FRFFFFFFE

FFFSG
FGO
FHWA
FIA
FICA
FID
FIFRA

FIND
FIPS
FLM
FLRA
FLRC
FLSA
FMCS
FMO
FMO
FMS
FMVCP
FO
FOE
FOI
FORTRAN
FOSD
FP
FPC

Fossil Fuel Fired Steam Generator
Flue Gas Desul furization

Federal Highway Administration
Federal Insurance Administration
Federal Insurance Contributions Act
Flame Ionization Detector

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act

Facility Index Directory

Federal Information Procedures System
Federal Land Manager

Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Labor Relations Council

Fair Labor Standards Act

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Financial Management Of fice

Financial Management Officer
Financial Management System

Federal Motor Vehicle Control Program
Facilities Office

Friend of the Earth

Freedom of Information

Formula Translation

Field Operations and Support Division
Fine Particulate Matter

Federal Power Commission

FRFFFFFFF

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PPPPPPPP

PMRS

PMS
PMS
PNA
PO
PO
PoC
POM
POMO
POTW
POV
PP
PP
PPA

ppb
PPIS

ppm
PPMAP

*~ PPRS
PPSP
PPT

PR

PR

PRA

Performance Management and Recognition

System

Performance Management System

Personnel Management Specialist

Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Project Officer

Purchase Order

Program Office Contacts
Polycyclic Organic Matter

Program Operations and Management Office

Publicly Owned Treatment Works

Privately Owned Vehicle
Pay Period

Program Planning

Planned Program Accomplishment

Parts per billion

Pesticide Product Information System

Parts per million

Power Planning Modeling Appl ication

Procedure

Program Planning and Review Staff

Power Plant Siting Program
Permanent Part Time

No Year Fund

Procurement Request

Planned Regulatory Action

39

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OMS
OMSE
OMSQA

op
OPA
OPA
OPAC
OPF
OPFT
OPFTE
OPS
OPP
OPPE
OPPM
OPTS
ORD
ORO
ORP
ORPM
ORV
OSDBU

OSHA
OSR
OS/VS

Office of Mobile Sources
Office of Management Systems and Evaluation

Office of Monitoring Systems and Quality
Assurance

Operating Plan

Office of Policy Analysis

Office of Public Affairs

Overall Performance Appraisal Certification
Official Personnel Folder

Other Than Permanent Full Time

Other Than Permanent Full Time Equivalent
Office of Program Management and Support
Office of Pesticide Programs

Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation
Office of Policy and Program Management
Office of Pesticides and Toxic: Substances
Office of Research and Development

Office of Regional Operations

Office of Radiation Programs

Office of Research Program Management
Off-Road Vehicle

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Office of Standards and Regulations
Operating System/Virtual Storage

00000000

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RRRRRRRR

RTD
RTDM
RTFEA

RTM
RTPFCU

RRRRRRRR

Return to Duty
Rough Terrain Diffusion Model

Research Triangle Federal Employees
Association

Regional Transport Model

Research Triangle Park Federal Credit Union

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dpod00DDDD

DA
DAA
O&F

OAMDF
DAR
DASD
OBA
08M
DBMS
OCA
OCN
0co
OCcPU
OCR

DE

DEC

DEMA
DEP
OFM
OHHS
DIDS
DIPS

DIPS
008
boc

Designated Agent

Deputy Assistant Administrator
Determination and Findings

Durham Air Monitoring Demonstration Facility
Direct Assistance Request

Direct Access Storage Drive

Data Base Administrator

Data Base Manager

Data Base Management Systems

Washington International Airport
Document Control Number

Delayed Compliance Order

Data Center Policy and Usage

Document Control Register

Department of Education

Department of Environmental Conservation
Diesel Engine Manufacturers Association
Displaced Employee Program

Division of Financial Management
Department of Health and Human Services
Domestic Information Display System

Departmental Integrated Personnel Service
System

Department of Interior Payroll System
Date of Birth

Department of Commerce

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MISCELLANEOUS SYMBOLS

1012 TERA (T) One trillion times
109 GIGA_ (G) One billion times
106 = MEGA (M) One million times
103. KILO. (k) One thousand times
10-3 MILLI (m) One thousandth of
10-6 = MICRO (y) One millionth of
10-9 NANO «(n) One billionth of

m Meter (Length) Im = 39.37 in.

g Gram (Mass) 19 = ~.035 oz.

~ Approximately

= Approximately equal to

> Greater than

> Greater than or equal to

< Less than

< Less than or equal to

>> Much greater than

<< Much less than

# Number (No. is preferred, if either is neede_,

2 Ohm

+ Plus

+ — Plus or minus
§ Section

£ To sum up

MISCELLANEOUS SYMBOLS

54


VVVVVVVY

VALLEY Meteorological Model to Calculate
Concentrations on Elevated Terrain

vCM Vinyl Chloride Monomer

VE Visual Emissions

VHT Vehicle-Hours of Travel

VISTTA Visibility Impairment from Sul fur

Transformation and Transport in the
Atmosphere

VKT Vehicle Kilometers Traveled

WT ~~ Vehicle Miles Traveled

voc Volatile Organic Compounds

vos Vehicle Operating Survey

VSS Volatile Suspended Solids

VVVVVYVY

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TTTTTTTT

TOA
TOC
TRLN
TRS
TSB
TSC
TSC
TSCA

TSCC
TSDF
TSM
TSO
TSP
TSS
TSS
TSSMS
TIFA
TTY
TUCC
TVA
TA

Trace Organic Analysis

Total Organic Compound

Triangle Research Library Network
Total Reduced Sul fur

Technical Support Branch

Toxic Substances Coordinator
Transportation Systems Center

Toxic Substances Control Act; sometimes
TOSCA

Toxic Substances Coordinating Committee
Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facility
Transportation System Management

