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Terms of EnvironmentA-D 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: Asbestos-Containing 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: Asbestos-Containing 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: Asbestos-Containing 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: Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid ALA-O: Delta-Aminolevulinic 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: Argon-Oxygen 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 AQ-7: Non-reactive Pollutant Modelling AQCCT: Air-Quality Criteria and Control Techniques AQCP: Air Quality Control Program AQCR: Air-Quality Control Region AQD: Air-Quality Digest AQDHS: Air-Quality Data Handling System AQDM: Air-Quality Display Model AQMA: Air-Quality Maintenance Area AQMD: Air Quality Management District AQMP: Air-Quality Maintenance Plan; Air-Quality Management Plan AQSM: Air-Quality Simulation Model AQTAD: Air-Quality 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 Air-Conditioning 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 Non-Compliers BP: Boiling Point BPJ: Best Professional Judgment BPT: Best Practicable Technology. Pest Practicable Treatment BPWTT: Best Practical Wastewater Treatment Technology BRI: Building-Related 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: 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 dibenzo-p-dioxin 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 CFC: Chlorofluorocarbons CFM: Chlorofluoromethanes CFR: Code of Federal Regulations CHABA: Committee on Hearing and Bio-Acoustics CHAMP: Community Health Air Monitoring Program CHEMNET: Chemical Industry Emergency Mutual Aid Network CHESS: Community Health and Environmental Surveillance System CHIP: Chemical Hazard Information Profiles CI: Compression Ignition. Confidence Interval CIAQ: Council on Indoor Air Quality CIBL: Convective Internal Boundary Layer CICA: Competition in Contracting Act CICIS: Chemicals in Commerce Information System CIDRS: Cascade Impactor Data Reduction System CIMI: Committee on Integrity and Management Improvement CIS: Chemical Information System. Contracts Information System CKD: Cement Kiln Dust CKRC: Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition CLC: Capacity Limiting Constituents CLEANS: Clinical Laboratory for Evaluation and Assessment of Toxic Substances CLEVER: Clinical Laboratory for Evaluation and Validation of Epidemiologic Research CLF: Conservation Law Foundation CLI: Consumer Labelling Initiative CLIPS: Chemical List Index and Processing System CLP: Contract Laboratory Program CM: Corrective Measure CMA: Chemical Manufacturers Association CMB: Chemical Mass Balance CME: Comprehensive Monitoring Evaluation CMEL: Comprehensive Monitoring Evaluation Log CMEP: Critical Mass Energy Project CNG:Compressedd Natural Gas COCO: Contractor-Owned/ Contractor-Operated COD: Chemical Oxygen Demand COH: Coefficient Of Haze CPDA: Chemical Producers and Distributor Association CPF: Carcinogenic Potency Factor CPO: Certified Project Officer CQA: Construction Quality Assurance CR: Continuous Radon Monitoring CROP: Consolidated Rules of Practice CRP: Child-Resistant Packaging; Conservation Reserve Program CRR: Center for Renewable Resources CRSTER: Single Source Dispersion Model CSCT: Committee for Site Characterization CSGWPP: Comprehensive State Ground Water Protection Program CSI: Common Sense Initiative; Compliance Sampling Inspection CSIN: Chemical Substances Information Network CSMA: Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association CSO: Combined Sewer Overflow CSPA: Council of State Planning Agencies CSRL: Center for the Study of Responsive Law CTARC: Chemical Testing and Assessment Research Commission CTG: Control Techniques Guidelines CTSA: Cleaner TechnologiesSubstitutess Assessment CV: Chemical Vocabulary CVS: Constant Volume Sampler CW: Continuous working-level monitoring CWA: Clean Water Act (aka FWPCA) CWAP: Clean Water Action Project CWTC: Chemical Waste Transportation Council CZMA: Coastal Zone Management Act CZARA: Coastal Zone Management Act Reauthorization Amendments D DAPSS: Document and Personnel Security System (IMD) DBP: Disinfection By-Product DCI: Data Call-In DCO: Delayed Compliance Order DCO: Document Control Officer DDT: DichloroDiphenylTrichloroethane DERs: Data Evaluation Records DES: Diethylstilbesterol DfE: Design for the Environment DI: Diagnostic Inspection DMR: Discharge Monitoring Report DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid DNAPL: Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid DO: Dissolved Oxygen DOW: Defenders Of Wildlife DPA: Deepwater Ports Act DPD: Method of Measuring Chlorine Residual in Water DQO: Data Quality Objective DRE: Destruction and Removal Efficiency DRES: Dietary Risk Evaluation System DRMS: Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service DRR: Data Review Record DS: Dichotomous Sampler DSAP: Data Self Auditing Program DSCF: Dry Standard Cubic Feet DSCM: Dry Standard Cubic Meter DSS: Decision Support System; Domestic Sewage Study DT: Detectors (radon) damaged or lost; Detention Time DU: Decision Unit. Ducks Unlimited; Dobson Unit DUC: Decision Unit Coordinator DWEL: Drinking Water Equivalent Level DWS: Drinking Water Standard DWSRF: Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
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