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Acronyms
Airport
planning and the
Environmental
Impact Statement
(EIS) process
require the use
of many
technical terms.
Some of the most
important
acronyms are
identified and
defined in this
list.
ACEC - Area of Critical
Environmental Concern
ACHP - Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation
ADT - Airspace Design Tool
-- flight track processing software
AGL - Above Ground Level
ALP - Airport Layout Plan
APE - Area of Potential
Effect (historic/archaeological/cultural
resources)
ARC - Agency Resource
Committee
ARFF - Airport Rescue and
Fire Fighting
ARTCC - Air Route Traffic
Control Center
ARTS - Automated Radar
Terminal System
ATCT - Airport Traffic
Control Tower
BLM - Bureau of Land
Management (U.S. Department of the Interior)
BUR - Bureau of Reclamation
(U.S. Department of the Interior)
CAA - Civil Aeronautics
Administration
CAL3QHC - Dispersion
analysis model for carbon monoxide (CO)
concentrations at roadway intersections (air
quality)
CEQA - California
Environmental Quality Act
CNEL - Community Noise
Equivalent Level
CZMA - Coastal Zone
Management Act
DEIR - Draft Environmental
Impact Report
DEIS - Draft Environmental
Impact Statement
DNL - Day-night average
sound level
DVO - Gnoss Field Airport
EDDA - Environmental Due
Diligence Audit (hazardous waste)
EDMS - Emissions and
Dispersion Modeling System (air quality)
ETMS - Enhanced Traffic
Management System (radar data)
EIR - Environmental Impact
Report
EIS - Environmental Impact
Statement
ESA - Endangered Species Act
ESC - Erosion and
sedimentation control devices
FAA - Federal Aviation
Administration
FAR - Federal Aviation
Regulations
FEIR - Final Environmental
Impact Report
FEIS - Final Environmental
Impact Statement
FHPM - Federal-Aid Highway
Program Manual
FHWA - Federal Highway
Administration
FICAN - Federal Interagency
Committee on Aircraft Noise
FICON - Federal Interagency
Committee on Noise
FLPMA - Federal Land Policy
Management Act
GIS - Geographic Information
Systems
GPS - Global Positioning
System
GSE - Ground Support
Equipment -
HAP - Hazardous Air
Pollutants
IFR - Instrument Flight
Rules
ILS - Instrument Landing
System
INM - Integrated Noise Model
JD - Jurisdictional
Determination (wetlands)
L&B - Landrum & Brown (prime
consultant)
Leq - Equivalent sound level
Lmax - Maximum noise level
LOS - Level of Service
(roadways)
MFP - Management Framework
Plan (BLM)
MOA - Memorandum of
Agreement
MOBILE - Motor Vehicle
Emissions Factor Model (air quality)
MOU - Memorandum of
Understanding
MPO - Metropolitan Planning
Organization
NAAQS - National Ambient Air
Quality Standards
NAVAID - Navigation Aid
NEM - Noise Exposure Map
NHPA - National Historic
Preservation Act
NORA - Notice of Realty
Action (BLM)
NPIAS - National Plan of
Integrated Airport Systems
NPS - National Park Service
NRHP - National Register of
Historic Places
NRCS - Natural Resources
Conservation Service
NWI - National Wetland
Inventory
OAG - Official Airline Guide
OAQPS - Office of Air
Quality Planning Standards (USEPA)
PM - Particulate Matter (air
quality)
RMP - Resource Management
Plan (BLM)
RNAV - Required Navigation
Procedures
ROD - Record of Decision
ROFA - Runway Object Free
Area
RPZ - Runway Protection Zone
RSA - Runway Safety Area
SAR - System Analysis
Recording of ARTCC Data (radar data)
SEL - Sound Exposure Level
(noise)
SHPO - State Historic
Preservation Officer
SIP - State Implementation
Plan (air quality)
SWPPP - Stormwater Pollution
Prevention Plan
TAF - Terminal Area Forecast
TAP - Toxic Air Pollutant
TERPS - United States
Terminal Instrument Procedures
THPO - Tribal Historic
Preservation Officer
TIP - Transportation
Improvement Program
TNM - Traffic Noise Model
USACE - U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers
USEPA - U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
USFWS - Fish and Wildlife
Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
USFS - Forest Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture
USGS - U.S. Geological
Survey
VFR - Visual Flight Rules
VMT - Vehicle Miles Traveled
VOC - Volatile Organic
Compounds (air quality)
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