Time Sharing Option

Total Suspended Particulates

Terminal Security System

Total Suspended Solids

Time Sharing Services Management System
Target Transformation Factor Analysis
Teletypewriter

Triangle University Computer Center
Tennessee Valley Authority

Time Weighted Average

TTTTTTTT

50


ITIITIiit

IA Interagency Agreement; sometimes IAG
TACC Interagency Assessment Advisory Committee
TAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IAP Incentive Awards Program
ICAP Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma
ICBEN International Commission on the Biological
Effects of Noise
ICE Internal Combustion Engine
res Intermittent Control Strategies
IFB Invitation for Bid
IFCAM Industrial Fuel Choice Analysis Model
1GCI Industrial Gas Cleaning Institute
Ms Inflationary Impact Statement
Tuc International Joint Commission
1/M Inspection and Maintenance
IMM Intersection Midblock Model
IMPACT Integrated Model of Plumes and Atmosphere
in Complex Terrain
INPUFF A Gaussian Puff Dispersion Model
INT Intermittent
10 Immediate Of fice
IOAA ~ Immediate Office of the Assistant
Administrator
TOAU Input/Output Arithmetic Unit
108 Iron Ore Beneficiation
10U Input/Output Unit
IP Inhaleable Particulates
TLIriIitri

22


PPPPPPPP

PRD
PS
PSD
PSE
PSI
PSM
PSS
PT
PTDIS

PTMAX

PTMTP

PTPLU
PY
PYC
PY

PPPPPPPP

Program Reporting Division

Point Source

Prevention of Significant Deterioration
Program Subelement

Pollutant Standards Index

Point Source Monitoring

Personnel Staffing Special ist

Part Time

Single Stack Meteorological Model in EPA
UNAMAP Series

Single Stack Meteorological Model in EPA
UNAMAP Series

Mul tistack Meteorological Model in EPA
UNAMAP Series

Point Source Gaussian Diffusion Model
Project Verification
Polyvinyl Chloride

Prior Year

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AQ
A0
AOC
AP
APA
APCA
APCD
APHA
API
API
APRAC

APTI
AQ-7
AQCCT
AQCR
AQDHS
AQDM
AQMA
AQMP
AQSM
AQTAD

AR
ARB
ARC

Area Office

Awards and Obligations

Abnorma) Operating Conditions
Accounting Point

Administrative Procedure Act

Air Pollution Control Association
Air Pollution Control District
American Public Health Association
American Paper Institute

American Petroleum Institute

Urban Diffusion Model for Carbon Monoxide
from Motor Vehicle Traffic

Air Pollution Training Institute
Nonreactive Pollutant Modeling

Air Quality Criteria and Control Techniques
Air Quality Control Region

Air Quality Data Handling System

Air Quality Display Model

Air Quality Maintenance Area

Air Quality Maintenance Plan

Air Quality Simulation Model

Air Quality Technical Assistance
Demonstration

Air and Radiation
Air Resources Board

Agency Ranking Committee

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03

Ox

OA

OA
OAE
OALJ
OAQPS
OAR
OARM

OBERS
oc
oc

ocD
OcL
ocR
oD
oo
ODA
oop
ODW
OEA
OECD

OECM

OEET

Ozone

Total Oxidants

Office of Administration

Office of the Administrator

Office of Analysis and Evaluation

Office of the Adninistrative Law Judges
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Office of Air and Radiation

Office of Administration and Resources
Management

Regional Economic Activity Projections
Object Class

Office of the Comptroller

Offshore and Coastal Dispersion Model
Office of Congressional Liaison
Office of Civil Rights

Office of the Director
Organizational Development

Office of the Deputy Administrator
Office of Data Processing

Of fice of Drinking Water

Office of External Affairs

Organization of Economic Cooperation and
Development

Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Monitoring

Of fice of Environmental Engineering and
Technology
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FRFRFFFFFE

FPD
FPEIS

FPM
FPRS
FPRS

FR

FRC

FRM

FRM

FRS
FSIP

FS

FSS

FT

FIC

FTE

FTP

FTS

FIT

FUA

FWP

FWPCA

FWS

FY
FYI

Flame Photometric Detector

Fine Particulate Emissions Information

System

Federal Personnel Manual

Federal Program Resources Statement

Formal Planning and Reporting System

Federal Register

Federal Records Center
Federal Reference Methods
Final Rule Making

Formal Reporting System

Federal Service Impasse Panel

Forest Service

Federal Supply Schedule
Full Time

Federal Trade Commission
Full Time Equivalent

Federal Test Procedure

Federal Telecommunications System

Full Time Temporary
Fuel Use Act

Federal Women's Program

Federal Water Pollution Control Act

Fish and Wildlife Service
Fiscal Year

For Your Information

19

FFPFRFFFFE


LLLELLELE

LAER
LcD
LD
LOD
LOT
LDV
LEL
LEP
LIRAQ
LMR
LNEP
LNG
LOE
LONGZ
LP
LPG
LRMS
LRO
LSB
LSL
LTO
LUST
LYRO
LWOP

Lowest Achievable Emission Rate

Local Climatological Data
Light Outy

Light Duty Diesel

Light Duty Truck

Light Duty Vehicle

Lower Explosive Limit

Laboratory Evaluation Program

Livermore Regional Air Quality Model

Labor Management Relations
Low Noise Emission Product
Liquified Natural Gas
Level of Effort

