York State)

DECALS

Department of Environmental
Conservation Automated Licensing
System

DED

Department of Economic Development

DEE

Division of Environmental Enforcement

DEIS

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

DEP

Division of Environmental Permits

DER

Discrete Emission Reduction, Division of


Environmental Remediation

DERA

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (of


2006)

DERC

Discrete Emission Reduction Credit

DFO

Canada Department of Fisheries and


Oceans

DFP

Division of Forest Protection (Forest


Rangers)

DFPFM

Division of Forest Protection and Fire


Management

DFWMR

Division of Fish,Wildlife and Marine


Resources

DG

Distributed Generation

DHS

Department 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

DOC

Department 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)

DOT

Department of Transportation (New York


State)

DOW

Division of Water

DPAE

Division of Public Affairs and Education

DPC

Disaster Preparedness Commission

DPW

Department 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

DSHM

Division 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

EAF

Environmental 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

Ticket
ECD

Emissions Control Device

ECDEP

Erie County Department of Environment


and Planning

ECHO

Enforcement and Compliance History


On-Line

ECL

Environmental Conservation Law

ECO

Employee Commute Option Program or


Environmental Conservation Officer

ECOS

Environmental Council of States

ECRA

Environmental 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)

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

EM

Department of Energy - Environmental


Management Office

EMAN

Canadian Ecological Monitoring and


Assessment Network

EMAP

Environmental Monitoring & Assessment


Program

EMC

Environmental Management Council

EMIG

Environmental 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

EOC

Emergency Operations Center (at


SEMO)

EOH

East-of-Hudson

EOP

End of Pipe

EP

Extraction Procedure (as in EP Toxicity


Test), or Environmental Permit

EP Tox

Extraction Procedure Toxicity Test

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency (US)

EBP

Environmental Benefit Policy

EPCRA

Emergency Planning and Community


Right-to-Know Act

EPF

Environmental Protection Fund

EPHT

Environmental Public Health Tracking

EPRI

Electric Power Research Institute

EQBA

Environmental Quality Bond Act (New


York State)

ERC

Emission Reduction Credit

ERIC

Enforcement Recertification Inspection


Compliance

ERISS

Emergency and Remedial Response


Inventory System

ERNS

Energy Response Notification System

ERP

Emission Rate Potential or Emergency


Response Plan or Environmental
Restoration Program

ESA

Endangered Species Act or


Environmental Site Assessment

ESD

Empire State Development or


Explanation of Significant Differences

ESFPA

Empire State Forest Products


Association

ESMP

Estuarine Sanctuary Management Plan

ESO

Empire State Outdoors

ESOGIS

Empire 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

FACMAP

Facility 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

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management


Agency

FERC

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FGD

Flue Gas Desulfurization

FGR

Flue Gas Recirculation

FIFRA

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

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

FONSI

Finding 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

FUSRAP

Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action


Program

FWAB

Freshwater Wetlands Appeals Board

FWPCA

Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see


CWA)

FWS

Fish and Wildlife Service (Federal)

