Section 2 contains acronyms and abbreviations with their most commonly
used pronunciations and definitions. These acronyms and abbreviations
are listed alphabetically.
Acronym | How
is it pronounced? | Program |
10 |
| Section 10 |
118 |
| Section 118 of the Clean Water Act |
305(b) |
| Section 305(b) of the Clean Water Act |
319
| | Section 319 of the Clean Water Act |
401 | | Section 401 of the
Clean Water Act |
402 | | Section
402 of the Clean Water Act |
404 |
| Section 404 of the Clean Water Act |
1990
CAAA | | Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 |
6217 | | Section 6217 of
the CZARA |
6280 | | MN
Rule Chapter 6280 |
7001 | | MN
Rule Chapter 7001 |
7007 | | MN
Rule Chapter 7007 |
7009 | | MN
Rule Chapter 7009 |
7021 | | MN
Rule Chapter 7021 |
7050 | | MN
Rule Chapter 7050 |
7060 | | MN
Rule Chapter 7060 |
8420 | | MN
Rule Chapter 8420 |
ACOE | the Corps
| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
ANS
| | Aquatic Nuisance Species |
AOC | | Area of Concern |
APHIS | a'-fis | Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA) |
ARDC |
| Arrowhead Regional Development Commission |
BAF |
| Bioaccumulation Factor |
BAT |
| Best Available Technology |
BC
| | Bythotrephes |
BCC |
| Bioaccumulative Chemical of Concern |
BCF
| | Bioconcentration Factor |
BMP | | Best Management Practice |
BOD | | Biological Oxygen
Demand |
BWSR | bowser | Board
of Water and Soil Resources |
CAA |
| Clean Air Act |
CAAA |
| Clean Air Act Amendments |
CDF |
| Confined Disposal Facility |
CEPA |
| Canadian Environmental Protection Act |
CERCLA | sir'-clah | Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
CFR
| | Code of Federal Regulations |
CGLI | | Council of Great
Lakes Industries |
CGLG | | Council
of Great Lakes Governors |
CLSES |
| Center for Lake Superior Environmental Studies |
COA | | Canada/Ontario Agreement |
CSO | | Combined Sewer Overflow |
CWA | | Clean Water Act |
CWAR | | Clean Water Act Reauthorization |
CWE | | Center for Water and
the Environment |
CZARA | cee-zar'-ah | Coastal
Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 |
CZM |
| Coastal Zone Management |
CZMA |
| Coastal Zone Management Act |
DDT |
| Dichlorodiphenyltrichloro-ethane |
EMAP | ee'-map | Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment Program |
EPA |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
ERL-D |
| Environmental Research Laboratory - Duluth (U.S. EPA) |
FWPCA | | Federal Water Pollution
Control Act |
FY | | Fiscal
Year |
GEIS | | Generic
Environmental Impact Statement |
GLC |
| Great Lakes Commission |
GLCP |
| Great Lakes Critical Pollutants |
GLERL | glerl | Great
Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory |
GLFC |
| Great Lakes Fishery Commission |
GLI |
| Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative |
GLIN | glin | Great
Lakes Information Network |
GLIFWC | glif'-wick | Great
Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission |
GLLFAS |
| Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences |
GLNPO | glen'-poe | Great Lakes
National Program Office |
GLPF |
| Great Lakes Protection Fund |
GLTxRE |
| Great Lakes Toxic Reduction Effort |
GLTxRI |
| Great Lakes Toxics Reduction Initiative |
GLWQA | GLI | Great
Lakes Water Quality Agreement |
GLWQI |
| Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative |
HAPs | haps | Hazardous
Air Pollutants |
HCB | | Hexachlorobenzene |
Hg | | Mercury |
IAGLR | eye-ag'-ler | International
Association of Great Lakes Research |
IJC |
| International Joint Commission |
ILSR | ill'-sir | Institute
for Lake Superior Research |
I and I |
| Inflow and Infiltration |
LA |
| Load Allocation |
LaMP | lamp | Lakewide
Management Plan |
LGU | | Local
Governmental Unit |
LLO | | Large
Lakes Observatory |
LSC | | Lake
Superior Center |
LSRI | | Lake
Superior Research Institute |
MDH |
| Minnesota Department of Health |
MDNR,
DNR | | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
MED | | Mid-Continent Ecology
Division |
MERLA | merla | Minnesota
Environmental Response and Liability Act |
MISA | | Municipal
Industrial Strategy for Abatement |
MM | | Management
Measures |
MPCA, PCA | | Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency |
NAAQS | | National
Ambient Air Quality Standards |
NBS | | National
Biological Service |
NEMEEC | ne'-mick | Northeastern
Minnesota Environmental and Economic Council |
NMWE | | Northeast
Minnesota Waste Exchange |
NOAA | no'-ah | National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NOx | | Nitrogen
Oxides |
NPDES | | National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
NPL | | National
Priorities List |
NPS | | U.S.
National Park Service |
NRRI | enn-are-eye | Natural
Resources Research Institute |
NSGCP | | National
Sea Grant College Program |
NSMB | | North
Shore Management Board |
NSMP | | North
Shore Management Plan |
NSP | | Nonpoint
Source Pollution |
NWP's | | Nationwide
Permits |
OCS | | Octachlorostyrene |
OFAH | | Ontario Federation
of Anglers and Hunters |
OHW | | Ordinary
High Water Mark |
OIRW | | Outstanding
International Resource Waters |
ONRW | | Outstanding
National Resource Waters |
ORVW | | Outstanding
Resource Value Waters |
PAHs | | Polycyclic
Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
P2 | | Pollution
Prevention |
PCBs | | Polychlorinated
Biphenyls |
POTW | | Publicly
Owned Treatment Works |
ppb | | parts
per billion |
ppm | | parts
per million |
ppt | | parts
per trillion |
RAP | rap | Remedial
Action Plan |
RCRA | rick'-rah | Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act |
REMAP | ree'-map |
Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program |
RfD | | Reference
Dose |
SAB | | Science
Advisory Board |
SARA | sarah | Superfund
Amendment Reauthorization Act |
SCS | | Soil
Conservation Service |
SIP | | State
Implementation Plan |
SNA | | Designated
Scientific and Natural Areas |
SOLEC | so'-leck | State
of the Lake Ecosystem Conference |
SO2 | | Sulfur
Dioxide |
SOTLSBRS | | State
of the Lake Superior Basin Reporting Series |
SWCD | | Soil
and Water Conservation Districts |
TMDL | | Total
Maximum Daily Load |
TCDD | | Dioxin | >
USC | | United States Code |
USDA | | U.S. Department of
Agriculture |
USEPA | | U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency |
USFWS | | U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service |
USGS | | U.S.
Geological Survey |
WCA | wack'-ah |
Wetlands Conservation Act |
WCAR | wack'-ah
rules | Wetland Conservation Act Rules |
WDNR
| Wisconsin DNR | Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources |
WET | | Whole
Effluent Toxicity |
WLA | | Wasteload
Allocation |
WLSRRMC | | Western
Lake Superior Region Resource Management Cooperative |
WLSSD | | Western
Lake Superior Sanitary District |
ZID | | Zone
of Initial Dilution |
ZDP | | Zero
Discharge Demonstration Program |