Long Term Terrain Model
Legislative Proposal

Liquified Petroleum Gas

Low Resolution Mass Spectroscopy

Labor Relations Officer
Library Services Branch
Lump Sum Leave

Landing-Takeoff Cycle

Leaking Underground Storage Tanks

Las Vegas Radiations Operations

Leave Without Pay

2

LELLELELELL


HHHHHHHH

HS
HAOS
HAPEMS

HAPPS

HATREMS
HB

HC

HCO
HOD
HOG
HDV
HEAL
HERL
HI-VOL
HIWAY
HIWS
HMS
HOV
HPLC
HQ

HT

HTP
HVLO
HWERL

Hydrogen Sul fide
Houston Area Oxidant Study

Hazardous Air Pollutants Enforcement

Management System

Hazardous Air Pollutant Prioritization

System

Hazardous and Trace Emissions System

Health Benefits
Hydrocarbons
Hydrothermal Coal Process

Heavy Duty Diesel

Heavy Duty Gasoline Powered Vehicle

Heavy Duty Vehicle

Human Exposure Assessment Location

Health Effects Research Laboratory

High-Volume Sampler

A Line Source Model for Gaseous Pollutants

High-Level Waste and Standards

Highway Mobile Source
High Occupancy Vehicle

High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Headquarters

Hydrothermally Treated

High Temperature and Pressure

High Volume Industrial Organics

Hazardous Waste Engineering Research

Laboratory/Cincinnati

él

HHHHHHHH


00000000

OE0B
OEPER

OER
OERR

OF
OFA
oGc

OHEA

OHR
OHRM
OIA
OIA
OIG
OIL
OIRM
OLA
OLEC
OLEP
OMB
OMISS

OMO
OMPE

OMS

Old Executive Office Building

Office of Environmental Processes and
Effects Research

Office of Exploratory Research

Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
(Superfund)

Optional Form
Office of Federal Activities
Office of General Counsel

Office of Health and Environmental
Assessment

Office of Health Research

Office of Human Resources Management
Office of Internal Affairs

Office of International Activities
Office of the Inspector General

Office of Intergovernmental Liaison
Office of Information Resources Management
Office of Legislative Analysis

Office of Legal and Enforcement Counsel
Office of Legal and Enforcement Policy
Office of Management and Budget

Office of Management Information and
Support Services

Office of Management Operations

Office of Management Planning and
Evaluation

Office of Management Support

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ERC
ERC
ERS
ERTAQ
ESA
ESCA
ESECA

ESED
ESP
ETA
ETP

EWCC

Ex
ExEx

Emission Reduction Credit

Environmental Research Center

Economic Research Service

ERT Air Quality Model

Endangered Species Act

Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis

Energy Supply and Environmental
Coordination Act

Emission Standards and Engineering Division
Electrostatic Precipitator

Energy Tax Act

Emissions Trading Policy

Environmental Workforce Coordinating
Comnittee

Executive Level Appointments

Expected Exceedance

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COM
COMQC

CONS
cos

CEA

CEB
ce
CEQ
CEQA
CERCLA

CERI
CERT
CFC
CFM
CFM

CFR
CHABA
CHAMP
CHESS

CHIP

Cl
CIBL
CIBO

Comprehensive Data Management

Climatological Dispersion Model with
Calibration and Source Contribution

Climatological Data National Summary
Compliance Data System

Council of Economic Advisors
Chemical Element Balance

Continuous Emission Monitoring
Council on Environmental Quality
California Environmental Quality Act

Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act

Center for Environmental Research Information
Certificate of Eligibles

Combined Federal Campaign

Chlorofl uoromethanes

Cubic feet per minute (ft.3/min. preferred
except with ACFM or SCFM)

Code of Federal Regulations
Committee on Hearing and Bio Acoustics
Community Health Air Monitoring Program

Community Health and Environmental
Surveillance System

Chemical Hazard Information Profile
Compression Ignition
Convective Internal Boundary Layer

Council of Industrial Boiler Owners

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NEROS
NESHAPS

NETTING

NFAN
NFS
NGA

NGPA

NHTSA
NIEHS

NIK
NIOSH

NIS
NLA
NLC
NLT
NMC
NMHC
NOC
NMR
NO
NO
NOx
NOA

Northeast Regional Oxidant Study

National Emission Standard for Hazardous
Air Pollutants

Emission Trading Used to Avoid PSD/NSR
Permit Review Requirements

National Filter Analysis Network

National Forest Service

National Governors Association

Natural Gas Policy Act

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Occupational Safety
and Heal th

Noise Information System
National Lime Association
National League of Cities
Not Later Than

National Meteorological Center
Nonmethane Hydrocarbons
Nonmethane Organic Compounds
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Nitric Oxide

Nitrogen Dioxide

Nitrogen Oxides

New Obligation Authority

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MMMMMMMM

MTSL
MU

MVA
MVAPCA
MVEL
MVI/M
MVICSA

MVS
MWG
MW

Monitoring and Technical Support Laboratory
Mutual Building

Multivariate Analysis

Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act
Motor Vehicle Emission Laboratory

Motor Vehicle Inspection/Maintenance

Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings
Act

Multiple Virtual System
Model Work Group
Megawatt

MMMMMMMM

28


BACER Biological and Climatological Effects
Research

BACT Best Available Control Technology
BaP Benzo(a)Pyrene

BAP Benefits Analysis Program
BARF Best Available Retrofit Facility
BART Best Available Retrofit Technology
BAT Best Available Technology

BAT Best Available Treatment
BCCM Board for Certified Consulting Meteorologi sts
BOT Best Demonstrated Technology

