| ACRONYM | MEANING |
| 40 CFR | Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations |
| 6 NYCRR | Title 6, Official Compilation of Codes, and Regulations of the State of New York |
| AAALAC | Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care |
| ACFB | Atmospheric Circulating Fluidized Bed |
| AFF | Administration Facilities & Finance |
| AFS | Air Facility System |
| APC | Air Pollution Control |
| API | American Petroleum Institute |
| ARF | Admin Request Form |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials Designation |
| BACT | Best Available Control Technology |
| BMP | Best Management Practice |
| C of E | College of Engineering |
| C&CB | Chemistry and Chemical Biology |
| C2E2 | Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence |
| CAA | Clean Air Act |
| CAFO | Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation |
| CALS | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| CAM | Compliance Assurance Monitoring |
| CAPEF | (AP-42) Compilation of Air Pollution Emission Factors |
| CAS | Chemical Abstract Service |
| CBS | Chemical Bulk Storage |
| CDS | Chemical Disposal Site (former Cornell site) |
| CEMS | Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CHIEF | Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emission Factors |
| CHP | Central Heating Plant |
| CIA | Cumulative Impacts Assessment |
| CMS | Cornell Management System |
| CSSS | Cornell Sanitary Sewer Sampling |
| CVM | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| CWA | Clean Water Act |
| CZM | Coastal Zone Management |
| CfE | Center for the Environment |
| DEC | NYS Department Environmental Conservation |
| DMR | Discharge Monitoring Report |
| DMS | Database Management System |
| DOA | Division of Air |
| DOJ | Department of Justice |
| EAF | Environmental Assessment Form |
| EBPS | Environmental Benefit Permit Strategy |
| ECAP | Environmental Compliance Assessment Program |
| ECO | Environmental Compliance Office |
| EHS | Environmental Health & Safety |
| EIR | Emission Inventory Report |
| EMC | Environmental Management Council |
| EMFIG | Emission Factor and Inventory Group (of the EPA) |
| EMIS | Environmental Management Information System |
| EMIT | Environmental Management Information Team |
| EMS | Environmental Management System |
| EPA U.S. | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPA PCC | Environmental Protection Agency Preparedness Coordinating Committee |
| EPCRA | The Emergency Planning & Community Right to Know |
| ER | Emission Rate |
| ERC | Emission Reduction Credits |
| ERP | Emission Rate Potential |
| ESA | Endangered Species Act |
| ESC | Environmental Stewardship Council |
| ESOP | Environmental Standard Operating Procedure |
| FERC | Federal Energy Resource Commission |
| FIFRA | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticde Act |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| FQPA | Food Quality Protection Act |
| FReDS | Former Refuse Disposal Site |
| FWS | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| GEP | Good Engineering Practice |
| HAPS | Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| IAWTF | Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility |
| IAWTP | Ithaca Area Wastwater Treatment Plant |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| IT | Information Technology |
| LAER | Lowest Achievable Emission Rates |
| LASSP | Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics |
| LEAF | Long Envrionmental Assessment Form |
| LEPC | Local Emergency Planning Committee |
| LEPP | Laboratory of Elementary -Partical Physics |
| MACT | Maximum Achievable Control Technology |
| MVAC | Motor Vehicle Air Conditioner |
| NAA | Nonattainment Areas |
| NAAQS | National Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| NCP | National Contingency Plan |
| NDIR | Non-Dispersion Infrared Ray |
| NEIC | National Enforcement Investigation Center (EPA) |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 |
| NESHAP | National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| NFPA | National Fire Protection Association |
| NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| NOx | Nitrogen Oxides |
| NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| NSPS | New Source Performance Standards |
| NSR | New Source Review |
| NTIS | National Technical Information Service |
| NWP | Nationwide Permit |
| NWS | National Weather Service |
| NYC | New York City |
| NYCRR | New York Code of Rules and Regulations |
| NYS | New York State |
| NYSDEC | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation |
| NYSEG | New York State Electric and Gas |
| NYTM | New York Transverse Mercator |
| OAQPS | Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (of the EPA) |
| OD | Organizational Development |
| OPA | The Oil Act of 1990 |
| OPA | Oil Pollution Act |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Act |
| OTR | Ozone Transport Region |
| PAR | Project Approval Request |
| PAS | Pollution Abatement Service |
| PCBs | Polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PCN | Pre-Construction Notification |
| PE | Practice of Engineering |
| PEM | Predictive Emission Monitoring |
| PM | Particulate Matter |
| PM | Preventative Maintenance |
| PMF | Proposed Major Facility |
| POSER | Pre-operational Safety and Environmental Review |
| POTWs | Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
| PPA | The Pollution Prevention Act |
| PSD | Prevention of Significant Deterioration |
| PSP | Proposed Source Project |
| PTE | Potential to Emit |
| QA/QC | Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
| R/I | Remedial Measure/Intermediate Milestone |
| RACT | Reasonably Available Control Technology |
| RAPCE | Regional Air Pollution Control Engineer |
| RATA | Relative Accuracy Test Audit |
| RCM | Refrigerant Compliance Manager |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RDS | Radiation Disposal Site(former Cornell site) |
| RFP | Reasonable Further Progress |
| RMP | Risk Management Plan |
| SARA | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act |
| SCC | Source Class Code |
| SCR | Selected Catalytic Reduction |
| SDWA | Safe Drinking Water Act |
| SEQR | State Environmental Quality Review |
| SEQRA | State Environmental Quality Review Act |
| SERC | State Emergency Response Commission |
| SIC | Standard Industrial Classification |
| SIP | State Implementation Plan |
| SNCR | Selected Non-Catalytic Reduction |
| SOP | Stratospheric Ozone Protection |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SOx | Sulfur Oxides |
| SPCC | Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure |
| SPDES | State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| SPR | Spill Prevention Report |
| SRP | Spill Response Plan |
| SWAP | Source Water Assessment Plan/Program |
| SWPPP (SWP3) | Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan |
| TCLP | Toxicity Characteristic Leachate Procedure |
| TNMOC | Total Non-Methane Organic Compounds |
| TOC | Total Organic Compounds |
| TRI | Toxic Release Inventory |
| TSCA | The Toxic Substance Control Act |
| UFPO | Underground Facilities Protective Organization |
| UIM | User Interface Model |
| ULC | Underwriter's Laboratories of Canada |
| USTs | Underground storage tanks |
| UTM | Universal Transverse Mercator (mapping coordinate system) |
| VOCs | Volatile Organic Compounds |
| WEI | Work Environment Initiative |