Fort Belvoir/BRAC-centric Army Acronyms
A
AAFES = Army and Air Force Exchange Service
AASHTO = American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials
ACHP = Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
ACP = Access Control Point
ACSIM = Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management
ADNL = A-Weighted Day-Night Sound Level
ADP = Area Development Plan
ADT = Average Daily Traffic
AEC = Army Environmental Center
AIA = Airport Impact Area
AMC = Army Materiel Command
AMEDD = Army Medical Department
AMSL = Above Mean Sea Level
AOC = Area of Concern
AOPC = Area of Potential Concern
APE = Area of Potential Effect
AQCR = Air-Quality Control Regions
AR = Army Regulation
ASA(I,L&E) = Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Installations, Logistics and Environment)
B
BA = Biological Assessment
BCA = Base Closure Account
BCP = BRAC Closure Plan
BCT = BRAC Cleanup Team
BEC = BRAC Environmental Coordinator
BES = Budget Estimate Submission
BG = general officer, O-7, brigadier general
BIO = Belvoir (Base) Integration Office
BLM = Bureau of Land Management
BMP = Best Management Practices
BNA = Belvoir North Area (formerly known as EPG/Engineer Proving Ground); also FBNA/Fort Belvoir North Area
BNVP = Belvoir New Vision Planners
BOA = Board of Advisors
BRAC = Base Realignment and Closure
BRACO = Base Realignment and Closure Office
BRAC 133 = WHS and OSD employees-siting deferred in ROD
BTC = Base Transition Coordinator
BTO = Base Transition Officer
BTT = BRAC Transfer Team
C
CAA = Clean Air Act
CAAA = Clean Air Act Amendments
CAC = construction all complete
CAMU = Corrective Action Measurement Unit
CC = Conference Center
CDC = Child Development Center
CDP = Census Designated Place
CE = Categorical Exclusion
CECOM = U.S. Army Communications/Electronics Command
CEQ = Council on Environmental Quality
CERCLA = Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
CERFA = Community Environmental Response Facilitation Act
CERL = U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
CFR = Code of Federal Regulations
CLS = Common Levels of Support
CNR = Cultural/Natural Resources
COB = close of business
COE = Center of Excellence
COL = field-grade officer, O-6, colonel
CONUS = Continental United States (within the 48 contiguous states)
COS = Center of Standardization
CPNC = Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital
CPT = company-grade officer, O-3, captain
CSA- Chief of Staff of Army
CSL = Common Levels of Support
CTC = cost to complete (environmental site investigation, remedy, closeout)
CUP = Central Utility Plant
CWA = Clean Water Act
CZMA = Coastal Zone Management Act
D
DA = Department of the Army
DAAF = Davison Army Airfield
DACSIM = Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management
DAR = Defense Access Roads
DB = Design-Build
dB = Decibel
dBA = A-Weighted Sound Pressure Level in Decibels
DBB = Design-Bid-Build
dBP = Linear Peak Sound Level
DCR = Department of Conservation and Recreation
DDESB = Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board
DEIS = Draft Environmental Impact Statement
DENIX = Defense Environmental Network and Information Exchange
DERA = Defense Environmental Restoration Account
DFMWR = Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation
DHR = Department of Historic Resources
DIA = Defense Intelligence Agency
DIS = Directorate of Installation Support
DLA = Defense Logistics Agency
DNL = Day-Night Average Sound Level
DoD = Department of Defense
DPG = Defense Planning Guidance
DPW = Directorate of Public Works
DSERTS = Defense Site Environmental Restoration Tracking System
DSMOA = Defense-State Memorandum of Agreement
DSV = Daily Service Volume
DSWC = Division of Soil and Water Conservation
DVP = Dominion Virginia Power
E
EA = Environmental Assessment
EBS = Environmental Baseline Survey
ECOP = Environmental Condition of Property
EE/CA = engineering evaluation/cost assessment
EIS = Environmental Impact Statement
EMS = Emergency Medical Services
ENRD = Environmental and Natural Resources Division
EO = Executive Order
EOD = Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EPA = Environmental Protection Agency
EPG = Engineer Proving Ground (former name of FBNA/Fort Belvoir North Area)
E&S = Erosion and Sediment
ESA = Endangered Species Act
ESC = Emergency Services Center
ESCA = Environmental Service Cooperative Agreement
ESOH = Environmental Safety Occupational Health
ESS = Explosive Safety Submission
F
FBCH = Fort Belvoir Community Hospital (new construction)
FBNA = Fort Belvoir North Area (also known as BNA, formerly EPG)
FCP = Fairfax County Parkway
FCPS = Fairfax County Public Schools
