Compendium of acronyms october 25, 2017 index

V

V - Vanadium

V - Vinyl-Polyvinyl Chloride
V -Volt
VA - Veterans Administration
VAa - Alveolar Ventilation Rate Animal
VAC - Vacuum
VAC - Volts Alternating Current
VAFSWM - Virginia Field Scale Wetland Model
VAh - Alveolar Ventilation Rate Human
VALLEY - Meteorological Model to Calculate Concentrations on Elevated Terrain
VAN - Research Triangle Park Van System
VAP - Vulnerability Assessment Program
VAP d - Vapor Density
VAS - Visual Analog Scale
VAT - Value Added Tax
VAV - Variable Air Volume
VBOK - EMSL Vegas Library Book System
VCEM - EMSL Vegas Chemical Inventory
VCM - Vinyl Chloride Monomer
VCP - Voluntary Cleanup Program
VCS - Vapor Collection System
VCTU - Virginia Council of Trout Unlimited
VCU - Venturi Calibration Unit
VDC - Volts Direct Current
VDEC - Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
VDT - Video Display Terminal
VE - Value Engineering
VE - Visual Emissions
VEC - Vehicle emissions Certificate
VECP - Value Engineering Change Proposal
VEEC - Visible Emissions Evaluation Certification
VEM - Value Estimation Model
VEO - Visible Emission Observation
VERR - Vehicle Emissions Repair Report
VES - Vapor Extraction System
VES - Vertical Electric Sounding
VFC - Volumetric Flow Controller
VFSMOD - Vegetative Filter Strip Model
VHAP - Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutant
VHS - Vertical and Horizontal Spread Model
VHT - Vehicle-Hours of Travel
VIEW - Visibility Investigative Experiment in the West
VIR - Vehicle Inspection Report
VISC - Viscosity
VISITT - Vendor Information System for Innovative Treatment Technologies
VISTTA - Visibility Impairment from Sulfur Transformation and Transport in the Atmosphere
ViTS - Video Telecommunications System
VKT - Vehicle Kilometers Traveled
V/L - Volume to Liquid Ratio
VLDPE - Very Low-Density Polyethylene
VLIB - EMSL Vegas Library Inventory
VMAL - EMSL Vegas Mail System
VMAT - Veterinary Medical Assistance Team
VMEP - Voluntary Mobile Emissions Programs
VMS - Variable Message Sign
VMS - Volatile Methyl Siloxane
VMT - Vehicle Miles Traveled
VMT - Vertical Miles Traveled
VN - Verbal Notification
VOA - Volatile Organic Analysis
VOA - Volatile Organic Analyte
VOAP - Voluntary Cleanup Oversight and Assistance Program
VOC - Volatile Organic Compound
VOHAPs - Volatile Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants
VOL - Volatile Organic Liquid
VOLSTORAGE - Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Facilities
VOS - Vehicle Operating Survey
VOSL - Value of Statistical Life
VOST - Volatile Organic Sampling Train
VP - Vapor Pressure
VPN - Virtual Private Network
VPP - Voluntary Protection Program
vPvD - Very Persistent, Very Bioaccumulative
VQ - Venturi Quench
VRF - Vehicle Repair Form
VRS - Vapor Recovery system
VS - Venturi Scrubber
VSAM - Virtual Storage Access Method
VSAP - Visual Stream Assessment Protocol
VSD - Virtually Safe Dose
VSI - Visual Site Inspection
VSPC - EMSL Vegas Species System
VSS - Volatile Suspended Solids
VSS - Voucher and Scheduling System
VST-CV - Vapor Systems Technologies Safety Check Valve
VTC - Video Teleconferences
VTS - Vessel Traffic System
VTSR - Verified Time of Sample Receipt
VTSSS 2000 - Virginia Trout Stream Sensitivity Study
v/v - Volume to Volume
VWF - Vibration-induced White Finger

