Glossary of Acronyms
AAFC Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
AAPCO American Association of Pest Control Officials
AAPSE American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators
AChE Acetylcholinesterase
ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific States
ACRC Ag Container Recycling Council
ACS American Chemical Society
ADI Allowable Daily Intake
AHETF Agricultural Handlers Exposure Task Force
AI Active Ingredient
ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable
ANLA American Nursery and Lanscaping Association
APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APLU Association of Public Land-grant Universities
APS The American Phytopathological Society
APSCRO Association of Structural Pest Control Regulatory Officials
APVMA Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
APWSS Asian Pacific Weed Science Society
ARIA Alternative Risk Integration and Assessment
ARDA Analytical Raw Data Audit
ARfD Acute Reference Dose
ARS Agricultural Research Service
ARTF Agricultural Reentry Task Force
ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations
ASHS American Society of Horticulture Science
ASR Analytical Summary Report
ASRA Analytical Summary Report Audit
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
AU African Union
AWWA American Water Works Association
BCA BiocontrolAgent
BEAD Biological Effects Analysis Division in OPP
BLM Bureau of Land Management
BMP Best Management Practice
BMR Benchmark Response
BPPD Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division in OPP
C & T Certification and Training
CA Controlled Atmosphere
CAC Codex Alimentarius Commission
CARAT Committee to Advise on Reassessment and Transition
CARES Cumulative and Aggregate Risk Evaluation System
CAST Council for Agriculture Science and Technology
CBI Confidential Business Information
CCPR Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues
CDC Centers for Disease Control
CDR California Department of Pesticide Regulation
CEL Comparative effect level
CES Cooperative Extension Service
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
ChEI Cholinesterase inhibition
CLC Commodity Liasion Committee
COLEACP Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Liaison Committee
CNS Central nervous system
CPAC Community of Central Africa Countries
CPDA Chemical Producers and Distributors Association
CRA Cumulative Risk Assessment
CRO Contract Research Organization
CRP Conservation Reserve Program
CSPA Chemical Specialty Products Association
CSRA Contributing Scientist Report Audit
CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (now National Institute Food & Agriculture NIFA)
CTAG Certification and Training Assessment Group in USEPA
CV/s Curriculum vitae, plural curricula vita
CWG Commodity Working Groups
CWPB Certification and Worker Protection Branch in USEPA
CWS Community Water Systems
DCI Data Call In
DER Data evaluation record, a review of a toxicity study
DG SANCO [EU] Directorate General Health and Consumers
DOD Department of Defense
DoI Department of the Interior
EAC East African Community
EAPIC East Africa Phytosanitary Information Committee
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
ECPA European Crop Protection Association
EDF European Development Fund
EEC Estimated Environmental Concentration
EFED Environmental Fate and Effects Division
EGMU [OECD] Expert Group on Minor Uses
ELISA Enzyme-linked Immunoabsorbent Assay
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPPO European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization
eQA/eDocs IR-4’s Electronic Quality Assurance/DocumentManagement System
EQIP Environmental Quality Incentives Program
ESA Entomological Society of America
EUP Experimental Use Permit
EWG [EU] Expert Working Group
EWG Electronic Working Group
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FAS USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
FCPI Field Critical Phase Inspection
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FDB Field Data Book
FEAD Field and External Affairs Division
FFDCA Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
FI Facility Inspection
FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
FNSEA Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d’Exploitants Agricoles (National Federation of Farmer’s Unions)
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FQPA Food Qualtiy Protection Act (Please note that this act was amended by both FIFRA and FFDCA)
FRA1 Final Report Audit 1
FRA2 Final Report Audit 2
FRD Field Research Director
FRDA Field Raw Data Audit
FSA Farm Service Agency
FWS (U.S.) Fish and Wildlife Service
GAO Government Accounting Office
GAP Good Agricultural Practice
GIPSA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
GIS Geographic Information System
GJR Global Joint Review
GLP Good Laboratory Practices
GMO Genetically Modified Organism
GMUS Global Minor Use Summit
GOF Model goodness-of-fit
GRAS Generally Regarded as Safe
GRDC Grains Research and Development Corporation
HAL Horticulture Australia Limited
HED Health Effects Division
HR High Residue
HRI Horticultural Research Institute
ICGCC International Crop Grouping Consulting Committee
IESTI International Estimate of Short-term Intake
IPDN International Plant Diagnostic Network
IPM Integrated Pest Management
IPPC International Plant Protection Convention
IR-4 Interregional Research Project No. 4
JMPR -The Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues
LAN Local Area Network
