EPA Related Acronyms

• AFS - AIRS Facility Subsystem (CAA database)
• AIRS - Aerometric Information Retrieval System (CAA database)
• AOR - Area of Review
• BIFs - Boilers and Industrial Furnaces (RCRA)
• BMPs - Best Management Practices
• BOD - Biochemical Oxygen Demand
• BPJ - Best Professional Judgment
• BPT - Best Practical Control Technology
• BLM - U.S. Bureau of Land Management
• C&D - Construction and Demolition
• C&D Rule - Construction & Development Rule
• CAA - Clean Air Act
• CAAA - Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
• CE - Categorical Exclusion
• CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
• CERCLIS - CERCLA Information System
• CEQ - Council on Environmental Quality
• CFCs - Chlorofluorocarbons
• CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
• CICA Center - Construction Industry Compliance Assistance Center
• CISWI - Commercial/Industrial Solid Waste Incinerators
• CO - Carbon Monoxide
• COD - Chemical Oxygen Demand
• CWA - Clean Water Act
• CWT - Centralized Water Treatment Facility
• DEQ - Department of Environmental Quality
• DOT - U.S. Department of Transportation
• EG - Effluent Guideline
• EHS - Environmental, Health and Safety
• ELG - Effluent Limitations Guidelines
• EIS - Environmental Impact Statement
• ENVCAP - Environmental Compliance Assistance Center
• EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• EPCRA - Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
• FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions
• FLPMA - Federal Land Policy and Management Act
• FRP - Facility Response Plan
• GAO - Government Accountability Office
• HAP - Hazardous Air Pollutant
• HSDB - Hazardous Substances Data Bank
• HZRL - Hazardous Waste Resource Locator
• ISWRL - Industrial Stormwater Resource Center
• LDR - Land Disposal Restrictions (RCRA)
• LEPCs - Local Emergency Planning Committees
• MACT - Maximum Achievable Control Technology (CAA)
• MCLGs - Maximum Contaminant Level Goals
• MCLs - Maximum Contaminant Levels
• MIT - Mechanical Integrity Testing
• MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheets
• NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards (CAA)
• NCDB - National Compliance Database (for TSCA, FIFRA, EPCRA)
• NCMS - National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
• NCP - National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
• NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
• NESHAP - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• NEST - Endangered Species State Locator
• NO2 - Nitrogen Dioxide
• NORM - Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
• NOV - Notice of Violation
• NOX - Nitrogen Oxide
• NPDES - National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (CWA)
• NRC - National Response Center
• NSPS - New Source Performance Standards (CAA)
• OAQPS - Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• OAR - Office of Air and Radiation
• OC - Office of Compliance
• OCE - Office of Compliance and Enforcement
• OCSPP - Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
• OECA - Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
• OPA - Oil Pollution Act
• OPPT - Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
• OPPTS - Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
• ORCR - Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
• OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• OSW - Office of Solid Waste
• OSWER - Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
• OSWER OEM - OSWER Office of Emergency Management
• OTAQ - Office of Transportation and Air Quality
• OWM - Office of Wastewater Management
• OW - Office of Water
• P2 - Pollution Prevention
• PBT – Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic
• PCBs - Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• PCS - Permit Compliance System (CWA Database)
• POTW - Publicly Owned Treatments Works
• Q&A - Questions and Answers
• RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• RCRIS - RCRA Information System
• REACH - Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical Substances
• RICE - Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine
• RoHS - Restriction of Hazardous Substances
• SDWA - Safe Drinking Water Act
• SERCs - State Emergency Response Commissions
• SGE - Shale Gas Extraction
• SIC - Standard Industrial Classification
• SOX - Sulfur Oxides TOC Total Organic Carbon
• SPCC - Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure
• SRL - State Resource Locator
• STAP - State Technical Assistance Providers
• SWRL - Stormwater Resource Locator
• TCRIS - Toxic Chemical Release Inventory System
• TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
• TMDL - Total Maximum Daily Loads
• TRI - Toxics Release Inventory
• TRIR - Toxic Release Inventory Reporting
• TRIS - Toxic Release Inventory System
• TSCA - Toxic Substances Control Act
• TSD - Treatment, Storage, Disposal
• TSS - Total Suspended Solids
• UIC - Underground Injection Control (SDWA)
• USDWs - Underground Storage of Drinking Water
• UST - Underground Storage Tanks (RCRA)
• UWRL - Universal Waste Resource Locator
• VOC - Volatile Organic Compound
• VOCs - Volatile Organic Compounds