FRFFFFFFF

FAA
FAME
FAN
FAR
FAST
FBC
FCC
FCC
Fccu
FCO
FDA
FOF
FEC
FEDS
FEGLI
FEHB
FEL
FEIS
FEMA
FEPCA
FERC
FES
FEV
FEW
FF

Federal Aviation Administration
Framework for Achieving Managerial Excellence
Fixed Account Number
Federal Acquisition Regulations
Fugitive Assessment Sampling Train
Fluidized Bed Combustion
Federal Communications Commission
Fluid Catalytic Converter
Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit
Forms Control Officer
Food and Drug Administration
Fundamentally Different Factor
Federal Executive. Counci?.
Federal Energy Data System
Federal Employee Group Life Insurance
Federal Employees Health Benefits
Federal Executive Institute
Fugitive Emissions Information System
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Environmental Pesticides Control Act
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Factor Evaluation System
Forced Expiratory Volume
Federally Employed Women
Federal Facilities

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OMSE Office of Management Systems and Evaluation
op Operating Plan
OPA Office of Policy Analysis
OPA Office of Public Affairs
OPAC Overall Performance Appraisal Certification
OPF Official Personnel Folder
OPFT Other Than Permanent Full Time
OPFTE Other Than Permanent Full Time Equivalent
OPM Office of Program Management
OPMO Office of Program Management Operations
OPMS Office of Program Management and Support
OPP Office of Pesticide Programs
OPPE Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation
OPPM Office of Policy and Program Management
OPPSL Office of Private and Public Sector Liaison
OPTS Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances
ORD Office of Research and Development
ORO Office of Regional Operations
ORP Office of Radiation Programs
ORPM Office of Research Program Management
ORV Off-Road Vehicle

OSDBU Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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NIS Noise Information System
NITEP National Incinerator Testing and Evaluation Program
NLA National Lime Association
NLC National League of Cities -
NLT Not Later Than
NMC National Meteorological Center
NMHC Nonmethane Hydrocarbons
NMOC Nonmethane Organic Compounds
NMP National Municipal Policy
NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NO Nitric Oxide
NO Nitrogen Dioxide
NOx Nitrogen Oxides
NOA New Obligation Authority
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOEL No Observable Effects Level
NOJC National 011 Jobbers Council
NPDES National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
NPL = National Priorities List (Superfund)
NPM National Program Manager
NPN National Particulate Network
NPR Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NPS National Park Service
NPS National Permit Strategy
NRA National Recreation Area

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PPPPPPPP

PRA
PS
PSAM
PSD
PSE
PSI
PSM
PSP
PSS
PT
PTDIS

PTE

“PTMAX

PTMTP

PTPLU
Pv
Pvc
PY

Planned Regulatory Action

Point Source

Point Source Ambient Monitoring
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
Program Subelement

Pollutant Standards Index

Point Source Monitoring

Payroll Savings Plan

Personnel Staffing Specialist

Part Time

Single Stack Meteorological Model in EPA
UNAMAP Series

Potential to Emit

Single Stack Meteorological Model in EPA
UNAMAP Series

Multistack Meteorological Model in EPA
UNAMAP Series

Point Source Gaussian Diffusion Model
Project Verification
Polyvinyl Chloride

Prior Year

PPPPPPPP

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CRA
CRGS
CRS
CRSTER
CRT
cs
csB
CSI
csI
CSIN
CSRA
css
CSSD
ci
cTe
cTo
CWA
cws
cy
cy
czM

Classification Review Area

Chemical Regulations and Guidelines System
Congressional Research Service

Single Source (CRSTER) Model

Cathode Ray Tube

Contract Specialist

Chemical Species Balance

Chemical Substances Inventory

Clean Sites, Incorporated

Chemical Substances Information Network
Civil Service Reform Act

Clerical Support Staff,

~ Computer Services and Systems Division

Control Technology Document
Control Techniques Guidelines
Control Technology Office
Clean Water Act

Compressed Work Schedule
Calendar Year

Current Year

Coastal Zone Management

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TTTTTITITT

TLY
TO
TO
TOA
TOC
TPTH
TRLN
TRS
TSC
TSC
TSCA
TSCC
TSD
TSOF
TSM
TSO
TSP
TSS
TSS
TSSMS
TTFA
TTY
TuUCC
TVA

TWA

Threshold Limit Value
Task Order
Travel Order
Trace Organic Analysis
Total Organic Compound
Triphenyltin Hydroxide
Triangle Research Library Network
Total Reduced Sulfur
Toxic Substances Coordinator
Transportation Systems Center
Toxic Substances Control Act
Toxic Substances Coordinating Committee
Technical Support Document
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities
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
TITTTITITT

54


SSSSSSSS

sso
STAPPA

STAR
STAR
S/TCAC
STEL
STORET
STP
SUP
SURE
SYSOP
SWE

Support Services Office

State and Territorial Air Pollution Program
Administrators

Stability Wind Rose

State Acid Rain Projects

Scientific/Technical Careers Advisory Committee
Short Term Exposure Limit

Storage and Retrieval of Water Related Data
Standard Temperature and Pressure

Standard Unit of Processing

Sulfate Regional Experiment Program

Systems Operator

Society of Women Engineers

SSSSSSSS

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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 (4) One millionth of
10-9 NANO (n) One billionth of
10-12 pico (p) One trillionth of

m Meter (Length) Im = 39.37 in.

g Gram (Mass) 1g = ~.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 needed)

Q Ohm

+ Plus

+ Plus or minus

§ Section

zr To sum up

MISCELLANEOUS SYMBOLS
58


icw

1D

IGy
ihp
inp-hr
ILS
impd

IRBM.
Lv

JATO

ka
kbar
ke
keal
KDP
kev
kg
xG
kgf
kgm
kgm
kHz
kips
kliter
km
koe
kohm

kwe
kwhe
kwt

interrupted continuous wave
inside diameter

intermediate frequency
International Geophysical Year
indicated horsepower

indicated horsepower-hour
instrument landing system
impedance

inch

inches per minute

inches per second

infrared

intermediate range ballistic missile
current-voltage

joule

jet assisted takeoff

degree Kelvin
kiloampere

kilobar

kilocycles per second
kilocalorie

potassium dihydrogen phosphate
kiloelectron volt
kilogram

kilogauss

kilogram force
kilogram mass
kilogram-meter
kilohertz

thousand pounds
kilotiter

kilometer

kilo oersted

kilo ohm

kilopound
kilopounds per square inch
kilovolt
kilovolt-ampere

kilovolt-ampere reactive
kilovolts peak

kilowatt

kilowatts electrical
kilowatt-hour

kilowatts thermal

inductance
lambert

latitude
pound
pounds force
pound-foot
pound-inch
pounds mass

xv

long.
Lox
kp

LPG
LPG

ma
Mamp
man-hr
mb

mb
Mbit

Me
Mef
MCM.
MCR

inductance capacitance
less than carload lots
lift/drag ratio

tow frequency

lumen

liquefied methane gas
natural logarithm
liquefied natural gas
logarithm

longitude

liquid oxygen

low pressure

liquefied petroleum gas
liquefied propane gas
low voltage

micron
microampere
microfarad
microgram
microinch

micrometer
microsecond

microvolt

microwatt
micromicrofarad
meter

Mach

molar concentration
milliampere
megampere

man-hour

miltibar

millibarn

megabit

millicurie

megacycles per second
thousand cubic feet
thousand circular mills,
maximum continuous rating
modulated continuous wave
mean effective pressure
milliequivalents
million electron volt
medium frequency
milligram

