Environment - Acronyms


A&I

Alternative and Innovative (Wastewater Treatment System)

AA

Accountable Area; Adverse Action; Advices of Allowance; Assistant Administrator; Associate Administrator; Atomic Absorption

AAEE

American Academy of Environmental Engineers

AANWR

Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

AAP

Asbestos Action Program

AAPCO

American Association of Pesticide Control Officials

AARC

Alliance for Acid Rain Control

ABEL

EPA's computer model for analyzing a violator's ability to pay a civil penalty.

ABES

Alliance for Balanced Environmental Solutions

AC

Actual Commitment. Advisory Circular

A&C

Abatement and Control

ACA

American Conservation Association

ACBM

Asbestos-Containing Building Material

ACE

Alliance for Clean Energy

ACE

Any Credible Evidence

ACEEE

American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy

ACFM

Actual Cubic Feet Per Minute

ACL

Alternate Concentration Limit. Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

ACM

Asbestos-Containing Material

ACP

Agriculture Control Program (Water Quality Management)

Air Carcinogen Policy

ACQUIRE

Aquatic Information Retrieval

ACQR

Air Quality Control Region

ACS

American Chemical Society

ACT

Action

ACTS

Asbestos Contractor Tracking System

ACWA

American Clean Water Association

ACWM

Asbestos-Containing Waste Material

ADABA

Acceptable Data Base

ADB

Applications Data Base

ADI

Acceptable Daily Intake

ADP

AHERA Designated Person; Automated Data Processing

ADQ

Audits of Data Quality

ADR

Alternate Dispute Resolution

ADSS

Air Data Screening System

ADT

Average Daily Traffic

AEA

Atomic Energy Act

AEC

Associate Enforcement Counsels

AEE

Alliance for Environmental Education

AEERL

Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory

AEM

Acoustic Emission Monitoring

AERE

Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

AES

Auger Electron Spectrometry

AFA

American Forestry Association

AFCA

Area Fuel Consumption Allocation

AFCEE

Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence

AFS

AIRS Facility Subsystem

AFUG

AIRS Facility Users Group

AH

Allowance Holders

AHERA

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act

AHU

Air Handling Unit

AI

Active Ingredient

AIC

Active to Inert Conversion

AICUZ

Air Installation Compatible Use Zones

AID

Agency for International Development

AIHC

American Industrial Health Council

AIP

Auto Ignition Point

AIRMON

Atmospheric Integrated Research Monitoring Network

AIRS

Aerometric Information Retrieval System

AL

Acceptable Level

ALA

Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid

ALA-O

Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydrates

ALAPO

Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officers

ALARA

As Low As Reasonably Achievable

ALC

Application Limiting Constituent

ALJ

Administrative Law Judge

ALMS

Atomic Line Molecular Spectroscopy

ALR

Action Leakage Rate

AMBIENS

Atmospheric Mass Balance of Industrially Emitted and Natural Sulfur

AMOS

Air Management Oversight System

AMPS

Automatic Mapping and Planning System

AMSA

Association of Metropolitan Sewer Agencies

ANC

Acid Neutralizing Capacity

ANPR

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

ANRHRD

Air, Noise, & Radiation Health Research Division/ORD

ANSS

American Nature Study Society

AOAC

Association of Official Analytical Chemists

AOC

Abnormal Operating Conditions

AOD

Argon-Oxygen Decarbonization

AOML

Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

AP

Accounting Point

APA

Administrative Procedures Act

APCA

Air Pollution Control Association

APCD

Air Pollution Control District

APDS

Automated Procurement Documentation System

APHA

American Public Health Association

APRAC

Urban Diffusion Model for Carbon Monoxide from Motor Vehicle Traffic

APTI

Air Pollution Training Institute

APWA

American Public Works Association

AQ-7

Non-reactive Pollutant Modelling

AQCCT

Air-Quality Criteria and Control Techniques

AQCP

Air Quality Control Program

AQCR

Air-Quality Control Region

AQD

Air-Quality Digest

AQDHS

Air-Quality Data Handling System

AQDM

Air-Quality Display Model

AQMA

Air-Quality Maintenance Area

AQMD

Air Quality Management District

AQMP

Air-Quality Maintenance Plan; Air-Quality Management Plan

AQSM

Air-Quality Simulation Model

AQTAD

Air-Quality Technical Assistance Demonstration

AR

Administrative Record

A&R

Air and Radiation