| Acronym | Meaning |
| PDES | Preliminary Draft Environmental Statement |
| TROLS | Terrestrial And Riparian Organisms |
| AQS | Ambient Quality Standard |
| FTS | Fourier Transform Spectroscopy |
| EIAP | Environmental Impact Analysis Process |
| BRET | Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer |
| NVFEL | National Vehicle And Fuel Emissions Laboratory |
| GLOMAC | Global Modeling Of Atmospheric Chemistry |
| GSMT | Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope |
| CLIC | Compact LInear Collider |