Compendium of acronyms october 25, 2017 index

M

m - meter

m² - Square Meter
m³ - Cubic Meter
m³/sec - Cubic Meter per SEcond
MA - Molecular Absorption
MAAC - Maximum Ambient Air Concentration
MAB - Man and Biosphere Program
MABS - Methyl Methacrylate Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
MAC - Management Advisory Committee
MAC - Mobile Air Conditioner
MAC - Mycobacterium Avium Intercellulare
MAC Entity - Multiagency Coordinating Entity
MACC - Multiagency Command Center
MACOM - Major Army Command
MACRO - Macro Encapsulation
MACT - Maximum Available (or Achievable) Control Technology
MADCAP - Model of Advection, Diffusion and Chemistry for Air Pollution
MAER - Maximum Allowable Emission Rate
MAERT - Maximum Allowable Emission Rates Table
MAF - Maximum Acceptable Force
MAF - Maximum Acceptable Frequency
maf - Million Acre-Feet
MAG - Management Advisory Group
MAJCOM - Major Commands
MAL - Minimum Analytical Level
MAN - Metropolitan Area Network
MAP - Management Assistance Program
MAP - Medical Assistance Plan
MAP - Mediterranean Action Plan
MAP - Mobility Alternatives Program
MAP - Model Accreditation Plan
MAP - Motorist Assistance Patrol
MAPC - Manpower Model for Control Agencies
MAPPER - Maintaining, Preparing and Producing Executive Reports
MAPPPS - Multi-state Atmospheric Power Production Pollution Study
MAPS - Region 2 Environmental Map Catalogue System
MAPSIM - Mesoscale Air Pollution Simulation Model
MAP3D - Multistate Atmospheric Power Production Pollution Study
MAR - Management System Review
MARAD - Maritime Administration
MARC - Metabolism Assessment Review Committee
MARC - Mining and Reclamation Council
MARKS - Modern Army Records Keeping System
MARPLOT - Mapping Application for Response, Planning and Local Operational Tasks
MARPOL - International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
MARSSIM - Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual
MARSSIMRS - Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual Review Subcommittee
MAS - Mold Awareness Specialist
MASBAL - RCRA Mass Balance System
MAT - Maximum Acceptable Torque
MATC - Maximum Allowable Toxicant Concentration
MATCOMPAT - Materials Compatibility Database
MAW - Maximum Acceptable Weight
MAWP - Maximum Allowable Working Pressure
MAX - Maximum
MAXDOSE - Maximum Individual Dose Model
MB - Mass Balance
MBAS - Methylene-Blue-Active Substances
MBDA - Minority Business Development Agency
MBE - Minority Business Enterprise
MBER - Minority Business Enterprise Representative
MBE/WBE - Certification Questionnaire - Minority/Woman Business Enterprise
MBEP - Region 4 Minority Business Tracking
MBER - Minority Business Enterprise Representative
MBF - Matrix Biological Film
MBF - Thousand Board Feet
MBNA - Metal Building Manufacturers Association
MBO - Management By Objectives
MBR - Membrane Bio Reactor
MBS - Methyl Methacrylate Butadiene Styrene
MBWA - Management by Walking Around
MC - Multiple Cyclone
MCA - Manufacturing Chemists Association
MCA - Multi-channel Analyzer
MCACES - Micro-Computer Aided Cost Engineering System
MCAWW - Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes
MCCEM - Multi Chamber Concentration and Exposure Model
MCC-IP - Materials Characterization Center Static Leach Test
MCD - Municipal Construction Division
MCDF - Master Code Descriptor File
MCE - Maximum Credible Event
MCEF - Mixed Cellulose Ester Filter
MCF - Methyl Chloroform
MCIA - Methyl Chloride Industry Alliance
MCL - Maximum Contaminant Level
MCLG - Maximum Contaminant Level Goal
MCMIS - Motor Carrier Management Information System
MCP - Marginal Production Cost
MCP - Municipal Compliance Plan
