Final Report of the Federal Facilities Environmental Restoration Dialogue Committee: Acronyms
April 1996

• ATSDR: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

• BRAC: Base Realignment and Closure

• CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended

• DERP: Defense Environmental Restoration Program

• DoD: Department of Defense

• DOE: Department of Energy

• DOI: Department of the Interior

• DOJ: Department of Justice

• DSMOA: Defense State Memorandum of Agreement

• EM: DOE Office of Environmental Management

• EPA: Environmental Protection Agency

• ER: DOE Office of Environmental Restoration

• FACA: Federal Advisory Committee Act

• FFA: Federal Facility Agreement

• FFCA: Federal Facility Compliance Act

• FFER: Federal Facility Environmental Restoration

• FFPG: Federal Facilities Policy Group

• FOIA: Freedom of Information Act

• FUDS: Formerly Used Defense Sites

• FUSRAP: Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program

• GAO: General Accounting Office

• IAG: Interagency Agreement

• NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• NEJAC: National Environmental Justice Advisory Council

• NCP: National Contingency Plan

• NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended

• NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• NPL: National Priorities List

• O&M: Operation and Maintenance

• OMB: Office of Management and Budget

• PEIS: Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

• PRP: Potentially Responsible Party

• RAB: Restoration Advisory Board

• RCRA: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended

• REO: Regional Environmental Officers

• RI/FS: Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study

• ROD: Record of Decision

• SARA: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986

• SSAB: Site-Specific Advisory Board

• SVTC: Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition

• TAG: Technical Assistance Grant

• TCE: Trichloroethylene

• TKC: The Keystone Center

• TRC: DoD Technical Review Committee

• UMTRA: Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Act

• USDA: U.S. Department of Agriculture