| 1862s |
Land grant institutions established by the Morrill
Act of 1862 (at least one in every state) |
| 1890s |
Land grant institutions of higher learning that are
historically black and were founded by the second Morrill Act,
1890 |
| 1994s |
Historically Native American institutions of higher
learning |
| AA |
Administrative Advisor; an experiment station director
who has been assigned to work with a multistate research project |
| AAPCO |
American Association of Pest Control Officials |
| AAPSE |
American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators |
| ABPA |
Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act (2002) |
| AC |
Advisory Committee or Council |
| AChE |
Acetylcholinesterase |
| ACRC |
Ag Container Recycling Council |
| ACSH |
American Council on Science and Health |
| AE |
Acid Equivalent |
| AEOC |
APHIS Emergency Operations Center |
| AGDCI |
Agricultural Data Call-In |
| AHETF |
Agricultural Handlers Exposure Task Force |
| AI |
Active Ingredient |
| AIMS |
Agriculture Internet Monitoring System |
| ANT |
Acute Neuro-Toxicity (Study) |
| aPAD |
Acute Population Adjusted Dose |
| APHIS |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
| APSCRO |
Association of Structural Pest Control Regulatory
Officials |
| AR |
Anticipated Residue |
| AREERA |
Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform
Act of 1998 Â (1998 Farm Bill) |
| ARIA |
Alternative Risk Integration and Assessment |
| ARS |
Agricultural Research Service |
| ARTF |
Agricultural Reentry Task Force |
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| ATTRA |
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas |
| AWQGP |
Agriculture Water Quality Grant Program |
| AWWA |
American Water Works Association |
| BATS |
Biological Analysis and Taxonomic Support |
| BCF |
Bioconcentration Factor |
| BEAD |
Biological Effects Analysis Division in OPP |
| BIFS |
Biologically Integrated Farming Systems |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
| BMP |
Best Management Practice |
| BOAA |
Board on Agriculture Assembly (the agricultural division
of NASULGC) |
| BPPD |
Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division in
OPP |
| BRAG |
Biotechonology Risk Assessment Research Grants |
| C & T |
Certification and Training |
| CABI |
Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International |
| CALFED |
California Bay-Delta Authority |
| CAPS |
Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey |
| CARAT |
Committee to Advise on Reassessment and Transition |
| CARES |
Cumulative and Aggregate
Risk Evaluation System |
| CASM |
Comprehensive Aquatic Systems Model |
| CCC |
California Coastal Commission |
| CCFL |
Codex Committee on Food Labeling |
| CCOF |
California Certified Organic Farmers |
| CCPR |
Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
| CDPR |
California Department of Pesticide Regulation |
| CEQA |
California Environmental Quality Act |
| CES |
Cooperative Extension Service |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| ChEI |
Cholinesterase inhibition |
| CI |
Critical Issues |
| CIPM |
Center for Integrated Pest Management |
| CMBS |
Carbamate Market Basket Survey |
| COI |
eXtension - Community of Interest |
| COP |
eXtension - Community of Practice |
| cPAD |
Chronic Population Adjusted Dose |
| CPDA |
Chemical Producers and Distributors Association |
| CPHST |
Center for Plant Health Sciences and Technology |
| CRA |
Cumulative Risk Assessment |
| CRIS |
Current Research Information System |
| CREATE 21 |
Creating Research, Extension, and Teaching Excellence
for the 21st Century |
| CRP |
Conservation Reserve Program |
| CSA |
Community Supported Agriculture |
| CSANR |
Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| CSF |
Confidential Statement of Formula |
| CSFII |
(USDA) Continuing Surveys for Food Intake by Individuals |
| CSPA |
Chemical Specialty Products Association |
| CSREES |
Cooperative States Research, Education and Extension
Service |
| CTAG |
Certification and Training Assessment Group in USEPA |
| CTV |
Citrus Tristeza Virus |
| CUE |
Critical Use Exemption (for methyl bromide) |
| CWA |
(Federal) Clean Water Act |
| CWPB |
Certification and Worker Protection Branch in USEPA |
| CWS |
Community Water Systems |
| DCI |
Data Call In |
| DEEM |
Dietary Exposure Evaluation Model |
| DFR |
Dislodgeable Foliar Residue |
| DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DoI |
Department of the Interior |
| DWLOC |
Drinking Water Level of Concern |
| EC |
Emulsifiable Concentrate |
| ECOP |
Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (part
of the BOAA in NASULGC) |
| EDEN |
Extension Disaster Education Network |
| EDMVAC |
Endocrine Disruptor Methods Validation Advisory Committee |
| EDSP |
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program |
| EDSTAC |
Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory
Committee |
| EEC |
Estimated Environmental Concentration |
| EEC |
Estimated Environmental Concentration |
| EFED |
Environmental Fate and Effects Division |
| EFSA |
European Food Safety Authority |
| EIPM |
Extension Integrated Pest Management |
| EIPMC |
Extension IPM Cotton Program |
| ELISA |
Enzyme-linked Immunoabsorbent Assay |
| EP |
End-Use Product |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EQIP |
Environmental Quality Incentives Program |
| ERS |
Economic Research Service |
| ESA |
Entomological Society of America |
| ESCOP |
Experiment Station Committee on Organization and
Policy (part of the BOAA in NASULGC) |
| ESS |
Experiment Station Section of the BOAA |
| EUP |
End Use Product |
| EUP |
Experimental Use Permit |
| FAS |
Foreign Agriculture Service |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FEAD |
Field and External Affairs Division |
| FFDCA |
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act |
| FFY |
Federal Fiscal Year |
| FIFRA |
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act |
| FIPMCC |
Federal IPM Coordinating Committee |
| FOB |
Functional Observation Battery |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
| FQPA |
Food Quality Protection Act |
| FR |
Federal Register |
| FRAC |
Fungicide Resistance Action Committee |
| FSA |
Farm Service Agency |
| FTE |
Full-Time Equivalent |
| FWS |
(U.S.) Fish and Wildlife Service |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| G |
Granular (formulation) |
| GAO |
Government Accounting Office |
| GAP |
Good Agricultural Practices |
| GHP |
Good Handling Practices |
| GIPSA |
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GLP |
Good Laboratory Practices |
| GMO |
Genetically Modified Organism |
| GPDD |
Global Pesticide Disease Database |
| GPRA |
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GRAS |
Generally Regarded as Safe |
| HAFT |
Highest Average Field Trial |
| Hatch Funds |
Federal funds administered by experiment stations.
The Hatch Act of 1887 established SAES and provided a mechanism
for allocation federal support. Hatch Funds are also known as Formula
Funds |
| HED |
Health Effects Division of Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) in USEPA |
| HRAC |
Herbicide Resistance Action Committee |
| ICCVAM |
Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation
of Alternative Methods |
| ICR |
Information Collection Request |
| IFAFS |
Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems |
| IFOAM |
International Federation of Organic Agricultural
Movements |
| IGR |
Insect Growth Regulator |
| IIFG |
Inert Ingredient Focus Group |
| IOP |
Integrated Organic Program |
| IPM |
Integrated Pest Management |
| IPPC |
Integrated Plant Protection Center |
| IR |
Index Reservoir |
| IR-4 |
Interregional Research Project #4 |
| IRAC |
Insecticide Resistance Action Committee |
| IRED |
Interim Registration Eligibility Document |
| JEIOG |
Joint Emissions Inventory Oversight Group |
| JMPR |
Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues |
| Kd |
Soil-water partition coefficient |
| Kg |
Kilogram |
| K list |
Listed Hazardous Wastes from Specific Sources |
| KP |
Permeability Coefficient |
| LADD |
Lifetime Average Daily Dose |
| LC50 |
Median Lethal Concentration |
| LD50 |
Median Lethal Dose |
| LGU |
Land Grant University |
| LIVE |
Low Input Viticulture and Enology |
| LOAEC |
Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Concentration |
| LOAEL |
Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level |
| LOC |
Level of Concern |
| LOD |
Limit of Detection |
| LOEC |
Lowest Observed Effect Concentration |
| MATC |
Maximum Acceptable Toxicant Concentration |
| MBT |
Methyl Bromide Transition (Grant) |
| MCFA |
Minor Crops Farmer Alliance |
| MCL |
Maximum Contaminant Level |
| MOE |
Margin of Exposure |
| MRID |
Master Record Identification (number) |
| MRL |
