Glossary of Abbrevations

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BANDAN	Banco para el Desarollo de América del Norte (see NADBank)
BBS	Bulletin Board System
BECC	Border Environment Cooperation Commission (see COCEF)
BHO	Border Health Office
BLM	Bureau of Land Management
BMP	Best Management Practices
BOR	Bureau of Reclamation
BRD	Biological Resources Division of USGS

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CalBECC	Califorina Border Environment Cooperation Commission
Cal-EPA	California Environmental Protection Agency
CAMEO	Computer Aided Management of Emergency Operations
CANACINTRA	Camara Nacional de la Industria de Transformacion (National Chamber of Commerce of Industrial Transformation)
CARB	California Air Resources Board
CCA	Comisión de Coperación Ambiental de América del Norte (see CEC)
CCPC	Comité Consultivo Público Conjunto de la CCA (see JPAC)
CDC	Centers for Disease Control
CDFG	California Department of Fish and Game
CDHS	California Department of Health Services
CEAS	Comisión de Estatal de Aguas y Saneamiento de Coahuila (Coahuila State Commission for Water and Sanitation
CEC	Commission for Environmental Cooperation (see CCA)
CEQ	Council on Environmental Quality
CERCLIS	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Information System
CES	Centro Ecolóico de Sonora (Sonora Ecological Center)
CESPM	Comité Estatal de Servicios Públicos de Mexicali (State Committee for Public Services of Mexicali)
CFP	Cooperative Fisheries Program
CHP	California Highway Patrol
CICA	U.S.-Mexico Information Center on Air Pollution
CICOPLAFEST	Comisión InterSecretarial para el Control de Plaguicidas, Fertilizantes y Subtancias Tóxicas (Interagency Commission for the Control of Pesticides, Fertilizers and Toxic Substances)
CICTUS	Centro de Investigaciónes Científicas y Tecnológicas (Center for Scientific and Technological Substances)
CIDESON	Centro de Investigación y Desarollo de Sonora (Sonora Center for Research and Development)
CIESIN	Consortium for International Earth Sciences Information Network
CILA	Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas (see IBWC)
CITES	Convention on International Trade for Endangered Species
CLAM	Comité Local Para Ayuda Mutua (Local Committee for Mutual Assistance)
CNA	Comisión Nacional de Agua (National Water Commission)
COAPES	Comisión de Auga Potable y Alcantarillado del Estado de Sonora (Sonora State Commission for Drinking Water and Sewers)
COCEF	Comisión de Cooperación Ecológico Fronterizo (see BECC)
COLEF	El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (College of the Northern Border)
CONABIO	Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity)
CONACYT	Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (National Advisory Council for Science and Technology)
COSAE	Comisión de Servicios de Agua del Estado de Baja California (Water Utilities Commission for the Sate of Baja)
CWS	Canadian Wildlife Service

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EDF	Environmental Defense Fund
EDI	Electronic Data Interchange
EJ	Environmental Justice
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
EPA-OW	Environmental Protection Agency - Department of Water
EPA-R6	Environmental Protection Agency - Region 6
EPA-R9	Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9
EPCCHED	El Paso City and County Health and Environment Department
EPCRA	Emergency Planing and Community Right to Know Act
EPOMEX	Programa de Ecología, Pesca, y Oceanografía del Golfo de México (Gulf of Mexico Program for Ecology, Fisheries, and Oceanography)
EPWD	El Paso Water District

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FCC	U.S. Field Coordinating Committee (DOI)
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FOIA	Freedom of Information Act
FONSI	Finding Of No Significant Impact
FWS	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
FY	Fiscal Year

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GCD	Grupo Coordinador Estatal del Proyecto de Descentralización (State Corrdinating Group for the Decentralization Project)
GGA	Grupo de Gestión Ambiental Estatal (State Environment Management Group)
GIS	Geographic Information System
GIWW	Gulf Intercoastal Waterway
GLEEPA	General Law of Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection Act
GNEB	Good Neighbor Environmental Board
GPS	Global Positioning System

