Environmental-Related Abbreviations

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Environmental-Related Abbreviations

❖ AAP – Ambient Air Quality Program
❖ AB – Airborne
❖ ACAP – Arctic Contaminants Action Program
❖ ADR – Alternative Dispute Resolution
❖ AE – Air Emissions
❖ AF – Air Filter
❖ AG – Agricultural
❖ AH – Air Handling
❖ AI – Air Intake
❖ AL – Air Leak
❖ AM – Air Monitoring
❖ AO – Air Outlet
❖ AP – Air Pollution
❖ APHA – American Public Health Association
❖ AQ – Air Quality
❖ AR – Air Release
❖ AS – Air Shed
❖ AWMA – Air & Waste Management Association
❖ BOD – Biochemical Oxygen Demand
❖ CAA – Clean Air Act
❖ CER – Certified Emission Reduction
❖ CERCLA – Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
❖ CFR – Code of Federal Regulations
❖ CFC – Chlorofluorocarbon
❖ CH4 – Methane
❖ COP – Conference of the Parties
❖ CO2 – Carbon Dioxide
❖ COD – Chemical Oxygen Demand
❖ CWA – Clean Water Act
❖ ECR – Environmental Conservation and Reclamation
❖ EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment
❖ EIS – Environmental Impact Statement
❖ ELI – Environmental Law Institute
❖ EMAP – Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
❖ EMS – Environmental Management System
❖ ENGO – Environmental Non-Governmental Organization
❖ EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
❖ ERNS – Emergency Response Notification System
❖ ERU – Emission Reduction Unit
❖ FIFRA – Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
❖ GWP – Global Warming Potential
❖ HAP – Hazardous Air Pollutant
❖ HAZWOPER – Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
❖ HC – Hydrocarbon
❖ HFC – Hydrofluorocarbon
❖ IAQ – Indoor Air Quality
❖ ICR – Information Collection Request
❖ IDW – International Drinking Water
❖ IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission
❖ IFCS – Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety
❖ IGCC – Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
❖ IPEC – International Programme on Chemical Safety
❖ IPPC – Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
❖ IRIS – Integrated Risk Information System
❖ ISO – International Organization for Standardization
❖ IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature
❖ KWP – Kilowatt
❖ LBP – Lead-Based Paint
❖ LCA – Life Cycle Assessment
❖ LDR – Land Disposal Restriction
❖ LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
❖ LFG – Landfill Gas
❖ LUST – Leaking Underground Storage Tank
❖ MACT – Maximum Achievable Control Technology
❖ MARPOL – Marine Pollution Convention

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❖ MCL – Maximum Contaminant Level
❖ MGP – Manufactured Gas Plant
❖ MIR – Materials Inventory Report
❖ ML/LLW – Mixed Low-Level Waste
❖ MMR – Materials Management Report
❖ MSW – Municipal Solid Waste
❖ MTBE – Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
❖ NAAQS – National Ambient Air Quality Standards
❖ NESHAP – National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
❖ NFPA – National Fire Protection Association
❖ NG – Natural Gas
❖ NIMBY – Not In My Backyard
❖ NMVOC – Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compound
❖ NOx – Nitrogen Oxides
❖ NPDES – National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
❖ NPL – National Priorities List
❖ NSPS – New Source Performance Standards
❖ O&M – Operations and Maintenance
❖ ODS – Ozone-Depleting Substance
❖ OPA – Oil Pollution Act

Environmental-Related Abbreviations

❖ PCB – Polychlorinated Biphenyl
❖ PCDD – Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxin
❖ PCDF – Polychlorinated Dibenzofuran
❖ PEL – Permissible Exposure Limit
❖ PFAS – Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
❖ PFOA – Perfluorooctanoic Acid
❖ PFOS – Perfluorooctane Sulfonate
❖ PM – Particulate Matter
❖ PM10 – Particulate Matter 10 micrometers
❖ PM2.5 – Particulate Matter 2.5 micrometers
❖ POPs – Persistent Organic Pollutants
❖ PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
❖ PS – Polystyrene
❖ PVC – Polyvinyl Chloride
❖ RCRA – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
❖ RFP – Request for Proposal
❖ RIFS – Resource Inventory and Forecasting System
❖ ROD – Record of Decision
❖ ROHS – Restriction of Hazardous Substances
❖ RQ – Reportable Quantity
❖ RRP – Renovation, Repair, and Painting
❖ RSL – Risk-Specific Dose
❖ RTK – Right-to-Know
❖ RVP – Reid Vapor Pressure
❖ SARA – Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
❖ SB – Sustainable Building
❖ SBR – Sequencing Batch Reactor
❖ SCADA – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
❖ SDWA – Safe Drinking Water Act
❖ SEIS – Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
❖ SEM – Scanning Electron Microscopy
❖ SFP – Spill Prevention
❖ SIC – Standard Industrial Classification
❖ SIP – State Implementation Plan
❖ SIR – Site Inspection Report
❖ SLC – Soil Lead Concentration
❖ SMCRA – Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
❖ SNUR – Significant New Use Rule
❖ SO2 – Sulfur Dioxide
❖ SOP – Standard Operating Procedure
❖ SPCC – Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure
❖ SRF – State Revolving Fund
❖ SSI – Soil Screening Investigation
❖ SST – Soil Screening Test
❖ SWDA – Solid Waste Disposal Act
❖ SWMU – Solid Waste Management Unit
❖ TCLP – Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
❖ TDS – Total Dissolved Solids
❖ TMDL – Total Maximum Daily Load
❖ TOC – Total Organic Carbon
❖ TP – Total Phosphorus
❖ TPH – Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
❖ TSCA – Toxic Substances Control Act
❖ TSD – Treatment, Storage, and Disposal
❖ UCMR – Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule
❖ UIC – Underground Injection Control
❖ UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme
❖ UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
❖ US EPA – United States Environmental Protection Agency
❖ UST – Underground Storage Tank
❖ VOC – Volatile Organic Compound
❖ WAP – Watershed Assessment Program
❖ WASH – Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
❖ WW – Wastewater
❖ WCR – Water Conservation Requirement
❖ WERF – Water Environment Research Foundation
❖ WET – Whole Effluent Toxicity
❖ WLA – Watershed Land Area
❖ WMA – Watershed Management Area
❖ WQI – Water Quality Index
❖ WRP – Wetland Restoration Program
❖ WSA – Watershed Stewardship Agreement

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❖ XRF – X-Ray Fluorescence
❖ YLL – Years of Life Lost
❖ ZEV – Zero Emission Vehicle
❖ ZOS – Zone of Saturation
❖ ZW – Zero Waste
❖ ZWI – Zero Waste International

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