G
Acronym

Definition

Gram

GAC

Granulated Activated Carbon

GACT

Generally Available Control Technology

GBNRTC

Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional


Transportation Council

GBTC

Green Building Tax Credit

GC

Gas Chromatography

GC/EC

Gas Chromatograph/Electron Capture

GC/MS

Gas Chromatography with Mass


Spectrometric detection

GCL

geosynthetic clay liner

GCMS

Gas 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

GLRPPR

Great Lakes Regional Pollution


Prevention Roundtable

GLSAPA

Great 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

GPS

Geographical 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

HAACP

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point

HAB

Harmful Algal Bloom

HAP

Hazardous Air Pollutant

HASP

Health and Safety Plan

HAZMAT

Hazardous Materials

HAZWOPER

Hazardous 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

HMTA

Hazardous Materials Transportation


Act

HNu

Tradename of a Particular
Photoionization Detector

HOC

Halogenated Organic Carbons

HON

Hazardous Organic NESHAP

HPAI

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

HPLC

High 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

HVAC

Heating, 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&M

Inspection and Maintenance

IA

Impact Analysis

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

IAQ

Indoor Air Quality

IC

Internal Control

ICAC

Institute of Clean Air Companies

ICE

Internal Combustion Engine

ICES

International Council for the Exploration


of the Sea

ICG

Interagency Consultation Group

ICM

Interim Corrective Measures

ICRP

International Commission of Radiation


Protection

ICS

Incident Command System

ICSSL

Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers


List

IDA

Industrial Development Authority

IDL

Instrument Detection Limit

IEC

Interstate Environmental Commission

IESWTR

Interim 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 and


Reduction Clearinghouse

IOGA

Independent Oil and Gas Association

IOGCC

Interstate 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

ISSC

Interstate Shellfish Sanitation


Conference

ISTEA

Intermodal Surface Transportation


Efficiency Act of 1991

ISU

Internal System of Unit

IUP

Intended Use Plan

IWS

Ionizing Wet Scrubber

J
Acronym
JBDA

Definition
Jamaica Bay Damages Account

K
Acronym

Definition

KAP

Kensico Action Plan

KAPL

Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory,


(Niskayuna, NY)

KAPL/KSO

KAPL/Kesselring Site Operations, (West


Milton, NY)

Kb

kilobyte

KEEP

Kensico Environmental Enhancement


Program

Kg

Kilogram

Km

Kilometer

KWIC

Kensico Watershed Improvement


Committee

L
Acronym

Definition

LAC

Limits of Acceptable Change

LADCO

Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium

LADD

Lowest Acceptable Daily Dose or


Lifetime Average Daily Dose

LAER

Lowest Achievable Emission Rate

LATS

Leave Accrual Tracking System

LCL

Lower Control Limit

LCRS

Leachate Collection and Removal


System

LD

Lethal Dose

LD50

Median Lethal Concentration

LDPE

Low Density Polyethylene

LDR

Land Disposal Restriction

LDS

Leak Detection System

LDT

Light Duty Truck

LDV

Light Duty Vehicle

LEED

Leadership in Energy and Environmental


Design

LEL

Lower 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

LMCCC

Lower Manhattan Construction


Command Center

LMDC

Lower 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

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

MAFMC

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management


Council

MANE-VU

Mid-Atlantic/Northeastern Visibility
Union

MAP

Maximum Annual Potential,


Management Assistance Program,
Mercury Action Plan

MARAMA

Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management


Association

MARLAP

Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory


Analytic Protocols

MARSSI
M

Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site


Investigation Manual

mcf

thousand cubic feet (of natural gas)

