| ABack to Top |
| AAP |
Army Ammunition Plants |
| ACC |
Air Combat Command |
| ACHP |
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |
| ACIP |
Airport Capital Improvement Program |
| ACM |
Asbestos Containing Material |
| ACUB |
Army Compatible Use Buffer (program) |
| ADC |
Association of Defense Communities |
| ADO |
Airport District Office |
| ADUSD |
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense |
| A&E |
Architectural and Engineering |
| AEC |
Army Environmental Center |
| AEP |
Army Engine Plant |
| AFB |
Air Force Base |
| AFSOC |
Air Force Special Operations Command |
| AIPD |
Airfield Influence Planning District |
| AFRPA |
Air Force Real Property Agency |
| AHPA |
Archeological and Historic Preservation Act |
| AHERA |
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act |
| AICUZ |
Air Installation Compatible Use Zones |
| AIP |
Airport Improvement Program (FAA Infrastructure Grant) |
| AIRFA |
American Indian Religious Freedom Act, 42 U.S.C. 1996 |
| ALUP |
Airport Land Use Plan |
| ALUCP |
Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan |
| ANG |
Air National Guard |
| AMP |
Airport Master Plan |
| AMF |
Army Modular Force |
| AO |
Authorizing Official (egrants) |
| AOM |
Airfield Operating Manual |
| APA |
American Planning Association |
| APG |
Advanced Planning Grant |
| APZ |
Accident Potential Zones |
| AQCR |
Air Quality Control Region |
| ARARs |
Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements |
| ARNG |
Army National Guard |
| ARSA |
Airport Radar Service Area |
| AS |
Assistant Secretary |
| ASA |
Assistant Secretary of the Army |
| ASAF |
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force |
| ASN |
Assistant Secretary of the Navy |
| AST |
Aboveground Storage Tank |
| ATAA |
Air Traffic Activity Analyzer |
| ATARs |
Air Traffic Activity Reports |
| ATC |
Air Traffic Control |
| AT&L |
Acquisition, Technology and Logistics |
| BBack to Top |
| BA |
Biological Assessment |
| BASH |
Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard |
| BCT |
BRAC Cleanup Team |
| BCTO |
Base Closure and Transition Office |
| BCCRHAA |
Base Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act (“Redevelopment Act”) |
| BCRA |
Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment |
| BCP |
BRAC Cleanup Plan |
| BCT |
BRAC Cleanup Team |
| BEA |
Bureau of Economic Analysis |
| BEC |
BRAC Environmental Coordinator |
| BEST |
Building Economic Solutions Together |
| BGEPA |
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act |
| BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
| BOQ |
Bachelor Officers Quarters |
| BOP |
Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice |
| BRAC |
Base Realignment and Closure |
| BRIM |
Base Reuse Implementation Manual |
| BRRM |
Base Redevelopment and Realignment Manual |
| BTC |
Base Transition Coordinator |
| CBack to Top |
| CA |
Cooperative Agreement |
| CAA |
Clean Air Act (42 USC 7401) |
| CATEX |
Categorical Exclusion (from NEPA environmental impact analysis) |
| CARE |
Civilian Assistance and Re-Employment Program |
| CAU |
Community Assistance Update (QUAD Chart) |
| CCR |
Central Contractor Registry |
| CD |
Cluster Development |
| CDBG |
Community Development Block Grant |
| CDR |
Covenant Deferral Request (Required for Early Transfer) |
| CEDS |
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (used by EDA) |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CERFA |
Community Environmental Response Facilitation Act |
| CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality (Federal oversight of NEPA) |
| CEQA |
California Environmental Quality Act |
| CFDA |
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CGMP |
Community Growth Management Program |
| CIP |
Capital Improvement Program |
| CMC |
Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps |
| CMP |
Coastal Management Programs |
| CNIC |
Commander Navy Installations Command |
| CNEL |
Community Noise Equivalent Level (California) |
| CO |
Commanding Officer |
| COBRA |
Cost of Base Realignment Action |
| COE |
Corps of Engineers (Army) |
| COG |
Council of Governments |
| CPLO |
Community Plans & Liaison Officer (Navy and USMC term) |
| CNO |
Chief of Naval Operations |
| CPMS |
Civilian Personnel Management Services, Department of Defense |
| CPP |
Civilian Personnel Policy, Department of Defense |
| CS&P |
Competitive Sourcing and Privatization (A-76/outsourcing/housing) |
| CTC |