LCPI Laboratory Critical Phase Inspection
LOAEL Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level
LOQ Limit of Quantitation
MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
MCFA Minor Crops Farmer Alliance
MCL Maximum Contaminant Level
MOE Margin of Exposure
MRID# Master Record Identification Number (from EPA)
MRL Maximum Residue Levels
MUPP Minor Use Pesticides Programme
MUPPS Minor Use Pesticides Programme System [database]
NAFTA North American Free Trade Area
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NAWQA National Water Quality Assessment Program
NCEA National Center for Environmental Assessment
NCFAP National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy
NCSU North Carolina State University
NEETF National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
NEHA National Environmental Health Association
NEIC National Enforcement Investigations Center
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NERL National Exposure Research Laboratory
NETAC National Effluent Toxicity Assessment Center
NFPA National Food Processors’ Association
NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHEERL National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory
NIFA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAEL No Observed Adverse Effect Level
NOP National Organic Program
NOSB National Organic Standards Board
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPFD National Pesticide Field Data
NPMA National Pest Management Association
NPPO National Plant Protection Organization
NPSA National Pesticide Stewardship Alliance
NRC National Research Council
NRPM National Research Planning Meeting
NRCS National Resources Conservation Service
NRDC National Resources Defense Council
NSF National Science Foundation
OAR Office of Air and Radiation (EPA)
OC Office of Compliance (EPA)
OECA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (EPA)
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (US)
OGC Office of General Counsel (US)
OMB Office of Management and Budget (US)
OMRI Organic Materials Review Institute
OP Organophosphorous pesticide
OPEI Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation (EPA)
OPMP Office of Pest Management Policy of USDA
OPP Office of Pesticide Programs (EPA)
OPP Office of Pollution Prevention (EPA)
OPPTS Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (EPA)
ORD Office of Research and Development (EPA)
ORETF Outdoor Residential Exposure Task Force
OSCP Office of Science Coordination and Policy (EPA)
PA Protocol Audit
PAG Pesticide Assessment Guidelines
PCR Project Clearance Request
PESP Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program
PGR Plant Growth Regulator
PGRSA Plant Growth Regulator Society of America
PHI Pre-harvest Interval
PI Principle Investigator
PIMS Pest Information Management System
PIAP Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (no longer funded)
PIP Plant Incorporated Protectants
PMC Project Management Committee
PMC (Canada) Pest Management Centre
PMRA (Canada’s) Pest Management Regulatory Agency
PMSPs Pest Management Strategic Plans
PNS Peripheral Nervous System
POD Point of Departure
PPDC Pesticide Program Dialog Committee
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PPECB Perishable Products Export Control Board [South Africa]
PPLS Pesticide Product Label System
PPP Plant Protection Product
PR# Project Request Number. For Food Use: a study # assigned to Project Clearance Requests. For Environmental Horticulture: a study # assigned to the unique combination of crop, target, product, and use site.
PRA Preliminary Risk Assessment
PRIA Pesticide Registration Improvement Act
PRN Pesticide Registration Notice
PRSB Policy and Regulatory Services Branch
PSEP Pesticide Safety Education Program (formerly PAT)
PSMS Pesticide Stock Management System
PST Priority Setting Tool
QA Quality Assurance
QAU Quality Assurance Unit
QC Quality Control
QuEChERS Quick–Easy–Cheap–Effective–Rugged–Safe
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RD Registration Division
R&D Research and Development
REA Rapid Environmental Assessment
RED Reregistration Eligibility Document
REI Re-entry Interval
REO Regional Environmental Officer
RfD Reference Dose
RPF Relative Potency Factor
RS Reference Sbstance
RSG Registration Steering Group
RTE Ready To Eat
RUPS Restricted Use Pesticide
SAES State Agricultural Experiment Stations
SAF Society of American Florists
SAP Scientific Advisory Panel
SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SARP Strategic Agrichemical Review Process
SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act
SD Study Director
SOPs Standard Operating Procedures
SPHVCC State Public Health Vector Control Conference
SPIREG State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group
SPRT Supervised Pesticide Residue Trial
SRRD Special Review and Reregistration Division
STDF The Standards and Trade Development Facility
STMR Supervised Trial Median Residue
TASC Grant Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops
TFM Testing Facility Management
TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load
TOR Threshold of Regulation
TRED Tolerance Registration Eligibility Document
TS Test Substance
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
US EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
USGS United States Geological Survey
WHO World Health Organization
WPS Worker Protection Standards
WQS Water Quality Standard
WSSA Weed Science Society of America