FCWA = Fairfax County Water Authority
FEIS = Final Environmental Impact Statement
FFA = Federal Facilities Agreement
FHWA = Federal Highways Administration
FICON = Federal Interagency Committee on Noise
FMV = Fair Market Value
FORSCOM = U.S. Army Forces Command
FONSI = Finding of no Significant Impact
FR = Federal Register
FS = Feasibility Study
Ft. = Fort
FTC = Fast-Track Cleanup
FUDS = Formerly Used Defense Site
G
GC = Garrison Commander
GAO = Government Accounting Office
GFPR = Guaranteed Fix Price for Remediation
GIS = Geographic Information System
GOCO = Government Owned, Contractor Operated
GSA = General Services Administration
H
HQDA = Headquarters, Department of the Army
HOV = High Occupancy Vehicle
HUD = Department of Housing and Urban Development
I
I&E = Installations and Environment
IAG = Interagency Agreement
IAW = in accordance with
IC = Installation Commander and also Institutional Control
ICPRB = Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
IDBB = Integrated Design-Bid-Build
IDG = Installation Design Guide
IGCE = Independent Government Cost Estimate
IMCOM = U.S. Army Installation Management Command
IMR = Interchange Modification Report
INCMP = Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan
INRMP = Integrated Natural Resouces Management Plan
INSCOM = US Army Intelligence and Security Command
IPR = In-process Review
ITR = Independent Technical Review
J
JCS = Joint Chiefs of Staff
JPA = Joint Permit Application
JUIAF = Joint-Use Intelligence Analysis Facility
K
KO = Contracting Officer
L
Leq = Equivalent Sound Level
LID = Low Impact Development
LOS = Level of Service
LRC = Long Range Component
LTC = field-grade officer, O-5, lieutenant colonel
LUC = Land Use Control
LUCAP = Land Use Control Assurance Plan
M
MACOM = major command (such as FORSCOM, AMC, or TRADOC)
MAJ = field-grade officer, O-4, major
MDA = Missile Defense Agency
MDW = Military District of Washington
MEDCOM = Medical Command
MG = general officer, O-8, major general
MILCON = Military Construction
MOA = Memorandum of Agreement
MOU = Memorandum of Understanding
MP = Military Police
MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area
MSC = Museum Support Center
MTMC = Military Traffic Management Command
MWAQC = Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee
MWCOG = Metropolitan Washington Council Of Governments
N
NAAQS = National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NAF = Non-Appropriated Fund
NARMC = North Atlantic Regional Medical Command
NBS = National Bureau of Standards
NCO = non-commissioned officer
NCPC = National Capital Planning Commission
NCR = National Capital Region
NEPA = National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 USC 4321, et seq., as amended
NFA = no further action
NGA = National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NGIC = National Ground Intelligence Center
NHP = National Heritage Program
NHPA = National Historic Preservation Act
NLT = not later than
NOA = Notice of Availability
NOI = Notice of Intent
NPL = National Priorities List
NPV = Net Present Value
NRDA = Natural Resources Damages Act
NRCS = Natural Resources Conservation Service
NVTA = Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance
O
OAA = Office of the Administrative Assistant (to the Secretary of the Army)
OCAR = Office of the Chief, Army Reserve
OCSA = Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
ODEP = Office of the Director of Environmental Programs
OE = Ordnance Explosives
OEA = Office of Economic Adjustment
OMB = Office of Management and Budget
OSD = Office of the Secretary of Defense
OU = operable unit
P
PAO = Public Affairs Office
PBS&J = Post, Buckley, Schuh, & Jernigan
PDEIS = Preliminary Draft Environmental Impact Statement
PEO EIS = Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems
PIB = Planning Integration Board
PM = Program Manager
PN = Project Number, also Personnel
POC = Point of Contact
POL = petroleum, oils, and lubricants
POM = Program Objective Memorandum
PTE = Potential to Emit
R
RCRA = Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
REALIGN = Some missions of the base will cease or be relocated, but others will remain. The active component will still be host of the remaining portion of the base. Only a portion of the base will be excessed and the property disposed, with realignment (missions ceasing or relocating) and property disposal being separate actions under Public Law 101-510. In cases where the base is both gaining and losing missions, the base is being realigned if it will experience a net reduction of DOD civilian personnel. In such situations, it is possible that no property will be excessed.
