April 1985
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           U.S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                       Office of Air and Radiation
              Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
                   Research Triangle Park. NC 27711

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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 dally.   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 Environmental  Research Center
(ERC), and the American Federation of Government Employees
(AFGE) - Local 3347.  The guide 1s 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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        A
       AA
       AA
       AA
       AA
     AAAS
Argon
Adverse Action
Assistant Administrator
Associate Administrator
Atonic Absorption
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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     AFCA    Area Fuel  Consumption Allocation
     AFGE    American Federation of Government Employees
      AGA    American Gas Association
       AH    Allowance Holder
      AHM    Allowance Holder Monthly
    AIChE    American Institute of Chemical  Engineers
    AICUZ    Air Installation Compatible Use Zones
      AID    Agency for International Development
      AIF    Atomic Industrial  Forum
     AIME    American Institute of Metallurgical, Mining
             and Petroleum Engineers
     AIRS    Aer one trie Information Retrieval  System
     AISI    American Iron and Steel Institute
       AL    Annual Leave
   ALAPCO    Association of Local Air Pollution Control
             Officials
      ALJ    Administrative Law Judge
  AMBIENS    Atmospheric Mass Balance of Industrially
             Emitted and Natural Sulfur (experimental
             investigation by the MAP3S community)
      AMS    American Meteorological Society
      MS    Army Map Service
     AMTB    Air Management Technology Branch
     ANPR    Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making
     ANSI    American National  Standards Institute
       AO    Administrative Officer
       AO    Administrators Office
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       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
     AQ-7    Nonreactive Pollutant Modeling
    AQCCT    Air Quality Criteria and Control Techniques
     AQCR    Air Quality Control  Region
    AQDHS    Air Quality Data Handling System
     AQDM    Ai r Quali ty Di spl ay Model
     AQMA    Air Quality Maintenance Area
     AOMP    Air Quality Maintenance Plan
     AQSM    Air Quality Simulation Model
    AQTAD    Air Quality Technical  Assistance
             Demonstration
       AR    Air and Radiation
      ARB    Air Resources Board
      ARC    Agency Ranking Committee

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      ARL    Air Resources Laboratory
      ARM    Air Resources Management
      ARO    Alternative Regulatory Option
     ARPO    Acid Rain Policy Office
    ARRPA    Air Resources Regional Pollution Assessment
             Model
      ARZ    Auto-Restricted Zone
       AS    Area Source
     ASAP    As Soon As Possible
      ASB    Ambient Standards Branch
      ASC    Area Source Category
     ASCE    American Society of Civil Engineers
    ASCII    American Standard Code for Information
             Interchange
   ASMDHS    Airshed Model Data Handling System
     ASME    American Society of Mechanical Engineers
     ASRL    Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory
     ASTM    American Society for Testing and Materials
      ATC    Area Training Center
      ATS    Action Tracing System
      AVB    Audiovisual Branch
    AWISE    Association of Women in Science and
             Engineering
     AUOL    Absent Without Official Leave
     AWRA    American Water Resources Association
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    BACER    Biological  and Cl imatological  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 Meteorologists
      BDT    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
      BGM    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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       BU    Bargaining Unit
   BUBBLE    Use of Alternative Emission Limits to
             Meet SIPS/NSPS Requirements

       BY    Budget Year
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      CAA
     CAAA
    CAASE
     CAFE
      CAG
   CALINE
     CAMP
      CAN
    CAPCA
     CARB
    CASAC
      CAU
      CAU
      CBD
      CBD
      CBP
     CCEA

      CCH
CCMS/NATO

       CD
       CD
      CDC
     CDHS
      COM
C C	.	
 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
 Cl imatological Data
 Centers for Disease Control
 Comprehensive Data Handling System
 Cl imatological Dispersion Model
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      COM    Comprehensive Data Management
    CCMQC    Climatological Dispersion Model  with
             Calibration and Source Contribution
     CDNS    Climatological Data National  Summary
      CDS    Compliance Data System
      CEA    Council  of Economic Advisors
      CEB    Chemical Element Balance
      CEM    Continuous Emission Monitoring
      CEQ    Council  on Environmental Quality
     CEQA    California Environmental Quality Act
   CERCLA    Comprehensive Environmental  Response,
             Compensation, and Liability Act
     CERI    Center  for Environmental Research Information
     CERT    Certificate of El igibles
      CFC    Combined Federal Campaign
      CFM    Chlorofluoromethanes
      CFM    Cubic feet per minute (ft.3/min. preferred
             except  with ACFM or SCFM)
      CFR    Code of Federal Regulations
    CHABA    Committee on Hearing and Bio Acoustics
    CHAMP    Community Health Air Monitoring Program
    CHESS    Community Health and Environmental
             Surveillance System
     CHIP    Chemical Hazard Information Profile
       CI    Compression Ignition
     CIBL    Convective Internal Boundary Layer
     CIBO    Council  of Industrial Boiler Owners
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     CICS
    CIDRS
      CIS
      CJE
   CLEANS

   CLEVER

       CM
      CMA
      CMB
      CMB
      CMD
      CMO
      CNR
       CO
       CO
       CO
       CO
      C/0
      COB
    COBOL
      COD
      COH
  COMPLEX
  CCMPTER
C C	
 Customer Information Control  System
 Cascade Impactor Data Reduction  System
 Contract Information System
 Critical Job Element
 Clinical Laboratory  for  Evaluation and
 Assessment of Noxious Substances
 Clinical Laboratory  for  Evaluation and
 Validation of Epidemic logic  Research
 Crystal  Mall
 Chemical Manufacturers Association
 Chemical Mass Balance
 Compliance Monitoring Branch
 Contracts Management Division
 Contract Management  Office
 Composite Noise  Rating
 Carbon Monoxide
 Change Order
 Commissioned Officer
 Contracting Officer
 Carry Over Funds
 Close of Business
 Common Business  Oriented Language
 Chemical Oxygen  Demand
 Coefficient of Haze
 Complex Terrain  Screening Model
 Multiple Source  Air  Quality  Model
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      CON    Selected Contractor or "Awardee"
    COW PS    Council on Wage and Price Stability
      CPB    Chemicals and Petroleum Branch
     CPDD    Control Programs Development Division
      CPI    Consumer Price Index
      CPL    Chemistry and Physics Laboratory
      CPM    Continuous Particle Monitor
     CPOB    Control Programs Operations Branch
     CPSC    Consumer Products Safety Commission
   CPSDAA    Compliance and Program Staff to the Deputy
             Assistant Administrator
      CPU    Central Processing Unit
     CRGS    Chemical Regulations and Guidelines System
   CRSTER    Single  Source (CRSTER) Model
      CRT    Cathode Ray Tube
       CS    Contract Specialist
      CSB    Chemical Species Balance
      CSD    Certification and Surveillance Division
      CSD    Criteria and Standards Division
     CSIN    Chemical Substances Information Network
     CSRA    Civil Service Reform Act
      CSS    Clerical Support Staff
     CSSD    Computer Services and Systems Division
      CTG    Control Techniques Guidelines
     CTGD    Control Techniques Guideline Document
CCCCCCCC
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     CTO   Control Technology Office
     CWA   Clean Water Act
     CMS   Compressed Work  Schedule
      CY   Calendar Year
      CY   Current Year
     CZM   Coastal Zone Management
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                                        DDDDDDDD
       DA    Designated Agent
      DAA    Deputy Assistant  Administrator
      D&F    Determination  and Findings
    DAMDF    Durham Air Monitoring  Demonstration  Facility
      DAR    Direct Assistance Request
     DASD    Direct Access  Storage  Drive
      DBA    Data Base Administrator
      DBM    Data Base Manager
     DBMS    Data Base Management Systems
      DCA    Washington International Airport
      DCN    Document Control  Number
      DCO    Delayed Compliance Order
     DCPU    Data Center Policy and Usage
      DCR    Document Control  Register
       DE    Department of  Education
      DEC    Department of  Environmental Conservation
     DEMA    Diesel Engine  Manufacturers Association
      DEP    Displaced Employee Program
      DFM    Division of Financial  Management
     DHHS    Department of  Health and Human  Services
     DIDS    Domestic Information Display  System
     DIPS    Departmental  Integrated Personnel  Service
             System
     DIPS    Department of  Interior Payroll  System
      DOB    Date of Birth
      DOC    Department of  Commerce
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      DOO    Department of Defense
      DOE    Department of Energy
      DOI    Department of Interior
      DDL    Department of Labor
      DOS    Department of State
      DOT    Department of Transportation
      DRA    Deputy Regional  Administrator
       DS    Dichotomous Sampler
     DSCF    Dry standard cubic  feet
      DSD    Data Systems Division
      DSS    Decision Support System
       DU    Decision Unit
       DU    Duke University
      DUG    Decision Unit Coordinator
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	E E E E E E E E
       EA    Environmental Assessment
      EAB    Economic Analysis Branch
     EADS    Environmental 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
      EOF    Environmental Defense Fund
      EDP    Electronic Data Processing
      EDS    Energy Data System
      EDT    Edit Data Transmission
      EDZ    Emission Density Zoning
      EEA    Energy and Environmental  Analysis
      EEI    Edison Electric Institute
      EEO    Equal Employment Opportunity
     EEOC    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
     EERF    Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility
     EERL    Eastern Environmental Radiation Laboratory
       EF    Emission Factor
     EHIS    Emission History Information System
       El    Emission Inventory
      EIA    Economic Impact Assessment
      EIA    Environmental Impact Assessment
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E E E E E E
      EIS
      EIS
   EIS/AS
   EIS/PS
     EKMA

