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Commonly Used Acronyms

AAR

A&E

ACRCC

AFB

AHAG

AHRI

AIS

ALC

ALDU

AM

ANS

AP

APE

ARRA

ASA(CW)

A-Team

ATR

AWI

AWO

AWQMN

BA

BCOES

BCR

BMPs

BO

BPA

CAP

CARS

CAWS

CCC

CCP

CEICA

CERCLA

CEQ

CFR

CG

CIA

CMMP

COE

COPT

CPUE

CRA

CREP

CRP

CSP

CUA

CWA

DALS

DED

DEM

DET

DEWS

DMMP

DNR

DO

DOA

DOC

DOER

DOT

DPR

DQC

DSS

EA

ECC

EEC

EIS

EMAP

EMAP-GRE

EMP

EMP-CC

EO

EPA

EPR

EQIP

ER

ERDC

ESA

EWMN

EWP

FACA

FEMA

FERC

FDR

FFS

FONSI

FRM

FRST

FSA

FTE

FWCA

FWIC

FWS

FWWG

FY

GAO

GI

GIS

GLC

GLC

GLMRIS

GPS

GREAT

HAB

HEL

HEP

HNA

HPSF

HQUSACE

H.R.

HREP

HU

HUC

IBA

IBI

IC

ICS

ICWP

IDIQ

IEPR

IIA

IIFO

IMTS

IPR

IRCC

IRTC

IRWG

ISA

IWR

IWRM

IWTF

IWUB

IWW

L&D

LC/LU

LDB

LERRD
 

LiDAR

LMR

LMRCC

LOI

LTRM

MARAD

MARC 2000

MDM

MICRA

MIPR

MMR

MMRP

MNRG

MOA

MoRAST

MOU

MRAPS

MRBI

MRC

MRCC

MRCTI

MRRC

MR&T

MSP

MVD

MVP

MVR

MVS

NAS

NAWQA

NCP

NIDIS

NEBA

NECC

NED

NEPA

NESP

NETS

NGO

NGRREC

NICC

NPDES

NPS

NPS

NRC

NRCS

NRDAR

NRT

NSIP

NWI

NWR

O&M

OHWM

OMB

OMRR&R

OPA

ORSANCO

OSC

OSE

OSIT

P3

PA

PAS

P&G

P&R

P&S

P&S

PCA

PCA

PCX

PDT

PED

PgMP

PIR

PL

PMP

PORT

PPA

PPT

QA/QC

RCP

RDB

RED

RIFO

RM

RP

RPT

RRAT

RRCT

RRF

RRT

RST

RTC

S.

SAV

SDWA

SEMA

SET

SONS

SOW

SRF

SWCD

T&E

TMDL

TNC

TSP

TSS

TVA

TWG

UMESC

UMIMRA

UMR

UMRBA

UMRBC

UMRCC

UMRCP

UMR-IWW

UMRNWFR

UMRR

UMRR CC

UMRS

UMRSHNC

USACE

USCG

USDA

USFWS

USGS

VTC

WCI

WES

WHAG

WHIP

WLMTF

WQ

WQEC

WQTF

WQS

WRDA

WRP

WRRDA

After Action Report

Architecture and Engineering

Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee

Alternative Formulation Briefing

Aquatic Habitat Appraisal Guide

American Heritage Rivers Initiative

Aquatic Invasive Species

American Lands Conservancy

Aquatic Life Designated Use(s)

Adaptive Management

Aquatic Nuisance Species

Advisory Panel

Additional Program Element

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works

Analysis Team

Agency Technical Review

America's Watershed Initiative

American Waterways Operators

Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Network

Biological Assessment

Bid-ability, Constructability, Operability, Environmental, Sustainability 

Benefit-Cost Ratio

Best Management Practices

Biological Opinion

Blanket Purchase Agreement

Continuing Authorities Program

Committee to Assess Regulating Structures

Chicago Area Waterways System

Commodity Credit Corporation

Comprehensive Conservation Plan

Cost Effectiveness, Incremental Cost Analysis

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Council on Environmental Quality

Code of Federal Regulations

Construction General

Computerized Inventory and Analysis

Channel Maintenance Management Plan

Corps of Engineers

Captain of the Port

Catch Per Unit Effort

Continuing Resolution Authority

Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program

Conservation Reserve Program

Conservation Security Program

Cooperative Use Agreement

Clean Water Act

Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

Department of Economic Development

Digital Elevation Model

District Ecological Team

Drought Early Warning System

Dredged Material Management Plan

Department of Natural Resources

Dissolved Oxygen

Department of Agriculture

Department of Conservation

Dredging Operations and Environmental Research

Department of Transportation

Definite Project Report

District Quality Control/Quality Assurance

Decision Support System

Environmental Assessment

Economics Coordinating Committee

Essential Ecosystem Characteristic

Environmental Impact Statement

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program-Great Rivers Ecosystem

Environmental Management Program (now known as UMRR)

Environmental Management Program Coordinating Committee (now UMRR CC)