W

W - Tungsten

W - Watt
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
WA - Work Assignment
WAA - Waste Accumulation Area
WACO - Region 7 NPDES Water Compliance System
WAD - Weak Acid Dissociable Cyanide
WADTF - Western Atmospheric Deposition Task Force
WAM - Work Assignment Manager
WAMView - Watershed Assessment Model with an Archive Interface
WAN - Wide Area Network
WAP - Waste Analysis Plan
WARMF - Watershed Analysis Risk Management Framework
WARR - Waste and Release Reduction
WAS - Wasting Rate
WASP - Water Analysis Simulation Program
WATER - Economic Analysis of Water Supply
WATER - Watershed Analysis Tool for Environmental Review
WATERS - Watershed Assessment Tracking and Environmental Results System
WATERSHEDSS – Water, Soil, and Hydro-Environmental Decision Support System
WATQ - Region 2 Water quality Analysis Graphics System
WAVE - Water Alliances for Environmental Efficiency
WAWAS - Washington Area Warning System
WB - Wet Bulb
WB - World Bank
WBC - White Blood Cells
WBCSD - World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WBD - Watershed Boundary Dataset
WBE - Women’s Business Enterprise
WBGT - Wet Bulb Globe Temperature
WBS - Work Breakdown Structure
WCC - Warning Communications Center
WCC - Washington Computer Center
WCC - Wiesbaden Contracting Center
WCED - World Commission on Environment and Development
WCF - Waste Characterization Facility
WCID - Water Control and Improvement District
WCL - Workplace Chemicals List
WCMC - World Conservation Monitoring Center
WCN - World Climate News
WCP - Waste Characterization Program
WCR - Waste Characterization Report
WCRA - Waste Characterization and Repackaging Area
WCRI - Worker Compensation
WCS - Watershed Characterization System
WCSC - Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center
WD - Water Division
WD - Wind Direction
WDAC - Wild and Domestic Animal Criteria
WDAV - Wild and Domestic Animal Value
WDEQ - Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
WDI - World Bank World Development Indicators
WDM - NOAA’s Weather Data Management
WDNR - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource
WDOE - Washington Department of Ecology
WDR - Waste Discharge Report
WDR - Waste Discharge Requirements
WDROP - Distribution Register of Organic Pollutants in Water
WED - Water Enforcement Division
WEEL - Workplace Environmental Exposure Level
WEEM - Waterway Efficiency Evaluation Model
WEF - Water Environment Federation (formerly WPCF)
WEHAB - Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture and Biodiversity
WEI - World Environment Institute
WENDB - Water Enforcement National Database
WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy
WEPP - Water Erosion Prediction Project
WER - Water Effects Ratio
WERC - Worldwide Environmental Remediation and Construction
WERF - Waste Experimental Reduction Facility
WERL - Water Engineering Research Laboratory
WES - Waterways Experiment Station
WESP - Wet Electrostatic Precipitator
WESPDOSE2 - High Level Radioactive Waste Risk Model Environmental Pathways
WET - Waste Extraction Test
WET - Water Education Team
WET - Whole Effluent Toxicity Test
WETOX - Wet Air Oxidation
WETT - Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing
WF - Waterfowl Habitat
WFF - Wallops Flight Facility
WFO - Work for Others
WFP - World Food Program
WFPM - Western Fine Particulate Modeling