Cost to Complete (Environmental Remediation) |
| CWA |
Clean Water Act |
| CZ |
Clear Zone |
| CZMA |
Comprehensive Zoning Map Amendment |
| CZMA |
Coastal Zone Management Act |
| DBack to Top |
| DAS |
Deputy Assistant Secretary (DASN=Navy) |
| DA |
Department of the Army |
| DASA |
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army |
| DASAF |
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force |
| dB |
Decibels |
| DBCRA |
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, Pub. L 101-510, as amended |
| DDESB |
Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board |
| DEAP |
Defense Economic Adjustment Program |
| DEPSECDEF |
Deputy Secretary of Defense |
| DERA |
Defense Environmental Restoration Account (Provides funds for DERP; pays for non-BRAC sites) |
| DERP |
Defense Environmental Restoration Program |
| DEIS |
Draft Environmental Impact Statement |
| DFAS |
Defense Finance and Accounting Office |
| DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
| DIA |
Defense Industry Adjustment |
| DLA |
Defense Logistics Agency |
| DNL/Ldn |
Day/Night Sound Level (Average ambient noise) |
| DOC |
Department of Commerce |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DODEA |
Department of Defense Education Activity (DOD schools) |
| DODGRS |
Department of Defense Grant Regulations |
| DOE |
Department of Energy (Department of Education is ED) |
| DOI |
Department of the Interior |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice |
| DOL |
Department of Labor |
| DOPAA |
Description of Proposed Actions and Alternatives (Used for an EIS) |
| DORS |
Defense Outplacement Referral System |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| DRI |
Developments of Regional Impacts |
| DRMO |
Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office |
| DSMOA |
Defense-State Memorandum of Agreement |
| DTSC |
Department of Toxic Substance Control (California Agency) |
| DUNS |
Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System |
| DUSD |
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense |
| DW |
Dislocated Worker |
| DWCF |
Defense Working Capital Fund |
| EBack to Top |
| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| EADS |
Economic Adjustment Data System |
| EAC |
Economic Adjustment Committee |
| EAP |
Encroachment Action Plan |
| EBS |
Environmental Baseline Survey |
| ECP |
Environmental Conditions of Property Report (Pronounced ECOP) |
| ECP |
Encroachment Control Plan (Marine Corps version of EAP) |
| ED |
Department of Education |
| EDA |
Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce |
| EDC |
Economic Development Conveyance |
| EDR |
Economic Development Representative (EDA) |
| EECA |
Environmental Engineering and Cost Analysis |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement (NEPA Requirement) |
| EIR |
Environmental Impact Report (California State Requirement) |
| ELUR |
Environmental Land Use Report |
| ENMP |
Environmental Noise Management Program |
| EO |
Executive Order |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERC |
Emission Reduction Credit |
| EROA |
Environmental Response Obligation Addendum |
| ESA |
Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531-1544ESB |
| ESB |
Explosive Safety Board |
| ESCA |
Environmental Services Cooperative Agreement |
| ET |
Early Transfer (of contaminated property) |
| ETCA |
Early Transfer Cooperative Agreement (replacing ESCA) |
| EUL |
Enhanced Use Lease |
| FBack to Top |
| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation |
| FAADS |
Federal Award Data System |
| FAIN |
Federal Award Identification Number |
| FAR |
Federal Aviation Regulations |
| FAR |
Federal Acquisition Regulation |
| FCT |
Federal Aviation Administration Contract Tower |
| FECS |
Facilities Engineering Commands (Navy) |
| FEIS |
Final Environmental Impact Statement |
| FEHB |
Federal Employee Health Benefits |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency (Department of Homeland Security) |
| FFA |
Federal Facility Agreement |
| FFATA |
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act |
| FFID |
Federal Facility Identification |
| FFO |
Federal Funding Opportunity |
| FHA |
Federal Housing Authority |
| FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
| FIFRA |
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act |
| FMV |
Fair Market Value |
| FONSI |
Finding of No Significant Impact |
| FOSL |
Finding of Suitability to Lease |
