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U U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GLOSSARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS A A&I Alternative and Innovative (Wastewater Treatment System) AA Accountable Area; Adverse Action; Advices o[.]
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GLOSSARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS A A&I: Alternative and Innovative (Wastewater Treatment System) AA: Accountable Area; Adverse Action; Advices of Allowance; Assistant Administrator; Associate Administrator; Atomic Absorption AAEE: American Academy of Environmental Engineers AANWR: Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge AAP: Asbestos Action Program AAPCO: American Association of Pesticide Control Officials AARC: Alliance for Acid Rain Control ABEL: EPA's computer model for analyzing a violator's ability to pay a civil penalty ABES: Alliance for Balanced Environmental Solutions AC: Actual Commitment. Advisory Circular A&C: Abatement and Control ACA: American Conservation Association ACBM: AsbestosContaining Building Material ACE: Alliance for Clean Energy ACE: Any Credible Evidence ACEEE: American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy ACFM: Actual Cubic Feet Per Minute ACL: Alternate Concentration Limit. Analytical Chemistry Laboratory ACM: AsbestosContaining Material ACP: Agriculture Control Program (Water Quality Management); ACP: Air Carcinogen Policy ACQUIRE: Aquatic Information Retrieval ACQR: Air Quality Control Region ACS: American Chemical Society ACT: Action ACTS: Asbestos Contractor Tracking System ACWA: American Clean Water Association ACWM: AsbestosContaining Waste Material ADABA: Acceptable Data Base ADB: Applications Data Base ADI: Acceptable Daily Intake ADP: AHERA Designated Person; Automated Data Processing ADQ: Audits of Data Quality ADR: Alternate Dispute Resolution ADSS: Air Data Screening System ADT: Average Daily Traffic AEA: Atomic Energy Act AEC: Associate Enforcement Counsels AEE: Alliance for Environmental Education AEERL: Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory AEM: Acoustic Emission Monitoring AERE: Association of Environmental and Resource Economists AES: Auger Electron Spectrometry AFA: American Forestry Association AFCA: Area Fuel Consumption Allocation AFCEE: Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence AFS: AIRS Facility Subsystem AFUG: AIRS Facility Users Group AH: Allowance Holders AHERA: Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act AHU: Air Handling Unit AI: Active Ingredient AIC: Active to Inert Conversion AICUZ: Air Installation Compatible Use Zones AID: Agency for International Development AIHC: American Industrial Health Council AIP: Auto Ignition Point AIRMON: Atmospheric Integrated Research Monitoring Network AIRS: Aerometric Information Retrieval System AL: Acceptable Level ALA: DeltaAminolevulinic Acid ALAO: DeltaAminolevulinic Acid Dehydrates ALAPO: Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officers ALARA: As Low As Reasonably Achievable ALC: Application Limiting Constituent ALJ: Administrative Law Judge ALMS: Atomic Line Molecular Spectroscopy ALR: Action Leakage Rate AMBIENS: Atmospheric Mass Balance of Industrially Emitted and Natural Sulfur AMOS: Air Management Oversight System AMPS: Automatic Mapping and Planning System AMSA: Association of Metropolitan Sewer Agencies ANC: Acid Neutralizing Capacity ANPR: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ANRHRD: Air, Noise, & Radiation Health Research Division/ORD ANSS: American Nature Study Society AOAC: Association of Official Analytical Chemists AOC: Abnormal Operating Conditions AOD: ArgonOxygen Decarbonization AOML: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory AP: Accounting Point APA: Administrative Procedures Act APCA: Air Pollution Control Association APCD: Air Pollution Control District APDS: Automated Procurement Documentation System APHA: American Public Health Association APRAC: Urban Diffusion Model for Carbon Monoxide from Motor Vehicle Traffic APTI: Air Pollution Training Institute APWA: American Public Works Association AQ7: Nonreactive Pollutant Modelling AQCCT: AirQuality Criteria and Control Techniques AQCP: Air Quality Control Program AQCR: AirQuality Control Region AQD: AirQuality Digest AQDHS: AirQuality Data Handling System AQDM: AirQuality Display Model AQMA: AirQuality Maintenance Area AQMD: Air Quality Management District AQMP: AirQuality Maintenance Plan; AirQuality Management Plan AQSM: AirQuality Simulation Model AQTAD: AirQuality Technical Assistance Demonstration AR: Administrative Record A&R: Air and Radiation ARA: Assistant Regional Administrator; Associate Regional Administrator ARAC: Acid Rain Advisory Committee ARAR: Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Standards, Limitations, Criteria, and Requirements ARB: Air Resources Board ARC: Agency Ranking Committee ARCC: American Rivers Conservation Council ARCS: Alternative Remedial Contract Strategy ARG: American Resources Group ARIP: Accidental Release Information Program ARL: Air Resources Laboratory ARM: Air Resources Management ARNEWS: Acid Rain National Early Warning Systems ARO: Alternate Regulatory Option ARRP: Acid Rain Research Program ARRPA: Air Resources Regional Pollution Assessment Model ARS: Agricultural Research Service ARZ: Auto Restricted Zone AS: Area Source ASC: Area Source Category ASDWA: Association of State Drinking Water Administrators ASHAA: Asbestos in Schools Hazard Abatement Act ASHRAE: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and AirConditioning Engineers ASIWCPA: Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators ASMDHS: Airshed Model Data Handling System ASRL: Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory AST: Advanced Secondary (Wastewater) Treatment