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*Three Californias Project
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Fall 2011 Baja California
Course
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Institute for Regional Studies
of the Californias
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive, AL 377
San Diego, CA 92182-6039
Location:Arts & Letters 377
Telephone: (619) 594-5423
Fax: (619) 594-5474
Email:irsc@mail.sdsu.edu
Last Update:
2/10/12
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Glossary of Abbreviations
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
| ACAAN |
Acuerdo de Cooperación Ambiental
del Norte (see NAAEC ) |
| ADEQ |
Arizona Department of Environmental
Quality |
| ADHS |
Arizona Department of Health Services |
| Aduana |
Mexican Customs |
| ADWR |
Arizona Department of Water Resources |
| AGFD |
Arizona Game and Fish Department |
| AID |
U.S. Agency for International Development |
| APHIS |
Agriculture Pest Health Inspection
Service |
| ASU |
Arizona State University |
| ATI |
Arizona Toxics Information |
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxics Substance
and Disease Registry |
| BANDAN |
Banco para el Desarollo de América
del Norte (see NADBank ) |
| BBS |
Bulletin Board System |
| BECC |
Border Environment Cooperation
Commission (see COCEF) |
| BHO |
Border Health Office |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
| BMP |
Best Management Practices |
| BOR |
Bureau of Reclamation |
| BRD |
Biological Resources Division of
USGS |
| CalBECC |
Califorina Border Environment Cooperation
Commission |
| Cal-EPA |
California Environmental Protection
Agency |
| CAMEO |
Computer Aided Management of Emergency
Operations |
| CANACINTRA |
Camara Nacional de la Industria
de Transformacion (National Chamber of Commerce of Industrial Transformation) |
| CARB |
California Air Resources Board |
| CCA |
Comisión de Coperación
Ambiental de América del Norte (see CEC ) |
| CCPC |
Comité Consultivo Público
Conjunto de la CCA (see JPAC ) |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
| CDFG |
California Department of Fish and
Game |
| CDHS |
California Department of Health
Services |
| CEAS |
Comisión de Estatal de Aguas
y Saneamiento de Coahuila (Coahuila State Commission for Water and Sanitation |
| CEC |
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
(see CCA ) |
| CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality |
| CERCLIS |
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act Information System |
| CES |
Centro Ecolóico de Sonora
(Sonora Ecological Center) |
| CESPM |
Comité Estatal de Servicios
Públicos de Mexicali (State Committee for Public Services of Mexicali) |
| CFP |
Cooperative Fisheries Program |
| CHP |
California Highway Patrol |
| CICA |
U.S.-Mexico Information Center
on Air Pollution |
| CICOPLAFEST |
Comisión InterSecretarial
para el Control de Plaguicidas, Fertilizantes y Subtancias Tóxicas
(Interagency Commission for the Control of Pesticides, Fertilizers and
Toxic Substances) |
| CICTUS |
Centro de Investigaciónes
Científicas y Tecnológicas (Center for Scientific and Technological
Substances) |
| CIDESON |
Centro de Investigación
y Desarollo de Sonora (Sonora Center for Research and Development) |
| CIESIN |
Consortium for International Earth
Sciences Information Network |
| CILA |
Comisión Internacional de
Límites y Aguas (see IBWC) |
| CITES |
Convention on International Trade
for Endangered Species |
| CLAM |
Comité Local Para Ayuda
Mutua (Local Committee for Mutual Assistance) |
| CNA |
Comisión Nacional de Agua
(National Water Commission) |
| COAPES |
Comisión de Auga Potable
y Alcantarillado del Estado de Sonora (Sonora State Commission for Drinking
Water and Sewers) |
| COCEF |
Comisión de Cooperación
Ecológico Fronterizo (see BECC ) |
| COLEF |
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
(College of the Northern Border) |
| CONABIO |
Comisión Nacional para el
Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (National Commission for the Knowledge
and Use of Biodiversity) |
| CONACYT |
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
(National Advisory Council for Science and Technology) |
| COSAE |
Comisión de Servicios de
Agua del Estado de Baja California (Water Utilities Commission for the