BEA Bureau of Economic Advisors

BID Background Information Document
BID Buoyancy Induced Dispersion

BLM Bureau of Land Management

BLP Buoyant Line and Point Source Model
BNA Bureau of National Affairs

BOA Basic Ordering Agreement

BOD Biological Oxygen Demand

BOF Basic Oxygen Furnace

BOM Bureau of Mines

BOP Basic Oxygen Process

BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement

BPT Best Practicable Technology

BSO Benzene Soluble Organics

BTU British Thermal Unit



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ARL

ARO
ARPO
ARRPA

ARZ
AS
ASAP
ASB
ASC
ASCE
ASCII

ASMDHS
ASME
ASRL
AST

ATC
ATS
AVB
AWISE

AWOL
AWRA

Air Resources Laboratory
Air Resources Management
Alternative Regulatory Option
Acid Rain Policy Office

Air Resources Regional Pollution Assessment
Model

Auto-Restricted Zone

Area Source

As Soon As Possible

Anbient Standards Branch

Area Source Category

American Society of Civil Engineers

American Standard Code for Information
Interchange

Airshed Model Data Handling System
Anerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory
American Society for Testing and Materials
Area Training Center

Action Tracing System

Audiovisual Branch

Association of Women in Science and
Engineering

Absent Without Official Leave

Anerican Water Resources Association

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FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FAN = Fixed Account Number
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations
FAST Fugitive Assessment Sampling Train
FBC Fluidized 8ed Combustion
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FCC Fluid Catalytic Converter
FCC Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit
FCO Forms Control Officer
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FEB Facilities Engineering Branch
FEC Federal Executive Council
FEDS Federal Energy Data System
FEGLI Federal Employee Group Life Insurance
FEHB Federal Employees Health Benefits
FEI Federal Executive Institute
FEIS Fugitive Emissions Information System
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEPCA Federal Envirormental Pesticides Control At
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FES Factor Evaluation System
FEV Forced Expiratory Volume
FEW Federally Employed Women
FFAR Fuel and Fuel Additive Registration
FFOCA Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act

FRFRFFFFFF

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CAA
CAAA
CAASE
CAFE
CAG
CALINE
CAMP
CAN
CAPCA
CARB
CASAC
CAU
CAU
CBD
ced
CBP
CCEA

CCH
CCMS/NATO

cD
co
coc
CDHS
CDM

Clean Air Act

Clean Air Act Amendments

Computer Assisted Area Source Emissions
Corporate Average Fuel Economy
Carcinogen Assessment Group

California Line Source Model

Continuous Air Monitoring Program
Common Account Number

Carolinas Air Pollution Control Association
California Air Resources Board

Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
Carbon Adsorption Unit

Command Arithmetic Unit

Central Business District

Commerce Business Daily

County Business Patterns

Conventional Combustion Environmental
Assessment

Commerce Clearing House

Committee on the Challenges of a Modern
Society/North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Certification Division
Climatological Data

Centers for Disease Control
Comprehensive Data Handling System

Climatological Dispersion Model

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TITIIitii

IPA
IPA
IPP
IPP
IR
IRG
IRLG
IRS
IRS
IRS
ISAM
ISB
ISCLT
ISCST
Isp
ISMAP
ITOP

Intergovernmental, Personnel

Intergoverrmental Personnel

At

Agreement

Implementation Planning Program

Integrated Plotting Package
Infrared

Interagency Review Group

Interagency Regulatory Liaison Group

Intermedia Ranking Staff

Internal Revenue Service

International Referral Systems

Indexed Sequential File Access Method

Industrial Studies Branch

Industrial Source Complex Long Term Model

Industrial Source Complex Short Term Model

Information Services Division

Indirect Source Model for Air Pollution

Individual Training and Development Plan

23

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April 1985

SEPA
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Office of Air and Radiation

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711


SSSSSSSS

SEM Scanning Electron Microscope
SES Senior Executive Service
SES Socioeconomic Status
SF Standard Form
SFA Spectral Flame Analyzers
SFO Servicing Finance Office
SHORTZ Short Term Terrain Model
SI International System of Units
SI Spark Ignition
SIB Standards Implementation Branch
SIC Standard Industrial Classification
SICEA Steel Industry Compliance Extension Act of
1980
RY] Surveillance and Inspection Division
SIEFA Source Inventory Emission Factor Analysis
SIMS Secondary Ion-Mass Spectrometry
SIP State Implementation Plan
SIS Stay in School
SL Sick Leave
SLAMS State/Local Air Monitoring Station
SLAPS St. Louis Air Pollution Study
SLPD State and Local Planning Division
SLM Simple Line Source Model
SNAAQS Secondary National Ambient Air Quality
Standards
S02 Sulfur Dioxide
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CON
COWPS
CPB
cPOD
CPI
CPL
CPM
CPOB
CPSC
CPSDAA

cPu
CRGS
CRSTER
CRT
cs
CSB
csb
csb
CSIN
CSRA
css
cssD
CTG
cTGD

Selected Contractor or "Awardee"
Council on Wage and Price Stability
Chemicals and Petroleum Branch
Control Programs Development Division
Consumer Price Index

Chemistry and Physics Laboratory
Continuous Particle Monitor

Control Programs Operations Branch
Consumer Products Safety Commission

Compliance and Program Staff to the Deputy
Assistant Administrator

Central Processing Unit

Chemical Regulations and Guidelines System ©
Single Source (CRSTER) Model

Cathode Ray Tube

Contract Specialist

Chemical Species Balance

Certification and Surveillance Division
Criteria and Standards Division
Chemical Substances Information Network
Civil Service Reform Act