| FOSET |
Finding of Suitability for Early Transfer |
| FOST |
Finding of Suitability to Transfer |
| FOUO |
For Official Use Only |
| FMR |
Federal Management Regulations |
| FPASA |
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act |
| FPD |
Federal Planning Division |
| FPMA |
Federal Property Management Act |
| FPMR |
Federal Property Management Regulations, 41 CFR Part 101-47 |
| FPZ |
Flood Plain Zone |
| FR |
Federal Register |
| FSRS |
FFATA Subaward Reporting System |
| FTE |
Full Time Equivalents |
| FUDS |
Formally Used Defense Sites |
| FWCA |
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. 661-666 |
| FWS |
Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| GBack to Top |
| GAO |
General Accounting Office |
| GDPR |
Global Defense Posture Realignment |
| GFPR |
Guaranteed Fixed Price Remediation |
| GIS |
Geographical Information Systems |
| GOCO |
Government Owned Contractor Controlled |
| GPOC |
Grant Point of Contact (egrants – OEA) |
| GPRA |
Government Performance Reporting Act |
| GPS |
Global Positioning Satellites (System) |
| GMO |
Growth Management Organization |
| GMP |
Growth Management Plan |
| GSA |
General Services Administration |
| GTA |
Grow the Army |
| GTF |
Grow the Force |
| HBack to Top |
| HAP |
Homeowners and Assistance Program |
| HCP |
Habitat Conservation Plan |
| HHS |
Health and Human Services |
| HM |
Historic Monuments |
| HR |
Human Resources |
| HRA |
Historical Radiological Assessment (Used at Hunters Point) |
| HRO |
Human Resource Office |
| HRMA |
Housing Requirement Market Analysis |
| HS |
Hazardous Substances |
| HUD |
Housing and Urban Development |
| IBack to Top |
| IAG |
Interagency Agreement |
| ICMA |
International City/County Management Association |
| IC |
Institutional Controls (See LUCs) |
| ICC |
Installation Capability Council |
| ICTAP |
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan |
| ICUZ |
Installation Compatible Use Zones (Army term) |
| I&E |
Installations and Environment |
| I&F |
Installations and Facilities |
| IEDC |
International Economic Development Council |
| IENMP |
Installation Environmental Noise Management Program (Old Army term) |
| IL |
Installation Logistics |
| IMA |
Installation Management Activity (Army) |
| INMP |
Installation Noise Management Program |
| INRMP |
Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan |
| IONMP |
Installation Operational Noise Management Plan (Army term, ONMP also used) |
| IPR |
In-Progress Review |
| IPT |
Integrated Product Team |
| IR |
Installation Restoration |
| IRM |
Installation Resource Management |
| IRP |
Installation Restoration Program |
| ISR |
Installation Summary Report |
| IVDA |
Inland Valley Development Authority |
| IWG |
Interservice Working Group |
| JBack to Top |
| JIG |
Joint Interest Group (Navy IRP working group, used if RAB is not functioning) |
| JLUS |
Joint Land Use Study |
| JPA |
Joint Powers Authority |
| JRB |
Joint Reserve Base |
| LBack to Top |
| LAFCO |
Local Agency Formation Commission (California annexation review organization) |
| LBA |
Legally Binding Agreements (Homeless) |
| LBPPPA |
Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, 42 U.S.C. 4801-4846 |
| LDC |
Land Development Code |
| Ldn |
Landing day-night average noise level (Applies to aircraft noise) |
| LED |
Local Education Agency |
| LIFOC |
Lease in Furtherance of Conveyance |
| LIWG |
Lands Initiative Working Group |
| LRA |
Local Redevelopment Authority |
| LT |
Lease Termination |
| LTL |
Long Term Lease |
| LTM |
Long Term Monitoring |
| LUCs |
Land Use Controls (also known as Institutional Controls) |
| LUISG |
Land Use Inter-Service Working Group |
| LULU |
Locally Undesirable Land Use |
| MBack to Top |
| MAP |
Military Airport Program (Federal Aviation Administration Infrastructure Grants) |
| MARAD |
Maritime Administration |
| MBTA |
Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 16 U.S.C. 703-712 |
| MCAS |
Marine Corps Air Station |
| MCB |
Marine Corps Base |
| MCC |
Maximum Capacity Contours |
| MC&FP |
Military Community and Family Policy, Department of Defense |
| MEC |
Munitions and Explosives of Concern |
| MIOD |
Military Influence Overlay Districts |
| MIPD |
Military Influence Planning Districts |
| MIPR |
Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request |
| MLO |
Military Liaison Officer |
| MMC |
Maximum Mission Contour |
| MMPA |
Marine Mammal Preservation Act |
| MMRP |