Executive Order

Environmental Protection Agency

External Peer Review

Environmental Quality Incentives Program

Engineering Regulation

Engineering Research & Development Center

Endangered Species Act

Early Warning Monitoring Network

Emergency Watershed Protection Program

Federal Advisory Committee Act

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Flood Damage Reduction

Flow Frequency Study

Finding of No Significant Impact

Flood Risk Management

Floodplain Restoration System Team

Farm Services Agency

Full Time Equivalent

Fish & Wildlife Coordination Act

Fish and Wildlife Interagency Committee

Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish and Wildlife Work Group

Fiscal Year

Government Accountability Office

General Investigations

Geographic Information System

Governors Liaison Committee

Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study

Global Positioning System

Great River Environmental Action Team

Harmful Algal Bloom

Highly Erodible Land

Habitat Evaluation Procedure

Habitat Needs Assessment

HREP Planning and Sequencing Framework

Headquarters, USACE

House of Representatives

Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project

Habitat Unit

Hydrologic Unit Code

Important Bird Area

Index of Biological (Biotic) Integrity

Incident Commander

Incident Command System

Interstate Council on Water Policy

Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity

Independent External Peer Review

Implementation Issues Assessment

Illinois-Iowa Field Office (formerly RIFO)

Inland Marine Transportation System

In-Progress Review

Illinois River Coordinating Council

Implementation Report to Congress

Illinois River Work Group

Inland Sensitivity Atlas

Institute for Water Resources

Integrated Water Resources Management

Inland Waterways Trust Fund

Inland Waterways Users Board

Illinois Waterway

Lock(s) and Dam

Land Cover/Land Use

Left Descending Bank

Lands, Easements, Rights-of-Way, Relocation of Utilities or Other Existing
Structures, and Disposal Areas

Light Detection and Ranging

Lower Mississippi River

Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee

Letter of Intent

Long Term Resource Monitoring

U.S. Maritime Administration

Midwest Area River Coalition 2000

Major subordinate command Decision Milestone

Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association

Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request

Middle Mississippi River

Middle Mississippi River Partnership

Midwest Natural Resources Group

Memorandum of Agreement

Missouri River Association of States and Tribes

Memorandum of Understanding

Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study

Mississippi River Basin (Healthy Watersheds) Initiative

Mississippi River Commission

Mississippi River Connections Collaborative

Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative

Mississippi River Research Consortium

Mississippi River and Tributaries (project)

Minimum Sustainable Program

Mississippi Valley Division

St. Paul District

Rock Island District

St. Louis District

National Academies of Science

National Water Quality Assessment

National Contingency Plan

National Integrated Drought Information System (NOAA)

Net Environmental Benefit Analysis

Navigation Environmental Coordination Committee

National Economic Development

National Environmental Policy Act

Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program

Navigation Economic Technologies Program

Non-Governmental Organization

National Great Rivers Research and Education Center

Navigation Interests Coordinating Committee

National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

Non-Point Source

National Park Service

National Research Council

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Restoration

National Response Team

National Streamflow Information Program

National Wetlands Inventory

National Wildlife Refuge

Operation and Maintenance (officially OMRR&R)

Ordinary High Water Mark

Office of Management and Budget

Operation, Maintenance, Repair, Rehabilitation, and Replacement (O&M informally)

Oil Pollution Act of 1990

Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission

On-Scene Coordinator

Other Social Effects

On Site Inspection Team

Public-Private Partnership

Programmatic Agreement

Planning Assistance to States

Principles and Guidelines

Principles and Requirements

Plans & Specifications

Principles and Standards

Pollution Control Agency

Project Cooperation Agreement

Planning Center of Expertise

Project Delivery Team

Pre-construction, Engineering, and Design

Program Management Plan

Project Implementation Report

Public Law

Project Management Plan

Public Outreach Team

Project Partnership Agreement

Program Planning Team

Quality Assurance/Quality Control

Regional Contingency Plan

Right Descending Bank

Regional Economic Development

Rock Island Field Office (now IIFO)

River Mile

Responsible Party

Reach Planning Team

River Resources Action Team

River Resources Coordinating Team

River Resources Forum

Regional Response Team

Regional Support Team

Report to Congress

Senate

Submersed Aquatic Vegetation

Safe Drinking Water Act

State Emergency Management Agency

System Ecological Team

Spill of National Significance

Scope of Work

State Revolving Fund

Soil and Water Conservation District

Threatened and Endangered

Total Maximum Daily Load

The Nature Conservancy

Tentatively Selected Plan

Total Suspended Solids

Tennessee Valley Authority

Technical Work Group

Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

Upper Mississippi, Illinois, and Missouri Rivers Association

Upper Mississippi River

Upper Mississippi River Basin Association

Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission

Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee

Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Plan

Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge

Upper Mississippi River Restoration (formerly Environmental Management Program)

Upper Mississippi River Restoration  Coordinating Committee

Upper Mississippi River System

Upper Mississippi River Sub-basin Hypoxia Nutrient Committee

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Geological Survey

Video Teleconference

Waterways Council, Inc.

Waterways Experiment Station (replaced by ERDC)

Wildlife Habitat Appraisal Guide

Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program

Water Level Management Task Force

Water Quality

Water Quality Executive Committee

Water Quality Task Force

Water Quality Standard

Water Resources Development Act

Wetlands Reserve Program

Water Resources Reform and Development Act