Clerical Support Staff

Computer Services and Systems Division
Control Techniques Guidelines

Control Techniques Guideline Document

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cIcs Customer Information Control System
CIDRS Cascade Impactor Data Reduction System
cis Contract Information System
CJE Critical Job £1] ement

CLEANS Clinical Laboratory for Evaluation and
Assessment of Noxious Substances

CLEVER Clinical Laboratory for Evaluation and
Validation of Epidemiologic Research

io) Crystal Mall
CMA = Chemical Manufacturers Association
CMB Chemical Mass Balance
CMB Compliance Monitoring Branch
CMD Contracts Management Division
cMO Contract Management Of fice
CNR Composite Noise Rating
CO ~—s- Carbon Monoxide
co Change Order
CO Commissioned Officer
co Contracting Officer
c/0 Carry Over Funds
cos Close of Business
COBOL Common Business Oriented Language
cop Chemical Oxygen Demand
COH = Coefficient of Haze
COMPLEX Complex Terrain Screening Model
COMPTER Multiple Source Air Quality Model

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RACT
RAOM

RAMS
RAPS
RARG
RC
RCA
RCB
RCC
RCF
RCM
RCRA
R&D
ROU
ROU
REEP

REF
REPS

Regional Administrator

Regulatory Al ternative

Regulatory Analysis

Resource Allocation

Reasonable Available Control Measures
Reasonably Available Control Technology
Random Walk Advection and Dispersion Model

Urban Air Quality Model for Point and Area
Sources in EPA UNAMAP Series

Regional Air Monitoring System
Regional Air Potlution Study
Regulatory Analysis Review Group
Responsibility Center
Responsibility Center A (QAA/OPMO)
Responsibility Center B (OTLUP)
Radiation Coordinating Council
Responsibility Center F (OPA)
Responsibility Center Monthly
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Research and Devel opment
Raleigh-Durham Airport

Regional Decision Unit

Review of Enviromental Effects of
Pollutants

Reference

Regional Emissions Projection System

RRRRRRRR

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NNNNNNNWN

NCA
NCA
NCAQ
NCAR
NCAST

NCC
NCC
NCCMAG

NCCU
NCHS
NCI
NCM
NCSU
NCWQ
NDIR
NDS
NEA
NECRMP
NED
NEDS
NEIC
NEP
NEPA
NER

National Coal Association

Noise Control Act

National Commission on Air Quality
National Center for Atmospheric Research

National Council of the Paper Industry for
Air and Stream Improvements, Inc.

National Climatic Center
National Computer Center

National Computer Center Management Advisory
Group

North Carolina Central University

National Center for Health Statistics
National Cancer Institute

National Coal Model

North Carolina State University

National Commission on Water Quality
Nondispersive Infrared Analysis

National Disposal Site

National Energy Act

Northeast Corridor Regional Modeling Project
Noise Enforcement Division

National Emissions Data System

National Enforcement Investigations Center
National Energy Plan

National Environmental Policy Act

National Emissions Report

30


SSSSSSSS
SOx Sulfur Oxides

SOCMI Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Industry

sop Standard Operating Procedure
SOTDAT Source Test Data
SOW Scope of Work
SPECS Specifications
SPF Structured Programming Facility
SPMS Strategic Planning and Management System
SPMS Special Purpose Monitoring Stations
SPS State Permit System
SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
SPUR Software Package for Unique Reports
SRAB Source Receptor Analysis Branch
SRC Solvent Refined Coal
SRD Standards and Regulations Division
‘SRM Standard Reference Method
SRU System Resource Unit
SSAN Social Security Account Number
sscD Stationary Source Compliance Division
SSD Standards Support Document

SSEIS Standard Support and Environmental Impact
Statement

SSI Size Selective Inlet
SSMS Spark Source Mass Spectroscopy
SSN Social Security Number

SSSSSSSS

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NNNNNNNN

N

NA

NA

NA
NAA
NAAQS
NACA
NACO
NADB
NADB
NADP
NADPSC
NAE
NAMS
NANCO

NAPAP

NAPBN
NAPCTAC

NARA
NAS
NAS

NASA

NASN
NBS

Nitrogen

Non-At tainment

Not Applicable

Not Available

Non-Attainment Area

National
National
National
National
National
National
National
National
National
National

Anbient Air Qualilty Standards
Agricultural Chemicals Association
Association of Counties

Aerometric Data Bank

Air Data Branch

Atmospheric Deposition Program
ADP Service Center

Academy of Engineering

Air Monitoring Station
Association of Noise Control

Officials

Nationa?
Program

National

National

Acid Precipitation Assessment

Air Pollution Background Network
Air Pollution Control Techniques

Advisory Committee

National
National
National
National
National
National

Air Resources Act

Academy of Sciences

Audubon Society

Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Sampling Network

Bureau of Standards

NNNNNNNN

2


BU Bargaining Unit

BUBBLE Use of Alternative Emission Limits to
Meet SIPS/NSPS Requirements

BY Budget Year



GGGGG6GGG

GAD Grants Adninistration Division
GAO Goverment Accounting Of fice

GBL Government Bill of Lading

6c Gas Chromatography
GEMS Global Environmental Monitoring System
GEP Good Engineering Practice

GF General Files

re) Guam
GMCC Global Monitoring for Climatic Change
g/mi Grams per mile

GiT Greenwich Mean Time

GNP = Gross Nationa? Product
GOCM Goals, Objectives, Commitments and

Measures

GPO Goverment Printing Office

GS General Schedule

GSA General Services Administration
GSD General Services Division

GTR Government Transportation Request
GW Gross Vehicle Weight
GWR Gross Vehicle Weight Rating

