| ACEC |
Area of Critical Environmental Concern |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management, an agency of the Department of the Interior |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| COSMAR |
Committee on Surface Mining and Reclamation, an NRC committee that in 1979 wrote Surface Mining of Non-Coal Minerals: A Study of Mineral Mining from the Perspective of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 |
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| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
| FLPMA |
Federal Land Policy and Management Act |
| FONSI |
Finding of No Significant Impact (under NEPA) |
| FS |
see USFS |
| FWS |
see USFWS |
| IBLA |
Interior Board of Land Appeals |
| MMS |
Minerals Management Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| NAE |
National Academy of Engineering |
| NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
| NHPA |
National Historical Preservation Act |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NFMA |
National Forest Management Act |
| NRC |
National Research Council, the operating arm of the NAS and the NAE |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| SMCRA |
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act |
| SPLP |
Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure |
| TCLP |
Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure |
| USFS |
U. S. Forest Service, an agency of the Department of Agriculture |
| USFWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior |
| UMTRCA |
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act |
| USC |
United States Code |
| USGS |
U. S. Geological Survey, an agency of the Department of the Interior |
