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Florida Solid and Hazardous Waste Regulation Handbook: List of Acronyms¹

Michael T. Olexa, Aaron Leviten, and Kelly Samek²

• APA - Administrative Procedure Act (U.S. and Florida)

• CAA - Clean Air Act

• CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (or Superfund)

• CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

• CWA - Clean Water Act

• DACS - Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (Florida)

• DCA - Department of Community Affairs (Florida)

• DEP - Department of Environmental Protection (Florida)

• DER - Department of Environmental Regulation (Florida) [Now defunct; it was merged with the Department of Natural Resources to become the Department of Environmental Protection]

• DNR - Department of Natural Resources (Florida) [Now defunct; it was merged with the Department of Environmental Regulation to become the Department of Environmental Protection]

• DOF - Division of Forestry (Florida)

• DOH - Department of Health (Florida)

• DOT - Department of Transportation (U.S. and Florida)

• EPA - Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)

• EPCRA - Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

• FAC - Florida Administrative Code

• FIFRA - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

• HMTAA - Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act

• LEP - Local Emergency Planning Committee

• MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheet

• MSSW - Management and Storage of Surface Waters

• NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act

• NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

• ODA - Ocean Dumping Act

• OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Act; Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• OSHRC - Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

• PPA - Pollution Prevention Act

• PRP - Potentially Responsible Party (CERCLA)

• RCRA - Resource Recovery and Conservation Act

• RPC - Regional Planning Council

• RRMA - Resource Recovery and Management Act (mini-RCRA)

• SARA - Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act

• SQG - Small Quantity Generator

• TCLP - Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure

• TPQ - Threshold Planning Quantity

• TSCA - Toxic Substances Control Act

• USCG - United States Coast Guard

• USDA - United States Department of Agriculture

• UST - Underground Storage Tank

• WMD - Water Management District

Acknowledgments

The authors are indebted to the personnel of both state and federal agencies who gave their time and advice in the preparation of this handbook. The authors are also indebted to the following University of Florida personnel for a review and critique of the first draft of this publication: Dr. Thomas Dean, Pesticide Education Specialist, and Dr. Norman Nesheim, Pesticide Information Coordinator. Special recognition is also due to Mr. Richard Budell of the Office of Agricultural Water Policy of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for providing funds for the development of this handbook.

This handbook is designed to provide an accurate, current, and authoritative summary of the principal Florida laws that directly or indirectly relate to agriculture. It should provide a basic overview of the many rights and responsibilities farmers and farmland owners have under Florida laws. The reader is provided information about these rights and responsibilities and the appropriate contacts for more detailed information. However, the reader should be aware that because the laws, administrative rulings, and court decisions on which this publication is based are subject to constant revision, portions of this publication could become outdated at any time. Many details of cited laws are also left out due to space limitations.

This handbook is distributed with the understanding that the authors are not engaged in rendering legal or other professional advice and the information contained herein should not be regarded or relied upon as a substitute for professional advice. It is not all-inclusive in providing information to achieve compliance with laws and regulations governing the practice of agriculture. For these reasons, the use of these materials by any person constitutes an agreement to hold harmless the authors, UF/IFAS, the Agricultural Law Center, and the University of Florida for any liability claims, damages, or expenses that may be incurred by any person as a result of reference to or reliance upon the information contained in this publication.

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Footnotes

1. This is EDIS document FE466, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, UF/IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Published December 2003. Please visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

2. Michael T. Olexa, Professor in the Department of Food and Resource Economics and Director of the Agricultural Law Center, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, UF/IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, and Member of the Florida Bar and Chair of the Agricultural Law Committee of the Florida Bar; Aaron Leviten, Attorney in Orlando and guest lecturer on pesticide litigation at the University of Florida; and Kelly Samek, 2003 graduate of the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Larry Arrington, Dean.

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