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P&A
PAA
PAB
PAD
PADRE
PAH
PAL

PALOS

PAN

PARS

PBB
PBL
PBLSQ
PC

PC

PC
PCA
PCB
PC&B
PcD

PCIOS

Phosphorous

Precision and Accuracy

Priority Abatement Areas

Pollutant Assessment Branch

Program Analysis Division

Particle Analysis and Data Reduction Program
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

Point, Area, and Line Source Air Quality
Model

PAL Model with Deposition and Settling
of Pollutants

Peroxyacetyl Nitrate; sometimes Peroxyacy]
Nitrate

Precision and Accuracy Reporting System
Lead

Polybromated Biphenyls

Planetary Boundary Layer

The Lead Line Source (PBLSQ) Model
Personal Computer

Planned Commitment

Pulverized Coal

Principal Component Analysis
Polychlorinated Biphenyl s

Personnel Compensation and Benefits

Procurements and Contracts Management
Division

Processor Common Input/Output System

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PCO Printing Control Officer
PCON Potential Contractor
PCS Permanent Change of Station
PCS Program Coordination Staff
PD Position Description
PE Program Element
PED Program Evaluation Division
PEL Personal Exposure Limit
PEM Personal Exposure Model
PEPE Prolonged Elevated Pollution Episode
PFT Permanent Full Time
PFTE Permanent Full Time Equivalent
PHS Public Health Service
PHSA Public Health Service Act
PI Program Information
PLUVUE Plume Visibility Model
PM Particulate Matter
PMi0 Particulate Matter nominally 10m and less
PM 5 Particulate Matter nominally 15m and less
PMD Personnel Management Division
PMD Program Management Division
PMIP Presidential Management Intern Program
PMIS Personnel Management Information System
PMNF Premanufacture Notification Form

PMR Pollutant Mass Rate

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WA Work Assignment

WCC Washington Computer Center
WoC Washington National Airport
WG Wage Grade

WG Work Group

WGI Within Grade Increase

WHO World Health Organization
WIC Washington Information Center

WICEM World Industry Conference on Environmental
Management

WMO World Meteorological Organization
WOW We-Cycle Office Wastepaper

WPC Word Processing Center

WPE = Wholesale Price Index

WRC Water Resources Council

WS Work Status
WSAP Weighted Sensitivity Analysis Program
WSM = Waterside Mall

YTD Year to Date

ZBB Zero Base Budgeting

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MAC Management Advisory Comittee

MADCAP Model of Advection, Diffusion and Chemistry
for Air Pollution

MAP 3S Multistate Atmospheric Power Production
Pollution Study

MAPPER Maintaining, Preparing, and Producing
Executive Reports

MAPSIM = Mesoscale Air Pollution Simulation Model
MBO Management by Objectives
MCA Manufacturing Chemists Association
MD Mail Drop
MDAD Monitoring and Data Analysis Division
MEFS Midterm Energy Forecasting System
MEK Methyl Ethy? Ketone
MEM = Modal. Emission Model
MESOPAC Mesoscale Meteorological Preprocessor Program
MESOPLUME Mesoscale “Bent Plume" Model
MESOPUFF Mesoscale Puff Model
MESS Model Evaluation Support System
MFBI Major Fuel Burning Installation
MH Man Hours
MHD Magnethydrodynamic s
MIBK Methyl Isobuty] Ketone

MIDSD Management Information and Data Systems
Division

MIS Mineral Industry Surveys

MISTT Midwest Interstate Sulfur Transformation
and Transport

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Neophytes to internal technical jargon quickly be-
come lost in the alphabet soup that seems to have become
ingrained in the American tongue. Though efforts are
made to reduce or eliminate the use of such verbal coding
of information, the practice seems to be endowed with
traits of survival that are destined to keep it off the
“endangered” species list for the foreseeable future.
This booklet attempts to assist those ‘"unenl ightened”
persons who may be peering into the inner circles of
EPA's jargon so that they may be better decode the “lan-
guage and enhance efforts to communicate.


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AFGE
AGA
AH
AKM
AIChE
AICUZ
AID
AIF
AIME

AIRS
AISI
AL
ALAPCO

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AMBIENS

AMS
AMS
AMTB
ANPR
ANSI
AO
AO

Area Fuel Consumption Allocation

American Federation of Government Employees
American Gas Association

Allowance Holder

Allowance Holder Monthly

Anerican Institute of Chemical Engineers
Air Installation Compatible Use Zones
Agency for International Development
Atomic Industrial Forum

American Institute of Metallurgical, Mining
and Petroleum Engineers

Aerometric Information Retrieval System
Anerican Iron and Steel Institute
Annual Leave

Association of Local Air Pollution Control
Officials

‘Administrative Law Judge

Atmospheric Mass Balance of Industrially
Emitted and Natural Sulfur (experimental
investigation by the MAP3S community)
American Meteorological Society

Army Map Service

Air Management Technology Branch
Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making
American National Standards Institute
Administrative Officer

Administrators Of fice

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SADAA

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SAIP

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SAR
SAROAD
SAS
SASO
SASS
SBA
SCAP
sec
SCFM
SCR
scs
scs
SDB
SDWA
SEAS
SEIA

