| AA |
Assistant Administrator |
| ADEQ |
Arizona Department of Environmental
Quality |
| ARCS |
Alternative Remedial Contracting
Strategy |
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry |
| AVCP |
Association of Village Council
Presidents |
| BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| BRAC |
Base Realignment and Closure |
| CA |
Cooperative Agreement |
| CAG |
Community Advisory Group |
| CAMEO |
Computer Aided Management of Emergency
Operations |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
| CDPHE |
Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment |
| CEPPO |
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and
Prevention Office |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CERCLIS |
CERCLA Information System |
| CRC |
Community Relations Coordinator |
| CRP |
Community Relations Plan |
| DERTF |
Defense Environmental Response Task
Force |
| DHA |
Dallas Housing Authority |
| DHH |
Denver Department of Health and
Hospitals |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOI |
Department of the Interior |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice |
| DOL |
Department of Labor |
| DSS |
Decision Support System |
| EB |
Environmental Benefits |
| EBS |
Environmental Baseline Survey |
| EEI |
Environmental Enterprises Incorporated |
| ECAO |
Environmental Criteria and Assessment
Office |
| EMSL-LV |
Environmental Monitoring Systems
Laboratory in Las Vegas |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERCS |
Emergency Response Cleanup Services |
| ERRS |
Emergency and Rapid Response Services |
| ESS |
Enforcement Support Services |
| ECEZ |
Enterprise Community Empowerment Zone |
| EQB |
Environmental Quality Board |
| EZEC |
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise
Communities |
| FACA |
Federal Advisory Committee Act |
| FAR |
Federal Acquisition Regulation |
| FFERDC |
Federal Facilities Environmental
Restoration Dialogue Committee |
| FFW |
Federal Field Workgroup |
| FOSL |
Finding of Suitability to Lease |
| FRP |
Facility Review Plan |
| FTE |
Full-Time Equivalent |
| FUSRAP |
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action
Program |
| GIN |
Grants Integration Network |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GPS |
Geographic Positioning System |
| HHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| HLA |
Hawaii Lai'ieikawai Association |
| HMTRI |
Hazardous Materials Training and
Research Institute |
| HRS |
Hazard Ranking System |
| HSRC-S&SW |
Hazardous Substance Research Center -
South & Southwest |
| HUD |
Department of Housing and Urban
Development |
| HWD |
Hazardous Waste Division |
| IAG |
Interagency Agreement |
| ICO |
Interfaith Community Organization |
| IHS |
Indian Health Services |
| ITEC |
Inter-Tribal Environmental Council |
| LEPC |
Local Emergency Planning Committee |
| LERC |
Local Emergency Response Cites |
| LUST |
Leaking Underground Storage Tank |
| MAP |
Medical Assistance Plan |
| MDNR |
Missouri Department of National
Resources |
| MHD |
Massachusetts Highway Department |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSWLF |
Municipal Solid Waste Landfill |
| NAACP |
National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People |
| NAV |
Native Alaskan Village |
| NCAPS |
National Corrective Action
Prioritization System |
| NEJAC |
National Environmental Justice Advisory
Council |
| NFRAP |
No Further Remedial Action Planned |
| NHSRC |
Northeast Hazardous Substance Research
Center |
| NIEHS |
National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences |
| NJDEP |
New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection |
| NMED |
New Mexico Environment Department |
| NOV |
Notice of Violation |
| NPL |
National Priorities List |
| NRC |
National Recycling Congress |
| NYCDEP |
New York City Department of
Environmental Protection |
| OCR |
Office of Civil Rights |
| OEJ |
Office of Environmental Justice |
| OERR |
Office of Emergency and Remedial
Response |
| OGC |
Office of General Counsel |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| OPA |
Oil Pollution Act |
| OPM |
Office of Policy and Management |
| ORC |
Office of Regional Counsel |
| ORCRA |
Office of RCRA |
| ORD |
Office of Research and Development |
| OSC |
On-Scene Coordinator |
| OSDBU |
Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization |
| OSW |
Office of Solid Waste |
| OSWER |
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response |
| OUST |
Office of Underground Storage Tanks |
| PA |
Preliminary Assessment |
| PADER |
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated Biphenyl |
| PHS |
Public Health Service |
| PEB |
Performance Evaluation Board |
| POEP |
Pueblo Office of Environmental
Protection |
| RAB |
Restoration Advisory Board |
| RAC |
Remedial Action Contract |
| RASC |
Rural Alaska Sanitation Coalition |
| RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RCRIS |
RCRA Information System |
| RDT |
Regional Decision Team |
| REPA |
RCRA Enforcement Permitting Assistance |
| RFA |
Request for Applications |
| RFEF |
RCRA Facility Evaluation Form |
| RIP |
RCRA Implementation Plan |
| RMA |
Rocky Mountain Arsenal |
| ROC |
Regional Oversight Contract |
| RPIM |
RCRA Public Involvement Manual |
| RPM |
Remedial Project Manager |
| SACM |
Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model |
| SAT |
Site Assessment Team |
| SBA |
Small Business Administration |
| SBDC |
Small Business Development Center |
| SBIC |
Small Business Investment Company |
| SEDESOL |
Mexican Equivalent of U.S. EPA |
| SEE |
Senior Environmental Employee |
| SEP |
Supplemental Environmental Projects |
| SERC |
State Emergency Response Commission |
| SI |
Site Investigation |
| SOW |
Scope of Work |
| SPA |
State Program Approval |
| SPC |
Science Policy Council |
| SPCC |
Spill Prevention Control and
Countermeasure |
| SRPB/BBS |
State and Regional Programs Branch
Bulletin Board System |
| SSAB |
Site-Specific Advisory Board |
| START |
Superfund Technical and Response Team |
| SWS |
Solid Waste Section |
| TAG |
Technical Assistance Grant |
| TCE |
Trichloroethylene |
| TEP |
Technical Evaluation Plan |
| TERC |
Tribal Emergency Response Committee |
| TIO |
Technology Innovation Office |
| TOSC |
Technical Outreach Support Centers |
| TRC |
Technical Review Committee |
| TSD |
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| UST |
Underground Storage Tank |
| VISTA |
Volunteers in Service to America |
| WMD |
Waste Management Division |
| WTI |
Waste Technologies Industries |
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