Environmental Assessment, 2nd Edition

Abbreviations and Acronyms

ACHP

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

AID

Agency for International Development

ASCS

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, former agency of USDA; now Farm Service Agency

BLM

Bureau of Land Management

BOD

biochemical oxygen demand

Btu

British thermal unit

C

Celsius

CA 90

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 ( See also CAAA)

CAA

Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended

CAAA

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 ( See also CA 90)

CARE

Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc.

CEA

Cumulative Effects Analysis

CEC

Commission of the European Communities

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CEQ

Council on Environmental Quality

CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

CFC

chlorofluorocarbon

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CH4

methane

Ci

curie

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CO

carbon monoxide

CO 2

carbon dioxide

COD

chemical oxygen demand

COE

Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army

CX

Categorical Exclusion

D.C.

District of Columbia

dB(A)

decibels (A-weighted)

DEIS

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

DO

dissolved oxygen

DOD

U.S. Department of Defense

DOE

U.S. Department of Energy

DOT

U.S. Department of Transportation

EA

Environmental Assessment

EEA

European Environmental Agency

EEC

European Economic Community

EEG

electroencephalogram

EEU

European Economic Union

EIA

environmental impact analysis process

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement

EO

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