million gallons per day
magnetogasdynamic
millihenry
magnetohydrodynamic
megahertz

mile

metal inert gas

minute

meter-kilogram-second


SSSSSSSS

SEE
SEIA
SEM
SES
SES
SF
SFA
SFO
SHORTZ
SI
SI
SIC

SICEA

SIMS
SIP
SIS

SL
SLAMS
SLAPS

SLPD

SLSM

SNAAQS

SNUR
S02

Senior Environmental Employment
Socioeconomic Impact Analysis
Scanning Electron Microscope
Senior Executive Service
Socioeconomic Status

Standard Form

Spectral Flame Analyzers
Servicing Finance Office

Short Term Terrain Model
International System of Units
Spark Ignition

Standard Industrial Classification
Steel Industry Compliance Extension Act
Secondary Ion-Mass Spectrometry
State Implementation Plan

Stay in School

Sick Leave

State/Local Air Monitoring Station
St. Louis Air Pollution Study
State and Local Planning Division
Simple Line Source Model

Secondary National Ambient Air Quality
Standards

Significant New Use Rule
Sulfur Dioxide

SSSSSSSS

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GGGGGGGG

GAC
GAD
GAO
GBL

GEMS
GEMS
GEP
GF
GLNPO
GLWQA
GMCC
g/mi
GMT
GNP
GOCM

GPO
GPS
GS
GSA
GTN
GTR
GVW
GVWR

Granular Activated Carbon

Grants Administration Division
Government Accounting Office
Government Bill of Lading

Gas Chromatography

Global Environmental Monitoring System
Graphical Exposure Modeling System
Good Engineering Practice

General Files

Great Lakes National Program Office
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
Global Monitoring for Climatic Change

Grams per mile

Greenwich Mean Time

Gross National Product

Goals, Objectives, Commitments and
Measures

Government Printing Office
Groundwater Protection Strategy
General Schedule

General Services Administration
Global Trends Network

Government Transportation Request
Gross Vehicle Weight

Gross Vehicle Weight Rating

GGGGGGGG6

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00000000

OSR
OS/VS
OSW
OSWER

oT
OTA
OTS

Ow
OwcP
OWEP
OWPE
OWRS
OZIPP
OZIPPM

Office

of Standards and Regulations

Operating System/Virtual Storage

Office
Office

of Solid Waste

of Solid Waste and Emergency

Response

Overtime

Office
Office
Office
Office
Office
Office
Office

of Technology Assessment

of Toxic Substances

of Water

of Workers Compensation Programs
of Water Enforcement and Permits
of Waste Programs Enforcement

of Water Regulations and Standards

Ozone Isopleth Plotting Package

Modified Ozone Isopleth Plotting Package

00000000

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AMS Amy Map Service
ANPR Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AO Administrative Officer ,
AO Administrators Office
AO Area Office
AO Awards and Obligations
AOC Abnormal Operating Conditions
AP Accounting Point
APA Administrative Procedure Act
APCA Air Pollution Control Association
APCD Air Pollution Control District
~~ APHA American Public Health Association —
API American Paper Institute
API American Petroleum Institute

APRAC Urban Diffusion Model for Carbon Monoxide
from Motor Vehicle Traffic

APTI Air Pollution Training Institute

APWA American Public Works Association

AQ-7 Nonreactive Pollutant Modeling

AQCCT Air Quality Criteria and Control Techniques
AQCR Air Quality Control Region

AQDHS Air Quality Data Handling System

AQDM Air Quality Display Model

AQMA Air Quality Maintenance Area

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NASN National Air Sampling Network
NATICH National Air Toxics Information Clearinghouse
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NCA National Coal Association
NCA Noise Control Act
NCAC National Clean Air Coalition
NCAF National Clean Air Fund
NCAQ National Commission on Air Quality
NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research

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

NCC National Climatic Center
NCC National Computer Center
NCCMAG "National Computer Center Management Advisory Group
NCCU North Carolina Central University
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NCI National Cancer Institute
NCLAN National Crop Loan Assessment Network
NCM National Coal Model
NCP National Contingency Plan
NCRIC National Chemical Response and Information Center
NCSU North Carolina State University
NCWQ National Commission on Water Quality
NDIR Nondispersive Infrared Analysis
NDS National Disposal Site

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33


FRFRFFFFF

FFAR Fuel and Fuel Additive Registration
FFDCA Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
FFFSG Fossil Fuel Fired Steam Generator
FGD Flue Gas Desul furization
FHwA Federal Highway Administration
FIA Federal Insurance Administration
FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act
FID Flame Ionization Detector

FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act

FIND Facility Index Directory
FIP Federal Information Plan
FIPS Federal Information Procedures System
FLM Federal Land ‘Manager
FLRA Federal Labor Relations Authority
FLRC Federal Labor Relations Council
FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act
FMCS Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
FMO Financial Management Officer
FMS Financial Management System
FMVCP = Federal Motor Vehicle Control Program
FO Facilities Office
FOE Friends of the Earth
FOI Freedom of Information
FOIA Freedom of Information Act

FORTRAN Formula Translation
FRRFPFFEFE

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TITIITIII

IA
TAAC
TAEA

Tap
IAP
IBA
ICAP
ICBEN

ICE
ICE
ICR
Ics
"ICS
IFB
IFCAM
1GCI
IIs
1C
1M
IMM

IMPACT

INPUFF
INT
10

Interagency Agreement

Interagency Assessment Advisory Committee
International Atomic Energy Agency
Incentive Awards Program

Indoor Air Pollution

Industrial Biotechnology Association
Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma

International Commission on the Biological
Effects of Noise

Industrial Combustion Emissions Model
Internal Combustion Engine
Information Collection Request
Intennittent Control Strategies
Intermittent Controt Systems
Invitation for Bid

Industrial Fuel Choice Analysis Model
Industrial Gas Cleaning Institute
Inflationary Impact Statement
International Joint Commission
Inspection and Maintenance
Intersection Midblock Model

Integrated Model of Plumes and Atmosphere
in Complex Terrain

A Gaussian Puff Dispersion Model

Intermittent

Immediate Office
ILTIIIIIt

25


FRRFFFFE

FWPCA
FWS
FY
FYI

Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Fish and Wildlife Service
Fiscal Year

For Your Information

FRFFFFFF

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NEA National Energy Act
NECRMP Northeast Corridor Regional Modeling Project
NEDA National Environmental Development Association
NEDS National Emissions Data System
NEIC National Enforcement Investigations Center
NEP National Energy Plan
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NER National Emissions Report
NEROS Northeast Regional Oxidant Study
NESCAUM Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management

NESHAP National Emission Standard for Hazardous
Air Pollutants

NETTING Emission Trading Used. to Avoid PSD/NSR
Permit Review Requirements

NFAN National Filter Analysis Network
NFPA National Forest Products Association
NFS National Forest Service
NGA National Governors Association
NGPA Natural Gas Policy Act
NHIS National Health Interview Survey
NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences

NIH National Institutes of Health
NIMBY Not in My Backyard

NIOSH National Institute of Occupational Safety
and Health

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EI

EIA
EIA
EIS
EIS
EIS/AS
EIS/PS
EKMA
EM
E-MAIL
EML
EMS
EMSL
EMTS

EMTS .

£0
EO
E0B
EOD
£0
EOT
EOY
EP
EP
EPA

Emissions Inventory

Economic Impact Assessment
Environmental Impact Assessment
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 Laboratory

Enforcement Management Subsystem

_ Environmental ‘Monitoring Systems Laboratory

Environmental Methods Testing Site
Exposure Monitoring Test Site
Ethylene Oxide

Executive Order

Executive Office Building
Entrance on Duty

End of Job

Emergency Operations Team

End of Year

Earth Protectors

Environmental Profiles
Environmental Protection Agency

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16


Abbreviations, Units and Acronyms

‘The following list is presented to assist the user in identifying the meaning of some of the abbreviations, units, symbols

or acronyms appearing in the products and services of Engineering Information, Inc.

AGR
ALGOL
ALS

am

amp
amp hr
antilog
ASWG
ATC
atm
ae

at, wt
AU

ave
avdp

bbl
bee
Be

bfo
Bhn
bhp
bhp-hr
bit

bit

‘bmep

BOF
bp
bp
bpd
bpi

degree Absolute bpsd
Angstrom BS
absolute Bu
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene bu
alternating current BWR

ammonium dihydrogen phosphate

automatic data processing

audio frequency ¢c
‘automatic frequency control c
‘automatic gain control ca
advanced gas cooled reactor cal
algorithmic language caTy
aircraft landing system ce
amplitude modulation od
ampere fd
ampere hour cfhr
antilogarithm cfm
American steel wire gage ofs
air traffic control ces
atmosphere ci
atomic percent a
atomic weight om
astronomical unit emit
automatic volume control oN
avoirdupois oN
average COBOL
cop
magnetic flux density colog
barn COMSAT
barrel cos
body centered cubic cosh
Baume cot
billion etectron volt coul
beat frequency oscillator ep
Brinell hardness number PM
brake horsepower cps
brake horsepower-hour ctoc
basic insulation level crow
binary digit eu
brake mean effective pressure cout
biochemical oxygen demand cuin
basic oxygen furnace cum
between perpendiculars cusec, eft
boiling point cu yd
barrels per day ew
bits per inch cyl

xill

barrels per stream day
British Standard
British thermal unit
bushel

boiling water reactor

capacitance

degree Centigrade, Celsius
cellulose acetate

calorie

community antenna television, cable television
cubic centimeter

candela

cubic feet per day

cubic feet per hour

cubic feet per minute
cubic feet per second
centimeter-gram-second
curie

compression ignition
centimeter

circular mit

cellulose nitrate

cetane number

common business oriented language
chemical oxygen demand
cologarithm
communications satellite
cosine

hyperbolic cosine
cotangent

Coulomb

candlepower

1 path method

cycles per second
center to center

conventional takeoff and landing
cubic

cubic foot

cubic inch

cubic meter

cubic feet per second

cubic yard

continuous wave

eplinder


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CAA
CAAA
CAER
CAFE

CAG
CAIR

CALINE
CAMP
CAN
CAP
CAPCA
CAPCOA

CARB

CAS
CASAC
CAU
CAU
CBD
cBD
CBP
CCAA
CCEA

CCH
CCMS/NATO

Clean Air Act

Clean Air Act Amendments

Community Awareness and Emergency Response Program
Corporate Average Fuel Economy

Carcinogen Assessment Group

Comprehensive Assessment Information Rule
California Line Source Model

Continuous Air Monitoring Program

Common Account Number

Criteria Air Pollutants

Carolinas Air Pollution Control Association
California Air Pollution Control Officers Association
California Air Resources Board

Center for Automotive Safety

Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
Carbon Adsorption Unit

Command Arithmetic Unit

Central Business District

Commerce Business Daily

County Business Patterns

Canadian Clean Air Act

Conventional Combustion Environmental
Assessment

Commerce Clearing House

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

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MMMMMMMM

MSPB Merit Systems Protection Board

MTDDIS Mesoscale Transport Diffusion and Deposition
Model for Industrial Sources

MTG Media Task Group
MTSL Monitoring and Technical Support Laboratory
MU Mutual Building
MVA Multivariate Analysis
MVAPCA Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act
MVEL Motor Vehicle Emission Laboratory
MVI/M Motor Vehicle Inspection/Maintenance
MVICSA Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act
MVMA Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association
MVS — Multiple Virtual System
MiG Model Work Group
MM Megawatt

MMMMMMMM

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LLLLLLLL

LAER
Lp
LD
LD50
LoD
LOT
Lov
LEL
LEP
LIMB
LMR
LNEP

LNG .

LOE
LONGZ
LP
LPG
LRMS
LRO
LRTAP
LSL
LTO
LUST
LVRO
LWOP

Lowest Achievable Emission Rate

Local Climatological Data

Light Duty

Low Dose Where Fifty Percent of Animals Die
Light Duty Diesel

Light Duty Truck

Light Duty Vehicle

Lower Explosive Limit

Laboratory Evaluation Program

Limestone Injection Multi-staged Burner
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
Long Range Transportation of Air Pollution
Lump Sum Leave
Landing-Takeoff Cycle
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Las Vegas Radiations Operations
Leave Without Pay

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ASTSWMO

ATC
ATS
AUSM
AWISE
AWOL
A/WPR
AWRA

Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste
Management Officials

Area Training Center

Action Tracking System

Advanced Utility Simulation Model

Association of Women in Science and Engineering
Absent Without Official Leave

Air/Water Pollution Report

American Water Resources Association

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AQMP

AQSM
AQTAD

ARB
ARC
ARL
ARM
ARO
ARPO
ARRP
ARRPA
ARZ
AS
ASAP
ASC
ASCE
ASCIT
ASHAA
ASIWPCA

ASMDHS
ASME
ASRL
ASTM

Air Quality Maintenance Plan
Air Quality Simulation Model

Air Quality Technical Assistance Demonstration

‘Air and Radiation

Air Resources Board

Agency Ranking Committee

Air Resources Laboratory

Air Resources Management
Alternative Regulatory Option
Acid Rain Policy Office

Acid Rain Research Program

Air Resources Regional Pollution Assessment Model

‘Auto-Restricted Zone

Area Source

As Soon As Possible

Area Source Category

American Society of Civil Engineers

American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act

Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution
Control Administrators

Airshed Model Data Handling System
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory

American Society for Testing and Materials

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EPAA Environmental Programs Assistance Act

