Appendix G
Acronyms
AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
ARS
Agricultural Research Service (USDA)
AAAS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
AHPS
Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
ASLO
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (DHHS)
AWWARF
American Water Works Association Research Foundation
BLM
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (DOI)
BMPs
best management practices
CALFED
California Bay Delta Authority
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DHHS)
CENR
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Corps
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
COWRR
Committee on Water Resources Research
CSREES
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (USDA)
CRADA
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CWA
Clean Water Act
DHHS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
DoD
U.S. Department of Defense
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DOI
U.S. Department of Interior
EDRP
Exposure-Dose Reconstruction Program
EMAP
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
ENSO
El Niño Southern Oscillation
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERS
Economic Research Service (USDA)
ESTCP
Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (DoD)
FCCSET
Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
FCST
Federal Council for Science and Technology
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
FWS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI)
GAO
U.S. General Accounting Office
GDP
gross domestic product
GIS
Geographic Information Systems
GLERL
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
GLHHERP
Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research Program
GRACE
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
HBN
Hydrologic Benchmark Network
HUD
U.S. Department of Health and Urban Development
HHS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
LTER
Long-Term Ecological Research
MTHM
Metric tons heavy metal
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAST
National Assessment Synthesis Team
NASQAN
National Stream Quality Accounting Network
NAWQA
National Assessment Water Quality program
NCEA
National Center for Environmental Assessment
NCER
National Center for Environmental Research
NCI
National Cancer Institute
NEHRP
National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program
NERL
National Exposure Research Laboratory
NEXRAD
Next Generation Weather Radar
NHEERL
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory
NIEHS
National Institutes of Environmental Health Science
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOS
National Ocean Service (NOAA)
NRC
National Research Council
NRMRL
National Risk Management Research Laboratory
NSB
National Science Board
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSDI
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
NSIP
National Streamflow Information Program
NSTC
National Science and Technology Council
NWS
National Weather Service (NOAA)
NWTRB
U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
NWUIP
National Water-Use Information Program
OGP
Office of Global Programs (NOAA)
OMB
U.S. Office of Management and Budget
ONR
Office of Naval Research (DoD)
OOAR
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (NOAA)
ORD
Office of Research and Development (EPA)
OSTP
Office of Science and Technology Policy
OWRR
Office of Water Resources Research (formerly DOI)
PCAST
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
PHS
U.S. Public Health Service
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
R&D
Research and development
SERDP
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
SDWA
Safe Drinking Water Act
STAR
Science Targeted to Achieve Results (EPA)
SWAQ
Subcommittee on Water Availability and Quality
TMDL
Total Maximum Daily Load
TNC
The Nature Conservancy
TSPA
Total System Performance Assessment
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
USBR
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (DOI)
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USFS
U.S. Forest Service (USDA)
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey (DOI)