Appendix II: ABBREVIATIONS
(Terms, Agencies, Programs) 


ACP      Agricultural Conservation Program (also USDA-ACP)
ACR      Acres Conservation Reserve (Federal Commodity Program)
AGNPS    Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Model
ANSWERS     Areal Nonpoint Source Watershed Environment Response Simulation (Model)
ARS      Agricultural Research Service, USDA
ASC      Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation  
ASCS     Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, USDA
A.U. (a.u.).   Animal Unit
BMP(s)      Best Management Practice(s)
BOD      Biochemical Oxygen Demand
CAT      Critical Area Treatment for Roadside Erosion
CES      Cooperative Extension Service, USDA
Chl      Chlorophyll 
cfs      Cubic Feet Per Second
Cl    Chloride
CLP      Clean Lakes Program, Section 314 of PL92-500
CM&E    Comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation
COD      Chemical Oxygen Demand
CRP      Conservation Reserve Program
CREAMS      Chemical Runoff and Erosion from Agricultural Management Systems (Model)
DEQ      Division of Environmental Quality
DO    Dissolved Oxygen
DP    Dissolved Phosphorous
DS       Dissolved Solids
DTP      Dairy Termination Program, USDA
ERS      Economic Research Service, USDA
ES    Extension Service, USDA (see also CES)
FC    Fecal Coliform
FDER     Florida Department of EnvironmentalRegulation
FmHA     Farmers Home Administration, USDA
FS    Fecal Streptococci
FS    Forest Service, USDA
FSA      Food Security Act (of 1985)
GIS      Geographic Information System
HEP      Habitat Evaluation Procedures
HUC      Hydrologic Unit Code (and Cataloging Unit)
I&E     Information and Education Programs
ICM      Integrated Crop Management
IGDO     Intragravel Dissolved Oxygen
IN    Inorganic Nitrogen
IPM      Integrated Pest Management
JTU      Jackson Turbidity Unit
LCC      Local Coordinating Committee
LTA      Long-Term Agreement (under USDA-ASCS ACP)
Mg/l     Milligrams Per Liter
MLRA     Major Land Resource Areas
MP    Moldboard Plow Treatment
MPN      Most Probable Number/100 ml
N        Nitrogen
NA    Not Available
NCC      National Coordinating Committee
NCSU     North Carolina State University
NDEC     Nebraska Department of Environmental Control
NH3      Ammonia-Nitrogen
NO2      Nitrite-Nitrogen
NO3      Nitrate-Nitrogen
NPDES       National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPS      Nonpoint Source
NT    No Tillage Treatment
NTU      Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
NWQEP    National Water Quality Evaluation Project
OP    Orthophosphate-Phosphorus
P     Phosphorus
PIK      Payment-in-Kind
PL-566      Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (PL83-566)
PLUARG      Pollution of the Great Lakes from Land Use Activities, Reference Group
ppb      Parts Per Billion
ppm      Parts Per Million
QA/QC    Quality Assurance/Quality Control
RCWP     Rural Clean Water Program
SCC      State Coordinating Committee
SCD      Soil Conservation District
SCS      Soil Conservation Service, USDA
Section 108a   Section 108a PL92-500; USEPA Pollution Control Demonstration - Great Lakes Basin
Section 208 Section 208 PL92-500; Planning for Wastewater Management
Section 319 Section 319, Water Quality Act of 1987
SFWMD    South Florida Water Management District
SS       Suspended Sediment
STORET      EPA STOrage and RETrieval Data Base for Water Quality
STP      Sewage Treatment Plant
SWIM     Surface Water Improvement and Management Plan, State of Florida
TC    Total Coliform
TCNS     Taylor Creek - Nubbin Slough Basin,Florida
TDS      Total Dissolved Solids
TKN      Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
TN    Total Nitrogen
TP    Total Phosphorus
TSS      Total Suspended Solids
TVS      Total Volatile Solids
USLE     Universal Soil Loss Equation
USDA     United States Department of Agriculture
USEPA    United States Environmental Protection Agency
USGS     United States Geologic Survey
USPHA    United States Public Health Association
VSS      Volatile Suspended Solids
WATSTORE USGS Water Data Storage System