    EMAIL
      EMB
      EN-
      EMS
     EMSL
       EO
      EOD
      EOD
      EOJ
      EOY
       EP
      EPA
    EPAAR

     EPNL
     EPRI
      ERA
      ERA
    ERAMS
E E	
 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 Amendment
 Environmental  Radiation Ambient  Monitoring
 System
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    	E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
       ERC    Emission  Reduction  Credit
       ERC    Environmental  Research  Center
       ERS    Economic  Research Service
     ERTAQ    ERT Ai r Quali ty 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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F F F F F F
      FAA
      FAN
      FAR
     FAST
      FBC
      FCC
      FCC
      FCC
      FCO
      FDA
      FEB
      FEC
     FEDS
    FEGLI
     FEH6
      FEI
     FEIS
     FEMA
    FEPCA
     FERC
      FES
      FEV
      FEW
     FFAR
    FFDCA
F F	
 Federal  Aviation  Administration
 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
 Facilities Engineering Branch
 Federal  Executive Council
 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
 Fuel and Fuel  Additive Registration
 Federal  Food,  Drug and Cosmetic  Act
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	F F F F F F F F
    FFFSG    Fossil Fuel  Fired Steam Generator
      FGD    Flue Gas Desulfurization
     FHwA    Federal Highway Administration
      FIA    Federal Insurance Administration
     FICA    Federal Insurance Contributions Act
      FID    Flame lonization Detector
    FIFRA    Federal Insecticide. Fungicide and
             Rodenticide Act
     FIND    Facility Index Directory
     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 Office
      FMO    Financial  Management Officer
      FMS    Financial  Management System
    FMVCP    Federal Motor Vehicle Control Program
       FO    Facilities Office
      FOE    Friend of the Earth
      FOI    Freedom of Information
  FORTRAN    Formula Translation
     FOSD    Field Operations and Support Division
       FP    Fine Particulate Matter
      FPC    Federal Power Commission
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F F F F F F
      FPD
    FPEIS