Sul phur

Surveillance and Analysis
Science Advisory Board
Support and Analysis Division

Science Assistant to the Deputy Assistant
Administrator

Society of Automotive Engineers

Systems Acquisition and Implementation
Program

Standing Air Monitoring Work Group

Start Action Request

Storage and Retrieval of Aerometric Data
Statistical Analysis System

Strategies and Air Standards Division
Source Assessment Sampling System

Small Business Administration

Superfund Comprehensive Accomplistment Plan
Source Classification Code

Standard cubic feet per minute

Selective Catalytic Reduction
Supplementary Control Strategy
Supplementary Control System

Standards Development Branch

Safe Drinking Water Act

Strategic Environmental Assessment System

Socioeconomic Impact Analysis

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RFP
RFP
RFQ
RIA
RIF
RIM
RJE
RMDHS
RMIS
RO
ROADC HEM

ROADWAY

ROLLBACK
ROPA

RP

RPAR
RPIO

RPM
RPO
RPO
RSS
RT
RTCM

Request for Bid

Reasonable Further Progress

Request for Proposal

Request for Quote

Regulatory Impact Analysis

Reduction in Force

Regulatory Interpretation Memorandum
Remote Job Entry

Regional Model Data Handling System
Resources Management Information System
Regional Office

ROADWAY Version that Includes Chemical
Reactions of NO, NOg and 03

A Model to Predict Pollutant
Concentrations Near a Roadway

A Proportional Reduction Model

Record of Procurement Action

Respirable Particulates

Rebuttable Presumption Against Registration

Responsible Planning and Implementation
Of ficer

Reactive Plume Model
Regional Planning Officer
Regional Programs Office
Regional Services Staff
Regional Total

Reasonable Transportation Control Measures

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bod Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOI Department of Interior
DOL Department of Labor
bos Department of State
DOT Department of Transportation
DRA Deputy Regional Administrator
DS Dichotomous Sampler
DSCF Ory standard cubic feet
OSD Data Systems Division
oss Decision Support System
dU Decision Unit
bu Duke University
DUC Decision Unit Coordinator

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STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS

AL Alabama MT Montana

AK Alaska NE Nebraska

* ~~ American Samoa NV Nevada

AZ Arizona NH New Hampshire
AR Arkansas NJ New Jersey

CA California NM New Mexico

CO Colorado NY = New York

CT Connecticut NC North Carolina
DE Delaware ND North Dakota
OC District of Columbia OH Ohio

FL Florida OK Oklahoma

GA Georgia OR Oregon

HI Hawaii PA Pennsylvania
ID = Idaho PR Puerto Rico
IL [linois RI Rhode Island
IN Indiana SC South Carolina
1A _ Towa SD South Dakota
<S Kansas TN Tennessee

KY Kentucky TM Texas

-A Louisiana UT Utah

4— Maine VT Vermont
MD Maryland VI Virgin Islands
4A Massachusetts VA Virginia
41 Michigan WA Washington
MN Minnesota WY = West Virginia
\S- Mississippi WI Wisconsin
MO Missouri WY = Wyoming

* No abbreviation given. by the U.S. Postal Services

STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS
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EIS/AS
EIS/PS
EKMA
EM
EMAIL
EMB
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EMS
EMSL
EO

£00
E0D
£00
EOY

EP

EPA
EPAAR

EPNL
EPRI
ERA
ERA
ERAMS

Emissions Inventory System
Environmental Impact Statement
Emissions Inventory System/Area Source
Emissions Inventory System/Point Source
Empirical Kinetic Modeling Approach
Electron Microscope

Electronic Mail

Emission Measurement Branch

Emission Measurement Laboratory
Enforcement Management Subsystem
Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory
Executive Order

Engineering Operations Division
Entrance on Duty

End of Job

End of Year

Environmental Profiles

Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Protection Agency Acquistion
Regulations

Effective Perceived Noise Level

Electric Power Research Institute
Economic Regulatory Agency

Equal Rights Anendnent

Environmental Radiation Anbient Monitoring
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AA Adverse Action

AA Assistant Administrator
AA Associate Administrator
AA Atomic Absorption

AAAS American Association for the Advancement of
Science

AAEE American Academy of Environmental Engineers
AAP Affirmative Action Plan

ABAG Association of Bay Area Governments

ABMA American Boiler Manufacturers Association
AC Actual Commitment
AC Advisory Circular

A&C Abatement and Control

ACFM Actual cubic feet per minute

ACP Air Carcinogen Policy

ADABAS Adaptable Data Base

ADBA Adabas Administrator

ADP Automatic Data Processing

ADSS Air Data Screening System

ADT Average Daily Traffic

AEA Atomic Energy Act

AEERL Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory

AEROS Aerometric and Emissions Reporting System

AES Auger Electron Spectrometry

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OTA
OTS

OW
OWEP
OWPE
OwPO
OWRS
OZIPP
OZIPPM

Office of Solid Waste

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response

Overtime

Of fice of Technology Assessment

Office of Toxic Substances

Office of Water

Office of Water Enforcement and Permits
Office of Water Programs Enforcement
Office of Water Program Operations

Office of Water Regulations and Standards
Ozone Isopleth Plotting Package

Modified Ozone Isopleth Plotting Package

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JAPCA
JCL
JNCP

JSD
JSP

JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK

Journal of Air Pollution Control Association
Job Control Language

Justification for Non-Competitive
Procurement

Jackson Structured Design

Jackson Structured Programming

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SLANG

The Selected Letter and Abbreviated Name Guide (SLANG)
is a compilation of word combinations and acronyms. Word
combinations and acronyms are words usually formed from the
first, or first few letters of several words. However,
this guide contains some words related to subject matter
rather than letters. The use of this language in govern-
ment work increases daily. Newcomers to the government
working force, the nongovernment public, and even some
longtime Federal workers are occasionally lost in grasping
this jargon. To ease this situation, the Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) has printed a list
of words used most frequently by Environmental Protection
personnel in the Research Triangle area.

