Acronyms and Abbreviations

The following acronyms and abbreviations are commonly used throughout the U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program (NRDAR Program).

 

AOAuthorized Official
APAssessment Plan
APAAdministrative Procedure Act of 1946
ARAdministrative Record
ARPAArcheological Resources Protection Act of 1979
AUSAAssistant United States Attorney
  
  
BIABureau of Indian Affairs
BLMBureau of Land Management
  
  
CAAClean Air Act
CCMPComprehensive Conservation and Management Plan
CCPComprehensive Conservation Plan
CC&Rscovenants, conditions, and restrictions
CDConsent Decree or compact disk
CEcategorical exclusion
CEQCouncil on Environmental Quality
CERCLAComprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
CERCLA RuleCERCLA Natural Resource Damage Assessments
CFR or C.F.RCode of Federal Regulations
CORContacting Officer's Representative
CorpsU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
COTRContracting Officer's Technical Representative
CRISCourt Registry Investment System
CWAClean Water Act (same as FWPCA)
CWAPClean Water Act Plan
CZMACoastal Zone Management Act of 1972
  
  
DEISDraft Environmental Impact Statement
Department, DOI, or InteriorU.S. Department of the Interior
DMDepartmental Manual
DOAUnited States Department of Agriculture
DOJUnited States Department of Justice
  
  
EAEnvironmental Assessment
EFTelectronic funds transfer
EISEnvironmental Impact Statement
ELIPSElectronic Library of Interior Policies
EOExecutive Order
EPAU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ESAEndangered Species Act of 1973
  
  
FACAFederal Advisory Committee Act of 1972
FAQsfrequently asked questions
FEISFinal Environmental Impact Statement
FLPMAFederal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
FONSIFinding of No Significant Impact
FRFederal Register
FSUSDA Forest Service/U.S. Forest Service
FTEfull-time equivalent
FWCAFish and Wildlife Coordination Act
FWPCAFederal Water Pollution Control Act (same as CWA)
FWS or ServiceU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
FYfiscal year
  
  
GPRAGovernment Performance Results Act of 1993
  
  
HEAHabitat Equivalency Analysis
H.J.RES.House Joint Resolution (it becomes law if passed by both the House & Senate and approved by the President).
H.R.House of Representatives and designates a measure as a bill (it becomes law if passed by both the House & Senate and approved by the President).
  
  
IRSInternal Revenue Service
  
  
LAOLead Authorized Official
LATLead Administrative Trustee
  
  
MBTAMigratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
MMPAMarine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
MOAMemorandum of Agreement
MOUMemorandum of Understanding
MPAMarine Protected Areas
MPRSAMarine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972
  
  
NAGPRANative American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
of 1990
NBCNational Business Center
NCPNational Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan or National Contingency Plan
NEPANational Environmental Policy Act of 1969
NHPANational Historic Preservation Act of 1966
NMFSNational Marine Fisheries Service
NOANotice of Availability
NOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOINotice of Intent
NPDESNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPFCNational Pollution Funds Center
NPLNational Priorities List
NPSNational Park Service
NRDnatural resource damage
NRDAnatural resource damage assessment
NRDARnatural resource damage assessment and restoration
NRHPNatural Register of Historic Places
  
  
OEPCOffice of Environmental Policy and Compliance
OPAOil Pollution Act of 1990
OPACOn-Line Payment and Collection
OSHAOccupational Safety and Health Administration
OSLTFOil Spill Liability Trust Fund
  
  
PCBspolychlorinated biphenyls
PL or P.L.Public Law (designated by the number of the Congress and the order in which it is enacted).
PMBAssistant Secretary - Policy, Management and Budget
PMPProject Management Plan
PRPPotentially Responsible Party (can be substituted for Responsible Party [RP] as used in the OPA)
PSRPAPark System Resource Protection Act
  
  
RCDPRestoration and Compensation Determination Plan
RCRAResource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (same as SWDA)
ReclamationBureau of Reclamation
Refuge SystemNational Wildlife Refuge System
Restoration ProgramNatural Resource Damage Assessment and
Restoration Program
RHARivers and Harbors Act of 1899
RODRecord of Decision
RPRestoration Plan (or Responsible Party as used in the OPA)
RPMRemedial Project Manager
  
  
SARASuperfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
SecretarySecretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior/ Secretary of the Interior
SEPSupplemental Environmental Project
SHPOState Historic Preservation Officer
SIPState Implementation Plan
SWDASolid Waste Disposal Act (same as RCRA)
  
  
THPOTribal Historic Preservation Officer
  
  
U.S.United States
U.S.C. or USCUnited States Code (compilation of all current Federal laws, arranged under 50 subject titles).
USCGUnited States Coast Guard
USGSU.S. Geological Survey

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