Environmental Abbreviations
The abbreviations on this page were originally defined on the United States Environmental Protection Agency website.
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EA: Endangerment Assessment; Enforcement Agreement; Environmental Action; Environmental Assessment;. Environmental Audit
EAF: Electric Arc Furnaces
EAG: Exposure Assessment Group
EAO: Emergency Administrative Order
EAP: Environmental Action Plan
EAR: Environmental Auditing Roundtable
EASI: Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement
EB: Emissions Balancing
EC: Emulsifiable Concentrate; Environment Canada; Effective Concentration
ECA: Economic Community for Africa
ECAP: Employee Counselling and Assistance Program
ECD: Electron Capture Detector
ECHH: Electro-Catalytic Hyper-Heaters
ECHO: Enforcement and Compliance History Online
ECL: Environmental Chemical Laboratory
ECOS: Environmental Council of the States
ECR: Enforcement Case Review
ECRA: Economic Cleanup Responsibility Act
ED: Effective Dose
EDA: Emergency Declaration Area
EDB: Ethylene Dibromide
EDC: Ethylene Dichloride
EDD: Enforcement Decision Document
EDF: Environmental Defense Fund
EDRS: Enforcement Document Retrieval System
EDS: Electronic Data System; Energy Data System
EDTA: Ethylene Diamine Triacetic Acid
EDX: Electronic Data Exchange
EDZ: Emission Density Zoning
EEA: Energy and Environmental Analysis
EECs: Estimated Environmental Concentrations
EER: Excess Emission Report
EERL: Eastern Environmental Radiation Laboratory
EERU: Environmental Emergency Response Unit
EESI: Environment and Energy Study Institute
EESL: Environmental Ecological and Support Laboratory
EETFC: Environmental Effects, Transport, and Fate Committee
EF: Emission Factor
EFO: Equivalent Field Office
EFTC: European Fluorocarbon Technical Committee
EGR: Exhaust Gas Recirculation
EH: Redox Potential
EHC: Environmental Health Committee
EHS: Extremely Hazardous Substance
EI: Emissions Inventory
EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment. Economic Impact Assessment
EIL: Environmental Impairment Liability
EIR: Endangerment Information Report; Environmental Impact Report
EIS: Environmental Impact Statement; Environmental Inventory System
EIS/AS: Emissions Inventory System/Area Source
EIS/PS: Emissions Inventory System/Point Source
EJ: Environmental Justice
EKMA: Empirical Kinetic Modeling Approach
EL: Exposure Level
ELI: Environmental Law Institute
ELR: Environmental Law Reporter
EM: Electromagnetic Conductivity
EMAP: Environmental Mapping and Assessment Program
EMAS: Enforcement Management and Accountability System
EMR: Environmental Management Report
EMS: Enforcement Management System
EMSL: Environmental Monitoring Support Systems Laboratory
EMTS: Environmental Monitoring Testing Site; Exposure Monitoring Test Site
EnPA: Environmental Performance Agreement
EO: Ethylene Oxide
EOC: Emergency Operating Center
EOF: Emergency Operations Facility (RTP)
EOP: End Of Pipe
EOT: Emergency Operations Team
EP: Earth Protectors; Environmental Profile; End-use Product; Experimental Product; Extraction Procedure
EPAA: Environmental Programs Assistance Act
EPAAR: EPA Acquisition Regulations
EPCA: Energy Policy and Conservation Act
EPACT: Environmental Policy Act
EPACASR: EPA Chemical Activities Status Report
EPCRA: Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act
EPD: Emergency Planning District
EPI: Environmental Policy Institute
EPIC: Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center
EPNL: Effective Perceived Noise Level
EPRI: Electric Power Research Institute
EPTC: Extraction Procedure Toxicity Characteristic
EQIP: Environmental Quality Incentives Program
ER: Ecosystem Restoration; Electrical Resistivity
ERA: Economic Regulatory Agency
ERAMS: Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System
ERC: Emergency Response Commission. Emissions Reduction Credit, Environmental Research Center
ERCS: Emergency Response Cleanup Services
ERDA: Energy Research and Development Administration
ERD&DAA: Environmental Research, Development and Demonstration Authorization Act
ERL: Environmental Research Laboratory
ERNS: Emergency Response Notification System
ERP: Enforcement Response Policy
ERT: Emergency Response Team
ERTAQ: ERT Air Quality Model
ES: Enforcement Strategy
ESA: Endangered Species Act. Environmentally Sensitive Area
ESC: Endangered Species Committee
ESCA: Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis
ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESECA: Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act
ESH: Environmental Safety and Health
ESP: Electrostatic Precipitators
ET: Emissions Trading
ETI: Environmental Technology Initiative
ETP: Emissions Trading Policy
ETS: Emissions Tracking System; Environmental Tobacco Smoke
ETV: Environmental Technology Verification Program
EUP: End-Use Product; Experimental Use Permit
EWCC: Environmental Workforce Coordinating Committee
EXAMS: Exposure Analysis Modeling System
ExEx: Expected Exceedance