EPAAR Environmental Protection Agency Acquisition
Regulations

EPC Economic Policy Council

EPI Environmental Policy Institute
EPNL Effective Perceived Noise Level
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
ERA Economic Regulatory Agency

ERA Equal Rights Amendinent

ERAMS Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring
System

ERC Emission Reduction Credit
ERC Environmental Research Center
ERS Economic Research Service
ERT Environmental Response Team
ERTAQ ERT Air quality Model
ESA Endangered Species Act
ESCA Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis
ESECA Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act
ESED Emission Standards and Engineering Division
ESP Electrostatic Precipitator
ETA Energy Tax Act
ETP Emissions Trading Policy
EWCC Environmental Workforce Coordinating Committee
EX Executive Level Appointments
ExEx Expected Exceedance

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BBBBBBBB

BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement
BPT Best Practicable Technology
BPT Best Practicable Treatment
BSO Benzene Soluble Organics
BTU British Thermal Unit

BU Bargaining Unit

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

BY Budget Year

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HHHHHHHH

HoS
HAD
HAOS
HAP
HAPEMS

HAPPS
HATREMS
HB

HC
HCCPD
HCP
HDD
“HDG
HOV
HEAL
HEM
HEP
HERL
HI-VOL
HIMAY
HIWS
HMS

HO

HOV

Hydrogen Sulfide

Health Assessment Document
Houston Area Oxidant Study
Hazardous Air Pollutant

Hazardous Air Pollutants Enforcement
Management System

Hazardous Air Pollutant Prioritization System
Hazardous and Trace Emissions System
Health Benefits

Hydrocarbons

Hexach] orocyclopentadiene

Hydrothermal Coal Process

Heavy Duty Diesel ;

Heavy Duty Gasoline Powered Vehicle

Heavy Duty Vehicle

Human Exposure Assessment Location

Human Exposure Modeling

Hispanic Employment Program

Health Effects Research Laboratory
High-Volume Sampler

A Line Source Model for Gaseous Pollutants
High-Level Waste and Standards

Highway Mobile Source

Headquarters Offices

High Occupancy Vehicle

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January 1986

EPA

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

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
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RACM
RACT
RADM
RADM

RAMS
RAPS
RARG
RAT
RB
RC
RCA
RCB
RCC
RCF
RCM
RCRA

Reasonable Alternative

Regional Administrator

Regulatory Alternatives

Regulatory Analysis

Resource Allocation

Risk Analysis

Risk Assessment

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

Urban Air Quality Model for Point and Area

. Sources in EPA UNAMAP Series

Regional Air Monitoring System
Regional Air Pollution Study
Regulatory Analysis Review Group
Relative Accuracy Test

Red Border

Responsibility Center
Responsibility Center A (OAA/OPMO)
Responsibility Center B (OTLUP)
Radiation Coordinating Council
Responsibility Center F (OPA)
Responsibility Center Monthly

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

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CFM
CFM

CFR
CHABA
CHAMP
CHESS

CHIP
cI
CIAQ
CIBL
c1B0
CICS
CIDRS
CIMI
cis
CJE
CLEANS

CLEVER

CLF

CM
CMA
CMB
CMO

Chlorofluoromethanes

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

Committee for Indoor Air Quality
Convective Internal Boundary Layer

Council of Industrial Boiler Owners

: Customer Information Control. System

Cascade Impactor Data Reduction System

Committee on Integrity and Management Improvement
Contract Information Systen

Critical Job Element

Clinical Laboratory for Evaluation and
Assessment of Noxious Substances

Clinical Laboratory for Evaluation and
Validation of Epidemiologic Research

Conservation Law Foundation

Crystal Mall

Chemical Manufacturers Association

Chemical Mass Balance.

Contract Management Office
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cD

co
coc
CDHS
CDM
COM
CDMQC

CDNS
cos

cE

CEA
CEA
CEB
CEEM
cEM
CEQ
CEQA
CERCLA

CERI
CERT
CF
CFC
CFC

Certification Division
Climatological Data

Centers for Disease Control
Comprehensive Data Handling System
Climatological Dispersion Model
Comprehensive Data Management

Climatological Dispersion Model with
Calibration and Source Contribution

Climatological Data National Summary
Compliance Data System

Cost Effectiveness

Council of Economic Advisors

Cost and Economic Assessment

Chemical Element Balance

Center for Energy and Environmental Management
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

Conservation Foundation

Chl orofluorocarbons

Combined Federal Campaign

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POSTAL: ABBREVIATIONS

AL Alabama MO Missouri

AK Alaska MT Montana

* American Samoa NE Nebraska

AZ Arizona NV Nevada

AR Arkansas NH New Hampshire
CA California NJ New Jersey

CO Colorado NM New Mexico

CT Connecticut NY New York

CZ Canal Zone NC North Carolina
DE Delaware ND North Dakota
DC District of Columbia OH Ohio

FL Florida OK Oklahoma

GA Georgia OR Oregon

GU = Guam PA Pennsylvania
HI Hawaii PR = Puerto Rico
1D Idaho RI Rhode Island
IL I1linois SC South Carolina
IN Indiana SD South Dakota
IA Iowa TN Tennessee

KS Kansas TX Texas

KY Kentucky — UT Utah

LA Louisiana VT Vermont

ME Maine VI Virgin Islands
MD Maryland VA Virginia

MA Massachusetts WA = Washington

MI Michigan WV West Virginia
MN = =Minnesota WI Wisconsin

MS Mississippi WY = Wyoming

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

POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS

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Pcs
PCS
PD
PD
PE
PEL
PEM
PEPE
PFT
PETE
PHS
PHSA
PI
PIC
PIC
PLUVUE
PM
PMi0
PMi5
PMIP
PMIS
PMN
PMNF
PMR

Permanent Change of Station

Program Coordination Staff

Position Description

Position Document

Program Element

Personal Exposure Limit

Personal Exposure Model

Prolonged Elevated Pollution Episode
Permanent Full Time

Permanent Full Time Equivalent

Public Health Service

Public Health Service Act

Program Information

Products of Incomplete Combustion
Public Information Center

Plume Visibility Model

Particulate Matter

Particulate Matter nominally 10m and less
Particulate Matter nominally 15m and less
Presidential Management Intern Program
Personnel Management Information System
Premanufacture Notification
Premanufacture Notification Form

Pollutant Mass Rate

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MMMMMMMM

MIDSD Management Information and Data Systems Division
MIS Mineral Industry Surveys

MISTT Midwest Interstate Sulfur Transformation
and Transport :

ML Meteorology Laboratory
ML Military Leave

MMD Mass Median Diameter

MOA Memorandum of Agreement

MOBILE Mobile Source Emissions Model

MOD Miscellaneous Obligation Document
MOD Modi fication
MOS Margin of Safety

: MOU Memorandum of Understanding

“wpo Metropolitan Planning Organization
MPP Merit Promotion Plan

MPTDS MPTER Model with Deposition and Settling
of Pollutants

MPTER Multiple Point Source Model with Terrain
MS Mail Stop
MS Mass Spectrometry
MSA Metropolitan Statistical Areas
MSAM Multi-Keyed Indexed Sequential File Access Method
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets
MSEE Major Source Enforcement Effort
MSIS Model State Information System
MSL Mean Sea Level
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RRRRRRRR