ASTHO: Association of State and Territorial Health Officers ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials ASTSWMO: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials AT: Advanced Treatment. Alpha Track Detection ATERIS: Air Toxics Exposure and Risk Information System ATS: Action Tracking System; Allowance Tracking System ATSDR: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ATTF: Air Toxics Task Force AUSM: Advanced Utility Simulation Model A/WPR: Air/Water Pollution Report AWRA: American Water Resources Association AWT: Advanced Wastewater Treatment AWWA: American Water Works Association AWWARF: American Water Works Association Research Foundation B BAA: Board of Assistance Appeals BAC: Bioremediation Action Committee; Biotechnology Advisory Committee BACM: Best Available Control Measures BACT: Best Available Control Technology BADT: Best Available Demonstrated Technology BAF: Bioaccumulation Factor BaP: Benzo(a)Pyrene BAP: Benefits Analysis Program BART: Best Available Retrofit Technology BASIS: Battelle's Automated Search Information System BAT: Best Available Technology BATEA: Best Available Treatment Economically Achievable BCT: Best Control Technology BCPCT: Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology BDAT: Best Demonstrated Achievable Technology BDCT: Best Demonstrated Control Technology BDT: Best Demonstrated Technology BEJ: Best Engineering Judgement. Best Expert Judgment BF: Bonafide Notice of Intent to Manufacture or Import (IMD/OTS) BID: Background Information Document. Buoyancy Induced Dispersion BIOPLUME: Model to Predict the Maximum Extent of Existing Plumes BMP: Best Management Practice(s) BMR: Baseline Monitoring Report BO: Budget Obligations BOA: Basic Ordering Agreement (Contracts) BOD: Biochemical Oxygen Demand. Biological Oxygen Demand BOF: Basic Oxygen Furnace BOP: Basic Oxygen Process BOPF: Basic Oxygen Process Furnace BOYSNC: Beginning of Year Significant NonCompliers BP: Boiling Point BPJ: Best Professional Judgment BPT: Best Practicable Technology. Pest Practicable Treatment BPWTT: Best Practical Wastewater Treatment Technology BRI: BuildingRelated Illness BRS: Bibliographic Retrieval Service BSI: British Standards Institute BSO: Benzene Soluble Organics BTZ: Below the Treatment Zone BUN: Blood Urea Nitrogen C CA: Citizen Act. Competition Advocate. Cooperative Agreements. Corrective Action CAA: Clean Air Act; Compliance Assurance Agreement CAAA: Clean Air Act Amendments CAER: Community Awareness and Emergency Response CAFE: Corporate Average Fuel Economy CAFO: Concentrated Animal Feedlot; Consent Agreement/Final Order CAG: Carcinogenic Assessment Group CAIR: Clean Air Interstate Rule: Comprehensive Assessment of Information Rule CALINE: California Line Source Model CAM: Compliance Assurance Monitoring rule; Compliance Assurance Monitoring CAMP: Continuous Air Monitoring Program CAN: Common Account Number CAO: Corrective Action Order CAP: Corrective Action Plan. Cost Allocation Procedure. Criteria Air Pollutant CAPMoN: Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network CAR: Corrective Action Report CAS: Center for Automotive Safety; Chemical Abstract Service CASAC: Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee CASLP: Conference on Alternative State and Local Practices CASTNet: Clean Air Status and Trends Network CATS: Corrective Action Tracking System CAU: Carbon Adsorption Unit; Command Arithmetic Unit CB: Continuous Bubbler CBA: Chesapeake Bay Agreement. Cost Benefit Analysis CBD: Central Business District CBEP: Community Based Environmental Project CBI: Compliance Biomonitoring Inspection; Confidential Business Information CBOD: Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand CBP: Chesapeake Bay Program; County Business Patterns CCA: Competition in Contracting Act CCAA: Canadian Clean Air Act CCAP: Center for Clean Air Policy; Climate Change Action Plan CCEA: Conventional Combustion Environmental Assessment CCHW: Citizens Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes CCID: Confidential Chemicals Identification System CCMS/NATO: Committee on Challenges of a Modern Society/North Atlantic Treaty Organization CCP: Composite Correction Plan CC/RTS: Chemical Collection/ Request Tracking System CCTP: Clean Coal Technology Program CD: Climatological Data CDB: Consolidated Data Base CDBA: Central Data Base Administrator CDBG: Community Development Block Grant CDD: Chlorinated dibenzopdioxin CDF: Chlorinated dibenzofuran CDHS: Comprehensive Data Handling System CDI: Case Development Inspection CDM: Climatological Dispersion Model; Comprehensive Data Management CDMQC: Climatological Dispersion Model with Calibration and Source Contribution CDNS: Climatological Data National Summary CDP: Census Designated Places CDS: Compliance Data System CE: Categorical Exclusion. Conditionally Exempt Generator CEA: Cooperative Enforcement Agreement; Cost and Economic Assessment CEAT: Contractor Evidence Audit Team CEARC: Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council CEB: Chemical Element Balance CEC: Commission for Environmental Cooperation CECATS: CSB Existing Chemicals Assessment Tracking System CEE: Center for Environmental Education CEEM: Center for Energy and Environmental Management CEI: Compliance Evaluation Inspection CELRF: Canadian Environmental Law Research Foundation CEM: Continuous Emission Monitoring CEMS: Continuous Emission Monitoring System CEPA: Canadian Environmental Protection Act CEPP: Chemical Emergency Preparedness Plan CEQ: Council on Environmental Quality CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (1980) CERCLIS: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System CERT: Certificate of Eligibility CESQG: Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator CEST: Community Environmental Service Teams CF: Conservation Foundation