Military Munitions Response Program (Unexploded ordinance & constituents) |
| MMRT |
Military Munitions Response Team |
| MOA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOA |
Military Operating Areas |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPO |
Metropolitan Planning Organization |
| MSA |
Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| MTP |
Metropolitan Transportation Plan |
| MTRs |
Military Training Routes |
| MWR |
Morale, Welfare and Recreation |
| MXPD |
Mixed-Use Planned Development |
| NBack to Top |
| NACO |
National Association of Counties |
| NADO |
National Association of Development Organizations |
| NAF |
Non-Appropriated Funds |
| NAF |
Naval Air Facility |
| NAGPRA |
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3001-3013 |
| NAPA |
National Academy of Public Administration |
| NARC |
National Association of Regional Councils |
| NAS |
Naval Air Station |
| NASMOD |
Naval Aviation Simulation Model |
| NASWA |
National Association of State Workforce Agencies |
| NAWB |
National Association of Workforce Boards |
| NBIA |
National Business Incubation Association |
| NCP |
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan |
| NCSL |
National Council of State Legislators |
| NDAA |
National Defense Authorization Act (Appropriation Act) |
| NEG |
National Emergency Grant (DOL Program) |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., as amended |
| NGA |
National Governors Association |
| NHPA |
National Historic Preservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 470 |
| NICP |
National Inventory Control Point |
| NIMBY |
Not In My Backyard |
| NLC |
National League of Cities |
| NOA |
Notice of Availability |
| NOE |
Nap-of-the-Earth |
| NOFA |
Notice of Funding Availability |
| NOI |
Notice of Intent |
| NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NPIAS |
National Plan for Integrated Airport System |
| NPL |
National Priorities List (EPA designation for highly contaminated sites) |
| NPS |
National Park Service, Department of Interior |
| NS |
Negotiated Sale |
| NS |
Naval Station |
| NSGIC |
National States Geographic Information Council |
| NZ |
Noise Zones |
| OBack to Top |
| OCO |
Overseas Contingency Operation |
| ODUSD (I&E) |
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment) |
| OEA |
Office of Economic Adjustment (Department of Defense) |
| OIPT |
Operating Integrated Product Team |
| O&M |
Operations and Maintenance |
| OLF |
Outlying Field (NOLF Navy OLF) used for Compatible Use projects |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| ONMP |
Operational Noise Management Program |
| OPBT |
Other Public Benefit Transfer |
| OPM |
Office of Personnel Management |
| OPS |
Operating properly and successfully |
| OSD |
Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| PBack to Top |
| PA |
Preliminary Assessment |
| PADUSD |
Principle Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense |
| PAH |
Polyaeromatic Hydrocarbons |
| PAR |
Property Analysis Record |
| PBC |
Public Benefit Conveyance |
| PBCUA |
Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act, 40 U.S.C. 490, 601a, 606, 611, 612a |
| PBS |
Public Bid Sale |
| PCBs |
Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
| PCS |
Permanent Change of Station |
| PDR |
Purchase of Development Rights |
| PEA |
Preliminary Environmental Assessment |
| PH |
Public Health |
| PILOT |
Payment in Lieu of Taxes |
| PL or Pub.L. |
Public Law |
| PM |
Project Manager |
| PMO |
Program Management Office (Navy and Air Force BRAC offices) |
| PPP |
Priority Placement Program (For DoD employees) |
| PR |
Parks and Recreation |
| PRA |
Paperwork Reduction Act |
| PRU |
Planned Residential Units |
| PS |
Public Sale |
| PUD |
Planned Unit Development |
| PWCs |
Public Works Centers (Navy) |
| PMZA |
Piecemeal Zoning Map Amendment |
| QBack to Top |
| QDR |
Quadrennial Defense Review |
| QFR |
Questions for the Record (Congressional questions for response) |
| RBack to Top |
| RA |
Remedial Action |
| RA-O |
Remedial Action Operations |
| RAB |
Restoration Advisory Board |
| RAICUZ |
Range Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (Navy term to delineate noise impacts from aerial firing ranges) |
| RAR |
Remediation Action Report |
| RC |
Remedy Complete |
| RCC |
Range Commanders Council |
| RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976 and beyond) |
| RD |
Remedial Design |
| RD |
Regional Director |
| REC |