REC = Record of Environmental Consideration
RECEIVING BASE = A base that receives missions, units or activities relocating from a closing or realigning base. In cases where the base is both gaining and losing missions, the base is a receiving base if it will experience a net increase of DOD civilian personnel.
RELOCATE = The term used to describe the movement of missions, units, or activities from a closing or realigning base to another base. Units do not realign from a closing or a realigning base to another base, they relocate.
REO = Regional Environmental Office
RFEI = Request for Expression of Interest
RFI = Request for Information
RFP = Request for Proposal
RMA = Resource Management Area
ROC Drill = Rehearsal of Concept Drill
ROD = Record of Decision
RONA = Record of Non-Applicability
ROW = Right -of- Way
RPA = Resource Protection Area
RPM = Remedial Project Manager
RPMP-LRC = Real Property Master Plan-Long Range Component
RRSE = Relative Risk Site Evaluation
RTA = Ready to Advertise
RWSA = Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority
S
SA = Secretary of the Army
SCS = Soil Conservation Service
SDDC = Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
SEIS = Supplemental EIS
SFAC = Soldier and Family Assistance Center (part of Warrior Transition Complex)
SGT = Sergeant (E-5)
SHPO = State Historic Preservation Office
SMA = Sergeant Major of the Army (E-9)
SME = subject-matter expert
SOM = Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP
SOV = Single Occupancy Vehicle
SRC = Short Range Component
SWMU = Solid Waste Management Unit
SSP = Service Support Programs
T
TCM = Traffic Coordination Management
TDA = Table of Distribution and Allowances
TDM = Travel Demand Management
TEA = Transportation Engineering Agency
TERC = Total Environmental Restoration Contract
TES = Threatened and Endangered Species
TMP = Transportation Management Plan and also Transportation Management Program
TRADOC = U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
U
US 1 = U.S. Route 1, Jefferson Davis Highway (Richmond Highway)
USACE = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USANCA = U.S. Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency
USARC = U.S. Army Reserve Command
USATCES = U.S. Army Technical Center for Explosive Safety
USEPA = U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
USGS = U.S.Geological Survey
UXO = Unexploded Ordnance
V
VDACS = Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
VDCR = Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
VDCR-DNH = Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation- Division of Natural Heritage
VDEQ = Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
VDGIF = Virginia Department of Games and Inland Fisheries
VDHR = Virginia Department of Historic Resouces
VDOT = Virginia Department of Transportation
VEDP = Virginia Economic Development Partnership
VMT = Vehicle Miles Traveled
VNHP = Virginia National Heritage Program
VOC = volatile organic compound
VRE = Virginia Railway Express
W
WHS = Washington Headquarters Services
WTU = Warrior Transition Unit
www = world wide web
Other useful links and resources for Army acronyms in general are pasted below:
http://www.hqda.army.mil:80/acsim/brac/pt_files/pt_acronyms.htm
http://www.army.mil/aps/08/addenda/addenda_d.html