GIS Geographic Information System 



gpd Gallons per day 



gpm Gallons per minute 



HJR House Joint Resolution 



HLA Harding Lawson Associates 



IPC Institute of Paper Chemistry 



kwh Kilowatt hour 



LOEL Lowest Observable Effect Level 



MAPA Montana Administrative Procedures Act 



MBMG Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology 



MCCHD Missoula City-County Health Department 



MDA Montana Department of Agriculture 



MEPA Montana Environmental Policy Act 



MGD Million Gallons Per Day 



mg/kg Milligrams per kilogram 



mg/1 Milligrams per liter 



MGWPCS Montana Ground Water Pollution Control System 



MMPI Montana Mining Properties, Inc. 



MMTC Montana Mining and Timber Company 



MOU Memorandum of Understanding 



MPC Montana Power Company 



MPDES Montana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 



MRI Montana Resources, Inc. 



MSD Metro Storm Drain 



MSU Montana State University 



MW Megawatt 



NAE National Academy of Engineering 



NAS National Academy of Sciences 



NBMI New Butte Mining, Inc. 



NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 



NPL National Priorities List 



NPS Nonpoint Source 



NRIS Natural Resource Information System 



NWPPC Northwest Power Planning Council 



O&M Operation and Maintenance 



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