11. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

AG agricultural zoning

AGR agricultural-residential zoning

bbl billion barrels of oil

BNSF Burlington Northern - Sante Fe Railway Company

BOS Build Out Land Use Plan (Scenario I)

BOS II Build Out Land Use Plan (Scenario II)

BTU British Thermal Unit

CERCLIS Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabilities Index System

dBA noise level in decibels weighted with A-frequency response

EIS Environmental Impact Statement

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

FHWA Federal Highway Administration

FWS Fish and Wildlife Service

GIS geographic information system

HOV high occupancy vehicle

HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

I-80 U.S. Interstate 80

LES Lincoln Electric System

LOS level of service

LPSNRD Lower Platte South Natural Resources District

LUST leaking underground storage tank

LWCF Land and Water Conservation Fund

N-2 Nebraska Highway 2

NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NAC noise abatement criteria

NDEQ Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality

NDOR Nebraska Department of Roads

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

NeSHPO Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office

NFA no further action

NFIP National Flood Insurance Program

NGPC Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

NNHP Nebraska National Heritage Program

NPL National Priorities List

NRHP National Register of Historic Places

OPPD Omaha Public Power District

PM₁₀ particulate matter

PPP public participation program

RCRIS Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System

ROW right of way

RTSD Rail Transportation Safety District

SFM Nebraska State Fire Marshall

SHPO State Historic Preservation Office

TDM transportation demand management

TSD treat, store, or dispose

TSM transportation system management

UP Union Pacific Railroad

US 77 U.S. Highway 77

US 6 U.S. Highway 6, Cornhusker Highway

US 34 U.S. Highway 34, O Street

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture

USEPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

UST underground storage tank

V/C volume to capacity ratios

VHT vehicle hours traveled

VMT vehicle miles traveled

WHPA Wellhead Protection Area

WHPP Wellhead Protection Program

GLOSSARY

arterial street

at-grade

A-weighted, equivalent level noise descriptor

benefit-cost ratios

circumferential roadway system

cut and fill

dBA / decibel

discount rate

economic efficiency benefits

environmental constraints

environmental justice

feasibility study

floodway

grade-separated

historical resources

hydraulics

hydrology

infrastructure

internal rate of return

life cycle approach

noise abatement measures

residual value

right of way

Section 4(f)

Section 6(f)

strategy sets

Supercommons

through traffic

urban sprawl

100-year floodplain