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The Florida Agricultural Handbook of Solid and Hazardous Waste Regulation: List of Acronyms1

Michael T. Olexa and Ian Goldfarb2

  • APA – Administrative Procedure Act (United States 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; merged with the Department of Natural Resources to become the Department of Environmental Protection)

  • DNR – Department of Natural Resources (Florida; now defunct; 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 (United States and Florida)

  • EPA – Environmental Protection Agency (United States)

  • 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

  • LEPC – 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

  • WMD – Water Management District

Footnotes

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This is EDIS document FE784, a publication of the Food and Resource Economics Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Published November 2008. Please visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

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

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Michael T. Olexa, professor, Food and Resource Economics Department; director, Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Law, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and member, Florida Bar and Agricultural Law Committee of the Florida Bar; and Ian Goldfarb, graduate student, Levin College of Law and Hough Graduate School of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

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.