      FPM
     FPRS
     FPRS
       FR
      FRC
      FRM
      FRM
      FRS
     FSIP
       FS
      FSS
       FT
      FTC
      FTE
      FTP
      FTS
      FTT
      FUA
      FWP
    FWPCA
      FWS
       FY
      FYI
F F	
 Flame Photometric  Detector
 Fine Participate 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  Teleconmunications System
 Full  Time Temporary
 Fuel  Use Act
 Federal  Women1 s Program
 Federal  Water Pollution Control  Act
 Fish and Wildlife  Service
 Fiscal Year
 For Your Information
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      GAD    Grants Administration Division
      GAO    Government Accounting Office
      GBL    Government Bill  of Lading
       GC    Gas Chromatography
     GEMS    Global Environmental  Monitoring System
      GEP    Good Engineering Practice
       GF    General Files
       GM    Guam
     GMCC    Global Monitoring for Climatic Change
     g/mi    Grams per mile
      GMT    Greenwich Mean Time
      GNP    Gross National Product
     GOCM    Goals, Objectives, Commitments and
             Measures
      GPO    Government Printing Office
       GS    General Schedule
      GSA    General Services Administration
      GSD    General Services Division
      GTR    Government Transportation Request
      GVW    Gross Vehicle Weight
     GVWR    Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
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H H H H H K
      H2S
     HAOS
   HAPEMS

    HAPPS

  HATREMS
       HB
       HC
      HCO
      HDD
      HDG
      HDV
     HEAL
     HERL
   HI-VOL
    HIUAY
     HIUS
      HMS
      HOV
     HPLC
       HQ
       HT
      HTP
     HV10
    HWERL
H H	
 Hydrogen Sulfide
 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 Chroma tog raphy
 Headquarters
 Hydrothermally Treated
 High Temperature  and Pressure
 High Volume Industrial Organics
 Hazardous Waste Engineering Research
 Laboratory/Cincinnati
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	I I I I I I I I
       IA    Interagency Agreement; sometimes IAG
     IACC    Interagency Assessment Advisory Committee
     IAEA    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
      ICS    Intermittent Control Strategies
      IFB    Invitation for Bid
    IFCAM    Industrial Fuel Choice Analysis Model
     IGCI    Industrial Gas Cleaning Institute
      IIS    Inflationary Impact Statement
      IJC    International Joint Commission
      I/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 Office
     IOAA    Immediate Office of the Assistant
             Administrator
     IOAU    Input/Output Arithmetic Unit
      IOB    Iron Ore Beneficiation
      IOU    Input/Output Unit
       IP    Inhaleable Particulates
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      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
      IRS    Intermedia Ranking Staff
      IRS    Internal Revenue Service
      IRS    International  Referral Systems
     ISAM    Indexed Sequential  File Access Method
      ISB    Industrial Studies Branch
    ISCLT    Industrial Source Complex Long Term Model
    ISCST    Industrial Source Complex Short Term Model
      ISO    Information Services Division
    ISMAP    Indirect Source Model for Air Pollution
     ITDP    Individual Training and Development Plan
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    JAPCA    Journal  of Air Pollution  Control  Association
      JCL    Job Control Language
     JNCP    Justification for Non-Competitive
             Procurement
      JSD    Jackson Structured Design
      JSP    Jackson Structured Programming
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     LAER    Lowest Achievable Emission  Rate
      LCD    Local  Cl im a to logical  Data
       LD    Light  Duty
      LDD    Light  Duty Diesel
      LDT    Light  Duty Truck
      LDV    Light  Duty Vehicle
      LEL    Lower  Explosive Limit
      LEP    Laboratory Evaluation Program
    LIRAQ    Livermore Regional  Air Quality  Model
      LMR    Labor  Management Relations
     LNEP    Low Noise Emission Product
      LNG    Liquified Natural Gas
      LOE    Level  of Effort
    LONGZ    Long Term Terrain Model
       LP    Legislative Proposal
      LPG    Liquified Petroleum Gas
     LRMS    Low Resolution Mass Spectroscopy
      LRO    Labor  Relations Officer
      LSB    Library Services Branch
      LSL    Lump Sum Leave
      LTO    Landing-Takeoff Cycle
     LUST    Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
     LVRO    Las Vegas Radiations  Operations
     LWOP    Leave  Without Pay
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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
   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  Ethyl  Ketone
      MEM    Modal Emission Model
  MESOPAC    Mesoscale Meteorological Preprocessor  Program
MESOPLLME    Mesoscale "Bent Plume"  Model
 MESOPUFF    Mesoscale Puff Model
     MESS    Model Evaluation Support System
     MFBI    Major Fuel Burning Installation
       MH    Man Hours
      MHD    Magnethydrodynamics
     MIBK    Methyl  Isobutyl  Ketone
    MIDSD    Management Information  and Data Systems
             Division
      MIS    Mineral Industry Surveys
    MISTT    Midwest Interstate Sulfur Transformation
             and Transport
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MMMMMMMM	
       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    Multi-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    Me so scale Transport Diffusion and
             Deposition Model  for Industrial Sources
      MTG    Media Task Group
     MTIB    Manpower and Technical Information Branch
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     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
      MVS    Multiple Virtual System
      MWG    Model Work Group
       MU    Megawatt
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N N N N N N
        N
       NA
       NA
       NA
      NAA
    NAAQS
     NACA
     NACO
     NADB
     NADB
     NADP
   NADPSC
      NAE
     NAMS
    NANCO

