Glossary

This page will expand many of the acronyms and abbreviations you may encounter with the WVDEP Division of Mining and Reclamation.

A

  • AEPP - Aquatic Ecosystem Protection Plans
  • AML&R - Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation
  • AMP - Adaptive Management Plans

B

D

E

  • eDMR - Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report
  • EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
  • eSS/ESS - WVDEP's  Electronic Submission System

F

  • FATT - Flood Advisory Technical Team
  • FTC - Fish Tissue Compliance

I

  • ICIS - EPA's Integrated Compliance Information System

N

  • NPDES - National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

O

  • OSM - Office of Surface Mining
  • OSMRE - Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement

P

  • PPV - Peak Particle Velocity

S

U

  • UIC - Underground Injection Control
  • USBM - United States Bureau of Mines
  • USFWS - United States Fish and Wildlife Service

W

  • WET - Whole Effluent Toxicity