R&D
ROU
RDU
REE
REEP
REF
REPS
RFB
RFD
RFP
RFP
RFQ
RIA
RIA
RIC
RIF
RIM
RIP
RJE
RMDHS
RMIS
RO
ROADCHEM

ROADWAY

Research and Development
Raleigh-Durham Airport

Regional Decision Unit

Rare Earth Elements

Review of Environmental Effects of Pollutants
Reference

Regional Emissions Projection System
Request for Bid

Reference Dose Values

Reasonable Further Progress

Request for Proposal

Request for Quote

Regulatory Impact Analysis
Regulatory Impact Assessment

RTP Information Center

Reduction in Force

Regulatory Interpretation Memorandum
RCRA Implementation Plan

Remote Job Entry

Regional Model Data Handling System
Resources Management Information System
Regional Office

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

A Model to Predict Pollutant Concentrations
Near a Roadway

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MMMMMMMM

MAC Management Advisory Committee

MADCAP Model of Advection, Diffusion and Chemistry
for Air Pollution

MAP3S Multistate Atmospheric Power Production
Pollution Study

MAPPER Maintaining, Preparing, and Producing
Executive Reports

MAPS IM Mesoscale Air Pollution Simulation Model
MBDA Minority Business Development Agency
MBO Management by Objectives
MCA Manufacturing Chemists Association
MD Mail Drop
MDA = Methylenedianilline -
MDAD Monitoring and Data Analysis Division
MEFS. Midterm Energy Forecasti ng’ System
MEK Methy] Ethyl Ketone
MEM Modal Emission Model
ME SOPAC Mesoscale Meteorological Preprocessor Program
MESOPLUME = Mesoscale "Bent Plume" Model
ME SOP UF F Mesoscale Puff Model
MESS Model Evaluation Support System
MFBI Major Fuel Burning Installation
MH Man Hours
MHD Magnetohydrodynamics
MIBK Methyl] Isobuty] Ketone

MIC Methyl Isocyanate

MMMMMMMM

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ENVIRONMENTAL ARGOT

Slang is not the sort of thing
To add into one's phrases.

And acronyms are not like hymns,
For no one sings their praises. -
Mal igned and: scorned, ‘these letters torn
From fevered imaginations

Perplex, confuse, confound, contuse

And, cause: heart: palpitations.

Gary McCutchen


BBBBBBBB

BACER
BACT
BaP
BAP
BARF
BART
BAT
BAT
BBS
BCCM
BOT
BEA
BIA
BID
BID
BLM
BLP
BLS
BNA
BOA
BOD
BOF
BOM
BoP
BOPF

Biological and Climatological Effects Research
Best Available Control Technology
Benzo(a)Pyrene

Benefits Analysis Program

Best Available Retrofit Facility

Best Available Retrofit Technology

Best Available Technology

Best Available Treatment

Bulletin Board System

Board for Certified Consulting Meteorologists

Best Demonstrated Technology

, Bureau of Economic Advisors

Bureau of Indian Affairs
Background Information Document
Buoyancy Induced Dispersion
Bureau of Land Management
Buoyant Line and Point Source Model
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of National Affairs
Basic Ordering Agreement
Biological Oxygen Demand

Basic Oxygen Furnace

Bureau of Mines

Basic Oxygen Process

Basic Oxygen Process Furnace

BBBBBBBB

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FFFRFFFF

FP
FPC
FPD

FPEIS
FPM

FPRS
FPRS
FR
FR
FRC

FREDS

FRM

ERS
FSIP
FS
FSS

FTC
FTE
FIP
FTS
FIT
FUA
FWP
FWPAC

Fine Particulate

Federal Power Commission

Flame Photometric Detector

Fine Particulate Emissions Information System
Federal Personnel Manual

Federal Program Resources Statement
Formal Planning and Reporting System
Federal Register

Final Rulemaking

Federal Records Center

Flexible Regional Emissions Data System

Federal Reference Methods

“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

FWP Advisory Committee
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WA
wee
WoC
WED

WERL

WG

WG
WGI
WHO
WIC

WICEM .

WMO
WoW
WPC
WPI
WRC

WS
WSM
YTD
7BB

WXYZWXYZWXYZ
Work Assignment
Washington Computer Center
Washington National Airport
Women's Equality Day
Water Engineering Research Laboratory
Wage Grade
Work Group
Within Grade Increase
World Health Organization
Washington Information Center

World Industry Conference on Environmental
Management

World Meteorological Organization
We-Cycle Office Wastepaper

Word Processing Center

Wholesale Price Index

Water Resources Council

Work Status

Waterside Mall

Year to Date

Zero Base Budgeting

WXYZWXYZWXYZ
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rad
rad

RC
R&D
RDX

RIV

rms

SMS
SNAP

sp er
spdt

sq in,
qm
3q mi
sgc
"

SR
‘SSB
SST
ssu
STOL

sw

radian
radiation dose

Rockwell hardness (subscript according to scale,

eg, sb: Re)

roentgen

resistance capscitance
research and development
cyclotrimethylene trinitramine
Reynolds number

rare earth

reactance

roentgen equivalent man

roentgen equi

ent physical
radio frequency

relative humidity

radio influence voltage.
resistance-inductance-capacitance
root mean square

revolutions per minute
revolutions per second

styrene butadiene rubber
standard cubic feet
standard cubic feet per minute

icon controlled rectifier

secant

second

steam generating heavy water reactor
shaft horsepower

sine

hyperbolic sine
semiconductor-metal-semiconductor
system for nuclear auxiliary power
signal-to-noise ratio

specific gravity

single pole double throw

sound pressure level

single pole single throw

square

square centimeter

square foot

square inch

square meter

square mile

statistical quality control

steradian

silicone rubber

single sideband

supersonic transport

Saybolt seconds universaf

short takeoff and landing

standard temperature and pressure
short wave

xvil

wg
SWR

syne

tan
tanh

TE
TEL
TEM
TEP

TFT
TGA
THz

TIG
TM

tonf

tpd

teh
TR

FEEED

UHF
uhv
UHV
ULF
uv

vers
ve

Vh
VHF
vel
VLF
vol%
VOR
VSWR

standard wire gage
standing wave ratio
synchronization

ton

Tesla

tangent

hyperbolic tangent

total deadweight
transverse electric
tetraethy! lead

transverse electromagnetic
thermoelectric power
tetrafluoroethylene

thin film transistor
thermogravimetric analysis
terahertz

thorium high temperature reactor
tungsten inert gas
transverse magnetic
trinitrotoluene

tons force

terephthalic acid

tons per day

‘tons per hour
transmitter-receiver

tuned radio frequency
time-temperature-transformation
television

traveling wave tube
teletype exchange

ultra-high frequency
ultra high voltage
ultra high vacuum
ultra low frequency
ultraviolet

volt
volt ampere

volt-ampere reactive

verse sine

voice frequency

Vickers hardness

very high frequency
voltage-current

very low frequency

volume percent

VHF omnidirectional radio range
voltage standing wave ratio


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03
0x
OA
OA
OADEMQA

OALJ
OAQPS
OAR
OARM
oc

oc
OcAPO
* 0cD
ocL
ocM
OCR
OCR

oD

oD

ODA
oop
opw
OEA
OECD

Ozone

Total Oxidants

Office of Administration
Office of the Administrator

Office of Acid Deposition, Environmental Monitoring,
and Quality Assurance

Office of the Administrative Law Judges

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Office of Air and Radiation

Office of Administration and Resources Management
Object Class

Office of the Comptroller

Office of Compliance Analysis and Program Operations
Offshore and Coastal Dispersion Model