    NAPAP

    NAPBN
  NAPCTAC

     NARA
      MAS
      NAS
     NASA
     NASN
      NBS
N N	
 Nitrogen
 Non-Attainment
 Not Applicable
 Not Available
 Non-Attainment Area
 National Ambient Air Qualilty Standards
 National Agricultural  Chemicals  Association
 National Association of Counties
 National Aeronetrie Data Bank
 National Air Data Branch
 National Atmospheric Deposition  Program
 National ADP Service Center
 National Academy of Engineering
 National Air Monitoring Station
 National Association of Noise Control
 Officials
 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
 National Air Sampling Network
 National Bureau of Standards
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      NCA    National  Coal  Association
      NCA    Noise Control  Act
     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
      NCM    National  Coal  Model
     NCSU    North Carolina State University
     NCWQ    National  Commission on Water Quality
     NDIR    Nondispersive Infrared Analysis
      NDS    National  Disposal Site
      NEA    National  Energy Act
   NECRMP    Northeast Corridor Regional Modeling Project
      NED    Noise Enforcement Division
     NEDS    National  Emissions Data System
     NEIC    National  Enforcement Investigations Center
      NEP    National  Energy Plan
     NEPA    National  Environmental Policy Act
      NER    National  Emissions Report

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N N N N N N
    NEROS
  NESHAPS

