ACRONYMS

Below is a list of acronyms that are often used in government regulations and meetings.

Acronyms: a word formed from the initials or other parts of several words.

CFR: Code of Federal Regulations

CWA: Clean Water Act

DEQ: Department of Environmental Quality

EA: Environmental Assessment

EIS: Environmental Impact Statement

E-Mail: Electronic Mail

EMAP: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program

EPA: Environmental Protection Agency

ESA: Endangered Species Act

FIFRA: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act

FLIR: Forward Looking Infrared

FOI: Freedom of Information

FOIA: Freedom of Information Act

GPS: Geographical Positioning System

GW: Ground water below the land surface that feeds wells and springs

HSPF: Hydrological Simulation Program

MOA: Memorandum of Agreement

MOU: Memorandum of Understanding

NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act

NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPDES: National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

NPS: Nonpoint sources

NTU: National Turbidity Units

ODA: Oregon Department of Agriculture

QA/QC: Quality Assurance/Quality Control

QUAL2E: Enhanced Stream Water Quality Model

OW: Office of Water

PFC: Proper Functioning Condition

SW: Surface Water that is open to the atmosphere and subject to surface runoff

USDI: U.S. Deparment of Interior

USFS: U.S. Forest Service

USGS: U.S. Geological Survey

WQS: Water Quality Standard