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
- AAQS - Ambient Air Quality Standards
- ALJ - Administrative Law Judge
- APA - Administrative Procedure Act
- AQC - Air Quality Criteria
- AQCR - Air Quality Control Region
- ARAR - Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Standards, Limitations, Criteria and Requirements
- ATSDR - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
B
- BACM - Best Available Control Measures
- BACT - Best Available Control Technology
- BAT - Best Available Technology Economically Achievable
- BADT - Best Available Demonstrated Control Technology
- BMP - Best Management Practices(s)
- BOD - Biochemical Oxygen Demand; Biological Oxygen Demand
- BPCT - Best Practicable Control Technology
- BPJ - Best Professional Judgment
- BPT - Best Practicable Control technology; Best Practicable Treatment
C
- CAA - Clean Air Act
- CATEX - Categorical Exclusion
- CBEC - Concentration-Based Exemption Criteria
- CCS - Carbon Capture and Storage (or Sequestration)
- CE - Conditionally exempt Generators
- CEQ - Council on Environmental Quality
- CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
- CFC - Chlorofluorocarbons
- CFR - Code of federal Regulations
- CMI - Corrective Measures Implementation
- CO - Carbon Monoxide
- CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
- CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility
- CTG - Control Technique Guidelines
- CWA - Clean Water Act (aka FWPAC)
- CZMA - Coastal Zone Management Act
D
- DDHHS - Department of Health and Human Services
- DO - Dissolved Oxygen
- DOJ - United States Department of Justice
- DOT - United States Department of Transportation
E
- EA - Environmental Assessment
- EIS - Environmental Impact Statement
- EJ - Environmental Justice
- EMS - Environmental Management System
- EPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency
- EPCRA - Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (part of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, Title III)
- EPD - Environmental Product Declaration
- ESA - Endangered Species Act
- ESG - Environmental, Social and (Corporate) Governance
F
- FDF- Fundamentally Different Factors
- FIFRA - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
- FFCA - Federal Facility Compliance Act
- FONSI - Finding of No Significant Impact
- FR - Federal Register
- FS - Feasibility Study
- FWPAC - Federal Water Pollution Control Act
G
- GACT - Generally Available Control Technology
- GHG - Greenhouse Gas
- GSA - General Services Administration
H
- HAP - Hazardous Air Pollutant
- HEW - United States Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
- HRS - Hazard Ranking System
- HW - Hazardous Waste
- HWI - Hazardous Waste Index
- HWM - Hazardous Waste Management
- HSWA - Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
- HUD - United States Dep. Of Housing and Urban Development
I
- I/M - Inspection and Maintenance
- IRAA - Indoor Radon Abatement Act
L
- LAER - LOWEST Achievable Emission Rate
- LCA - Life Cycle Assessment / Life Cycle Analysis
M
- MACT - Maximum Achievable Control
- MPRSA - Marine Protection, Research & Sanctuaries Act; also know as the Ocean Dumping Ban Act (ODBA)
- MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheet
- MSWLF - Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
N
- NA - Nonattainment Area
- NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards
- NBAR - Non-Binding Preliminary Allocation of Responsibility
- NCP - National Contingency Plan
- NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
- NESHAPs - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
- NIMBY - Not in My Back Yard
- NIPDWSs - National Interim Primary Drinking Water Standards
- NO2 - Nitrogen Dioxide
- NOHSCP - National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan
- NOD - Notice of Deficiencies
- NOI - Notice of Intent
- NOV - Notice of Violations
- NPL - National Priorities List
- NPDES - National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
- NSPS - New Source Performance Standards
- NSR - New Source Review
O
- O3 - Ozone
- ODBA - Ocean Dumping Ban Act; also known as the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA)
- O/M - Operation and Maintenance
- OPA - Oil Pollution Act
- OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Act
P
- PA - Preliminary Assessment
- Pb - Lead
- PCB - Poly-Chlorinated Biphenyls
- PJD - Primary Jurisdiction Doctrine
- PM - Particulate Matter
- POTW - Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- POWTW - Publicly Owned Waste treatment Works
- PPA - Pollution Prevention Act
- PPB - Parts Per Billion
- PPM - Parts Per Million
- PRP - Potentially Responsible Party
- PSD - Prevention of Significant Deterioration
R
- RA - Remedial Action
- RACM - Reasonably Available Control Measures
- RACT - Reasonably Available Control Technology
- RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
- RFA - RCRA Facility Assessment
- RFI - RCRA Facility Investigation
- RFP - Reasonable Further Progress
- RI/FS - Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
- ROD - Record of Decision
- RQ - Reportable Quantity
S
- SARA - Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
- SDWA - Safe Drinking Water Act
- SEPA - State Implementation Plan
- SO2 - Sulfur Dioxide
- SQG - Small Quantity Generator
- SWDA - Solid Waste Disposal Act
- SWMU - Solid Waste Management Unit
- SWPPP - Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
T
U
V
- TCLP - Total Concentrate Leachate Procedure; Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
- TMDL - Total Maximum Daily Load
- TRS - Total Reduced Sulfur
- TSCA - Toxic Substances Control Act
- TSD - Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility
- TSM - Transportation System Management
- TSS - Total Suspended Solids
- UMTRCA - Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act
- UIC - Underground Injection Control
- USACE - United States Army Corps of Engineers
- UST - Underground Storage Tank
- VOC - Volatile Organic Compounds