  NETTING

     NFAN
      NFS
      NGA
     NGPA
    NHTSA
    NIEHS

      NIH
    NIOSH

      N1S
      NLA
      NIC
      NLT
      me
     NMHC
     NMOC
      NMR
       NO
      NOX
      NOA
N N	
 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
 No rune thane Organic  Compounds
 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
 Nitric Oxide
 Nitrogen Dioxide
 Nitrogen Oxides
 New Obligation Authority
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     NOAA    National Oceanic and Atmospheric
             Administration
     NOJC    National Oil Jobbers Council
    NPDES    National Pollution 01 scharge El 1mlnation
             System
      NPM    National Program Manager
     NPRM    Notice of Proposed Rulemaklng
      NPS    National Park Service
      NRA    National Recreation Area
      NRC    National Referral Center
      NRC    Nuclear Regulatory Commission
     NRDC    National Resources Defense Council
      NRT    National Response Team
      NSF    National Science Foundation
      NSO    Nonferrous Smelter Order
     NSPE    National Society for Professional Engineers
     NSPS    New Source Performance Standards
      NSR    New Source Review
      NTE    Not to Exceed
     NTIS    National Technical Information Service
     NVPP    National Vehicle Population Poll
     NWRC    National Weather Records Center
      NWS    National Weather Service
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       03    Ozone
       Ox    Total 0x1 dants
       OA    Office of  Administration
       OA    Office of  the  Adninistrator
      OAE    Office of  Analysis and  Evaluation
     OALJ    Office of  the  Adninistrative Law Judges
    OAQPS    Office of  Air  Quality Planning  and Standards
      OAR    Office of  Air  and  Radiation
     OARM    Office of  Administration  and Resources
             Management
    OBERS    Regional Economic  Activity Projections
       OC    Object Class
       OC    Of fie e of  the  Comptroller
      OCD    Offshore and Coastal Dispersion Model
      OCL    Office of  Congressional Liaison
      OCR    Office of  Civil  Rights
       00    Office of  the  Director
       OD    Organizational  Development
      ODA    Office of  the  Deputy Administrator
      OOP    Office of  Data Processing
      ODW    Office of  Drinking Water
      OEA    Office of  External  Affairs
     OECD    Organization of Economic  Cooperation  and
             Development
     OECM    Office of  Enforcement and Compliance
             Monitoring
     OEET    Office of  Environmental Engineering and
             Technology
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     OEOB
    OEPER

      OER
     OERR

       OF
      OFA
      OGC
     OHEA

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

      OMO
     OMPE

      QMS
000000
 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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      QMS
     OMSE
    QMSQA
Office of Mobile Sources
Office of Management Systems and Evaluation
Office of Monitoring Systems  and  Quality
Assurance
       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
     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
     OPTS    Office of Pesticides and Toxic-Sub stances
      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
      OSR    Office of Standards  and Regulations
    OS/VS    Operating System/Virtual Storage
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     osw
   OSWER

      OT
     OTA
     OTS
      OW
     OWEP
     OVJPE
     OWPO
     OWRS
   OZIPP
   OZIPPM
Office of Solid Waste
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response
Overtime
Office 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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p p p p p p
        p
      P&A
      PAA
      PAB
      PAD
    PADRE
      PAH
      PAL

