Glossary of Army and BRAC Terms/Acronyms

A

AAA = Army Auditing Agency

AAFES = Army and Air Force Exchange Service

ACSIM = Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management

AEC = Army Environmental Center

AMC = Army Materiel Command

AMEDD = Army Medical Department

AOC = Area of Concern

ARARs = Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements

ASA(I,L&E) = Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Installations, Logistics and Environment)

Asst = Assistant

ATSDR = Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

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B

BCA = Base Closure Account

BCP = BRAC Closure Plan

BCT = BRAC Cleanup Team

BEC = BRAC Environmental Coordinator

BES = Budget Estimate Submission

BG = general officer, O-7, brigadier general

BIA = Bureau of Indian Affairs

BLM = Bureau of Land Management

BRAC = Base Realignment and Closure

BRACO = Base Realignment and Closure Office

BRACON = Base Realignment and Closure Office, Navy

BROT = Base Reuse Oversight Team

BTC = Base Transition Coordinator

BTO = Base Transition Officer

BTT = BRAC Transfer Team

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C

CA = Cooperative Agreement

CAC = construction all complete

CAMU = Corrective Action Measurement Unit

CECOM = U.S. Army Communications/Electronics Command

CERCLA = Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

CERFA = Community Environmental Response Facilitation Act

CERL = US Army Construction Engineering Research

CLOSE =All missions of the base will cease or be relocated. All personnel (military, civilian, and contractor) will either be eliminated or relocated. The entire base will be excessed and the property disposed.

CMS = Corrective Measure Sites

CNR = Cultural/Natural Resources

CNO = Chief of Naval Operations

COB = close of business

COE = Corps of Engineers

COL = field-grade officer, O-6, colonel

CONUS = Continental United States (within the 48 contiguous states)

CPT = company-grade officer, O-3, captain

CTC = cost to complete (environmental site investigation, remedy, closeout)

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D

DA = Department of the Army

DACSIM = Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management

DAIM-BO = DA Installation Management BRACO Office

DASA(IH) = Deputy Assistant Scretary of the Army (Installations and Housing)

DAS = Director, Army Staff

DCCR = Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions

DDESB = Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board

DENIX = Defense Environmental Network and Information Exchange

DERA = Defense Environmental Restoration Account

DLA = Defense Logistics Agency

DoD = Department of Defense

DOE = Department of Energy

DOEd = Department of Education

DOI = Department of Interior

DOJ = Department of Justice

DPG = Defense Planning Guidance

DRMO = Defense Reutilization and Marketing office

DSERTS = Defense Site Environmental Restoration Tracking System

DSMOA = Defense-State Memorandum of Agreement

DUSD(ES) = Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security)

DUSD (IA&I) = Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Industrial Affairs and Installations)

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E

EA = Environmental Assessment

EBS = Environmental Baseline Survey

ECOP = Environmental Condition of Property

EDC = Economic Development Conveyance

EE/CA = engineering evaluation/cost assessment

EIS = Environmental Impact Statement

ELD = Environmental Legal Division

EPA = Environmental Protection Agency

EOD = Explosive Ordnance Disposal

ESCA = Environmental Service Cooperative Agreement

ESOH = Environmental Safety Occupational Health

ESS = Explosive Safety Submission

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F

FEIS - Final Environmental Impact Statement

FFA = Federal Facilities Agreement

FMV Fair Market Value

FNSI = Finding of No Significant Impact

FORSCOM = U.S. Army Forces Command

FOSET = Finding of Suitability for Early Transfer

FOSL = Finding of Suitability for Lease

FOST = Finding of Suitability for Transfer

Ft. = Fort

FTC = Fast-Track Cleanup

FUDS = Formerly Used Defense Site

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G

GAO = Government Accounting Office

GFPR = Guaranteed Fix Price for Remediation

GOCO = Government Owned, Contractor Operated

GSA = General Services Administration

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H

HQDA = Headquarters, Department of the Army

HSMS = Hazardous Substance Management System

HTRW = Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste

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I

I&E = Installations and Environment

IAG = Interagency Agreement

IAW = in accordance with

IC = Institutional Control

IGCE = Independent Government Cost Estimate

IMA = Installation Management Agency

IPR = In-process Review

IRDMIS = Installation Restoration Data Management Information System

ITAM = Integrated Training Area Management

ITR = Independent Technical Review

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J

J&A = justification and approval

JCS = Joint Chiefs of Staff

K

KO = Contracting Officer

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L

LBP = Lead-based Paint

LIFC = Leased in Furtherance of Conveyance

LRA = Local Redevelopment Authority

LTC = field-grade officer, O-5, lieutenant colonel

LTM = Long-term Monitoring

LUC = Land Use Control

LUCAP = Land Use Control Assurance Plan

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M

MACOM = major command (such as FORSCOM, AMC, or TRADOC)

