Acronyms 

LIST OF ACRONYMS 

AAQS Ambient Air Quality Standards 

ACEC Area of Critical Environmental Concern 

AIRFA American Indian Religious Freedom Act 

AMP Allotment Management Plan 

AMR Appropriate Management Response 

APD Application for Permit to Drill (an oil or gas well) 

APE Area of Potential Effects 

APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA) 

API American Petroleum Institute 

APLIC Avian Power Line Interaction Committee 

AQD Air Quality Division (of WDEQ) 

AQTSD Air Quality Technical Support Document 

ATV All-Terrain Vehicle 

AUM Animal Unit Month 

BA Biological Assessment 

BACT Best Available Control Technology 

BLM Bureau of Land Management (U.S. Department of the Interior) 

BMP Best Management Practice 

BO Biological Opinion 

BOR Bureau of Reclamation (see also USBR) 

BpS Biophysical Setting 

CCF Hundred Cubic Feet (a measure of timber volume) 

CEM Cumulative Effects Model 

CEQ Council on Environmental Quality 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

COA Conditions of Approval 

CRCT Colorado River Cutthroat Trout 

CRMP Cultural Resource Management Plan 

CSU Controlled Surface Use 

dB Decibel 

DBH Diameter at Breast Height 

DOI Department of Interior 

DPC Desired Plant Community 

Record of Decision and Approved Pinedale Resource Management Plan A-1 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acronyms 

DPS Distinct Population Segment 

EA Environmental Assessment 

EIS Environmental Impact Statement 

E.O. Executive Order 

EPA Environmental Protection Agency 

ERMA Extensive Recreation Management Area 

ESA Endangered Species Act (of 1973) 

FLPMA Federal Land Policy and Management Act (of 1976) 

FO Field Office 

FS Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (see also USFS) 

FWS United States Fish & Wildlife Service (see also USFWS) 

GIS Geographic Information Systems 

GYA Greater Yellowstone Area 

HFRA Healthy Forests Restoration Act 

HMA Habitat Management Area 

HMP Habitat Management Plan 

HRV Historic Range of Variability 

HUC Hydrologic Unit Code 

IMP Interim Management Policy 

IN Information Notice 

INRMP Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan 

LAU Lynx Analysis Unit 

LSU Limited Surface Use 

LWCF Land and Water Conservation Funds 

MA Management Area 

mg/L Milligrams per Liter 

MBF Thousand board feet (a measure of timber volume) 

MBTA Migratory Bird Treaty Act (of 1918) 

MOU Memorandum of Understanding 

MSA Management Situation Analysis 

NADP National Atmospheric Deposition Program 

NAGPRA Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (of 1990) 

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act (of 1969) 

NHPA National Historic Preservation Act 

NHT National Historic Trail 

A-2 Record of Decision and Approved Pinedale Resource Management Plan 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acronyms 

NNL National Natural Landmark 

NOA Notice of Availability 

NOI Notice of Intent 

NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

NPS National Park Service (see also USNPS) 

NRCS Natural Resource Conservation Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture) 

NRHP National Register of Historic Places 

NSO No Surface Occupancy (a stipulation on an oil and gas lease) 

NTL Notice to Lessees 

NWSRS National Wild & Scenic Rivers System 

OHV Off-Highway Vehicle 

PA Programmatic Agreement 

PAPA Pinedale Anticline Project Area 

PAWG Pinedale Anticline Working Group 

PFC Proper Functioning Condition 

PFO Pinedale Field Office 

P.L. Public Law 

PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

R&PP Recreation and Public Purpose Act (of 1926) 

RAMP Recreation Area Management Plan 

RFD Reasonably Foreseeable Development 

RMG Reservoir Management Group 

RMP Resource Management Plan (BLM land use plan under FLPMA) 

RMZ Recreation Management Zone 

ROD Record of Decision 

ROW Right-of-Way 

SAF Society of American Foresters 

SD/MA Special Designations and Management Area 

SHPO State Historic Preservation Office 

SIP State Implementation Plan 

SLT Standard Lease Terms 

SRMA Special Recreation Management Area 

SRP Special Recreation Permit 

SSS Special Status Species 

T&E Threatened and/or Endangered Species (as per ESA of 1973) 

Record of Decision and Approved Pinedale Resource Management Plan A-3 
 

 

 

 

 

Acronyms 

TCP Traditional Cultural Property 

TDS Total Dissolved Solid 

TLS Timing Limitation Stipulations 

TMARD Total Motorized Access Route Density 

TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load 

TPA Trees per Acre 

U.S. United States of America 

USAF United States Air Force 

U.S.C. United States Code 

USDA United States Department of Agriculture 

USDI United States Department of the Interior 

USFS United States Forest Service 

USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

USGS United States Geological Survey 

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator 

VRM Visual Resource Management 

WAAQS Wyoming Ambient Air Quality Standards 

WDEQ Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (see also DEQ) 

WFURB Wildland Fire Use for Resource Benefit 

WGFD Wyoming Game and Fish Department 

WOGCC Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 

WQD Water Quality Division (Wyoming DEQ) 

WSA Wilderness Study Area 

WSEO Wyoming State Engineer’s Office 

WSR Wild and Scenic River 

WTPD White-Tailed Prairie Dogs 

WUI Wildland Urban Interface 

WYPDES Wyoming Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

A-4 Record of Decision and Approved Pinedale Resource Management Plan