    PALDS

      PAN

     PARS
       Pb
      PBB
      PBL
    PBLSQ
       PC
       PC
       PC
      PCA
      PCB
     PC4B
      PCD
P P	
 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  Peroxyacyl
 Nitrate
 Precision and Accuracy Reporting System
 Lead
 Polybromated Blphenyls
 Planetary  Boundary Layer
 The Lead Line Source (PBLSQ) Model
 Personal  Computer
 Planned Commitment
 Pulverized Coal
 Principal  Component Analysis
 Polychlorinated Biphenyls
 Personnel  Compensation and Benefits
 Procurements and Contracts Management
 Division
    PCIOS    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
      PEN     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     Participate Matter
             Particulate Matter nominally 10m and less
             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     Prmanufacture Notification Form
      PMR     Pollutant Mass Rate
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     PMRS     Performance Management and  Recognition
             System
      PMS     Performance Management System
      PMS     Personnel Management Specialist
      PNA     Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
       PO     Project Officer
       PO     Purchase Order
      POC     Program Office Contacts
      POM     Polycyclic Organic Matter
     POMO     Program Operations and Management Office
     POTW     Publicly Owned Treatment Works
      POV     Privately Owned Vehicle
       PP     Pay Period
       PP     Program Planning
      PPA     Planned Program Accomplishment
      ppb     Parts per billion
     PPIS     Pesticide Product Information System
      ppm     Parts per million
    PPMAP     Power Planning Modeling Application
             Procedure
     PPRS     Program Planning and Review Staff
     PPSP     Power Plant Siting Program
      PPT     Permanent Part Time
       PR     No Year Fund
       PR     Procurement Request
      PRA     Planned Regulatory Action
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      PRO    Program Reporting Division
       PS    Point Source
      PSD    Prevention of Significant Deterioration
      PSE    Program Sub element
      PSI    Pollutant Standards Index
      PSM    Point Source Monitoring
      PSS    Personnel Staffing Special ist
       PT    Part Time
    PTDIS    Single Stack Meteorological Model in EPA
             UNAMAP Series
    PTMAX    Single Stack Meteorological Model in EPA
             UNAMAP Series
    PTMTP    Multistack Meteorological Model in EPA
             UNAMAP Series
    PTPLU    Point Source Gaussian Diffusion Model
       PV    Project Verification
      PVC    Polyvinyl Chloride
       PY    Prior Year
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QQQQQQQQ
       QA    Quality Assurance
      QAC    Quality Assurance Coordinator
    QAM IS    Quality Assurance Management and Information
             System
      QCA    Quiet Communities Act
      QCI    Quality Control  Index
      QCP    Quiet Community Program
      QSI    Quality Step Increase
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       RA    Regional  Administrator
       RA    Regulatory Alternative
       RA    Regulatory Analysis
       RA    Resource Allocation
     RACM    Reasonable Available Control  Measures
     RACT    Reasonably Available Control  Technology
     RADM    Random Walk Advection and Dispersion Model
      RAM    Urban Air Quality Model  for Point and Area
             Sources in EPA UNAMAP Series
     RAMS    Regional  Air Monitoring  System
     RAPS    Regional  Air Pollution Study
     RARG    Regulatory Analysis Review Group
       RC    Responsibility Center
      RCA    Responsibility Center A (OAA/OPMO)
      RCB    Responsibility Center B  (OTLUP)
      RCC    Radiation Coordinating Council
      RCF    Responsibility Center F  (OPA)
      RCM    Responsibility Center Monthly
     RCRA    Resource  Conservation and Recovery Act
      R&D    Research and Development
      RDU    Raleigh-Durham Airport
      RDU    Regional  Decision Unit
     REEP    Review of Environmental  Effects of
             Pollutants
      REF    Reference
     REPS    Regional  Emissions Projection System

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R R R R R R R R	
      RFB    Request for Bid
      RFP    Reasonable Further Progress
      RFP    Request for Proposal
      RFQ    Request for Quote
      RIA    Regulatory Impact Analysis
      RIF    Reduction in Force
      RIM    Regulatory Interpretation Memorandum
      RJE    Remote Job Entry
    RMDHS    Regional  Model  Data Handling  System
     RMIS    Resources Management  Information System
       RO    Regional  Office
 ROADCHEM    ROADWAY Version that  Includes Chemical
             Reactions of NO,  NOg  and 03
  ROADWAY    A Model  to Predict Pollutant
             Concentrations  Near a Roadway
 ROLLBACK    A Proportional  Reduction Model
     ROPA    Record of Procurement Action
       RP    Respirable Particulates
     RPAR    Rebuttable Presumption Against Registration
     RPIO    Responsible Planning  and Implementation
             Officer
      RPM    Reactive  Plume  Model
      RPO    Regional  Planning Officer
      RPO    Regional  Programs Office
      RSS    Regional  Services Staff
       RT    Regional  Total
     RTCM    Reasonable Transportation Control Measures
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     RTD     Return  to  Duty
     RTDM     Rough Terrain Diffusion Model
   RTFEA     Research Triangle  Federal  Employees
             Association
     RTM     Regional Transport Model
   RTPFCU     Research Triangle  Park Federal  Credit Union
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s s s s s s
        s
      S&A
      SAB
      SAD
    SADAA

      SAE
     SAIP

    SAMWG
      SAR
   SAROAD
      SAS
     SASD
     SASS
      SBA
     SCAP
      SCC
     SCFM
      SCR
      SCS
      SCS
      SOB
     SDWA
     SEAS
     SEIA
S S	
 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 Accomplishment 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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      SEN    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
      SID    Surveillance and Inspection Division
    SIEFA    Source  Inventory Emission Factor Analysis
     SIMS    Secondary Ion-Mass Spec trometry
      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
     SLSM    Simple  Line Source Model
   SNAAQS    Secondary National Ambient Air Quality
             Standards
      S02    Sulfur  Dioxide