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HAZMAT	Hazardous Materials
HAZTRAKS	Hazardous Waste Tracking System
HCCCI	"Hazardous Cargo Carrier Compliance Initiative"
HHS	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HMMD	County of San Diego - Hazardous Materials Management Division
HRSA	Health Resources and Services Administration
HUD	U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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IADB	Inter-American Development Bank
IB	Instituto de Biología, UNAM (Biology Institute, UNAM)
IBEP	Integrated Border Environmental Plan, Integrated Environmental Plan for the U.S.-Mexico Border Area, First Stage (1992-94)
IBWC	International Boundary and Water Commission (see CILA)
ICC	Interagency Coordinating Committee
ICMA	International City/County Management Association
IID	Imperial Irrigation District
IMADES	Instituto del Medio Ambiente y Desarollo Sustenable del Estado de Sonora (State of Sonora Institute for the Environment and Sustainable Development) - formed through the joining of CIDESON and CES
IMSS	Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (Mexican Institute for Social Security)
INAH	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute for Anthropology and History)
Inc.	Incorporated (see S.A. de C.V.)
INE	Instituto Nacional de Ecología (National Institute for Ecology)
INEGI	Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía, e Informática (National intitute for Statistics, Geography, and Information)
INIFAP	Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícola y Pecuaria (National Institute for Investigations of Forests, Agriculture and Livestock)
INP	Instituto Nacional de Pesca (National Institute of Fisheries)
ISO 14000	International Standards Organization 14000 (14000 is a series of standards on environmental management)
ISSSTE	Instituto de Seguridad Social y Servicios para los Trabajadres del Estado (Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers)
ITESM	Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Technology Institute of Superior Studies of Monterrey)
ITT	Instituto Tecnológica de Tijuana (Technology Institute of Tijuana)
IWMB	Integrated Waste Management Board
IWRC	Iowa Waste Reduction Center
IWTP	International Waste Water Treatment Plant

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JCP	Joint Contingency Plan
JMAS	Junta Municipial de Alcantarillado y Saneamiento de Ciudad Juárez (Sewer and Sanitation Municipal Authority for Ciudad Juarez)
JPAC	Joint Public Advisory Committee for the CEC (see CCPC)
JRT	Joint Response Team

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N/A

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LEPC	Local Emergency Planning Committee
LIDAR	Light, Intensity, Distancing, and Ranging
LLRW	Low-Level Radioactive Waste
LOI	Letter of Intent
lps	Liters per second

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MCAS	Marine Corps Air Station
MEXUS	MOU (see MOU) on fisheries investigation between Mexico and the U.S. for the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean
MGP	Manufactured Gas Plant
MMS	U.S. Minerals and Mines Service
MSCP	Multi-Species Conservation Program
MSDS	Material Safety Data Sheets
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding

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NAAEC	North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (see ACAAN)
NAAQS	National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NADBank	North American Development Bank (see BANDAN)
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement (see TLC)
NAS	National Audubon Society
NASQAN	National Stream Quality Accounting Network
NAWCC	North American Waterfowl Conservation Commission
NAWQAP	National Water Quality Assessment Program
NBEP	Northern Border Environmental Program (see PAFN)
NBII	National Biological Information Infrastructure
NGO	Non-Governmental Organization (see ONG)
NIEHS	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIH	National Institute of Health
NIWTP	Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant
NJDEP	New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
NMBHO	New Mexico Border Health Office
NMDFG	New Mexico Department of Fish and Game
NMDOH	New Mexico Department of Health
NMED	New Mexico Environment Department
NMFS	National Marine Fisheries Services
NM-GIC	New Mexico - Geographic Information Council
NMSU	New Mexico State University
NOAA	U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOS	U.S. National Ocean Service
NOx	Oxides of Nitrogen
NPS	National Parks Service
NRCS	U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service
NTDs	Neural Tube Defects
NWR	National Wildlife Refuge

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O₃	Ozone
OCRM	Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
ONG	Organizaciones No Gubernamentales (see NGO)
OPS	Organización Panamericana para la Salud (see PAHO)
OWD	Otay Water District
OWM	Office of Wastewater Management

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P2	Pollution Prevention/Prevención de la Contaminación
PAFN	Programa Ambiental de la Frontera Norte (see NBEP)
PAH	Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
PAHO	Pan American Health Organization (see OPS)
Pb	Lead
PCS	Permit Compliance System
PEMEX	Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexican Petroleum Company)
PHS	Public Health Service
PM-10	Particulate Matter (size = less than 10 Microns)
PND	Plan Nacional de Desarollo (Mexico's National Development Plan)
POTW	Publicly Owned Treatment Works
PROFAUNA	Asociación para la Protección de la Fauna, A.C. (Association for the Protection of Wildlife)
PROFEPA	Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (Federal Attorney General for Environmental Protection)
PRTR	Pollution Release Transfer Registry (see RETC)
PSU	Pennsylvania State University

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QA	Quality Assurance
QC	Quality Control

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RETC	Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de Contaminabtes (see PRTR)
RMRS	Rocky Mountain Research Station
RTP	Research Triangle Park
RWQCB	Regional Water Quality Control Board