W/ft² - Watt per Square Foot

WG - Wage Grade

WG - Work Group
WGI - Within Grade Increase
WHB - Waste Heat Boiler
WHMIS - Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
WHO - World Health Organization
WHO-WMO - International Air Data Base
WHP - Wellhead Protection
WHPA - Wellhead Protection Area
WHPP - Wellhead Protection Program
WHSCC - Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission
WHWT - Water and Hazardous Waste Team
WIC - Washington Information Center
WICEM - World Industry Conference on Environmental Management
WIL - Web Interface Layer
WIM - Weigh-in-Motion
WIMS-ES - Work Information Management System – Environmental Subsystem
WIN - Waste Information Needs
WinHSPF - Interactive Windows Interface to HSPF
WIP - Work in Progress
WIPP - Waste Isolation Pilot Project
WIS - Waste Information System
WISE - Women in Science and Engineering
WL - Warning Letter
WL - Working Level (radon measurement)
WLA - Waste Load allocation
WLA/TMDL - Waste Load Allocation/Total Maximum Daily Load
WLD - Water and Land Division
WLM - Working Level Months
WLRC - Washington Level Review Center
W/m³ - Watts per Cubic Meter
WMC - Waste management Contractor
WMD - Waste Management Division
WMD - Water Management District
WMD - Water Management Division
WMD - Weapons of Mass Destruction
WMED - Waste Management and Economics Division
WMF - Waste management Facility
WMI - Watershed Management Initiative
WMM - Watershed Management Model
WMMA - Waste Materials Management Act
WMMP - Waste Minimization and Management Plan
WMNP - Waste Minimization National Plan
WMO - Wireless Management Office
WMO - World Meteorological Organization
WMP - Waste Management Plan
WMS - Watershed Model System
WMS - Work Force Management Staff
WMSD - Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorder
WMV - Windows Media Video
WO - Work Order
WORM - Write Once Read Many
WOW - We-Cycle Office Wastepaper
WOW - Workers Observing Workers
WP - Water Pollution Lab Performance Evaluation Studies
WP - Wettable Powder
WP - Workplan
WPA - Watershed Protection Approach
WPA - Wellhead Protection Area
WPA - Wireless Protected Access
WPAP - Water Pollution Abatement Plan
WPC - Water Pollution Control
WPC - Water Priority Chemicals
WPC - Word Processing Center
WPCF - Water Pollution Control Federation
WPD - Water Planning Division
WPH - Wetlands Protection Hotline
WPI - Wholesale Price Index
WPM - Words per Minute
WPO - Water Policy Office
WPPISDC - Wisconsin Power Plant Impact Study Data Center
WPR - Worker Protection Rule
WPS - Worker Protection Standard
WPW - Wood Preserving Waste
WQ - Water Quality
WQ2000 - Water Quality 2000
WQA - Water Quality Act (1987) (see FWPCA)
WQARF - Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund
WQAS - Water Quality Analysis System (file within STORET)
WQBELS - Water Quality-Based Effluent Limits
WQC - Water Quality Criteria
WQCDs - Water Quality Criteria Documents
WQI/GPT - Water Quality Inlet/Gross Pollutant Trap
WQM - Water Quality Management
WQMP - Water Quality Management Plan
WQMSGL - Water Quality Modeling System for the Great Lakes
WQM4 - Region 4 Water Quality Model
WQO - Water Quality Objective
WQOBS - Water Quality Observation Data
WQP - Water Quality Parameters
WQS - Water Quality Standard
WRAC - Waste Reduction Advisory Committee
WRAP - Western Regional Air Partnership
WRAS - Waste Reduction Advisory System
WRAS - Watershed Restoration Action Strategy
WRC - Water resources Center
WRC - Water Resources Congress
WRC - Water Resources Council
WRC - Work Request Center
WRD - Water Resources Division
WRD - World Resources Database
WRDA - Water Resources Development Act
WRI - World Resources Institute
WRITE - Waste Reduction Innovative Technology Evaluation
WRMSD - Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorder
WRP - Wetlands Research Project
WRPA - Waste Reduction Policy Act
WRS - Wilcoxom Rank Sum
WRS - Region 5 ADP Workload Reporting System
WS - Water Supply
WS - Water Supply Evaluation Studies Lab Performance
WS - Web Services
WS - Wind Speed
WS - Work Status
WS - Wet Scrubber
WSAP - Weighted Sensitivity Analysis Program
WSC - Water Supply or Sewer Service Corporations
WSF - Water Soluble Fraction
WSIB - Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
WSIS - Workplace Safety and Insurance System
WSM - Watershed Model
WSO - World Safety Organization
WSR - Wet Strength Resin
WSRA - Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
WSS - Work Smart Standards
WSSM - Water Supply Simulation Model
WSTB - Water Sciences and Technology Board
WSTP - Wastewater Sewage Treatment Plant
WSTT - Watershed Screening and targeting Tool
WSVS - Region 2 Water Supply Violation Assessment Graphics System
WSWRD - Water Supply and Water Resources Division
WTC - World Trade Center
WTE - Waste to Energy
WTIE - Wastewater Treatment and Information Exchange
WTO - World Trade Organization
WTP - Water Treatment Plant
WTP - Willingness to Pay
WTPS - Water, Toxics and Pesticides Staff
WTRF - Waste Tire Recycling Fund
WTRRX - Controlled Reaction with Water for Highly Reactive Inorganic Chemicals
WTS - HPOB Automated Workload Management System
WTSHRD - Water and Toxic Substances Health Research Division
WUD - Water Utility Database
WUI - Wildland Urban Interface
WV - Wildlife Value
WWEMA - Waste and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association
WWF - Wet Weather Flow
WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature
WWF - World Wildlife Federation
WWFB - Waste Water Financing Board
WWMMRD - Water and Waste Management Monitoring Research Division
WWR - Wetlands and Water Resources
WWT - Wastewater Treatment
WWTP - Wastewater Treatment Plant
WWTU - Wastewater Treatment Unit
WWW - World Weather Watch
WWW - World Wide Web

X

X - Xenon

X-Files - Files of unknown content
XRF - X-ray Fluorescence

Y

Y - Yes
Y - Yttrium

YAG - Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Laser
Yb - Ytterbium
YES - Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee
YM - Yucca Mountain Project
YNP - Yellowstone National Park
yr - Year
YTD - Year to Date
Y-12 - Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant
Y2K - Year 2000

Z

Z List - OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits Table

ZBB - Zero Base Budgeting
ZD - Zero Drift
ZEV - Zero Emission Vehicle
ZHE - Zero Headspace Extractor
ZI - Zero Intercept
ZID - Zone of Initial Dilution
ZM - Zone Manager
Zn - Zinc
ZOI - Zone of Incorporation
Zr - Zirconium
ZRL - Zero Risk Level
ZT - Zulu Time

NUMBERS

33/50 - An EPA project inviting all manufacturers to make reductions in 17 targeted chemicals

3P - Pollution Prevention Plans or Program
4D - Tetrachlorodibenzo-(p)-dioxin
4F - Tetrachlorodibenzofuran
5D - Pentachlorodibenzo-(p)-dioxin
5F - Pentachlorodibenzofuran
6D - Hexachlorodibenzo-(p)-dioxin
6F - Hexachlorodibenzofuran
7D - Heptachlorodibenzo-(p)-dioxin
7F - Heptachlorodibenzofuran
8D - Octachlorodibenzo-(p)-dioxin
8F - Octachlorodibenzofuran

SYMBOLS

% - Percent

%RSD - Percent Relative Standard Deviation
? - Not Available
§ - Section
< - Less than
<= - Less Than or Equal To
> - Greater than
>= - Greater Than or Equal To
$GN - $mart Growth Network

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