APPENDIX A

ACRONYMS

BMP - Best Management Practice

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

E&S - Erosion and Sedimentation

FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency

NACD - National Association of Conservation Districts

NPDES - National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service

OMB - Office of Management and Budget

PACD - Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.

PA DEP - Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

PA DCNR - Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

PA DOT - Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

PL 566 - Public Law 566 (Small Watersheds and Flood Prevention)

RAMP - Rural Abandoned Mine Program

RC&D - Resource Conservation and Development Council

SCC - State Conservation Commission

USDA - United States Department of Agriculture