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S.A. de C.V.	Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable (see Inc.)
SAGAR	Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, y Desarollo Rural (Mexican Secretariat for Agriculture, Cattle and Rural Development)
SAHOPE	Secretaría de Asentamientos Humanos y Obras Públicas del Estado (Baja California State Secretariat for Human Housing and Public Works )
SARH	Secretaría de Agricultura y Recursos Hidráulicos (Mexican Secretariat for Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources)
SCT	Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transportation)
SCERP	Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy
SDSU	San Diego State University
SE	Secretariat of Energy
SEAGO	Southeastern Arizona Governments Organization
SEDESOL	Secretaría de Desarollo Social (Mexico's Secretary for Social Development)
SEDUE	Secretaría de Desarollo Urbano y Ecología (Mexican Secretariat for Urban Development and Ecology)
SEMARNAT	Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Mexico's Secretary for the Environment and Natural Resources)
SEPs	Supplemental Environmental Projects
SERC	State Emergency Response Commission
SFFS	Subsecretaría Forestal y de la Fauna Silvestre (Subsecretariat for Forestry and Wildlife)
SIP	State Implementation Plan
SIUE	Secretaría de Infraestrucura Urbana y Ecología, Sonora (Secretary for Urban Infrastructure and Ecology, Sonora)
SO₂	Sulfur Dioxide
SQGs	Small Quantity Generators
SRE	Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Mexico's Secretariat for External Affairs)
SRN	Subsecretaría de Recursos Naturales (Subsecretariat for Natural Resources - under SEMARNAT)
SSA	Secretaría de Salud (Mexico's Secretary of Health)
SWRCB	State Water Resources Control Board (California)

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TB	Tuberculosis
TCP	Traditional Cultural Properties
TDH	Texas Department of Health
TDPS	Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas - STEP	Texas - Small Towns Environment Program
TGLO	Texas General Land Office
TIGER	Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing
TLC	Tratado de Libre Comercio (see NAFTA)
TLLRWDA	Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority
TNRCC	Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
TNRIS	Texas Natural Resource Information System
TPWD	Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
TRI	Toxics Release Inventory
TRIP	Transboundary Resource Inventory Project
TSD	Treatment, Storage, and Disposal
TSP	Total Suspended Particles
TWDB	Texas Water Development Board
TX-GISPC	Texas Geographic Information Systems Planing Council

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UAAAN	Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (Antonio Narro Autonomous Agrarian University)
UABC	Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (Autonomous University of Baja California )
UACH	Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua (Autonomous University of Chihuahua)
UAG	Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (Autonomous University of Guadalajara)
UAM	Universidad Autónoma de Metropolitania (Autonomous University of Metropolitania)
UANL	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Autonomous University of Nuevo León)
UAS	Universidad Autónoma de Sonora (Autonomous University of Sonora)
UAT	Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas (Autonomous University of Tamaulipas)
UCANP	Unidad Coordinadora de Areas Naturales Protegidas, INE (Division of Coordination of Natural Protected Areas)
UCAI	Unidad de Coordinación de Asuntos Internacionales, SEMARNAT (Division of Coordination of International Activities )
UCD	University of California Davis
UNAM	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (Autonomous National University of Mexico)
UNCED	United Nations Conference on Environmental Development
UNISON	Universidad de Sonora (University of Sonora)
UNM	University of New Mexico
UNT	University of North Texas
U of A	University of Arizona
USACE	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USAID	U.S. Agency of International Development
USD	United States Dollars
USDA	U.S. Department of Agriculture
USFS	U.S. Forest Service
USGS	U.S. Geological Survey
USMBHA	U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association
UT	University of Texas
UTA	University of Texas at Austin
UT-BEG	University of Texas - Bureau of Economic Geology
UTEP	University of Texas at El Paso
U of U	University of Utah

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VOCs	Volatile Organic Compounds

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WEF	Water Environment Federation
WERC	Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium
WGA	Western Governors Association

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N/A

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YPG	Yuma Proving Grounds

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N/A

ACAAN	Acuerdo de Cooperación Ambiental del Norte (see NAAEC)
ADEQ	Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
ADHS	Arizona Department of Health Services
Aduana	Mexican Customs
ADWR	Arizona Department of Water Resources
AGFD	Arizona Game and Fish Department
AID	U.S. Agency for International Development
APHIS	Agriculture Pest Health Inspection Service
ASU	Arizona State University
ATI	Arizona Toxics Information
ATSDR	Agency for Toxics Substance and Disease Registry

DEM	Digital Elevation Model
DGPS	Differential Geographic Positioning System
DHHS	Department of Health and Human Services
DIAAPROY	Diseño, Asesoría, y Administración de Proyectos, S.A. de C.V. (Project Design, Asistance, and Management, Inc.)
DLG	Digital Line Graph
DOC	U.S. Department of Commerce
DOD	U.S. Department of Defense
DOE	U.S. Department of Energy
DOI	U.S. Department of Interior
DOJ	U.S. Department of Justice
DOQ	Digital Ortho-Quadrangles
DOS	U.S. Department of State
DOT	U.S. Department of Transportation
DRG's	Digital Raster Graphics
DUMAC	Ducks Unlimited de Mexico, A.C.