MCIP

Meteorology-Chemistry Interface
Program

MCL

Maximum 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

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

MSFCMA

Magnuson-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

MVMA

Motor Vehicle Manufacturers


Association

MVWA

Mohawk Valley Water Authority

MW

Megawatt

MW

Monitoring Well

MWC

Municipal Waste Combustor

MWRR

Municipal Waste, Reduction & Recycling

N
Acronym

Definition

N/A

Not Applicable

N2

Nitrogen Gas

NA

Not Applicable

NAA

Nonattainment Area

NAAG

National Association of Attorney


General

NAAMSC

National Ambient Air Monitoring


Steering Committee

NAAQS

National Ambient Air Quality


Standards

NAD83

North American Datum 1983

NADATS

New York Acid Deposition Allowance


Tracking System

NAMS

National Air Monitoring System

NAPAP

National Acid Precipitation


Assessment Program

NAPL

Non-aqueous Phase Liquid

NARSTO

North American Research Strategy


for Tropospheric Ozone

NARUC

National Association of Regulatory


Utility Commissioners

NORM

naturally occurring radioactive


material

NASLR

National Association of State Land

Reclamationists
NATA

National Air Toxics Assessment

NAVC

Northeast Alternative Vehicle


Consortium

NBAR

Non-Binding Allocations of
Responsibility

NBWI

Native-But-Widely-Introduced

NCA

Noise Control Act

NCAQ

National Commission on Air Quality

NCore

National Core multipollutant


monitoring program

NCP

National Contingency Plan

NCRP

National Council on Radiation


Protection

NEAP

Natural Event Action Plan

NEFSC

Northeast Fisheries Science Center

NEG/ECP

New England Governors and Eastern


Canadian Premiers

NEI

National Emission Inventory

NEIWPCC

New England Interstate Water


Pollution Control Commission

NEP

National Estuary Program

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act

NEPPS

National Environmental Performance


Partnership System

NERC

Northeast Recycling Coalition

NESCAUM

Northeast States for Coordinated Air


Use Management

NESEA

Northeast Sustainable Energy


Association

NESHAP

National Emission Standard for


Hazardous Air Pollutants

NEWMOA

Northeast Waste Management


Officials' Association

NFPA

National Fire Protection Association

NFRAP

No Further Remedial Action Planned

NFTA

Niagara Frontier Transportation


Authority

NG

Nanogram

NGA

National Governors Association

NGO

Nongovernmental Organization

NH3

Ammonia

NHSDA

National Highway System Designation


Act

NIIMS

National Interagency Incident


Management System

NIMBY

Not in My Back Yard

NIMS

National Incident Management


System

NIMTO

Not in My Term of Office

NIOSH

National Institute for Occupational


Safety and Health

NIST

National Institute of Standards and


Technology

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

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric


Administration

NODA

Notice of Data Availability

NOEL

No Observable Effect Level

NOID

Notice of Intent to Delete

NORM

Naturally Occurring Radioactive


Material

NRCS

USDA National Resource


Conservation Service

NOV

Notice of Violation

NOx

Nitrogen Oxides

NOy

Reactive nitrogen consisting of NOx


and oxidation products, nitric acid,
peroxyacetyl nitrate and organic

nitrates
NPAP

National Performance Audit Program

NPCL

Not-for-profit Corporation Law

NPDES

National Pollutant Discharge


Elimination System

NPE

Nonylphenol Ethoxylates

NPL

National Priorities List

NPRM or
NPR

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NPS

National Park Service

NRC

National Recycling Coalition, Nuclear


Regulatory Commission

NYSGA

New 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 by


the USNRC

NWCG

National Wildfire Coordinating Group

NWI

National Wetlands Inventory

NWS

National Weather Service

NYCDEP

New York City Department of


Environmental Protection

NYCDOH

New York City Department of Health

NYCDOS

New York City Department of


Sanitation

NYCMA

New York City Metropolitan Area

NYCMSA

New York Consolidated Metropolitan


Statistical Area

NYCRR

New York Codes, Rules and


Regulations

NYHSEES

New York Hazardous Substances


Emergency Events Surveillance

NYMA

New York Metropolitan Area

NYMTC

New York State Metro Transportation


Council

NYPIRG

New York Public Interest Research


Group

NYS

New York State

NYSDAM or
DAM

New York State Department of


Agriculture and Markets

NYSAR3

New York State Association for


Reduction, Reuse and Recycling

NYSASWM

New York State Association for Solid


Waste Management

NYSCACA

New York State Clean Air Compliance

Act
NYSCC

New York State Canal Corporation

NYSDEC

New York State Department of


Environmental Conservation

NYSDOH

New York State Department of Health

NYSEG

New York State Electric and Gas

NYSEO

New York State Energy Office

NYSERDA

New York State Energy Research and


Development Authority

NYSGS

New York State Geologic Survey

NYSICA

New York State Internal Control


Association

NYSM

New York State Museum

NY-TEST

New York's Transient Emission Short


Test

NYVIP

New York Vehicle Inspection Program

O
Acronym

Definition

ODM

Organization & Delegation


Memorandum

OM

Operation and Maintenance

O2

Oxygen

O3

Ozone

OAQPS

Office of Air Quality Planning and


Standards

OBD

On-board Diagnostics

OBPRA

Office of Business Permit and


Regulatory Assistance

OC

Organic Carbon

OCS

Outer Continental Shelf

OCRRA

Onondaga County Resource


Recovery Agency

ODS

Ozone Depleting Substances

OECA

Office 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 Mediation


Services

OHS

Office of Homeland Security (NYS)

