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
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