      This document is intended to serve as a reader's aid for the Final Rule; Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides (Docket ID No. EPA - HQ - OPP - 2008 - 0110; FRL - 8886 - 5; RIN 2070 - AD30), and provides a list of the acronyms used throughout that document, along with the meanings provided.  

Use the page numbers in this alphabetical listing to jump to acronyms that start with that letter:
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A ------------

ACGIH means the American Conference of Governmental and Industrial Hygenists
AD means EPA's Antimicrobial Division in OPP
ARTCA means the Antimicrobial Regulation Technical Correction Act
ASRI means Activated Sludge, Respiration Inhibition Test
ASSI means Activated Sludge Sorption Isotherm
ASTM means the American Society for Testing and Materials
AWPA means the American Wood Protection Association, formerly American Wood Preservatives Association
C ------------
"CR" means conditionally required
CFR means the Code of Federal Regulations
CDC means the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
COC means concentration of concern
CWA means the Clean Water Act
D ------------
DCI means Data Call-in
E ------------
EA means economic analysis
EDSP means Endocrine Disrupter Screening Program
E-FAST means Exposure and Fate Assessment Screening Tool
EP means end-use product
EPA or the Agency means the United States Environmental Protection Agency
ESA means the Endangered Species Act
EU means the European Union
EUP means experimental use permit
F ------------
FDA means the Food and Drug Administration
FIFRA means the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
FFDCA means the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act
FQPA means the Food Quality Protection Act
FWS means the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
H ------------
HHS means the United States Department of Health and Human Services
HSRB means the Human Studies Review Board
I ------------
ICR means Information Collection Request
ILSA means International Life Sciences Institute
K ------------
Kd means soil partition coefficient
Koc means soil organic carbon-water coefficient
Kow means octanol-water partition coefficient
M ------------
MOR means magnitude of the residue
mg/L means milligrams per liter
N ------------
NAICS means the North American Industrial Classification System
NAS means the National Academy of Sciences
NMFS means the United States National Marine Fisheries Service
NPDES means National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
NPRM means Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
"NR" means not required
O ------------
OCSPP means EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, formerly Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPTS)
OECD means Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OMB means Office of Management and Budget
OPP means EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs
OPPT means EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
OSHA means Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OW means EPA's Office of Water
P ------------
PPCP means pharmaceuticals and personal care products
PEL means permissible exposure limit
ppb means parts per billion
ppm means parts per million
PPE means personal protective equipment
PRA means the Paperwork Reduction Act
PRIA means the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act
POTW means publicly owned treatment works
Q ------------
QSAR or (Q)SAR means quantitative structure-activity-relationships
R ------------
"R" means required
RAC means raw agricultural commodity
RED means Reregistration Eligibility Decision Document
RFA means the Regulatory Flexibility Act
RfC means Reference Concentration
RfD means Reference Dose
ROC means residue of concern
RQ means risk quotient
S ------------
SAP means the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel
SAR means structure-activity-relationships
SBREFA means the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
T ------------
TGAI means technical grade active ingredient
TTC means threshold of toxicological concern
TEP means typical end-use product
TLV means threshold limit value
W ------------
WET means whole effluent testing
WOE means weight-of-evidence
WQC means Water Quality Criteria
WQS means Water Quality Standards
WWTP means wastewater treatment plant
U ------------
USDA means United Stated Department of Agriculture