Maximum Residue Level |
| MRP |
Multi-state Research Project |
| NACEPT |
National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy
and Technology |
| NAPIS |
National Agricultural Pest Information System |
| NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
| NASDA |
National Agriculture State Departments of Agriculture |
| NASS |
National Agricultural Statistical Service |
| NASULGC |
National Association of State Universities and Land
Grant Colleges |
| NAWG |
National Association of Wheat Growers |
| NAWQA |
National Water Quality Assessment Program |
| NCAP |
National Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides |
| NCEA |
National Center for Environmental Assessment |
| NCIPMC |
North Central Integrated Pest Management Center |
| NCPFL |
National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns |
| NEETF |
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation |
| NEHA |
National Environmental Health Association |
| NEIPMC |
>Northeastern
Integrated Pest Management Center |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NERL |
National Exposure Research Laboratory |
| NETAC |
National Effluent Toxicity Assessment Center |
| NFIPME |
National Foundation on IPM Education |
| NHANES |
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| NIFA |
National Institute for Food and Agriculture |
| NIMSS |
National Information Management and Support System |
| NIPMEG |
National IPM Evaluation Group |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NOAEC |
No Observed Adverse Effect Concentration |
| NOAEL |
No Observed Adverse Effect Level |
| NPB |
National Plant Board |
| NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NPDN |
National Plant Diagnostic Network |
| NPFD |
National Pesticide Field Data |
| NPIC |
National Pesticide Information Center |
| NPL |
National Program Leader |
| NPMA |
National Pest Management Association |
| NPS |
Non-Point Source |
| NPSA |
National Pesticide Stewardship Alliance |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NRCS |
National Resources Conservation Service |
| NRDC |
National Resources Defense Council |
| NRI |
National Research Initiative |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| OAR |
Office of Air and Radiation |
| OCIA |
Organic Crop Improvement Association |
| OECA |
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OEHHA |
(California) Office of Environmental Health Hazard
Assessment |
| OFRF |
Organic Farming and Research Foundation |
| OGC |
Office of General Counsel |
| OHS |
Office of Homeland Security |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| OMRI |
Organic Materials Review Institute |
| OP |
Organophosphate |
| OPEI |
Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation |
| OPMP |
Office of Pest Management Policy of USDA |
| OPP |
Office of Pesticide Programs (USEPA) |
| OPPTS |
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
(USEPA) |
| ORD |
Office of Research and Development |
| ORETF |
Outdoor Residential Exposure Task Force |
| ORG |
Organic Grant Program |
| OSCP |
Office of Science Coordination and Policy |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OTCO |
Oregon Tilth Certified Organic |
| PAD |
Population Adjusted Dose |
| PAMS |
Prevention, Avoidance, Monitoring and Suppression |
| PAS |
Phytosanitary Alert System |
| PAS |
Plant and Animal Systems (Unit of USDA/CSREES) |
| PAT |
Pesticide Applicator Training [Program] (renamed
PSEP) |
| PCA |
Percent Crop Area |
| PCA |
Pest Control Advisor |
| PD |
Project Director |
| PDCI |
Product Specific Data Call-In |
| PDP |
Pesticide Data Program (in USDA) |
| PEAP |
Pesticide Education and Assessment Programs |
| PESP |
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program |
| PGR |
Plant Growth Regulator |
| PHED |
Pesticide Handler's Exposure Data |
| PHI |
Pre-harvest Interval |
| PI |
Principle Investigator |
| PIAP |
Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (no longer funded) |
| PIP |
Plant Incorporated Protectants |
| PMRA |
(Canada's) Pest Management Regulatory Agency |
| PNS |
Peripheral Nervous System |
| PIPE |
Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education |
| PMAP |
Pest Management Alternatives Program |
| PMSP |
Pest Management Strategic Plan |
| POD |
Point of Departure |
| POP |
Persistent Organic Pollutant |
| PPDC |
Pesticide Program Dialog Committee |
| PPE |
Personal Protective Equipment |
