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Acronyms/Abbreviations
ABBSSS: Assessment Branch Biological Studies Section Staff
AIMS: Assessment Information Management System
BEACH: Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health
BEAP: Small Business Environmental Assistance Program
BMP: Best Management Practice
C: Condition
CAFO: Confined Animal Feeding Operations
CSO: Combined Sewer Overflow
CSREES: Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
CTAP: Compliance and Technical Assistance Program
CWA: Clean Water Act
CWI: Clean Water Indiana
CZARA: Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments
CZM: Coastal Zone Management
CZMA: Coastal Zone Management Act
DNP: Division of Nature Preserves
DOD: Department of Defense
DOW: Division of Water
DQO: Data Quality Objective
E. coli: Escherichia Coli
FFY: Federal Fiscal Year
FHWA: Federal Highway Administration
FSA: Farm Service Agency
GIS: Geographic Information System
GRTS: Grant Reporting and Tracking System
IASWCD: Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
IDEM: Indiana Department of Environmental Management
IDNR: Indiana Department of Natural Resources
IGS: Indiana Geological Survey
INDOT: Indiana Department of Transportation
IR: Indiana's Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report
ISDA: Indiana State Department of Agriculture
ISDH: Indiana State Department of Health
LARE: Lake and River Enhancement
LMCP: Lake Michigan Coastal Program
M: Management
MS4: Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPS: Nonpoint Source
NRCS: Natural Resources Conservation Service
OCRM: Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
OICS: Office of the Indiana State Chemist
OWM: Office of Watershed Management
OWQ: Office of Water Quality
QAPP: Quality Assurance Project Plan
QA/QC: Quality Assurance/Quality Control
RC&D: Resource Conservation and Development
RPD: Relative Percent Difference
S: Stressor
SPEA: School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
SMART: Specific, Measurable, Agreed-Upon, Realistic, and Time-Specific
SRF: State Revolving Fund
SSCB: State Soil Conservation Board
STEPL: Spreadsheet Tool for Estimating Pollutant Loads
STORET: Storage and Retrieval
SWCD: Soil and Water Conservation Districts
TMDL: Total Maximum Daily Load
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture
U.S. EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency
USFWS: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
USFS: United States Forest Service
USGS: United States Geological Survey
WebRIT: Web-Based Reach Indexing Tool
WMP: Watershed Management Plan
WQX: Water Quality Exchange
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