Sate of Baja) |
| CWS |
Canadian Wildlife Service |
| DEM |
Digital Elevation Model |
| DGPS |
Differential Geographic Positioning
System |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human
Services |
| DIAAPROY |
Diseño, Asesoría,
y Administración de Proyectos, S.A. de C.V. (Project Design, Asistance,
and Management, Inc.) |
| DLG |
Digital Line Graph |
| DOC |
U.S. Department of Commerce |
| DOD |
U.S. Department of Defense |
| DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOI |
U.S. Department of Interior |
| DOJ |
U.S. Department of Justice |
| DOQ |
Digital Ortho-Quadrangles |
| DOS |
U.S. Department of State |
| DOT |
U.S. Department of Transportation |
| DRG's |
Digital Raster Graphics |
| DUMAC |
Ducks Unlimited de Mexico, A.C. |
| EDF |
Environmental Defense Fund |
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
| EJ |
Environmental Justice |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPA-OW |
Environmental Protection Agency - Department
of Water |
| EPA-R6 |
Environmental Protection Agency - Region 6 |
| EPA-R9 |
Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9 |
| EPCCHED |
El Paso City and County Health and Environment
Department |
| EPCRA |
Emergency Planing and Community Right to Know
Act |
| EPOMEX |
Programa de Ecología, Pesca, y Oceanografía
del Golfo de México (Gulf of Mexico Program for Ecology, Fisheries,
and Oceanography) |
| EPWD |
El Paso Water District |
| FCC |
U.S. Field Coordinating Committee
(DOI) |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
| FONSI |
Finding Of No Significant Impact |
| FWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| GCD |
Grupo Coordinador Estatal del Proyecto
de Descentralización (State Corrdinating Group for the Decentralization
Project) |
| GGA |
Grupo de Gestión Ambiental
Estatal (State Environment Management Group) |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GIWW |
Gulf Intercoastal Waterway |
| GLEEPA |
General Law of Ecological Equilibrium
and Environmental Protection Act |
| GNEB |
Good Neighbor Environmental Board |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| HAZMAT |
Hazardous Materials |
| HAZTRAKS |
Hazardous Waste Tracking System |
| HCCCI |
"Hazardous Cargo Carrier Compliance
Initiative" |
| HHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services |
| HMMD |
County of San Diego - Hazardous
Materials Management Division |
| HRSA |
Health Resources and Services Administration |
| HUD |
U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development |
| IADB |
Inter-American Development Bank |
| IB |
Instituto de Biología, UNAM
(Biology Institute, UNAM) |
| IBEP |
Integrated Border Environmental
Plan, Integrated Environmental Plan for the U.S.-Mexico Border Area,
First Stage (1992-94) |
| IBWC |
International Boundary and Water
Commission (see CILA) |
| ICC |
Interagency Coordinating Committee |
| ICMA |
International City/County Management
Association |
| IID |
Imperial Irrigation District |
| IMADES |
Instituto del Medio Ambiente y
Desarollo Sustenable del Estado de Sonora (State of Sonora Institute for
the Environment and Sustainable Development) - formed through the joining
of CIDESON and CES |
| IMSS |
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
(Mexican Institute for Social Security) |
| INAH |
Instituto Nacional de Antropología
e Historia (National Institute for Anthropology and History) |
| Inc. |
Incorporated (see S.A. de C.V.) |
| INE |
Instituto Nacional de Ecología
(National Institute for Ecology) |
| INEGI |
Instituto Nacional de Estadística,
Geografía, e Informática (National intitute for Statistics,
Geography, and Information) |
| INIFAP |
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones
Forestales, Agrícola y Pecuaria (National Institute for Investigations
of Forests, Agriculture and Livestock) |
| INP |
Instituto Nacional de Pesca (National
Institute of Fisheries) |
| ISO 14000 |
International Standards Organization
14000 (14000 is a series of standards on environmental management) |
| ISSSTE |
Instituto de Seguridad Social y
Servicios para los Trabajadres del Estado (Institute for Social Security
and Services for State Workers) |
| ITESM |
Instituto Tecnológico de
Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Technology Institute of Superior Studies
