Environmental Abbreviations
The abbreviations on this page were originally defined on the United States Environmental Protection Agency website.
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A&I: Alternative and Innovative (Wastewater Treatment System)
AA: Accountable Area; Adverse Action; Advices of Allowance; Assistant Administrator; Associate Administrator; Atomic Absorption
AAEE: American Academy of Environmental Engineers
AANWR: Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
AAP: Asbestos Action Program
AAPCO: American Association of Pesticide Control Officials
AARC: Alliance for Acid Rain Control
ABEL: EPA's computer model for analyzing a violator's ability to pay a civil penalty.
ABES: Alliance for Balanced Environmental Solutions
AC: Actual Commitment. Advisory Circular
A&C: Abatement and Control
ACA: American Conservation Association
ACBM: Asbestos-Containing Building Material
ACE: Alliance for Clean Energy
ACE: Any Credible Evidence
ACEEE: American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
ACFM: Actual Cubic Feet Per Minute
ACL: Alternate Concentration Limit. Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
ACM: Asbestos-Containing Material
ACP: Agriculture Control Program (Water Quality Management); ACP: Air Carcinogen Policy
ACQUIRE: Aquatic Information Retrieval
ACQR: Air Quality Control Region
ACS: American Chemical Society
ACT: Action
ACTS: Asbestos Contractor Tracking System
ACWA: American Clean Water Association
ACWM: Asbestos-Containing Waste Material
ADABA: Acceptable Data Base
ADB: Applications Data Base
ADI: Acceptable Daily Intake
ADP: AHERA Designated Person; Automated Data Processing
ADQ: Audits of Data Quality
ADR: Alternate Dispute Resolution
ADSS: Air Data Screening System
ADT: Average Daily Traffic
AEA: Atomic Energy Act
AEC: Associate Enforcement Counsels
AEE: Alliance for Environmental Education
AEERL: Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
AEM: Acoustic Emission Monitoring
AERE: Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
AES: Auger Electron Spectrometry
AFA: American Forestry Association
AFCA: Area Fuel Consumption Allocation
AFCEE:Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence
AFS: AIRS Facility Subsystem
AFUG: AIRS Facility Users Group
AH: Allowance Holders
AHERA: Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
AHU: Air Handling Unit
AI: Active Ingredient
AIC: Active to Inert Conversion
AICUZ: Air Installation Compatible Use Zones
AID: Agency for International Development
AIHC: American Industrial Health Council
AIP: Auto Ignition Point
AIRMON: Atmospheric Integrated Research Monitoring Network
AIRS: Aerometric Information Retrieval System
AL: Acceptable Level
ALA: Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid
ALA-O: Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydrates
ALAPO: Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officers
ALARA: As Low As Reasonably Achievable
ALC: Application Limiting Constituent
ALJ: Administrative Law Judge
ALMS: Atomic Line Molecular Spectroscopy
ALR: Action Leakage Rate
AMBIENS: Atmospheric Mass Balance of Industrially Emitted and Natural Sulfur
AMOS: Air Management Oversight System
AMPS: Automatic Mapping and Planning System
AMSA: Association of Metropolitan Sewer Agencies
ANC: Acid Neutralizing Capacity
ANPR: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
ANRHRD: Air, Noise, & Radiation Health Research Division/ORD
ANSS: American Nature Study Society
AOAC: Association of Official Analytical Chemists
AOC: Abnormal Operating Conditions
AOD: Argon-Oxygen Decarbonization
AOML: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
AP: Accounting Point
APA: Administrative Procedures Act
APCA: Air Pollution Control Association
APCD: Air Pollution Control District
APDS: Automated Procurement Documentation System
APHA: American Public Health Association
APRAC: Urban Diffusion Model for Carbon Monoxide from Motor Vehicle Traffic
APTI: Air Pollution Training Institute
APWA: American Public Works Association
AQ-7: Non-reactive Pollutant Modelling
AQCCT: Air-Quality Criteria and Control Techniques
AQCP: Air Quality Control Program
AQCR: Air-Quality Control Region
AQD: Air-Quality Digest
AQDHS: Air-Quality Data Handling System
AQDM: Air-Quality Display Model
AQMA: Air-Quality Maintenance Area
AQMD: Air Quality Management District
AQMP: Air-Quality Maintenance Plan; Air-Quality Management Plan
AQSM: Air-Quality Simulation Model
AQTAD: Air-Quality Technical Assistance Demonstration
AR: Administrative Record
A&R: Air and Radiation
ARA: Assistant Regional Administrator; Associate Regional Administrator
ARAC: Acid Rain Advisory Committee
ARAR: Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Standards, Limitations, Criteria, and Requirements
ARB: Air Resources Board
ARC: Agency Ranking Committee
ARCC: American Rivers Conservation Council
ARCS: Alternative Remedial Contract Strategy
ARG: American Resources Group
ARIP: Accidental Release Information Program
ARL: Air Resources Laboratory
ARM: Air Resources Management
ARNEWS: Acid Rain National Early Warning Systems
ARO: Alternate Regulatory Option
ARRP: Acid Rain Research Program
ARRPA: Air Resources Regional Pollution Assessment Model
ARS: Agricultural Research Service
ARZ: Auto Restricted Zone
AS: Area Source
ASC: Area Source Category
ASDWA: Association of State Drinking Water Administrators
ASHAA: Asbestos in Schools Hazard Abatement Act
ASHRAE: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
ASIWCPA: Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators
ASMDHS: Airshed Model Data Handling System
ASRL: Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory
AST: Advanced Secondary (Wastewater) Treatment
ASTHO: Association of State and Territorial Health Officers
ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials
ASTSWMO: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials
AT: Advanced Treatment. Alpha Track Detection
ATERIS: Air Toxics Exposure and Risk Information System
ATS: Action Tracking System; Allowance Tracking System
ATSDR: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ATTF: Air Toxics Task Force
AUSM: Advanced Utility Simulation Model
A/WPR: Air/Water Pollution Report
AWRA: American Water Resources Association
AWT: Advanced Wastewater Treatment
AWWA: American Water Works Association
AWWARF: American Water Works Association Research Foundation.