This is a list of some of the more common abbreviations students and researchers may encounter in the practice or study of environmental law. This is not meant to serve as a comprehensive list of environmental law abbreviations. For a more comprehensive list, please refer to Hong, J. (ed.). (1995). Environmental Acronyms (Rockville, MD: Government Institutes).
- APA--Administrative Procedure Act
- ATSDR--Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- BLM--Bureau of Land Management
- BOD--Biological Oxygen Demand
- CAA--Clean Air Act
- CEM--Continuous Emission Monitoring
- CEQ--Council on Environmental Quality
- CERCLA--Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Act
- CFR--Code of Federal Regulations
- CFC--Chlorofluorocarbon
- CO--Carbon Monoxide
- CWA--Clean Water Act
- CZMA--Coastal Zone Management Act
- DOE--Department of Energy
- EPA--Environmental Protection Agency
- EPCRA--Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act
- ESA--Endangered Species Act
- FAA--Federal Aviation Administration
- FERC--Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- FIFRA--Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
- FONSI--Finding of No Significant (Environmental) Impact
- FWOCA--Federal Water Pollution Control Act
- FWS--U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- HAP--Hazardous Air Pollutant
- HCs--Hydrocarbons
- HFCHs--Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (chemicals)
- HOV--High Occupancy Vehicle
- HRS--Hazardous Ranking System
- IEL--International Environmental Law
- I/M--Inspection and Maintenance
- LRMP--Land and Resource Management Plan
- LUST--Leaking Underground Storage Tank
- MOU--Memorandum of Understanding
- NAAQS--National Ambient Air Quality Standards
- NEPA--National Environmental Protection Act
- NOAA--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NRC--Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- OSHA--Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- PEIS--Program Environmental Impact Statement
- PRP--Potentially Responsible Party
- RCRA--Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
- RI--Remedial Inspection
- ROD--Record of Decision
- SARA--Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
- SDWA--Safe Drinking Water Act
- SEIS--Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
- SIP--State Implementation Plan
- TSCA--Toxic Substances Control Act
- TSD--Treatment, Storage, or Disposal (facility)
- TVA--Tennessee Valley Authority
- UNESCO--United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UST--Underground Storage Tank
- VOC--Volatile Organic Compound
- WHO--World Health Organization
- WMO--World Meteorological Organization
- ZEV--Zero Emission Vehicle