of Monterrey) |
| ITT |
Instituto Tecnológica de
Tijuana (Technology Institute of Tijuana) |
| IWMB |
Integrated Waste Management Board |
| IWRC |
Iowa Waste Reduction Center |
| IWTP |
International Waste Water Treatment
Plant |
| JCP |
Joint Contingency Plan |
| JMAS |
Junta Municipial de Alcantarillado
y Saneamiento de Ciudad Juárez (Sewer and Sanitation Municipal
Authority for Ciudad Juarez) |
| JPAC |
Joint Public Advisory Committee
for the CEC (see CCPC) |
| JRT |
Joint Response Team |
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| LEPC |
Local Emergency Planning Committee |
| LIDAR |
Light, Intensity, Distancing, and
Ranging |
| LLRW |
Low-Level Radioactive Waste |
| LOI |
Letter of Intent |
| lps |
Liters per second |
| MCAS |
Marine Corps Air Station |
| MEXUS |
MOU (see MOU) on fisheries investigation
between Mexico and the U.S. for the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean |
| MGP |
Manufactured Gas Plant |
| MMS |
U.S. Minerals and Mines Service |
| MSCP |
Multi-Species Conservation Program |
| MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheets |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| NAAEC |
North American Agreement on Environmental
Cooperation (see ACAAN) |
| NAAQS |
National Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| NADBank |
North American Development Bank
(see BANDAN) |
| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement
(see TLC) |
| NAS |
National Audubon Society |
| NASQAN |
National Stream Quality Accounting
Network |
| NAWCC |
North American Waterfowl Conservation
Commission |
| NAWQAP |
National Water Quality Assessment
Program |
| NBEP |
Northern Border Environmental Program
(see PAFN) |
| NBII |
National Biological Information
Infrastructure |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization (see ONG) |
| NIEHS |
National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences |
| NIH |
National Institute of Health |
| NIWTP |
Nogales International Wastewater
Treatment Plant |
| NJDEP |
New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection |
| NMBHO |
New Mexico Border Health Office |
| NMDFG |
New Mexico Department of Fish and
Game |
| NMDOH |
New Mexico Department of Health |
| NMED |
New Mexico Environment Department |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Services |
| NM-GIC |
New Mexico - Geographic Information
Council |
| NMSU |
New Mexico State University |
| NOAA |
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration |
| NOS |
U.S. National Ocean Service |
| NOx |
Oxides of Nitrogen |
| NPS |
National Parks Service |
| NRCS |
U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| NTDs |
Neural Tube Defects |
| NWR |
National Wildlife Refuge |
| O3 |
Ozone |
| OCRM |
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management |
| ONG |
Organizaciones No Gubernamentales
(see NGO ) |
| OPS |
Organización Panamericana
para la Salud (see PAHO) |
| OWD |
Otay Water District |
| OWM |
Office of Wastewater Management |
| P2 |
Pollution Prevention/Prevención
de la Contaminación |
| PAFN |
Programa Ambiental de la Frontera
Norte (see NBEP ) |
| PAH |
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
| PAHO |
Pan American Health Organization
(see OPS ) |
| Pb |
Lead |
| PCS |
Permit Compliance System |
| PEMEX |
Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexican Petroleum
Company) |
| PHS |
Public Health Service |
| PM-10 |
Particulate Matter (size = less
than 10 Microns) |
| PND |
Plan Nacional de Desarollo (Mexico's
National Development Plan) |
| POTW |
Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
| PROFAUNA |
Asociación para la Protección
de la Fauna, A.C. (Association for the Protection of Wildlife) |
| PROFEPA |
Procuraduría Federal de
Protección al Ambiente (Federal Attorney General for Environmental
Protection) |
| PRTR |
Pollution Release Transfer Registry
(see RETC ) |
| PSU |
Pennsylvania State University |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QC |
Quality Control |
| RETC |
Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia
de Contaminabtes (see PRTR ) |
| RMRS |
Rocky Mountain Research Station |
| RTP |
Research Triangle Park |
| RWQCB |
Regional Water Quality Control
Board |
| S.A.