MAJ = field-grade officer, O-4, major

MDW = Military District of Washington

MEDCOM = Medical Command

MG = general officer, O-8, major general

MILCON = Military Construction

MMRP = Military Munitions Response Program

MOA = Memorandum of Agreement

MOU = Memorandum of Understanding

MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area

MSC = Major Subordinate Command (such as IOC, SBCCOM, or CECOM)

MTMC = Military Traffic Management Command

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N

NAF = Non-Appropriated Fund

NCO = non-commissioned officer

NCP = National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan

NDGW = Non-Degradation of Ground Water

NEPA = National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 USC 4321, et seq., as amended

NFA = no further action

NGB = National Guard Bureau

NLT = not later than

NPL = National Priorities List

NPS = National Park Service

NPV = Net Present Value

NRC = Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NRDA = Natural Resources Damages Act

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O

OB/OD = Open Burn Open Detonation

OCONUS = Outside Continental United States (to include Hawaii and Alaska)

OCSA = Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army

ODEP = Office of the Director of Environmental Programs

OE = Ordnance Explosives

OEA = Office of Economic Adjustment

OGC = Office of the Army General Counsel

O&M = operations and maintenance

OMB = Office of Management and Budget

OSC = Operation Support Command (under AMC)

OSD = Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSHA = Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OTJAG = Office of the Judge Advocate General

OU = operable unit

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P

PBC = Public Benefit Conveyance

PBD 824 = Program Budget Directive

PBT = Public Benefit Transfer

PCB = polychlorinated biphenyl

PDO = Property Disposal Office

PM = Program Manager

POC = Point of Contact

POL = petroleum, oils, and lubricants

POM = Program Objective Memorandum

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R

RAB = Restoration Advisory Board

RACR = Remedial Action Cost Engineering & Requirements

RCRA = Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

REALIGN = Some missions of the base will cease or be relocated, but others will remain. The active component will still be host of the remaining portion of the base. Only a portion of the base will be excessed and the property disposed, with realignment (missions ceasing or relocating) and property disposal being separate actions under Public Law 101-510. In cases where the base is both gaining and losing missions, the base is being realigned if it will experience a net reduction of DOD civilian personnel. In such situations, it is possible that no property will be excessed.

REC = Record of Environmental Consideration

RECEIVING BASE = A base that receives missions, units or activities relocating from a closing or realigning base. In cases where the base is both gaining and losing missions, the base is a receiving base if it will experience a net increase of DOD civilian personnel.

RELOCATE = The term used to describe the movement of missions, units, or activities from a closing or realigning base to another base. Units do not realign from a closing or a realigning base to another base, they relocate.

REMIS = Real Estate Management Information system

REO = Regional Environmental Office

RI/FS = Remedial Investigation/Feasibility

ROD = Record of Decision

RPM = Remedial Project Manager

RRSE = Relative Risk Site Evaluation

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S

SAAD = Sacramento Army Depot

SAALT = Ass't Secretary of the Army Acquisition Logistic Team

SERG = Site Environmental Regulatory Group

SGT = Sergeant (E-5)

SHPO = State Historic Preservation Officer

SMA = Sergeant Major of the Army (E-9)

SME = subject-matter expert

STP = sewage treatment plant

SVE = soil vapor extraction

SWMU = solid waste management unit

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T

TAG = technical assistance grant

TDA = Table of Distribution and Allowances

TERC = Total Environmental Restoration Contract

TJAG = The Judge Advocate General

TRADOC = U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command

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U

USACE = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USACHPPM = U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

USARC = U.S. Army Reserve Command

USATCES = U.S. Army Technical Center for Explosive Safety

USCG = U.S. Coast Guard

USFWS = U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS = U.S. Geological Survey

UST = underground storage tank

UXO = unexploded ordinance

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V

VOC = volatile organic compound

W

WBS = work breakdown structures

www = world wide web

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