Office of Congressional Liaison

Office of Compliance Monitoring

Office of Civil Rights

Optical Character Reader

Office of the Director

Organizational Development

Office of the Deputy Administrator

Office of Data Processing

Office of Drinking Water

Office of External Affairs

Organization of Economic Cooperation and
Devel opment

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OECM Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring
OEET Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology
OEOB Old Executive Office Building

OEPER Office of Environmental Processes and
Effects Research

OER Office of Exploratory Research

OERR Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
(Superfund)

OES Office of Executive Support
OF Optional Form
OFA Office of Federal Activities
OFM Office of Financial Management
oGc Office of General Counsel
OGWP Office of Ground-Water Protection
OHEA Office of Health and Environmental Assessment
OHR Office of Health Research
OHRM Office of Human Resources Management
OIA Office of International Activities
OIG , Office of the Inspector General
OIRM Office of Information Resources Management
OLA Office of Legislative Analysis
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OMEP Office of Marine and Estuarine Protection
OMPC Office of Municipal Pollution Control
OMPE Office of Management Planning and Evaluation
OMS Office of Mobile Sources
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TTTTTTT

TA Travel Authorization
TAMS Toxic Air Monitoring System
TAMTAC Toxic Air Monitoring Technical Advisory Committee
TAPDS Toxic Air Pollutant Data System
TAPP Time and Attendance, Payroll, and Personnel
Te Technical Center
TCM Texas Climatological Model
TCM Transportation Control Measure
TCP Transportation Control Plan
TDY Temporary Duty
TEAM Total Exposure Assessment Methodology
TEC Technical Evaluation Comnittee
TEM Texas Episodic Model .
TEXIN Texas Intersection Air Quality Model :
TFT Temporary Full Time
TFTE Temporary Full Time Equivalent
TGIF Thank God It's Friday
TGO Total Gross Output
THC Total Hydrocarbons
Tl Temporary Intermittent
TIBL Thermal Internal Boundary Layer
TIC Technical Information Coordinator
TIM Technical Information Manager
TIP Transportation Improvement Program
TITC Toxic Substances Control Act Interagency

Testing Committee
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TIIIIIII

TOAA Immediate Office of the Assistant Administrator
TOAU Input/Output Arithmetic Unit
10B Iron Ore Beneficiation
10U Input/Output Unit
IP Inhalable Particulates
IPA Intergovernmental Personnel Act
IPA Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement
IPP Implementation Planning Program
IPP Integrated Plotting Package
IR Infrared
IRG Interagency Review Group
IRLG Interagency Regulatory Liaison Group
TRMC Interagency Risk. Management Council :
IRS Intermedia Ranking Staff
IRS Internal Revenue Service
IRS International Referral Systems
ISAM Indexed Sequential File Access Method
1SC Industrial Source Complex
ISCL Interim Status Compliance Letter
ISCLT Industrial Source Complex Long Term Model
ISCST Industrial Source Complex Short Term Model
ISMAP Indirect Source Model for Air Pollution
1c Interagency Testing Committee
ITDP Individual Training and Development Plan
IWS Ionizing Wet Scrubber
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VALLEY

vCM

VE

VHT
VISTTA

VKT
vMT
voc
vos
VSS

Meteorological Model to Calculate
Concentrations on Elevated Terrain

Vinyl Chloride Monomer
Visual Emissions
Vehicle-Hours of Travel

Visibility Impairment from Sulfur Transformation
and Transport in the Atmosphere

Vehicle Kilometers Traveled
Vehicle Miles Traveled
Volatile Organic Compounds
Vehicle Operating Survey
Volatile Suspended Solids

VVVVVVVY

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VTOL

VTVM

vu

Wo
we
whr
wk

vertical takeof and tonding
video tape recording
vacuum tube voltmeter

volume unit

watt
weber
water gage

watt-hour
week

xviii

wpm,

wits

YAG
yd
YiG

words per minute
weight percent

yttrium aluminum garnet
yard

yitrium iron garnet

year

degree (angle)
per


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ADT
AEA
AEERL
AEROS
AES
AFCA
AFGE
AGA
AH
AHM
AIChE
AICUZ

AID .

AIF
AIME

AIRS
AISI
AL

AL
ALAPCO

ALJ
AMBIENS

AMS

Average Daily Traffic

Atomic Energy Act

Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
Aerometric and Emissions Reporting System
Auger Electron Spectrometry

Area Fuel Consumption Allocation

American Federation of Government Employees
American Gas Association

Allowance Holder

“Allowance Holder Month? y

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

Anerican Institute of Metallurgical, Mining
and Petroleum Engineers

Aerometric Information Retrieval System
American Iron and Steel Institute
Administrative Leave

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

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QA Quality Assurance
QAC Quality Assurance Coordinator

QAMIS Quality Assurance Management and Information
System

Qc Quality Control

QCA Quiet Communities Act
Qcr Quality Control Index
cp Quiet Community Program
QsI Quality Step Increase

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PPPPP PPP

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 Accomp] ishment

Parts per billion

Pesticide Product Information System

Parts per million

Power Planning Modeling Application Procedure
Program Planning and Review Staff

Power Plant Siting Program

Permanent Part Time

No Year Fund

Procurement Request

Paperwork Reduction Act

PPPPPPPP

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DoDDOODDODD

DA
DA
DAA
D&F
DAMDF
DAR
DASD
DBA
oBcP
0BM
DBMS
OCA

“DEN

0cO
DCPU
OCR
OE
DEC
DEMA
DEP
DFM
DHHS
DIDS
OIPS
DIPSS

Designated Agent

Deputy Administrator

Deputy Assistant Administrator
Determination and Findings

Durham Air Monitoring Demonstration Facility
Direct Assistance Request

Direct Access Storage Drive

Data Base Administrator

Dibromoch] oropropane

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
Department of Interior Payroll System
Departmental Integrated Personnel Service System

DDDDDDDD

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UAM Urban Airshed Model

VAQI Uniform Air Quality Index

UARG Utility Air Regulatory Group

UIC Underground Injection Control Program
ULP Unfair Labor Practice

UMP Upward Mobility Program

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. ~ : :