This Selected Letter and Abbreviated Name Guide (SLANG)
contains words submitted by the following sources: the
Office of Administration (OA), the Office of Air, Noise,
and Radiation (OANR), the Enviromental Research Center
(ERC), and the American Federation of Government Employees
(AFGE) - Local 3347. The guide is intended to serve as a
routine reference for the local EPA user community.

For the convenience of the user, the words with their
definitions are arranged in alphabetical order with the
exception of the Greek and miscellaneous symbols and the
postal state abbreviations. Ample space is provided at the
end of each letter of the alphabet to allow for the addition
of new words or those "unavoidably omitted." In this
manner, new words will be readily identified for use and
later insertion into a revised guide.

Additional words are solicited and can be placed in
future revisions of the booklet by contacting Betty G.
Abramson, EPA, MD-14, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711, (919) 541-5694.


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STAPPA

STAR
STEL
STORET
STP
SUP
SURE
SWE

Support Services Office
Supersonic Transport

State and Territorial Air Pollution Program
Administrators

Stability Wind Rose

Short Term Exposure Limit

Storage and Retrieval of Water Related Data
Standard Temperature and Pressure

Standard Unit of Processing

Sulfate Regional Experiment Program

Society of Women Engineers

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NOAA

NOJC
NPDES

NPM
NPRM
NPS
NRA
NRC
NRC
NROC
NRT
NSF
NSO
NSPE
NSPS
NSR
NTE
NTIS
NVPP
NWRC
NWS

National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

National Oi] Jobbers Council

National Pollution Discharge Elimination
System

National Program Manager

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

National Park Service

National Recreation Area

National Referral Center

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

National Resources Defense Council
National Response Team

National Science Foundation

Nonferrous Smelter Order

National Society for Professional Engineers
New Source Performance Standards

New Source Review

Not to Exceed

National Technical Information Service
National Vehicle Population Poll
National Weather Records Center

National Weather Service

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QA Quality Assurance

QAC Quality Assurance Coordinator

QAMIS Quality Assurance Management and Information
System

QCA Quiet Communities Act
Ql Quality Controt Index
gece Quiet Community Program
Qsi Quality Step Increase

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ML Meteorology Laboratory
MMD Mass Median Diameter

MOBILE § Mobile Source Emissions Model
MOD Management Organization Division
MOD Manufacturers Operations Division
MOD Miscellaneous Obligation Document
MOD Modification
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization
MPP Merit Promotion Plan

MPTDS MPTER Model with Deposition and Settling
of Pollutants

MPTER Multiple Point Source Model with Terrain
MRB Monitoring and Reports Branch
MS Mass Spectrometry
MSA Metropolitan Statistical Areas

MSAM Mul ti-Keyed Indexed Sequential File Access
Method

MSEE Major Source Enforcement Effort

MSIS Model State Information System
MSL Mean Sea Level

MSPB Merit Systems Protection Board

MTDDIS Mesoscale Transport Diffusion and
Deposition Model for Industrial Sources

MTG Media Task Group

MTIB Manpower and Technical Information Branch

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Control Technology Office
Clean Water Act
Compressed Work Schedule
Calendar Year

Current Year

Coastal Zone Management

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TAMTAC

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TCM
TCM
TcP
TOY
TEC
TH
TEXIN
TFT
TFTE
TGIF
TGO
THC

TI

TIBL
TIC
TIM
TIP
TITC

TLY
TO
TO

Travel Authorization

Toxic Air Monitoring Technical Advisory

Comnittee

Technical Center

Texas Climatological Model

Transportation Control Measure

Transportation Control Plan

Temporary Duty

Technical Evaluation Committee

Texas Episodic Model

Texas Intersection Air Quality Model

Temporary Full Time

Temporary Full Time Equivalent

Thank God It's Friday
Total Gross Output
Total Hydrocarbons

Temporary Intermittent

Thermal Internal Boundary Layer

Technical Information Coordinator

Technical Information Manager

Transportation Improvement Program

Toxic Substances Control Act Interagency
Testing Committee

Threshold Limit Value

Task Order

Travel Order

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UAM Urban Airshed Model

UAQL Uniform Air Quality Index

UARG Utilities Air Regulatory Group

ULP Unfair Labor Practice

UMTA Urban Mass Transportation Administration
UN United Nations

UNAMAP User's Network for Applied Modeling of Air
Pollution

UNC University of North Carolina
UNEP United Nations Environment Program

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization

UPS United Parcel Services
USBM United States Bureau of Mines

USC United States Code
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
USFS United States Forest Service
USGS United States Geodetic Survey

uTM Universal Transverse Mercator

UTP Urban Transportation Planning

UV Ultraviolet

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EA Enviromental Assessment
EAB Economic Analysis Branch
EADS Enviromental Assessment Data Systems
EAF Electric Arc Furnace
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange
Code
ECAO = Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office
ECHO Each Community Helps Others
ECL Executive Control Language
ECTD Emission Control Technology Division
€0F Environmental Defense Fund
£DP Electronic Data Processing
EDS Energy Data System
€0T Edit Data Transmission
EDZ Emission Density Zoning
EEA Energy and Environmental Analysis
EEI Edison Electric Institute
£EO Equal Employment Opportunity
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EERF Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility
EERL Eastern Environnental Radiation Laboratory
EF Emission Factor
EHIS Emission History Information System
EI Emission Inventory
EIA Economic Impact Assessment
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
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