de C.V. |
Sociedad Anónima de Capital
Variable (see Inc. ) |
| SAGAR |
Secretaría de Agricultura,
Ganadería, y Desarollo Rural (Mexican Secretariat for Agriculture,
Cattle and Rural Development) |
| SAHOPE |
Secretaría de Asentamientos
Humanos y Obras Públicas del Estado (Baja California State Secretariat
for Human Housing and Public Works ) |
| SARH |
Secretaría de Agricultura
y Recursos Hidráulicos (Mexican Secretariat for Agriculture and
Hydraulic Resources) |
| SCT |
Secretaría de Comunicaciones
y Transportes (Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transportation) |
| SCERP |
Southwest Center for Environmental
Research and Policy |
| SDSU |
San Diego State University |
| SE |
Secretariat of Energy |
| SEAGO |
Southeastern Arizona Governments
Organization |
| SEDESOL |
Secretaría de Desarollo
Social (Mexico's Secretary for Social Development) |
| SEDUE |
Secretaría de Desarollo
Urbano y Ecología (Mexican Secretariat for Urban Development and
Ecology) |
| SEMARNAT |
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente
y Recursos Naturales (Mexico's Secretary for the Environment and Natural
Resources) |
| SEPs |
Supplemental Environmental Projects |
| SERC |
State Emergency Response Commission |
| SFFS |
Subsecretaría Forestal y
de la Fauna Silvestre (Subsecretariat for Forestry and Wildlife) |
| SIP |
State Implementation Plan |
| SIUE |
Secretaría de Infraestrucura
Urbana y Ecología, Sonora (Secretary for Urban Infrastructure and
Ecology, Sonora) |
| SO2 |
Sulfur Dioxide |
| SQGs |
Small Quantity Generators |
| SRE |
Secretaría de Relaciones
Exteriores (Mexico's Secretariat for External Affairs) |
| SRN |
Subsecretaría de Recursos
Naturales (Subsecretariat for Natural Resources - under SEMARNAT) |
| SSA |
Secretaría de Salud (Mexico's
Secretary of Health) |
| SWRCB |
State Water Resources Control Board
(California) |
| TB |
Tuberculosis |
| TCP |
Traditional Cultural Properties |
| TDH |
Texas Department of Health |
| TDPS |
Texas Department of Public Safety |
| Texas - STEP |
Texas - Small Towns Environment
Program |
| TGLO |
Texas General Land Office |
| TIGER |
Topologically Integrated Geographic
Encoding and Referencing |
| TLC |
Tratado de Libre Comercio (see NAFTA) |
| TLLRWDA |
Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste
Disposal Authority |
| TNRCC |
Texas Natural Resource Conservation
Commission |
| TNRIS |
Texas Natural Resource Information
System |
| TPWD |
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
| TRI |
Toxics Release Inventory |
| TRIP |
Transboundary Resource Inventory
Project |
| TSD |
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal |
| TSP |
Total Suspended Particles |
| TWDB |
Texas Water Development Board |
| TX-GISPC |
Texas Geographic Information Systems
Planing Council |
| UAAAN |
Universidad Autónoma Agraria
Antonio Narro (Antonio Narro Autonomous Agrarian University) |
| UABC |
Universidad Autónoma de
Baja California (Autonomous University of Baja California ) |
| UACH |
Universidad Autónoma de
Chihuahua (Autonomous University of Chihuahua) |
| UAG |
Universidad Autónoma de
Guadalajara (Autonomous University of Guadalajara) |
| UAM |
Universidad Autónoma de
Metropolitania (Autonomous University of Metropolitania) |
| UANL |
Universidad Autónoma de
Nuevo León (Autonomous University of Nuevo León) |
| UAS |
Universidad Autónoma de
Sonora (Autonomous University of Sonora) |
| UAT |
Universidad Autónoma de
Tamaulipas (Autonomous University of Tamaulipas) |
| UCANP |
Unidad Coordinadora de Areas Naturales
Protegidas, INE (Division of Coordination of Natural Protected Areas) |
| UCAI |
Unidad de Coordinación de
Asuntos Internacionales, SEMARNAT (Division of Coordination of International
Activities ) |
| UCD |
University of California Davis |
| UNAM |
Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de Mexico (Autonomous National University of Mexico) |
| UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environmental
Development |
| UNISON |
Universidad de Sonora (University
of Sonora) |
| UNM |
University of New Mexico |
| UNT |
University of North Texas |
| U of A |
University of Arizona |
| USACE |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| USAID |
U.S. Agency of International Development |
| USD |
United States Dollars |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USFS |
U.S. Forest Service |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
| USMBHA |
U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association |
| UT |
University of Texas |
| UTA |
University of Texas at Austin |
| UT-BEG |
University of Texas - Bureau of
Economic Geology |
| UTEP |
University of Texas at El Paso |
| U of U |
University of Utah |
| VOCs |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
| WEF |
Water Environment Federation |
| WERC |
Waste-Management Education and
Research Consortium |
| WGA |
Western Governors Association |
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