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 Geological Survey

UST Underground Storage Tank

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

UTP Urban Transportation Planning

UV Ultraviolet

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var
ah

dha

db

abv

de

pot

deg
DEW

ot

dia, diam
dkm

dm
DME
doz

dpdt

ph

dpst
DTA
dwe

dwt

EBR
EBWR
ECG
ECG
ECM
EDM
EDP
EDT
EDTA
EEG
EEM
chp

ELF
ELG
EMC
emf

emu
EPR

EPR
ERP

ESM

ESR
esu

ev

dially! phthalate
decibel

decibels adjusted
decibels referred to L mw
decibels referred to 1

direct current
dichloradiphenyttrichloracthane
degrees (angle)

distant early warning

direction finder

diameter

dekameter

decimeter

distance measuring equipment
dozen

double pole double throw
diamond pyramid hardness.
double pole single throw
differential thermal

nalysis
deadweight capacity
deadweight

experimental breeder reactor
‘experimental boiling water reactor
electrocardiogram
electrochemical grinding
electrochemical machining
electrical discharge machining
electronic data processing
ethylenediamine tartrate
ethylenediaminetetra-acetic acid
electroencephalogram

electron emission microscope
effective horsepower

extra high voltage

extra low frequency

electrolytic grinding
electromagnetic compatibility
electromotive force
electromagnetic interference
electromagnetic units

electron paramagnetic resonance

ethylene propylene rubber
effective radiated power

electron scanning microscope

electron spin resonance
electrostatic units

electron volt

farad

degree Fahrenheit

foot board measure (boardfeet)
face centered cubic

field effect transistor

fluid ounce

xiv

fm

FORTRAN
fp
fpm

‘
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felb
FWHM
FWP

gat
GCA
GCFR
GEM

GEV
GFRP
GHz
‘apd
gph
apm
BPs
'orP
GVW
Gw
Gwar

hep
HDPE
hf

hp

hep

hp hr
hr
HSS

ht
HTGR
‘HTHW

frequency modulation
formula translation
freezing point

feet per minute

feet per second
foot-pound-second
fiberglass reinforced plastic
frequency shift keying

foot

foot-candle

foot-lambert

foot-pound

full wave et half maximum
fiber wound plastics

Bram
Bravitational acceler
gauss
gallon

ground controlled approsch
5 cooled fast reactor
ground effect machines
sigaclectron volts

around effect vehicles,

lass fiber reinforced plastics
gigahertz

gallons per day

gallons per hour

gallons per minute

gallons per second

lass reinforced plastics
gross vehicle weight
sigawatt

gigawatt-hour

henry

magnetic field strength
hexagonal close packed
high density polyethylene
high frequency
horsepower

high pressure

horsepower hour

hour

high speed steel

high tension

high temperature gas cooled reactor
high temperature hot water
high voltage

hertz

integrated circuit
internal combustion

intercontinental ballistic



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EA
EADS
EAF
EBCDIC
ECAO
ECHO
ECL
EDB
EDC
EDF
EDP
EDS
EDT
EDZ
EEA
EEC
EEI
EEO
EEOC
EERF
EERL
EF
EHIS

Environmental Assessment

Environmental Audit

Environmental Assessment Data Systems
Electric Arc Furnace

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office
Each Community Helps Others

Executive Control Language

Ethylene Dibromide

Ethylene Dichloride

Environmental Defense Fund

Electronic Data Processing

Energy Data systen

Edit Data Transmission

Emission Density Zoning

Energy and Environmental Analysis
European Economic Community

Edison Electric Institute

Equal Employment Opportunity

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility
Eastern Environmental Radiation Laboratory
Emission Factor

Emission History Information System

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AAAS
AAEE
AAP
AAP
ABAG
ABMA
AC
“AC
ARC
ACE
ACFM
ACGIH

ACL
ACP
_ ADABAS
ADBA
ADI
ADP
ADSS

Argon

Adverse Action

Assistant Administrator

Associate Administrator

Atomic Absorption

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Academy of Environmental Engineers
Affirmative Action Plan

Affirmative Action Program

Association of Bay Area Governments
American Boiler Manufacturers Association
Actual Commi tment

Advisory Circular :

Abatement and Control

Army Corps of Engineers

Actual cubic feet per minute

American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists

Alternative Concentration Limits
Air Carcinogen Policy

Adaptable Data Base

Adabas Administrator

Acceptable Daily Intake
Automatic Data Processing

Air Data Screening System

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NRC
NRC
NRDC
NRT
NSF
NSO
NSPE
NSPS
NSR
NSWMA
NTE
NTIS

NTP -

NURF
NVPP
NWF
NWRC
NHS

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

National Solid Waste Management Association
Not to Exceed

National Technical Information Service
Natfonal Toxicology Program ,
NAPAP Utility Reference File

National Vehicle Population Poll

National Wildlife Federation

National Weather Records Center

National Weather Service

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HHHHHHHH

HPLC

HRS
HT
HTP
HVIO
HWERL

HWTC

High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Headquarters

Hazard Ranking System

Hydrothermally Treated

High Temperature and Pressure

High Volume Industrial Organics

Hazardous Waste Engineering Research
Laboratory/Cincinnati

Hazardous Waste Treatment Council

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24


SLANG

The Selected Letter and Abbreviated Name Guide (SLANG) is primarily 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.
Also, this guide contains some words related to subject matter rather than
letters. The use of this language in government 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 Agency personnel.

This Selected Letter and Abbreviated Name Guide (SLANG) contains words
submitted by the following sources: the Office of Administration (0A), the
Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), the Office of Research and Development (ORD)
and the-American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) - Local 3347.

The guide is intended to serve as a routine reference for the 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 miscel-
laneous symbols and the postal 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 Abramson, EPA, MD-14, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27711, (919) 541-5694.


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ROLLBACK A Proportional Reduction Model
ROM Regional Oxidant Model
ROPA Record of Procurement Action
RP Respirable Particulates
RPAR Rebuttable Presumption Against Registration
RPM Reactive Plume Model
RPO Regional Planning Officer
RPO Regional Programs Office
RQ Reportable Quantities
RSS Regional Services Staff
RT Regional Total
RTCM Reasonable Transportation Control Measures
RTD Return to Duty
RTDM Rough Terrain Diffusion Model
RTFEA Research Triangle Federal Employees Association
RTM Regional Transport Model
RTP Research Triangle Park
RTPFCU Research Triangle Park Federal Credit Union

RVP Reid Vapor Pressure

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N
NA

NA

NA

NAA
NAAQS
NAAS
NACA
NACO
NADB
NADP
NADPSC
“ NAE
NAMA
NAMS
NANCO
NAPA
NAPAP
NAPBN
NAPCTAC

NARA
NAS
NAS

NASA

Nitrogen

Nonattainment

Not Applicable

Not Available

Nonattainment Area

National Ambient Air Qualilty Standards
National Air Audit Systen

National Agricultural Chemicals Association
National Association of Counties

National Aerometric Data Bank

National Atmospheric Deposition Program
National ADP Service Center

National Academy of Engineering

National Air Monitoring Audits

National Air Monitoring Station

National Association of Noise Control Officials
National Academy of Public Administration
National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
National Air Pollution Background Network