MCRC - Message Center/Switchboard Operator/Receptionist
MCS - Media Cleanup Standards
MCS - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
mcy - Million Cubic Yards
MD - Mail Drop
MD - Management Division
MD - Maryland
MDA - Methylenedianiline
MDA - Minimal Detectable Activity
MDAAQS - Miscellaneous Data Analysis and Air Quality Simulation Studies
MDAD - Monitoring and Data Analysis Division
M-DBP - Microbial and Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts
MDC - Minimal Detectable Change
MDD - Management Division Director
MDDOT - Maryland Department of Transportation
MDE - Maryland Department of the Environment
MDEQ - Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality
MDEQ - Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
MDERC - Mobile Discrete Emissions Reduction Credits
MDL - Method Detection Limit (Level)
MDNR - Missouri Department of Natural Resources
MDRD - Minimum Detectable Relative Difference
MDS - Modifications
MDS - Mud Dump Site
MDS - Multimedia Design Studio
MDSD - Monitoring and Data Support Division
ME - Molecular Emission
MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreement
MEC - Major Environmental Category
MEC - Maximum Expected Concentration
MEC - Michigan Environmental Council
MEC - Minimum Explosive Concentration
MEC - Model Energy Code
MEC - Munitions and Explosives of Concern
MECA - Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association
MED - Minimum Effective Dose
MEDLARS - Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System
MEE - Minimum Explosive Energy
MEFR - Maximum Expiratory Flow Rate
MEFS - Midterm Energy Forecasting System
MEFV - Maximum Expiratory Flow Volume
MEH - Mandatory Enforcement Hearing
MEHP - Monoethylhexyl phthalate
MEI - Maximum (Most) Exposed Individual
MEK - Methyl Ethyl Ketone
MEL - Maximum Exposure Likely
MEM - Modal Emission Model
MEMP - Miamisburg Environmental Management Project
MENS - Mission Element Needs Statement
MEP - Manufacturing Extension Partnership
MEP - Maximum Extent Practicable
MEP - Multiple Extraction Procedure
MEPA - Saudi Arabia Meteorology and Environmental Protection Agency
MER - Monthly Effluent report
MERC - Mobile Emissions Reduction Credit
MERCOSUR - Southern Common Market of Latin America
MERL - Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory
MERS - Mobile Emergency Response Support
MES - Modal Emission Model
MESC - Midcontinental Ecological Science Center
MESH - Management, Environment, Safety and Health Review
MESOPAC - Mesoscale Meteorological Preprocessor Program
MESOPLUME - Mesoscale "Bent Plume" Model
MESOPUFF - Mesoscale Puff Model
MESS - Model Evaluation Support System
MET - Modified Elutriate Test
METAP - Mediterranean European Technical Assistance Program
METH - Methylene Chloride
METL - Metals Data Base
METL - Region 4 Metals System
METS - Metabolic Equivalents
MEXAMS - Metals Exposure Analysis Modeling System
MF - Modifying Factor
mf - Molecular Formula
MFASAQUE - Major Federal Action Significantly Affecting the Quality of the Human Environment
MFBI - Major Fuel Burning Installation
MFC - Mass Flow Controller
MFC - Metal Finishing Category
MFD - Municipal Facilities Division
MFFRST - Metal Finishing Facility Risk Screening Tool
MFL - Maximum Foreseeable Loss
MFM - Mass Flowmeter
MFR - Memorandum for Record
Mg - Megagram
mg - Milligram(s)
mgd - Millions of Gallons per Day
mg/dscm - Milligrams per Dry Standard Cubic Meter
mg/kg - Milligrams per Kilogram
mg/kg/d - Milligram per Kilograms per Day
mg/l - Milligrams per Liter
Mgmt. - Management
mg/m³ - Milligrams per Cubic Meter
mg/Nm³ - Milligrams per Normal Cubic Meter
MGP - Manufactured Gas Plant