Regional Environmental Coordinator (Nine regions country wide) |
| REIT |
Real Estate Investment Trust |
| REPI |
Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (OSD program) |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
| RFQ |
Request for Qualification |
| RI |
Remedial Investigation |
| RIF |
Reduction in Force |
| RIMS |
Regional Import Modeling System |
| RIP |
Restoration in Place |
| RLBPHRA |
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, Title X of Pub.L. 102-550 |
| RLF |
Revolving Loan Fund (Used by EDA & others for business development) |
| RMIS |
Restoration Management Information System |
| ROD |
Record of Decision (NEPA Requirement) |
| ROI |
Return on Investment |
| RPL |
Reemployment Priority List |
| RR |
Rapid Response (state-level workforce action, required on notice of layoff) |
| RRPI |
Readiness & Range Preservation Initiative |
| RV |
Reversion |
| SBack to Top |
| SA |
Secretary of the Army |
| SAAD |
Sacramento Army Depot |
| SAG |
State Attorney Generals |
| SARA |
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act |
| SARNM |
Small Arms Range Noise Model (Army term) |
| SASP |
State Agency for Surplus Property |
| SAF |
Secretary of the Air Force |
| SBA |
Small Business Administration |
| SDA |
Service Delivery Area |
| SDWA |
Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f-300j-26 |
| SDZ |
Surface Danger Zone |
| SDA |
Service Delivery Area |
| SEC 7 |
Section 7 of Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Actions and consultations) |
| SERPPAS |
Southeast Regional Partnership for Planning and Sustainability |
| SF |
Standard Form |
| SHPO |
State Historic Preservation Officer |
| SI |
Site Inspection |
| SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification |
| SIP |
State Implementation Plan |
| SL |
Special Legislation |
| SLIG |
State & Local Interest Groups (NGA, NLC, etc) |
| SLUC |
State Land Use Covenants |
| SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
| SOL |
Statute of Limitations |
| SOP |
Standard Operating Procedures |
| SOP |
Scope of Work |
| SPA |
Surplus Property Act of 1944, 50 U.S.C. App. 1622(d), & 49 U.S.C. 47153 |
| SPG |
State Planning Grant |
| SPOC |
State Point of Contact (from the 424 form) |
| SROC |
Senior Readiness Oversight Council |
| SRWG |
Sustainable Range Working Group |
| SWOT |
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats |
| TBack to Top |
| TAACs |
Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers |
| TAG |
Technical Advisory Group |
| TAG |
The Adjutant General |
| TAPP |
Technical Assistance for Public Participation |
| TCA |
Terminal Control Areas |
| TCP |
Traditional Cultural Properties |
| TDR |
Transfer of Development Rights |
| TIF |
Tax Incremented Financing |
| TNC |
The Nature Conservancy |
| TRACON |
Terminal Radar Approach Control |
| Treasury |
Department of Treasury |
| TRC |
Technical Review Committee (Office of Economic Adjustment) |
| TSCA |
Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2601-2671 |
| UBack to Top |
| UAS |
Unmanned Aerial Systems |
| UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| UI |
Unemployment Insurance |
| ULI |
Urban Land Institute |
| USA |
United States Army |
| USAF |
United States Air Force |
| U.S.C. |
United States Code |
| USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
| USCM |
Unites States Conference of Mayors |
| USD |
Under Secretary of Defense |
| USMC |
United States Marine Corp |
| URARPAPA |
Uniform Relocation Assistance & Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| USFWS |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior |
| USPS |
United States Park Service, Department of Interior |
| USFS |
United States Forest Service, Department of Interior |
| USN |
United States Navy |
| UST |
Underground Storage Tank |
| UXO |
Unexploded Ordinance |
| VBack to Top |
| VA |
Veterans Administration |
| VERA |
Voluntary Early Retirement Authority |
| VRIF |
Voluntary Reduction in Force |
| VSIP |
Voluntary Separation Incentive Programs |
| WBack to Top |
| WC |
Wildlife Conservation |
| WIA |
Workforce Investment Act |
| WIB |
Workforce Investment Board |
| WIPT |
Working Integrated Product Team |
| WIRED |
Workforce Innovations Regional Economic Development |
| WPFPA |
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, 16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq |
| WSRA |
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 16 U.S.C. 1271 |
