AREP

Alliance for Responsible Energy Policy

ARPA

Archaeological Resources Protection Act

BCA

Biodiversity Conservation Alliance

BLM

Bureau of Land Management

CAA

Clean Air Act

CEDA

Clean Energy Development Authority

CEQ

Council on Environmental Quality

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CLI

Cultural Landscape Inventory

CNHP

Colorado Natural Heritage Program

CO

Carbon Monoxide

COAs

Conditions of Approval

COE

US Army Corps of Engineers

COGC

Colorado Oil & Gas Commission

CORA

Colorado Open Records Act

CoSEIA

Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association

CRES

Colorado Renewable Energy Society

CRS

Congressional Research Service (also Colorado Revised Statutes)

CSA

Crestone Spiritual Alliance

CWA

Clean Water Act

DOE

Department of Energy

DOI

Department of the Interior

DOT

Department of Transportation

EA

Environmental Assessment

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement

EO

Executive Order

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ESA

Endangered Species Act of 1973

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FERC

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FONSI

Finding of No Significant Impact

FR

Federal Register

FWS

Fish & Wildlife Service

FS

Forest Service

GAO

Governor’s Accountability Office

GEO

Governor’s Energy Office

GMP

General Management Plan

GPS

Global Positioning System

GRSA

Great Sand Dunes (Park Service Acronym)

GWPRF

Ground Water Protection Research Foundation

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

NAAQS

National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NAGPRA

Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act

NHPA

National Historic Preservation Act of 1966

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOI

Notice of Intent (to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement)

NPDES

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPS

National Park Service

NPS-66

NPS Minerals Management Guidelines

NPS-77

NPS Natural Resources Management Guidelines

NRDC

Natural Resource Defense Council

NRHP

National Register of Historic Places

NWR

National Wildlife Refuge

ONRW

Outstanding Natural Resource Waters

OPA

Oil Pollution Act

PA

NPS Servicewide Programmatic Agreement between NPS, SHPO, & ACHP

PEER

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

P.L.

Public Law

PM

Particulate Matter

POGO

Project on Government Oversight

PUC

Public Utilities Commission

RCRA

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RFP

Request for Proposals

RMEC

Rocky Mountain Energy Campaign

RMP

Resource Management Plan

ROD

Record of Decision

RV

Recreational vehicle

SHPO

State Historic Preservation Office

SMA

Special Management Area

SOF

Statement of Findings

SRCA

Southern Rockies Conservation Alliance

SSWCB

State Soil and Water Conservation Board

TDS

Total dissolved solids

T&E

Threatened and Endangered species

TEDX

The Endocrine Disruption Exchange

TWS

The Wilderness Society

UNESCO

United Nationals Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization

USCG

US Coast Guard

U.S.C.

United States Codes

USGS

US Geological Survey

VOCs

Volatile organic compounds

WGA

Western Governors Association

WRA

Western Resource Advocates

WREZ

Western Renewable Energy Zones