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35 AA Alternatives Analysis AAR Association of American Railroads AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AMPO Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations APTA American Public Transportation Association ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 BLM Bureau of Land Management BNSF BNSF Railway BRC Beltway of Chicago BRT Bus rapid transit CAC Community Advisory Committee; Citizens Advisory Committee Caltrans California Department of Transportation CDOT Chicago Department of Transportation; Colorado Department of Transportation CE Categorical Exclusion CEQ Council on Environmental Quality CIP Corridor Improvement Project (75th CIP of CREATE) CN Canadian National Railway Company CP Canadian Pacific Railway CPG Chicago Planning Group CREATE Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program CRC Columbia River Crossing Project CRMF Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility (I-70 East Corridor Project) CSX CSX Transportation C-TRAN Clark County (Washington) Public Transit Benefit Area Authority DART Dallas Area Rapid Transit DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement DERM Miami-Dade County Department of Environmental Resource Management DFW Dallas/Fort Worth Airport DIA Denver International Airport DIAAH Dulles International Airport Access Highway DOT Department of Transportation DRCOG Denver Regional Council of Governments DRPT Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation DUS Denver Union Station DXE DesertXpress Enterprises, LLC EA Environmental Assessment Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms
36 EAT Environmental Action Team (East Link project) ECAD Environmental Class of Action Determination EIS Environmental Impact Statement EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ESA Endangered Species Act FAA Federal Aviation Administration FDEP Florida Department of Environmental Protection FDOT Florida Department of Transportation FEC Florida East Coast Railway FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement FFGA Full Funding Grant Agreement FHWA Federal Highway Administration FLPMA Federal Land Policy and Management Act FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration FTE Florida Turnpike Enterprise HAZMAT Hazardous materials HCT High-capacity transit HSIPR High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program ICCC Intergovernmental Coordination and Compliance Committee (I-70 East Corridor project) ICOET International Conference on Ecology and Transportation IDOT Illinois Department of Transportation IJR Interchange Justification Report InterCEP Interstate Collaborative Environmental Process (Columbia River Crossing Project) LAS Las Vegas McCarran International Airport LPA Locally preferred alternative LRT Light rail transit MDOT Maryland Department of Transportation Metro The metropolitan planning organization of Portland, OR MIS Major Investment Study MOU Memorandum of Understanding MPO Metropolitan planning organization MSAT mobile source air toxics MWAA Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NCTCOG North Central Texas Council of Governments NDOT Nevada Department of Transportation NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NOFA Notice of Funding Availability NPS National Park Service NS Norfolk Southern Corp. ODOT Oregon Department of Transportation; Ohio Department of Transportation OKI Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments P3 Public-Private Partnership PD&E Project Development and Environmental PennDOT Pennsylvania Department of Transportation PMOC Project Management Oversight Consultant (Columbia River Crossing project)
37 POMT Port of Miami Tunnel PSC Project Sponsors Council (Columbia River Crossing Project) PSRC Puget Sound Regional Council ROD Record of Decision RPZ Runway Protection Zone RTC Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council RTD Regional Transportation District SAFETEA-LU The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users Section 106 Historic resources review compliant with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 SEPA State Environmental Policy Act (Washington State) SHPO State Historic Preservation Officer SNSA Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport SORTA Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority SPEED Systematic, Project Expediting, Environmental Decision-Making Strategy (CREATE program) STB Surface Transportation Board TAC Technical Advisory Committee TIFIA Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act TIGER Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (federal grant program) TCAPP Transportation for CommunitiesâAdvancing Projects through Partnerships TOD Transit-oriented development TRB Transportation Research Board T-REX TRansportation EXpansion Project (Denver, CO) Tri-Met Tri-County Metropolitan Transit District (Portland, OR) TSM Transportation system management TxDOT Texas Department of Transportation USCG U.S. Coast Guard U.S. DOT U.S. Department of Transportation UDOT Utah Department of Transportation UP Union Pacific Corporation USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USFWS U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service UTA Utah Transit Authority WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority WSDOT Washington State Department of Transportation WSRA Wild and Scenic Rivers Act WVDOT West Virginia Department of Transportation
