Appendix 



List of Acronyms and Glossary 



List of Acronyms 



Glossary 



AAPA — American Association of Port 



Authorities 

 ACP — Agricultural Conservation Program 



AMC — American Mining Congress 



API — American Petroleum Institute 



API/NFPA — American Paper Institute/National 



Forest Products Association 

 AWO — American Waterways Operators, Inc. 



BMPs — best management practices 



CEQ — Council on Environmental Quality 



Corps — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 



CPI — Consumer Price Index 



CWA — Clean Water Act 



CZM — Coastal Zone Management 



EIS — Environmental Impact Statement 



EPA — Environmental Protection Agency 



FI — Fertilizer Institute 



FmHA — Farmers Home Administration 



FWS — Fish and Wildlife Service 



GNP — gross national product 



IWR — Institute for Water Resources 



LWCF — Land and Water Conservation Fund 



Act 

 MOA — memorandum of agreement 



NCA — normal crop average 



NEPA — National Environmental Policy Act 



NFIP — National Flood Insurance Program 



NMFS — National Marine Fisheries Service 



NPDES — National Pollution Discharge 



Elimination System 

 NSF — National Science Foundation 



NWTS — National Wetlands Trend Study 

 OCRM — Office of Ocean and Coastal 



Resource Management 

 OCZM — Office of Coastal Zone Management 

 OMB — Office of Management and Budget 



ORD — Office of Research and Development 



(EPA) 

 OTA — Office of Technology Assessment 



PIK — Payment-in-Kind Program 



POWDR — Protect Our Wedands and Duck 



Resources Act 

 RIA — regulatory impact assessment 



SCS — Soil Conservation Service 



USDA — U.S. Department of Agriculture 



WES — Waterways Experiment Station 



Acquisition — the purchase of the full rights to a 

 property. 



Alluvium — soil composed primarily of eroded material, 

 such as sand, silt or clay, that has been deposited on 

 land by rivers and streams overflowing their banks. 



Barrier island — a detached portion of a barrier bar, 

 usually formed through wave deposits, lying offshore, 

 and usually parallel to the shore whose crest rises 

 above high water. 



Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) — the demand for 

 dissolved oxygen needed for the decomposition of 

 organic matter in water. If the amount of oxygen 

 dissolved in water is high and the organic matter 

 present is low, the BOD is low, and vice versa. 



Biomass — the total amount of organic material present 

 during a specific instance in a community or in a par- 

 ticular population or other component of the commu- 

 nity. 



Bog — a term commonly applied to forested wetlands 

 formed in deep, steep-sided lakes with small water- 

 shed areas and poor drainage. Decomposition rates 

 are characteristically slow, resulting in extensive 

 deposits of peat. Floating mats of Sphagnum moss 

 are commonly associated with bogs. 



Bottom land — flat-lying areas adjacent to rivers, which 

 are subject to annual flooding. 



Brackish — a mixture of freshwater and saltwater typ- 

 ically found in estuarine areas. 



Bulkhead — a structure usually running parallel to the 

 shoreline of a river, stream, or lake to protect adja- 

 cent lands from erosion due to current or wave ac- 

 tion, and to protect channels from upland sedimenta- 

 tion. 



Conditioning (permit) — requirements attached to a 

 permit that dictate the mitigation of or compensa- 

 tion for development project impacts. 



Cumulative impacts — those impacts on the environ- 

 ment that result from the incremental impact of a 

 development activity when added to other past, pres- 

 ent, and reasonably foreseeable future activities. 



Deciduous — a descriptive term for woody plants that 

 shed their green leaves or needles during the cold or 

 dry season. 



Detritus — a partially decomposed organic material pro- 

 duced by the disintegration and decay of plant 

 tissues, principjJly leaves and stems. 



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