OHSWMA

Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste


Management Authority

OIA&I

Office of Internal Audit and


Investigation

OLA

Office of Legislative Affairs

OMM

Operation, Maintenance and


Monitoring

OMR

Office of Media Relations

OMRD

Open Motorized Route Density

OMTR

Open Market Trading Rule

OOD

Office of Director

OPA

Oil Pollution Act

OPP

Operating Permit Program

OPRHP

Office of Parks, Recreation and


Historic Preservation

ORD

Open Road Density

OSC

On-Scene (site) Coordinator

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health


Administration

OSP

Open Space Plan

OSTP

Office of Science and Technology


Policy

OTAG

Ozone 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

P2Rx

Pollution Prevention Resource


Exchange

PA

Preliminary Assessment

PAH

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

PAHs

Polynuclear (or polycyclic) aromatic


hydrocarbons

PAMS

Photochemical 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 or
P/C/I

Private, Commercial and Institutional

pCi/g

Picocuries per gram

pCi/l

Picocuries by Liter

PCS

Pesticide Control Specialist

PDCTC

Poughkeepsie-Dutchess County
Transportation Council

PDF

Portable Document Format

PE

Professional Engineer

PEF

Public Employees Federation

PEL

Permissible Exposure Limit

PEP

Peconic Estuary Program

PEP

Performance Evaluation Program

PERC

Perchloroethylene or Program
Emergency Response Coordinator

PETE

Polyethylene Terephthalate

PFA

Project Financing Agreement

PFAC

Program, Finance and Administrative


Committee

PFC

Perfluorinated Carbon

PFLT

Paint Filter Liquids Test

pH

A 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

PIMS

Pesticide Product, Ingredient and


Manufacturer System

PISCES

Passive In-Situ Chemical Extraction


Sampler

PLCRS

Primary 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

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

PPA

Performance Partnership Agreements


or Pollution Prevention Act

ppb

parts per billion

PPE

Probable 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

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

RACD

Remedial Action Consent Decree

RACT

Reasonably Available Control


Technology

RADAR

Relevant Acronyms-Division of Air


Resources

RAF

Reactivity Adjustment Factor

RAMP

Remedial Action Management Plan

RAPCE

Regional Air Pollution Control Engineer

RAPIDS

Regional Air Pollution Inventory


Development System

RAR

Remedial Alternatives Report

RATA

Relative Accuracy Test Audit

RBLC

RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse

RBRC

Rechargeable Battery Recycling


Corporation

RC

Remedial Construction

RCA

Returnable Container Act

RCRA

Resource 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

RERC

Regional Emergency Response


Coordinator

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

RICO

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt


Organizations Act

RIM

Rule (making) Initiation Memorandum or


Regulatory Initiation Memorandum

RIR

Remedial Investigation Report

RIS

Regulatory Impact Statement

RIWP

Remedial Investigation Work Plan

RLUIPA

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized


Persons Act

RMP

Risk Management Plan

ROD

Record of Decision

ROW

Right-of-Way

RP

Responsible Party

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

Act (Federal)
SAREP

Sportfish and Aquatic Resources


Education Program

SBAP

Small Business Assistance Program

SBEAP

Small Business Environmental


Assistance Program

SBREFA

Small 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

SCORP

Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor


Recreation Plan

SCP

Stormwater Concept Plan

SCR

Selective Catalytic Reduction

SCR

Stormwater Control Report

SCS

Soil Conservation Service

SDEIS

Supplemental Draft Environmental


Impact Statement

SDWA

Safe Drinking Water Act

SEAF

Short Environmental Assessment Form

SEL

Severe Effects Level

SEM

Scanning Electron Microscope

SEMO

State Emergency Management Office

