Abbreviations, Acronyms and Initialisms
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
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| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| 3D | 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 |
| CMAQ-HG | 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 |
|---|---|
| g | 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 | Definition |
|---|---|
| JBDA | 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 |
| MARSSIM | 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 |
| 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 | Definition |
|---|---|
| yCi/ml | Microcuries |
Z
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| ZEV | Zero Emission Vehicle |
| ZRL | Zero Risk Level |
