| AADT |
Average
Annual Daily Traffic |
| ACM |
Agency
Coordination Meeting (Group) |
| ACOE |
Army
Corps of Engineers |
| ADA |
Americans
With Disabilities Act |
| ADT |
Average
Daily Traffic |
| ALCAB |
Agricultural
Lands Condemnation Approval Board |
| ALPP |
Agricultural
Land Preservation Policy |
| ASA |
Agriculture
Security Areas |
| ASCS |
Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service |
| ASTM |
American
Society for Testing & Materials |
| BARTA |
Berks
Area Reading Transportation Authority |
| BCPC |
Berks
County Planning Commission |
| BHP |
Bureau
for Historic Preservation |
| B.T.C. |
Berks
Transportation Center |
| BTS |
Bureau
of Transportation Statistics |
| CADD |
Computer
Aided Design and Drafting |
| CCM |
Cross
County Metro |
| CCT |
Center
City Tunnel |
| CD-ROM |
Compact
Disk (Read Only Media) |
| CEQ |
Council
on Environmental Quality |
| CERCLIS |
Comprehensive
Environmental Responsibility Compensation and Liability Information List |
| CFR |
Code
of Federal Regulations |
| CHABA |
Committee
on Hearing, Bioacoustics, and Biomechanics |
| COE |
United
States Army corps of Engineers |
| CORRACTS |
RCRA
Corrective Actions and Associated TSDs |
| CR |
Commuter
Rail |
| CSX |
CSX
Transportation |
| CTD |
City
Transit Division |
| CWA |
Clean
Water Act |
| dBA |
A-Weighted
decibel |
| DBE |
Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise (DBE) |
| DEIS |
Draft
Environmental Impact Statement |
| DRBC |
Delaware
River Basin Commission |
| DVRPC |
Delaware
Valley Regional Planning Commission |
| EIS |
Environmental
Impact Statement |
| EMU |
Electric
Multiple Unit |
| EPA |
US
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERNS |
Emergency
Response Notification System |
| ESA |
Endangered
Species Act |
| EV |
Exception
Value (Waters) |
| FBFM |
Flood
Boundary and Floodway Maps |
| FEIS |
Final
Environmental Impact Statement |
| FEMA |
Federal
Emergency Management Agency |
| FHWA |
Federal
Highway Administration |
| FIRM |
Flood
Insurance Rate Maps |
| FPPA |
Farmland
Protection Policy Act |
| FTA |
Federal
Transit Administration |
| FRA |
Federal
Railroad Administration |
| FWPCA |
Federal
Water Pollution Control Administration |
| GIS |
Geographic
Information System |
| HH |
Household |
| HOV |
High
Occupancy Vehicle |
| HRPIS |
High
Relative Probability Impact Site |
| HSCA |
Hazardous
Sites Clean Up Act |
| I.T. |
Industrial
Track (Phoenixville) |
| I.T.F. |
Intermodal
Transit Facility (BARTA) |
| K+R |
Kiss
and Ride |
| KOZ |
Keystone
Opportunity Zones |
| LAWCON |
Land
and Water Conservation |
| Ld |
Day
Sound Level |
| Ldn |
Day-Night
Sound Level (24-hour) |
| Leg |
Daytime
Sound Level (Equivalent) |
| Ln |
Night
Sound Level |
| LOS |
Level-of-Service |
| LPA |
Locally
Preferred Alternative |
| LQG |
Large
Quantity Generator |
| LRV |
Light
Rail Vehicle |
| LRT |
Light
Rail Transit |
| LUST |
Leaking
Underground Storage Tanks |
| MIS/DEIS |
Major
Investment Study/Draft Environmental Impact Statement |
| MOA |
Memorandum
of Agreement |
| MP |
Mile
Post |
| MPO |
Metropolitan
Planning Organizations |
| N&S |
Norfolk
and Southern Railroad |
| NAAQS |
National
Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| NEPA |
National
Environmental Policy Act |
| NFIP |
National
Flood Insurance Program |
| NHL |
National
Historic Landmark |
| NHP |
National
Historic Park |
| NHPA |
National
Historic Preservation Act |
| NHS |
National
Historical Society |
| NOAA |
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOI |
Notice
of Intent |
| NOX |
Nitrogen
Oxides |
| NPDES |
National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NPL |
National
Priorities List |
| NPS |
National
Park Service |
| NRCS |
Natural
Resources Conservation Service |
| NRHP |
National
Register of Historic Places |
| NS |
Norfolk
Southern |
| NTC |
Norristown
Transportation Center |
| NWI |
National
Wetland Inventory |
| O&M |
Operation
& Maintenance |
| OCS |
Overhead
Contact System |
| PADCNR |
Pennsylvania
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
| PADEP |
Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection |
| PAFBC |
Pennsylvania
Fish and Boat Commission |
| PASS |
Pennsylvania
Archaeological Site Survey |
| PCB |
Polyclorinated
Biphenyl |
| PE |
Preliminary
Engineering |
| PEIS |
Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement |
| PennDOT |
Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation |
| PGC |
Pennsylvania
Game Commission |
| PHMC |
Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission |
| PNDI |
Pennsylvania
Natural Diversity Index |
| P+R
(PNR) |
Park
and Ride |
| POTW |
Publicly
Owned Treatment Works |
| ppm |
Parts
per Million |
| PRR |
Pennsylvania
Railroad |
| PSA |
Primary
Study Area |
| PTAC |
Project
Technical Action Committee |
| PTM |
Passenger
Miles Traveled |
| PUT |
Pottstown
Urban Transit |
| RCRA |
Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RCRIS |
Resource
Conservation and Recovery Information System |
| RI/FS |
Remedial
Investigation/Feasibility Study |
| RMS |
Root-Square
Mean (Vibration - Value of Velocity and Acceleration) |
| ROD |
Record
of Decision |
| ROW |
Right-of-Way |
| SEPTA |
Southeastern
Pennsylvania Transportation Authority |
| SIP |
State
Implementation Plan |
| SQG |
RCRA
Small Quantity Generator |
| SR |
State
Route |
| SSA |
Secondary
Study Area |
| SVM |
Schuylkill
Valley Metro |
| SWF/LF |
Solid
Waste Facility/Land Fill |
| TAZs |
Transportation
Area Zones |
| TCMs |
Transportation
Control Measures |
| TCSP |
Transportation
and Community Assistance Preservation |
| T&E |
Threatened
and Endangered |
| TEA-21 |
Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century |
| TIP |
Transportation
Improvement Program |
| TOD |
Transit-Oriented
Development |
| TOR |
Top
of Rail |
| TSCA |
Toxic
Substances Control Act |
| TSD |
RCRA
Permitted Treatment Storage Disposal Facility |
| TSM |
Transportation
System Management (Alternative) |
| URA |
Uniform
Relocation Act (1987) |
| USDOT |
US
Department of Transportation |
| USEPA |
US
Environmental Protection Agency |
| USFWS |
US
Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGS |
United
States Geological Service |
| VdB |
Vibration
Decibel (Levels) |
| VF |
Vanity
Fair Outlet Center |
| VFNHP |
Valley
Forge National Historic Park |
| VMT |
Vehicle
Miles Traveled |
| VOC |
Volatile
Organic Compounds |