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

SLCRS

Secondary Leachate Collection &


Removal System

SLN

Special Local Need

SMCRA

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation


Act

SMP

Site Management Plan

SMS

Source Management System

SMTC

Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation


Council

SNCR

Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction

SNAP

Significant Non-Compliance Action

Program
SNPRM

Supplemental Notice of Proposed


Rulemaking

SO2

Sulfur Dioxide

SO3

Sulfur Trioxide

SO4

Sulfate

SOC

Synthetic Organic Chemicals

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure

SOW

Scope of Work

SPCC

Spill Prevention, Control and


Countermeasure Plan

SPDES

State Pollutant Discharge Elimination


System

SPOTS

Spill 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

SRF

Small Scale Energy Recovery Facility or


State Revolving Fund

SSA

Soil Source Aquifer

SSF

State Superfund

SSL

Soil Screening Level

SSO

Sanitary Sewer Overflow

SSTS

Subsurface Sewage Treatment System

STAG

State and Tribal Assistance Grants

STAPPA

State and Territorial Air Pollution


Program Administrators

STAPPA

State and Territorial Air Pollution


Program Administrators

STARS

Spills Technology and Remediation


Services

STB

Surface Transportation Board

STEL

Short-Term Exposure Limit

STEP

Saratoga Technology and Energy Park

STGWG

State 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 Cook


County

SWCD

Soil and Water Conservation District

SWDA

Solid Waste Disposal Act (federal)

SWG

State Wildlife Grant

SWMA

Solid Waste Management Act

SWIMS

Solid 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

TAG

Technical Assistance Grant


(Program)

TAGA

Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer

TAGM

Technical 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

TCDF

2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran

TCE

Trichloroethylene

TCL

Target Compound List

TCLP

Toxicity Characteristic Leaching


Procedure

TCM

Transportation Control Measure

TDF

Tire Derived Fuel

TDL

Target 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

TOCs

Total Organic Compounds

TOGS

Technical and Operational


Guidance Series

TPCH

Toxics 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

TSDF

Treatment, 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

Recommended Exposure Limit


TWATLV

Time 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

USC

United States Code or Unified Soil


Classification

USCA

United States Code Annotated

USCG

United State Coast Guard

USCS

Unified Soil Classification System

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

USDE

United States Department of Education

USDHS

United States Department of Homeland


Security

USDOE

United States Department of Energy

USEPA

United States Environmental Protection


Agency

USFS

United States Forest Service

USGS

United States Geological Survey

USNRC

United States Nuclear Regulatory


Commission

UST

Underground Storage Tank

USTCA

Underground Storage Tank Compliance


Act (federal)

UV

Ultraviolet

V
Acronym

Definition

VALE

Voluntary Airport Low Emission

VCP

Voluntary Cleanup Program

VERP

Visitor Experience and Resource


Protection

VHAP

Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutant

VHS

Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia

VI

Vapor Intrusion

VIN

Vehicle Identification Number

VISTA

Visual Inspection System for Tracking

and Analysis
VMT

Vehicle Miles Traveled

VOC

Volatile Organic Compound

W
Acronym

Definition

WAC

Watershed Agricultural Council

WAP

Watershed Agricultural Program

WDRAP

Waterborne Disease Risk Assessment


Program

WECC

Watershed 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

WMRC

Waste 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

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

Y
Acronym
yCi/ml

Definition
Microcuries

Z
Acronym

Definition

ZEV

Zero Emission Vehicle

ZRL

Zero Risk Level

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