APPENDIX H ACRONYMS
BEMR
The 1996 Baseline Environmental Management Report
DOD
U.S. Department of Defense
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DOE-EM (EM)
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management
DOE-ER (ER)
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research
EM-50
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, Office of Science and Technology
EMSP
U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Management Science Program
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FACA
Federal Advisory Committee Act
FY
fiscal year (for the U.S. government, October 1 of a given year through September 30 of the following year)
GAO
U.S. General Accounting Office
GPO
U.S. Government Printing Office
GPRA
Government Performance and Results Act
HLW
high-level waste
H.R.
U.S. House of Representatives Bill
INEL
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NABIR
Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation Program
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NBS
National Bureau of Standards
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation