Schuylkill Valley Metro
Major Investment Study / Draft Environmental Impact Statement
  Appendix A — Acronyms and Abbreviations
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APPENDIX A - Acronyms and Abbreviations


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
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