Abbreviations

The following lists abbreviations related to environmental laws. Visit EPA's Web site for Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms.

	ACM	Asbestos Containing Material
	AST	Aboveground Storage Tank
	AHERA	Asbestos Hazards Emergency Response Act
	BIA	Bureau of Indian Affairs
	BOD	Biochemical Oxygen Demand
	BLM	Bureau of Land Management
	BMP	Best Management Practices
	C&D	Construction and Demolition Waste
	CAA	Clean Air Act
	CSS	Combined Sewer Systems
	CERCLA	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
	CORPS	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
	CESQG	Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator
	CFC	Chlorofluorocarbon
	CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
	CGP	Construction General Permit
	CSO	Combined Sewer Overflow
	CSS	Combined Sewer Systems
	CWA	Clean Water Act
	DOI	Department of the Interior
	DITCA	Direct Implementation Tribal Cooperative Agreement
	DMR	Discharge Monitoring Report
	DOE	United States Department of Energy
	EA	Environmental Assessment
	EIS	Environmental Impact Statement
	ELM	Environmental Landscape Management
	EMS	Environmental Management Systems
	EPA	United States Environmental Protection Agency
	EPP	Environmentally-Preferable Purchasing
	EPCRA	Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
	ESA	Endangered Species Act
	FHWA	Federal Highways Administration
	FIFRA	Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
	FIP	Federal Implementation Plan
	FR	Federal Register
	FWS	Fish and Wildlife Service
	GAP	Indian Environmental General Assistance Program
	GCP	General Construction Permit
	HAP	Hazardous Air Pollutant
	HHW	Household Hazardous Waste
	HMIWI	Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator
	HUD	United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
	I/I	Infiltration and Inflow
	IGRA	Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
	IHS	Indian Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services
	IPM	Integrated Pest Management
	IRA	Indian Reorganization Act
	IRR	Indian Reservation Roads
	LCSS	Large Capacity Septic System
	LDR	Land Disposal Restrictions
	LEED	Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
	LEPC	Local Emergency Planning Committee
	MMPA	Marine Mammal Protection Act
	MACT	Maximum Achievable Control Technology
	MCL	Maximum Contaminant Level
	MCLG	Maximum Contaminant Level Goal
	MBTA	Migratory Bird Treaty Act
	MSDS	Material Safety Data Sheet
	MS4s	Municipal Separate Storm Sewers
	MSW	Municipal Solid Waste
	MTBE	Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
	NAA	Nonattainment Area
	NAAQS	National Ambient Air Quality Standards
	NAGPRA	Native American Graves Reparation Act
	NIGRA	National Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
	NIGC	National Indian Gaming Commission
	NCP	National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
	NEPA	National Environmental Policy Act
	NESHAP	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
	NHPA	National Historic Preservation Act
	NIGRA	National Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
	NMFS	National Marine Fisheries Service
	NOX	Nitrogen Oxides
	NPDES	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
	NPDWR	National Primary Drinking Water Regulation
	NPL	National Priorities List
	NRC	National Response Center
	NSPS	New Source Performance Standards
	NTNC	Nontransient Noncommunity Water System
	O&M	Operation and Maintenance
	OPA	Oil Pollution Act
	OSHA	Occupational Safety and Health Administration
	PBT	Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins
	PCB	Polychlorinated Biphenyl
	PH	Potential of Hydrogen
	PMN	Premanufacture Notice
	POTW	Publicly Owned Treatment Works
	PSD	Prevention of Significant Deterioration
	RCRA	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
	RMP	Risk Management Program
	SARA	Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
	SDWA	Safe Drinking Water Act
	SEP	Supplemental Environmental Project
	SERC	State Emergency Response Commission
	SIC	Standard Industrial Classification
	SIP	State Implementation Plan
	SOx	Sulfur Oxides
	SPCC	Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure
	SQG	Small Quantity Generator
	SSO	Sanitary Sewer Overflow
	TAS	Treatment In The Same Manner as A State
	TEA	Tribal Environmental Agreement
	TERC	Tribal Emergency Planning Committee
	TIP	Tribal Implementation Plan
	TMDL	Total Maximum Daily Load
	TNC	Transient Noncommunity Water System
	TRI	Toxic Release Inventory
	TSCA	Toxic Substances Control Act
	TSD	Treatment, Storage, and Disposal
	TSS	Total Suspended Solids
	UIC	Underground Injection Control
	USC	United States Code
	USDW	Underground Source of Drinking Water
	UST	Underground Storage Tank
	VOC	Volatile Organic Compound
	WWTP	Wastewater Treatment Plant

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