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      SOX
    SOCHI
Sulfur Oxides
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

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      SSO    Support Services  Office
      SST    Supersonic Transport
   STAPPA    State and Territorial Air Pollution Program
             Administrators
     STAR    Stability Wind Rose
     STEL    Short Term Exposure Limit
   STORET    Storage and Retrieval of Water Related Data
      STP    Standard Temperature and Pressure
      SUP    Standard Unit of  Processing
     SURE    Sulfate Regional  Experiment Program
      SWE    Society of Women  Engineers
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T T T T T T T T	
       TA    Travel  Authorization
   TAMTAC    Toxic Air Monitoring Technical Advisory
             Committee
       TC    Technical Center
      TCM    Texas Cl Imatologlcal Model
      TCM    Transportation Control  Measure
      TCP    Transportation Control  Plan
      TOY    Temporary Duty
      TEC    Technical Evaluation Committee
      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
       TI    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
      TLV    Threshold Limit Value
       TO    Task Order
       TO    Travel Order
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      TOA    Trace Organic Analysis
      TOC    Total Organic Compound
     TRLN    Triangle Research Library Network
      TRS    Total Reduced Sulfur
      TSB    Technical  Support Branch
      TSC    Toxic Substances Coordinator
      TSC    Transportation Systems Center
     TSCA    Toxic Substances Control Act; sometimes
             TOSCA
     TSCC    Toxic Substances Coordinating Committee
     TSDF    Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facility
      TSM    Transportation System Management
      TSO    Time Sharing Option
      TSP    Total Suspended Participates
      TSS    Terminal Security System
      TSS    Total Suspended Solids
    TSSMS    Time Sharing Services Management System
     TTFA    Target Transformation Factor Analysis
      TTY    Teletypewriter
     TUCC    Triangle University Computer Center
      TVA    Tennessee Valley Authority
      TWA    Time Weighted Average
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      UAM
     UAQI
     UARG
      ULP
     UMTA
       UN
   UNAMAP
Urban Airshed Model
Uniform Air Quality  Index
Utilities  A1r Regulatory Group
Unfair Labor Practice
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
United Nations
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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   VALLEY   Meteorological  Model  to  Calculate
            Concentrations on Elevated Terrain
      VCM   Vinyl Chloride Monomer
       VE   Visual Emissions
      VHT   Vehlcle-Hours of Travel
   VISTTA   Visibility Impairment from Sulfur
            Transformation and Transport in the
            Atmosphere
      VKT   Vehicle Kilometers Traveled
      VMT   Vehicle Miles Traveled
      VOC   Volatile Organic Compounds
      VOS   Vehicle Operating Survey
      VSS   Volatile Suspended Solids
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       WA    Work  Assignment
      WCC    Washington Computer Center
      WDC    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
      HMO    World Meteorological Organization
      WOW    Ue-Cycle  Office Wastepaper
      WPC    Word  Processing Center
      WPI    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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                                    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 („)   One millionth of
     10-9    NANO  (n)   One billionth of
        m    Meter (Length) 1m = 39.37 in.
        g    Gram (Mass) Ig = ~.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..
        n    Ohm
        +    Plus
        +_    Plus or minus
        §    Section
        E    To sum up
MISCELLANEOUS SYMBOLS	
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STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS
AL   Al abama
AK   Alaska
 *   American Samoa
AZ   Arlzona
AR   Arkansas
CA   California
CO   Colorado
CT   Connecticut
DE   Del aware
DC   District of Columbia
FL   Florida
GA   Georgia
HI   Hawaii
ID   Idaho
IL   Illinois
IN   Indiana
IA   Iowa

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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 those1"unenlightened"
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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