EPA Clean Water Act  (CWA)
                       Tribal Training  Acronyms
AIEO:        American Indian Environmental Office
ANA:        Administration for Native Americans
BIA:         Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA/BIE:      Bureau of Indian Affairs/Bureau of
            Indian Education
BMP:        Best Management Practice
CAFO:        Concentrated Animal Feeding
            Operation
CFR:         Code of Federal Regulations
CSO:         Combined Sewer Overflow
CSS:         Combined Sewer System
CWA:        Clean Water Act
CWAP:       Clean Water Action Plan
DO:         Dissolved Oxygen
DNR:        Department of Natural Resources
DW:         Drinking Water
EL:          Effluent Limit
ELG:         Effluent Limitations Guideline
EPA:         Environmental Protection Agency
FAE:         Financial Assistance Eligibility
FERC:        Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
GAP:         General Assistance Program
GLIFWC:      Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife
            Commission
GW:         Groundwater
IEL:          Indian Environmental Liaison
IEO:         Indian Environmental Office
IMS:         Indian Health Service
LA:          Load Allocation
mL:          Milliliters
MOS:        Margin of Safety
MS4:        Municipal Separate Storm Sewer
            System
NOI:         Notice of Intent
NPDES:       National Pollutant Discharge
            Elimination System
NMED:       New Mexico Environmental
            Department
NMSU WERC:  New Mexico State University
            Waste-management, Education, and
            Research Consortium
NPS:         Nonpoint Source
ONRW:       Outstanding National Resource Water
POTW:       Publicly Owned Treatment Work
QAPP:       Quality Assurance Project Plan
RA:          Regional Administrator
SOP:         Standard Operating Procedure
SSO:         Sa n ita ry Sewer OverfI ow
SW:         Surface Water
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TAS:          Treatment in a Manner Similar to a
             State
TEA:          Tribal Environmental Agreement
THPO:        Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
TMDL:        Total Maximum Daily Load
TN:          Total Nitrogen
TP:          Total Phosphorus
TPEO:        Taos Pueblo Environmental Office
UAA:         Use Attainability Analysis
UNESCO:      United Nations Educational, Scientific,
             and Cultural Organization
USAGE:       United States Army Corps of Engineers
USGS:        United States Geological Survey
WAM:        Watershed Analysis and Management
WBP:         Watershed-based Plans
WET:         Whole Effluent Toxicity
WLA:         Wasteload Allocation
WQBEL:       Water Quality-based Effluent Limit
WQI:         Water Quality Indicators
WQS:         Water Quality Standard
WRAS:        Watershed Restoration Action Strategy
WWTP:       Waste Water Treatment Plant
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