National Air Pollution Control Techniques
Advisory Committee

National Air Resources Act
National Academy of Sciences
National Audubon Society

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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PPPPPPPP

P Phosphorous
P&A Precision and Accuracy
PAA Priority Abatement Areas
PADRE Particle Analysis and Data Reduction Program
PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
PAL Point, Area, and Line Source Air Quality Model

PALDS PAL Model with Deposition and Settling
of Pollutants

PAN Peroxyacety] Nitrate

PARS Precision and Accuracy Reporting System
Pb Lead

PBB Polybromated Biphenyls

PBL =~ Planetary Boundary Layer

~ pBLSQ The Lead Line Source (PBLSQ) Model
PC Personal Computer
PC Planned Commitment
PC Position Classification
PC Pulverized Coal
PCA Principal Component Analysis
PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyls

PC&B Personnel Compensation and Benefits
PCE Pollution Control Equipment

PCIOS Processor Common Input/Output System
PCO Printing Control Officer

PCON Potential Contractor

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JAPCA
dcL
JEC

INCP
JSD
JSP

JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK
Journal of Air Pollution Control Association
Job Control Language
Joint Economic Committee
Justification for Non-Competitive Procurement
Jackson Structured Design

Jackson Structured Programming

JK JK JK JK JK JK JK JK
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CNR Composite Noise Rating
co Carbon Monoxide
co Change Order
co Commissioned Officer
co Contracting Officer
c/0 Carry Over Funds
COA Comnissioned Officers Association
COB = Close of Business
COBOL Common Business Oriented Language
cod Chemical Oxygen Demand
COH Coefficient of Haze
COM Continuous Opacity Monitor
COMPLEX Complex Terrain Screeni ng Model
COMPTER Multiple Source Air Quality Model
CON Selected Contractor or "Awardee"
COWPS Council on Wage and Price Stability
CPOD Control Programs Development Division
cPl Consumer Price Index
CPL Chemistry and Physics Laboratory
CPM Continuous Particle Monitor
CPSC Consumer Products Safety Commission

CPSDAA Compliance and Program Staff to the Deputy
Assistant Administrator

CPU Central Processing Unit
CRA Civil Rights Act

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ml

mi
mm
MMef
MMefd
mm
mo
Mohm
malt
mol, wt
Mos
MOSFET
MosT
mp
Mp
MPD
mph
me
Mrad
msec
MTL
MTR
MUF
mv
Mv
Mva
mw
Mw
Mwd
MWD
Mwe
Mut
mp

NBR
NC
NIC
NDI
NDT
am

NMR
apn

NPSH

NTP

OFHC

milliliter
millilambert
millimeter
trillion cubic feet

ion cubic feet per day
magnetomotive force
month

megohm

molecular percent
molecular weight

metal oxide semiconductor
MOS field effect transistor
metal oxide semiconductor transistor
melting point

megapond
megnetoplasmadynamic
miles per hour
milliroentgen

megared

millisecond

moving target indicator
materials testing reactor
Maximum usable frequency
millivolt

megavolt

megavolt-ampere

milliwatt

megawatt

megawatt day

molecular weight distribution
megawatts electrical
megawatts thermal

millimicron

newton
normal concentration

nitrile butadiene rubber
nitrocellulose.

numerical control

nondestructive inspection
nondestructive testing

nanometer

nautical mile

nuclear magnetic resonance
negative-positive-negative (junctions)
net positive suction head
nanosecond

normal temperature and pressure
neutron flux

total integrated neutron flux

overall

‘outside diameter

oersted

‘oxygen free high conductivity copper

au

on

PA
PABX

PAM
PBX
PIC
PCM
PD
Pdb
PDF

PE
PERT
PETN

pf
PFM
pH
pin
PM

PM
PM
PMMA

pnp
PP
ppb
PPI

ppm
PPO

Pps
PRF

PVA
PVC
PVF

PWR

Qc
qt

open hearth
ounce

public address
private automatic branch exchange

pulse amplitude modulation
pri
printed circuits

te branch exchange

pulse code modulation
potent
perceived decibels

difference

probability distribution function

poundal

polyethylene

program evaluation and review technique
pentaerythritol tetra

ate
picofarsd

power factor

pulse frequency modulation
hydrogen ion concentration
positive-intrinsic-negative Gunctions)
phase modulation

powder metallurgy

pulse modulation

polymethyl methacrylate
positive-negative (junctions)
positive-negative-positive Gunctions)
polypropylene

parts pér billion

plan position indicator

parts per million

polyphenylene oxide

pulses per second

pulse repetition frequency
polystyrene

Picosecond

pounds per square foot

pounds per square inch

pounds per square inch absolute
pounds per square inch gage
phase shift keying

power standing wave ratio
polytetrafluoroethylene
polyvinyl alcohol

polyvinyl chloride

polyvinyl fluoride

pressure volume temperature
pressurized water reactor

quality contro!
quant

degree Rankine, Reaumur

resistance


SSSSSSSS

Ss Sul phur
S&A Surveillance and Analysis
SAB Science Advisory Board

SADAA Science Assistant to the Deputy Assistant
Administrator

SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
SAEWG Standing Air Emissions Work Group
SAIP Systems Acquisition and Implementation Program
SAMWG Standing Air Monitoring Work Group
SAR Start Action Request
SAROAD Storage and Retrieval of Aerometric Data
SAS Statistical Analysis System
SASD Strategies and Air Standards Division
SASS Source Assessment Sampling System ~
SBA Smal] Business Administration
sc Sierra Club
SC Steering Comittee
SCAP Superfund Comprehensive Accomplishment Plan
sce Source Classification Code
SCFM Standard cubic feet per minute
SCR Selective Catalytic Reduction
Scs Supplementary Control Strategy
scs Supplementary Control System
SOWA Safe Drinking Water Act

SEAS Strategic Environmental Assessment System

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SOCMA
SOCMI
Sop
SOTDAT
sov
sow
SPECS
SPF
SPMS
SPMS
SPS

SPSS

SPUR
SRC
SRM
SRU

SSAN

SScD
SsD

SSEIS

SSI
SSMS
SSN

Sulfur Oxides

Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association
Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry
Standard Operating Procedure

Source Test Data

Single Occupancy Vehicle

Scope of Work

Specifications

Structured Programming Facility

Strategic Planning and Management System

Special Purpose Monitoring Stations

State Permit System

Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
Software Package for Unique Reports

Solvent Refined Coal

Standard Reference Method

System Resource Unit

Social Security Account Number

Stationary Source Compliance Division

Standards Support Document

Standard Support and Environmental Impact
Statement

Size Selective Inlet
Spark Source Mass Spectroscopy

Social Security Number

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DODDDDDODD

DOB Date of Birth
boc Department of Commerce
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOI Department of Interior
DOL Department of Labor
bos Department of State
00S Disk Operating System
DOT Department of Transportation
OPC Domestic Policy Council
DRA Deputy Regional Administrator
DS Dichotomous Sampler
DScF Dry standard cubic feet
OSS Decision Support System
dU Decision Unit
DU Duke University
Duc Decision Unit Coordinator

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