| Acronym | Meaning |
| AHERA | Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| CEARP | Comprehensive Environmental Assessment And Response Program |
| ALD | Atomic Layer Deposition |
| CMAQ | Community Multiscale Air Quality |
| NRMRL | National Risk Management Research Laboratory |
| NHEXAS | National Human Exposure Assessment Survey |
| CRAVE | Carcinogen Risk Verification Effort (EPA) |
| LAESA | Laser Ablation Emission Spectrochemical Analysis |
| NTTAA | National Technology Transfer And Advancement Act |