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Common Acronyms of the Environmental Industry
 
ASTM 
American Standards for Testing and Materials
BE
Biological Evaluation
BLM
Bureau of Land Management
CAA
Clean Air Act
CatEx or CE
Categorical Exclusion
CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (1980)
CWA
Clean Water Act
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EA
Environmental Assessment
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ESA Endangered Species Act
GIS Geographic Information Systems
HCP Habitat Conservation Plan
MBTA Migratory Bird Treaty Act
NAGPRA Native American Graves and Repatriation Act
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NHPA National Historic Preservation Act
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPS National Park Service
NSPS New Source Performance Standards (Clean Air Act)
PCBs Polychlorinated Biphenyls (contaminants)
PETS Proposed Endangered and Threatened Species
SHPO/THPO
State Historic Preservation Office / Tribal Historic Preservation Office
T&E Threatened and Endangered (Species)
USACE or USACOE United States Army Corps of Engineers
USFS United States Forest Service
USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service
 
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