Abbreviations & Acronyms: A-D
Note: Some acronyms have more than one meaning. Multiple meanings are listed, separated by semi-colons.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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
A&C: Abatement and Control
ACF: Area Cost Factors
ACBM: Asbestos-Containing Building Material
ACE: Any Credible Evidence
ADP: AHERA Designated Person; Automated Data Processing
ADR: Alternate Dispute Resolution
AEA: Atomic Energy Act
AEC: Associate Enforcement Counsels; Army Environmental Center
AEERL: Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
AES: Auger Electron Spectrometry
AFB: Air Force Base
AFCEE:Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environmental
AFW-ERPIMS: Air Force Wide-Environmental Resource Program Information Management System
ALA: Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid
ALA-O: Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydrates
ALMS: Atomic Line Molecular Spectroscopy
AMBIENS: Atmospheric Mass Balance of Industrially Emitted and Natural Sulfur
ANC: Acid Neutralizing Capacity
ANN: Artificial Neural Network
AOC: Abnormal Operating Conditions
AOD: Argon-Oxygen Decarbonization
AOP: Advanced Oxidation Process
APRAC: Urban Diffusion Model for Carbon Monoxide from Motor Vehicle Traffic
AQ-7: Non-reactive Pollutant Modelling
AQCCT: Air-Quality Criteria and Control Techniques
AQCP: Air Quality Control Program
AR: Administrative Record
A&R: Air and Radiation
ARAMS: Army Risk Assessment Modeling System
ARAR: Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Standards, Limitations, Criteria, and Requirements
ARS: Agricultural Research Service
AS: Area Source
ASAP: Adaptive Simulated Annealing Package
AST: Advanced Secondary (Wastewater) Treatment; Aboveground Storage Tank
ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials
ASTSWMO: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials
AT: Advanced Treatment. Alpha Track Detection
ATOPT: Advective Transport Optimization
ATSDR: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ATTF: Air Toxics Task Force
BAA: Board of Assistance Appeals
BAC: Bioremediation Action Committee; Biotechnology Advisory Committee
BACM: Best Available Control Measures
BACT: Best Available Control Technology
BADT: Best Available Demonstrated Technology
BAF: Bioaccumulation Factor
BaP: Benzo(a)Pyrene
BART: Best Available Retrofit Technology
BAT: Best Available Technology
BCT: Best Control Technology
BDAT: Best Demonstrated Achievable Technology
BDCT: Best Demonstrated Control Technology
BDT: Best Demonstrated Technology
BFSD2: Benthic Flux Sampling Device
BIOPLUME: Model to Predict the Maximum Extent of Existing Plumes
BMP: Best Management Practice(s)
BOF: Basic Oxygen Furnace
BOP: Basic Oxygen Process
BOPF: Basic Oxygen Process Furnace
BP: Boiling Point
BPWTT: Best Practical Wastewater Treatment Technology
BRAC: Base Realignment Closure
BSI: British Standards Institute
BSO: Benzene Soluble Organics
BV: Bioventing
CA: Citizen Act. Competition Advocate. Cooperative Agreements. Corrective Action
CAA: Clean Air Act; Compliance Assurance Agreement
CAAA: Clean Air Act Amendments
CAER: Community Awareness and Emergency Response
CAFO: Concentrated Animal Feedlot; Consent Agreement/Final Order
CAH: Chlorindated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons
CAO: Corrective Action Order
CAP: Corrective Action Plan. Cost Allocation Procedure. Criteria Air Pollutant
CAS: Center for Automotive Safety; Chemical Abstract Service
CAU: Carbon Adsorption Unit; Command Arithmetic Unit
CB: Continuous Bubbler
CBI: Compliance Biomonitoring Inspection; Confidential Business Information
CBOD: Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand
CCAP: Center for Clean Air Policy; Climate Change Action Plan
CCID: Confidential Chemicals Identification System
CCMS/NATO: Committee on Challenges of a Modern Society/North Atlantic Treaty Organization
CDBG: Community Development Block Grant
CDD: Chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin
CDF: Chlorinated dibenzofuran
CDM: Climatological Dispersion Model; Comprehensive Data Management
CEB: Chemical Element Balance
CEM: Continuous Emission Monitoring
CEMS: Continuous Emission Monitoring System
CEPP: Chemical Emergency Preparedness Plan
CEQ: Council on Environmental Quality
CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (1980)
CERCLIS: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System
CFC: Chlorofluorocarbons
CFM: Chlorofluoromethanes
CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
CHEMNET: Chemical Industry Emergency Mutual Aid Network
CHRS: Compact High-Resolution Spectrophotometer
CICIS: Chemicals in Commerce Information System
CKD: Cement Kiln Dust
CLC: Capacity Limiting Constituents
CLP: Contract Laboratory Program (EPA)
CLU-IN: Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Information
CM: Corrective Measure
CMB: Chemical Mass Balance
CNG:Compressed Natural Gas
COD: Chemical Oxygen Demand
CPT: Cone Pentrometer
CSIN: Chemical Substances Information Network
CSMA: Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association
CTG: Control Techniques Guidelines
CTSA: Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment
CVS: Constant Volume Sampler
CWA: Clean Water Act (aka FWPCA)
DDESB: Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board
DDT: DichloroDiphenylTrichloroethane
DENIX: Defense Environment Network & Information Exchange
DES: Diethylstilbesterol
DfE: Design for the Environment
DH: Dissolved Hydrogen
DL-LIBS: Downhole-Laser Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNAPL: Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquid
DNT: Dinitrotoluene
DO: Dissolved Oxygen
DOE: United States Department of Energy
DOI: United States Department of Interior
DQO: Data Quality Objective
DRMS: Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
DS: Dichotomous Sampler
DSITMS: Direct Sampling Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry
DSS: Decision Support System
DST: Decision Support Tools
DU: Depleted Uranium
DUS: Dynamic Underground Stripping
DUSD/I&D: Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment