Abbreviations
The following lists abbreviations related to environmental laws. Visit EPA's Web site for Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms.
ACM | Asbestos Containing Material | |
AST | Aboveground Storage Tank | |
AHERA | Asbestos Hazards Emergency Response Act | |
BIA | Bureau of Indian Affairs | |
BOD | Biochemical Oxygen Demand | |
BLM | Bureau of Land Management | |
BMP | Best Management Practices | |
C&D | Construction and Demolition Waste | |
CAA | Clean Air Act | |
CSS | Combined Sewer Systems | |
CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act | |
CORPS | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | |
CESQG | Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator | |
CFC | Chlorofluorocarbon | |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations | |
CGP | Construction General Permit | |
CSO | Combined Sewer Overflow | |
CSS | Combined Sewer Systems | |
CWA | Clean Water Act | |
DOI | Department of the Interior | |
DITCA | Direct Implementation Tribal Cooperative Agreement | |
DMR | Discharge Monitoring Report | |
DOE | United States Department of Energy | |
EA | Environmental Assessment | |
EIS | Environmental Impact Statement | |
ELM | Environmental Landscape Management | |
EMS | Environmental Management Systems | |
EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency | |
EPP | Environmentally-Preferable Purchasing | |
EPCRA | Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act | |
ESA | Endangered Species Act | |
FHWA | Federal Highways Administration | |
FIFRA | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act | |
FIP | Federal Implementation Plan | |
FR | Federal Register | |
FWS | Fish and Wildlife Service | |
GAP | Indian Environmental General Assistance Program | |
GCP | General Construction Permit | |
HAP | Hazardous Air Pollutant | |
HHW | Household Hazardous Waste | |
HMIWI | Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator | |
HUD | United States Department of Housing and Urban Development | |
I/I | Infiltration and Inflow | |
IGRA | Indian Gaming Regulatory Act | |
IHS | Indian Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services | |
IPM | Integrated Pest Management | |
IRA | Indian Reorganization Act | |
IRR | Indian Reservation Roads | |
LCSS | Large Capacity Septic System | |
LDR | Land Disposal Restrictions | |
LEED | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design | |
LEPC | Local Emergency Planning Committee | |
MMPA | Marine Mammal Protection Act | |
MACT | Maximum Achievable Control Technology | |
MCL | Maximum Contaminant Level | |
MCLG | Maximum Contaminant Level Goal | |
MBTA | Migratory Bird Treaty Act | |
MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet | |
MS4s | Municipal Separate Storm Sewers | |
MSW | Municipal Solid Waste | |
MTBE | Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether | |
NAA | Nonattainment Area | |
NAAQS | National Ambient Air Quality Standards | |
NAGPRA | Native American Graves Reparation Act | |
NIGRA | National Indian Gaming Regulatory Act | |
NIGC | National Indian Gaming Commission | |
NCP | National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan | |
NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act | |
NESHAP | National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants | |
NHPA | National Historic Preservation Act | |
NIGRA | National Indian Gaming Regulatory Act | |
NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service | |
NOX | Nitrogen Oxides | |
NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System | |
NPDWR | National Primary Drinking Water Regulation | |
NPL | National Priorities List | |
NRC | National Response Center | |
NSPS | New Source Performance Standards | |
NTNC | Nontransient Noncommunity Water System | |
O&M | Operation and Maintenance | |
OPA | Oil Pollution Act | |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration | |
PBT | Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins | |
PCB | Polychlorinated Biphenyl | |
PH | Potential of Hydrogen | |
PMN | Premanufacture Notice | |
POTW | Publicly Owned Treatment Works | |
PSD | Prevention of Significant Deterioration | |
RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | |
RMP | Risk Management Program | |
SARA | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act | |
SDWA | Safe Drinking Water Act | |
SEP | Supplemental Environmental Project | |
SERC | State Emergency Response Commission | |
SIC | Standard Industrial Classification | |
SIP | State Implementation Plan | |
SOx | Sulfur Oxides | |
SPCC | Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure | |
SQG | Small Quantity Generator | |
SSO | Sanitary Sewer Overflow | |
TAS | Treatment In The Same Manner as A State | |
TEA | Tribal Environmental Agreement | |
TERC | Tribal Emergency Planning Committee | |
TIP | Tribal Implementation Plan | |
TMDL | Total Maximum Daily Load | |
TNC | Transient Noncommunity Water System | |
TRI | Toxic Release Inventory | |
TSCA | Toxic Substances Control Act | |
TSD | Treatment, Storage, and Disposal | |
TSS | Total Suspended Solids | |
UIC | Underground Injection Control | |
USC | United States Code | |
USDW | Underground Source of Drinking Water | |
UST | Underground Storage Tank | |
VOC | Volatile Organic Compound | |
WWTP | Wastewater Treatment Plant |
For related information visit EPA’s National Indian Country Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Priority site and EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program in Indian country site. |