Management and Effects of Coalbed Methane Produced Water in the Western United States (2010)
Chapter: Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations
APPENDIX G
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ASR aquifer storage and recovery
ATG (Powder River) Aquatic Task Group
BER Board of Environmental Review
BLM Bureau of Land Management
CBM coalbed methane
CBNG coalbed natural gas (i.e., coalbed methane)
COGCC Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
COGIS Colorado Oil and Gas Information System
CWA Clean Water Act
DEQ (Wyoming) Department of Environmental Quality
DIC dissolved inorganic carbon
DIN dissolved inorganic nitrogen
DNR (Utah) Department of Natural Resources
DNRC Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
DOGM (Utah) Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining
DWR (Colorado) Division of Water Resources
DWRi (Utah) Division of Water Rights
EA environmental assessment
EC electrical conductivity
EIA Energy Information Administration
EIS environmental impact statement
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FTE Freeze/Thaw Evaporation
GPC Groundwater Pollution Control
IOGCC Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
LPR Little Powder River
MBMG Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
MBOGC Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation
MPDES Montana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NDIC North Dakota Industrial Commission
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NETL National Environmental Technology Laboratory
NMED New Mexico Environment Department
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NRC National Research Council
OCD Oil Conservation Division
OOGO Onshore Oil and Gas Order
PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PR Powder River
PWMIS Produced Water Management Information System
RO reverse osmosis
RPSEA Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America
SAR sodium-adsorption ratio
SDI subsurface drip irrigation
SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act
SEO State Engineer’s Office
SWQB (New Mexico) Surface Water Quality Bureau
TIE toxicity identification and evaluation
TDS total dissolved solids
TOC total organic carbon
TR Tongue River
UIC Underground Injection Control
USDW underground source of drinking water
USFS U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
WQB Water Quality Board
WQCC (New Mexico) Water Quality Control Commission
WQCD (Colorado) Water Quality Control Division
WQS water quality standards
WSGS Wyoming State Geological Survey
WYPDES Wyoming Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
UNITS
δ13Cdic delta 13; the difference between the (13C/12C) carbon isotope ratios
mg/L milligrams per liter
g/L micrograms per liter
bbl barrels
BCF billion cubic feet
MCF thousand cubic feet
TCF trillion cubic feet