Mg/yr - Megagrams per year
MH - Man-Hours
MHAT - Medical Health Advisory Team
MHD - Magnetohydrodynamics
MHDDV - Medium Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicle
MHGL - Maximum Hourly Average Gross Load
MHHW - Mean Higher High Water
MHRA - Maximum Hourly Rolling Average
MHWM - mean high water Mark
MHz - Megahertz
M&I - Municipal and Industrial
MIBK - Methyl Isobutyl Ketone
MIC - Master Item Code
MIC - Methyl Isocyanate
MICE - Management Information Capability for Enforcement
MICE - Methods Information Communication Exchange
MICOM - US Army Missle Command
MICROMORT - A One-in-a-Million Chance of Death From an Environmental Hazard
MICTS - Management Information Cost Tracking System
MIDSD - Management Information and Data Systems Division
MIE - Minimum Ignition Energy
M&IE - Meals and Incidental Expenses
MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
mil - 1/1,000 of an Inch
MILCON - Military Construction
MIN - Minimum
min - Minute
MINMOD - Marine Investigations Module
MINTEQ - Geochemical Model
MINTEQA2 - Metal Speciation Equilibrium Model for Surface and Ground Water
MIPR - Military Interagency Procurement Request
MIPR - Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request
MIPS - Millions of Instructions Per Second
MIP/SC - Membrane Interface Probe/Soil Conductivity
MIR - Maximum Individual Risk
MIRC - Market Incentives Resource Center
MIS - Major Investment Study
MIS - Management Indicator Species
MIS - Management Information System
MIS - Master of Industrial Safety
MIS - Mineral Industry Surveys
MISC - Miscible
MISLE - Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement
MISTT - Midwest Interstate Sulfur Transformation and Transport
MISWD - Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division
MITS - Management Information Tracking System
MJ - Megajoule
ML - Meteorology Laboratory
ML - Military Leave
ml - Milliliter
MLAP - Migrant Legal Action Program
MLE - Maximum Likelihood Estimates
MLE - Most Likely Exposure
MLLW - Mean Lower Low Water
MLML - Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
MLSS - Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids
MLVSS - Mixed Liquor Volatile Suspended Solids
MLW - Mean Low water
M Medium - Amount of carrier medium material applied to the skin
MM - Modified Mercalli
mM - Millimole
mm - Micrometers
mm - Millimeter
MMAD - Mass Median Aerodynamic Diameter
MMBF - Million Board Feet
MMBtu - Million British Thermal Units
MMD - Mass Median Diameter
mm Hg - Millimeters Mercury
MMPA - Marine Mammal Protection Act
MMS - Minerals Management Service
MMT - Million Metric Tons
MMT - Molten Metals Technology
MMWR - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
MNAT - Medical Needs Assessment Team
MNSR - Minor New Source Review
M&O - Management & Operations
MOA - Memorandum of Agreement
MOA - Military Operating Area
MOB - Mobile Operations Branch
MOB - Mobilization
MOBILE - Mobile Source Emission Model
MOBILE5A - Mobile Source Emission Factor Model
MOC - Management of Change
MOCERT - Motorcycle Certification Data
MOCS - MacPhail Operant Chambers
MOD - Management and Organization Division
MOD - Manufacturers Operations Division
MOD - Marine Operations Division
MOD - Miscellaneous Obligation Document
MOD - Modification
MODCEI - Modified Compliance Evaluation Inspection
MODHIWAY - Modified Highway Program
MOE - Margin of Exposure
MoE - Ministry of Environment
MOEE - Ontario’s Ministry of Environment and Energy
MOFAT - Multi Phase Flow and Transport
MOGAS - Motor Vehicle Gas
MOGUNTIA - Model of Global Universal Tracer Transport in the Atmosphere
MOI - Memorandum of Intent
MOI - Memorandum of Information
