| Acronym | Meaning |
| SUSTECH | Sustainable Technologies Initiative [European Communities] |
| CHC | Chlorinated Hydrocarbon |
| HGCU | Hot-gas Particulate Cleanup |
| BOW | Bond-order Wave |
| EMPT | Effective Medium Percolation Theory |
| PAC | P1-derived Artificial Chromosome |
| HWDMS | Hazardous Waste Data Management System |
| OAQPS | Office Of Air Quality Planning And Standards |
| CHA | Concept Hazard Analysis |
| CDA | Conceptual Design Activity |