| PPLS |
Pesticide Product Label System |
| PPQ |
(APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine |
| PRA |
Preliminary Risk Assessment |
| PRAPeR |
Pesticide Risk Assessment Peer Review |
| PRN |
Pesticide Registration Notice |
| PRSB |
Policy and Regulatory Services Branch |
| PSEP |
Pesticide Safety Education Program (formerly PAT) |
| Q1* |
Carcinogenic Potential of a Compound, Quantified
by EPA's Cancer Risk Model |
| QAI |
Quality Assurance International |
| QRC |
Quality Review Committee (of SAB) |
| RABID |
Risk Analysis Biological Informational Database |
| RAC |
Raw Agricultural Commodity |
| RAMP |
Risk Avoidance Mitigation Program |
| RCRA |
Resource conservation and Recovery Act |
| RD |
Registration Division |
| RFA |
Request for Applications |
| RFP |
Request for Proposals |
| RED |
Reregistration Eligibility Document |
| REI |
Restricted Entry Interval |
| REO |
Regional Environmental Officer |
| RfD |
Reference Dose |
| RIPM |
Regional Integrated Pest Management |
| RISE |
Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment |
| RMA |
Risk Management Agency |
| RPA |
Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives |
| RPF |
Relative Potency Factor |
| RPM |
Reasonable and Prudent Measures |
| RQ |
Risk Quotient |
| RTU |
Ready to Use |
| RUP |
Restricted Use Pesticide |
| RWQCB |
Regional Water Quality Control Board |
| SAB |
(EPA) Scientific Advisory Board |
| SAES |
State Agricultural Experiment Station(s) |
| SAI |
Strategic Agricultural Initiative (EPA) |
| SAP |
Scientific Advisory Panel |
| SARA |
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act |
| SARE |
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education |
| SC |
Steering Committee |
| SDWA |
Safe Drinking Water Act |
| SF |
Safety Factor |
| SLA |
State Lead Agency |
| SLC |
Single Layer Clothing |
| SLN |
Special Local Need (Section 24(c) of FIFRA) |
| SPHD |
State Plant Health Director |
| SPHVCC |
State Public Health Vector Control Conference |
| SPIREG |
State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group |
| SRRD |
Special Review and Reregistration Division |
| SPRO |
State Plant Regulatory Official |
| SRG |
Special Research Grants |
| SRIPMC |
Southern Region Integrated Pest Management Center |
| SSPA |
Sound Science Policy Alliance |
| SWAPA |
Soil, Water, Animals, Plants, and Air |
| SWOT |
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
(a tool for program analysis/planning) |
| TEP |
Typical End-Use Product |
| TGAI |
Technical Grade Active Ingredient |
| TMDL |
Total Maximum Daily Load |
| TOR |
Threshold of Regulation |
| TRAC |
Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee |
| TRED |
Tolerance Registration Eligibility Document |
| T-REX |
Terrestrial Residue Exposure (model) |
| TSCA |
Toxic Substances Control Act |
| UF |
Uncertainty Factor |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| USFWS |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| VCP |
Voluntary Cleanup Program |
| Vac |
Vacuum |
| VCS |
Vapor Collection System |
| VE |
Visual Emissions |
| VEO |
Visible Emission Observation |
| VHAP |
Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutant |
| Visc |
Viscosity |
| V/L |
Volume to Liquid (ratio) |
| VOC |
Volatile Organic Compound |
| VOM |
Volatile Organic Material |
| VSD |
Virtually Safe Dose |
| VSI |
Visual Site Inspection |
| VP |
Vapor Pressure |
| VSS |
Volatile Suspended Solids |
| WERA-69 |
Western
Extension and Research Activities (Coordination of Integrated
Pest Management Research &
Extension/Educational Programs for the Western United States & Pacific) |
| WETEC |
Wheat Export Trade Education Committee |
| WD |
Wind Direction |
| WIPMC |
Western Integrated Pest Management Center |
| WMI |
Watershed Management Initiative |
| WP |
Wettable Powder |
| WPS |
Worker Protection Standards |
| WQ |
Water Quality |
| WQS |
Water Quality Standard |
| WSCIA |
Washington State Crop Improvement Association |
| WSDA |
Washington State Department of Agriculture |
| WSP |
Water Soluble Powder |
| XC |
X-ray Crystallography |
| XRF |
X-ray Fluorescence |
| XHV |
Extreme High Vacuum |
| YTD |
Year to Date |
| Z list |
The OSHA table of Permissible Exposure Limits, so
named because the tables are identified as Z-1, Z-2, and Z-3 |
| ZD |
Zero Drift |
| ZID |
Zone of Initial Dilution |
| ZM |
Zone Manager |
| ZRL |
Zero Risk Level |