MOL - Minister of Labour
MON - Miscellaneous Organic NESHAP
MON - Motor Octane Number
MONARC - Master Office Network Adaptive Real-time Control
MOOC - Management of Organizational Change
MOP - Manual of Practice
MOR - Monthly Operating Report
MORT - Research Triangle Park Mortality Data Base
MOS - Management Operations Staff
MOS - Management Operations Staff
MOS - Margin of Safety
MOS - Metal Oxide Semiconductor
MOSES - Mothers Organized to Stop Environmental Sins
MOSTE - Malaysia Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
MOTRON - MacPhail Motron System
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
MP - Management Programs
MP - Manufacturing-use Product
MP - Melting Point
MP - Metacarpophalangeal
MP - Military Programs
MPAD - Manager Pollution Abatement Department
MPC - Maximum Potential concentration
MPCA - Microbial Pest Control Agent
MPCA - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
MPES - Management Planning and Evaluation Staff
MPF - Manufacturing process Facility
MPF - Maximum Probable Flood
MPF - Mean Power Frequency
MPG - Miles per Gallon
MPG - MPEG Movie
mph - Miles per Hour
MPI - Maximum Permitted Intake
MPN - Maximum Possible Number
MPN - Maximum Probable Number
MPN - Most Probable Number
MPN/100 ml - Coliform Count Expressed as Most Probable Number per 100 Milliliters
MPO - Metropolitan Planning Organization
MPP - Merit Promotion Number
mppcf - Million Particles per Cubic Foot
MPR - Monthly Progress and Financial Report
MPRM - Meteorological Processor for regulatory models
MPRSA - Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (1972)
MPS2 - Region 2 Merit pay System
MPTDS - MPTER Model with Deposition and Settling of Pollutants
MPTER - Multiple Point Source Model with Terrain
MPTER - Air quality model for multiple point source Gaussian dispersion algorithm with terrain adjustments
MPWC - Multiprocess Wet Cleaning
MQL - Minimum Quantification Level
MQO - Measurement Quality Objective
MR - Magnetic Resonanace
M/R - Monitoring and Reporting
MRA - Minimum Retirement Age
MRA - Munitions Response Area
MRAM - MacPhail Radial Arm Maze
MRAP - Medical Resources Advisory Panel
MRC - Mekong River Commission
MRC - Mississippi River Commission
mrem - Millirem
MREM - Milliroentgen Equivalent in Man
MRF - Materials Recovery Facility
mR/h - Milliroentgen per Hour
mrem/hr - Millirem per Hour
MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRI - Midwest Research Institute
MRID - Master Record Identification Number
MRL - Maximum Residue Limit (Pesticide Tolerance)
MRL - Method Reporting Limit
MRL - Minimum Reporting Limit
MRL - Minimum Risk Level
MRLC - Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics
MRP - Multi-Roller Press
MRR - Monitoring, Reporting and Recordkeeping
MRS - Munitions Response Site
MR&T - Mississippi River and Tributaries
MRTD - Machine Readable Travel Document
MS - Mail Stop
MS - Management Situation
MS - Management Staff
MS - Mass Spectrometry
MS - Matrix Spike
MS - Multilateral Staff
MS4 - Municipal Separate Stormwater Systems
MSA - Main Storage Area
MSA - Management System Audits
MSA - Metropolitan Statistical Areas
MSAM - Multi-keyed Indexed Sequential File Access Method
MSC - Major Subordinate Command
MSC - Marginal Social Cost
MSC - Medium Specific Concentration
MSCA - Multi State Cooperative Agreement
MSD - Management Systems Division
MSD - Matrix Spike Duplication
MSD - Musculoskeletal Disorder
MSDE - Minimum Set of Data Elements
MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheet
MSEE - Major Source Enforcement Effort
MSGP - Multi-sector General Permit
MSHA - Mine Safety and Health Administration
