Appendix H List of Acronyms and Definitions
APPENDIX H – LIST OF ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS
Acronym Definition AA Alternative Analysis ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADT Average Daily Traffic AIRS Aerometric Information Retrieval System APE Area of Potential Effects AST Aboveground Storage Tank; TNRCC Petroleum Storage Tank Database for Aboveground Storage Tanks AT&SF Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad ATM Automated Transportation Management BMP Best Management Practices BRS Biennial Reporting System BRT Bus Rapid Transit CAA Clean Air Act CAAA Clean Air Act Amendments CBD Central Business District CEI Cost Effectiveness Index CEQ Council on Environmental Quality CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act CERCLIS Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System CFR Code of Federal Regulations CLI Closed Landfill Inventory CMAQ Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality CMS Congestion Management System CO Carbon Monoxide CORRACTS Corrective Action Report sites CWA Clean Water Act CWR Continuous Welded Rail DAP Department of Antiquities Protection
Final Environmental Impact Statement H-1
Appendix H List of Acronyms and Definitions
DART Dallas Area Rapid Transit DAS Dallas Archeological Society dB Decibels dBA Decibels (A-weighting) DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement DOT Department of Transportation EA Environmental Assessment EDR Environmental Data Resources, Inc. EIS Environmental Impact Statement EO Executive Order EPA Environmental Protection Agency ERNS Emergency Response Notification System ETR Employer Trip Reduction FCLRT Full Capacity Light Rail Transit FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FHWA Federal Highway Administration FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, & Rodenticide Act FINDS Facility Index System/Facility Identification Initiative Program Summary Report FIRM Flood Insurance Rate Map FPPA Farmland Protection Policy Act FRA Federal Railroad Association FTA Federal Transit Administration FTTS FIFRA/TSCA Tracking System HC Hydrocarbons HCS Health Care System HMIRS Hazardous Materials Information Reporting System HOV High Occupancy Vehicle ICLRT Intermediate Capacity Light Rail Transit IH Interstate Highway IH 30 R.L. Thorton Freeway IH 35 Stemmons Freeway IH 45 Julius Schepps Freeway
Final Environmental Impact Statement H-2
Appendix H List of Acronyms and Definitions
ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 1991 ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems
Ldn Day-Night Sound Level
Leq Equivalent Sound Level LOS Level of Service LPA Locally Preferred Alignment LPIS Locally Preferred Investment Strategy LRT Light Rail Transit LRV Light Rail Vehicle LUP Land Use and Zoning Policies LUST Leaking Underground Storage Tank; TNRCC Leaking Underground Storage Tank Database LWCFA Land and Water Conservation Fund Act MINES Mines Master Index File MIS Major Investment Study MKT Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad MLK Martin Luther King MLTS Material Licensing Tracing System MOA Memoranda of Agreement MOS Minimum Operable Segment MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization MS4 Municipal Separate Story Sewer System MTP Metropolitan Transportation Plan NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards NCTCOG North Central Texas Council of Governments NEPA National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 NFRAP No Further Remedial Action Planned NHPA National Historic Preservation Act
NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide NOI Notice of Intent NOx Nitrogen Oxide NPDES National Pollution Distribution Elimination System NPL National Priorities List
Final Environmental Impact Statement H-3
Appendix H List of Acronyms and Definitions
NR National Register NRHP National Register of Historic Places NWI National Wetlands Inventory O&M Operations and Maintenance
O3 Ozone OHWM Ordinary High Water Mark OMS Operational Management Strategies OSHM Official State Historical Markers PADS PCB Activity Database System Pb Lead PD Planned Development PDD Planned Development District PE Preliminary Engineering
PM10 Particulates less than or equal to 10 microns PPM Parts Per Million PPV Peak Particle Velocity PST Petroleum Storage Tank R.B. Robert B. (Cullum) RAATS RCRA Administrative Action Tracking System RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act RCRIS Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System RMS Root Mean Square ROD Record of Decision ROP Rate-of-Progress ROW Right-of-Way RR Railroad RTC Regional Transportation Commission RTHL Recorded Texas Historical Landmark RTL Registered Texas Historical Landmark S&I Service and Inspection SAL State Archeological Landmark SCS Soil Conservation Service SH State Highway
Final Environmental Impact Statement H-4
Appendix H List of Acronyms and Definitions
SHPO State Historic Preservation Officer SIP State Implementation Plan
SO2 Sulfur Dioxide SOV Single Occupant Vehicles SP RR Southern Pacific Railroad SPILLS Spills Database Spur 366 Woodall Rodgers STIP State Transportation Improvement Plan SUP Special Use Permit SWF Solid Waste Facilities SWP3 Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan TAC Texas Administrative Code TARL Texas Archeological Resource Library TCM Transportation Control Measure TDM Travel Demand Management TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century THC Texas Historical Commission TIP Transportation Improvement Program TNRCC Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission TPC Train Performance Calculation TPSS Traction Power Substations TPWD Texas Parks & Wildlife Department TRIS Toxic Chemical Release Inventory System TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act TSM Transportation Systems Management TX IHW TNRCC Industrial and Hazardous Waste Database TX VCP TNRCC Voluntary Cleanup Program Sites TxDOT Texas Department of Transportation TXU Texas Utilities UP RR Union Pacific Railroad US 75 Central Expressway US United States USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers
Final Environmental Impact Statement H-5
Appendix H List of Acronyms and Definitions
USC United States Code USDOT United States Department of Transportation USGS United States Geological Services USGS United States Geological Survey UST Underground Storage Tank V/C Volume to Capacity Ratio VCP Voluntary Cleanup Program VdB Decibels – Vibration VMT Vehicle Miles of Travel VOC Volatile Organic Compound
Final Environmental Impact Statement H-6