MSIS - Model State Information System
MSL - Mean Sea Level
MSOC - Maximum Safe Oxygen Concentration
MSOD - Mobile Source Observation Database
MSPB - Merit System Protection Board
MSR - MOC Safety Review
MSRM - Mixture and Systemic Toxicant Risk Model
MSS - Maintenance, Start-up, and Shutdown Emissions
MSS - Management Support Staff
MSS - Management Systems Staff
MSS - Manufacturers Standardization Safety of the Valve and Fittings Industry
MST - Management Support Team
MSTPP - Multiple Source Training Providers Program
MSU - Moscow State University
MSW - Municipal Solid Waste
MSWFA - Municipal Solid Waste Financial Assurance
MSWL - Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
MSWL - Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Leachate
MSWLF - Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facility
MSWRAC - Municipal Soild Waste Reduction Advisory Committee
MS/Z - Multispan/Zero Box
MT - Metric Ton
MTA - Mass Transit Authority
MTAS - Municipal Technical Advisory Service
MTB - Materials Transportation Bureau
MTB - Messaging/Transport Binding
MTB - Municipal Technology Branch
MTBE - Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
MTC - Metropolitan Transportation Commission
MTD - Maximum Tolerated Dose
MTDDIS - Mesoscale Transport Diffusion and Deposition Model for Industrial Sources
MTEC - Maximum Theoretical Emissions Concentration
MTG - Media Task Group
MTL - Median Threshold Limit
MTP - Maximum Total Trihalomethane Potential
MTP - Metropolitan Transportation Plan
MTP - Monoethyl-2,3,5,6-Tetrachloroterephthlate
MTR - Marine Transportation Related
MTR - Minimum Technology Requirement
MTR - Minimum Testing Range
MTS - Management Tracking System
MTSL - Monitoring and Technical Support Laboratory
MTU - Mobile Treatment Unit
MTURI - Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
MUD - Municipal Utility District
MUIR - Map Unit Interpretation Record
MULTIMED - Multimedia Exposure Assessment Model
MUP - Manufacturing-use Product
MUSIC - Model for Urban Stormwater Improvement Conceptualization
MUSWTCH - Mussel Watch
MUTA - Mutagenicity
MUTCD - Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
MVA - Multivariate Analysis
Mva - Minute Ventilatory Volume
MVAC - Motor Vehicle Air Conditioner
MVAPCA - Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act
MVC - Maximum Voluntary Contraction
MVEB - Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget
MVEL - Motor Vehicle Emissions Laboratory
MVha - Minute Ventilatory Volume Animal
MVho - Minute Ventilatory Volume Occupational
MVICSA - Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act
MVI/M - Motor Vehicle Inspection/Maintenance
MVIS - Maximum Voluntary Isometric Strength
MVMA - Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association
MVPS - Maximum Voluntary Pinch Strength
MVRS - Marine Vapor Recovery System
MVS - Multiple Virtual System
MVTS - Motor Vehicle Tampering Survey
MVUE - Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimator
MVV - Maximal Voluntary Ventilation
MVVD - Manual Vent Valve Discharge
MW - Megawatt
MW - Mixed Waste
MW - Molecular Weight
MW - Monitoring Well
MWAP - Mixed Waste Analysis Plan
MWC - Machine Wet Cleaning
MWC - Material and Waste Characterization [form]
MWC - Municipal Waste Combustor
MWD - Measurement While Drilling System
MWe - Megawatts of Electricity
MWG - Model Work Group
MWI - Medical Waste Incinerator
MWL - Mixed Waste Landfill
MWL - Municipal Waste Leachate
MWLID - Mixed Waste Landfill Integrated Demonstration
MWSF - Mixed Waste Storage Facility
MWSSA - Mixed Waste Satellite Accumulation Area
MWTA - Medical Waste Tracking Act
MYDP - Multiyear Development Plans