P list - Listed Hazardous Waste: Acutely Hazardous
P2 or P2 - Pollution Prevention
P & A - Precision and Accuracy
PA - Permit Authority
PA - Policy Analyst
PA - Preliminary Assessment
PA - Property Administrator
PAA - Prioity Abatement areas
PAAS - Region 10 External Affairs Labels System
PAC - Powdered Activated Carbon
PAC - Public Advisory Committee
PAD - Planning and Analysis Division
PADRE - Particulate Data Reduction
PAFT - Program for Alternative Fluorocarbon Toxicity Testing
PAG - Pesticide Assessment Guidelines
PAGM - Permit Applicants Guidance Manual
PAH - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
PAH - Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization
PAI - Performance Audit Inspection
PAI - Pure Active Ingredient compound
PAID - Plutonium Air Inhalation Dose
PAIR - Preliminary Assessment Information Rule
PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service
PAL - Point, Area, and Line Source Air Quality Model
PAL - Preventative Action Limits
PALDS - PAL Model with Deposition and Settling of Pollutants
PALT - Procurement Administrative Lead Time
PAM - Pesticide Analytical Manual
PAMS - Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations
PAN - Peroxyacetyl Nitrate
PAO - Property Accountable Officer
PAPR - Powered Air-Purifying Respirator
PARACDS - Missing Parameter Codes
PARCC - Precision, Accuracy, Representativeness, Completeness, and Comparability
PARS - Precision and Accuracy Reporting System
PAS - Policy analysis Staff
PA/SI - Preliminary Assessment/Site Inspection
PASS - Procurement Automated Source System
PAT - Permit Assistance Team
PATS - Pesticide Action Tracking System
PATS - Pesticides Analytical Transport Solution
PAVE - Program for Assessing Volatile Emissions
PAYT - Pay-As-You-Throw
Pb - Lead
PBA - Preliminary Benefit Analysis
PBBs - Polybromated Biphenyls
PBC - Packed Bed Condenser
PBL - Planetary Boundary Layer
PBLSQ - The Lead Line Source Model
PBR - Permit of Rule
PBS - Packed Bed Scrubber
PBSA - Performance Based Service Acquisition
PBT - Persistent, Bioaccumulatve and Toxic
PC - Personal Computer
PC - Planned Commitment
PC - Position Classification
PC - Potential Carcinogen
PC - Pulverized Coal
PCA - Principle Component Analysis
PC&B - Personnel Compensation and Benefits
PCBs - Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PCC - Primary Combustion Chamber
PCCW - Public Citizens Congress Watch
PCDD - Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxin
PCDF - Polychlorinated Dibenzofuran
PCE - Perchloroethylene
PCE - Pollution Control Equipment
PCEE - President's Commission on Executive Exchange
pCi - Picocuries
PCIE - President's Council on Integrity andEfficiency in Government
pCi/l - Picocuries per Liter
PCIO - PC Information Officer
PCIOS - Processor Common Input/Output System
PCM - Phase Contrast Microscopy
PCMD - Procurement and Contracts Management Division
PCMI - President's Council on Management Improvement
PCN - Policy Criteria Notice
PCO - Pest Control Operator (licensed applicator)
PCO - Printing Control Officer
PCO - Procurement Contracting Officier
PCON - Potential Contractor
PCP - Pentachlorophenol
PCRAMMET - Personal Computer Version of the Meteorological Preprocessor for the Old RAM program
PCS - Permanent Change of Station
PCS - Permit Compliance System
PCS - Program Coordination Staff
PCSC - PC Site Coordinator
PCSD - President's Council on Sustainable Development
PCV - Positive Crankcase Ventilation System
PD - Permits Division
PD - Position Description
PD - Position Document
PD - Press Division
PD - Purchase Description
PDAS - Physiological Data Acquisition System
PDCI - Product Data Call-in
PDED - Program Development and Evaluation Division
PDF - Portable Document Format
PDF Probability Density function
PDFID - Preconcentration Direct Flame Ionization Detection
PDM3.1 - Probabilistic Dilution Model Version 3.1
PDMS - Pesticide Document Management System
PDN - Pre-Discharge Notification
PDR - Particulate Data Reduction
PDS - Personnel Decontamination Station
PE - Performance Evaluation
PE - Professional Engineer
PE - Program Element
PEA - Preliminary Endangerment Assessment
PEA - Preliminary Exposure Analysis
PEARL - Portable Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory
PEAS - Policy and External Affairs Staff
PEC - Pennsylvania Environmental Council
PED - Program Evaluation Division
PEFOS - Program Evaluation and Field Operations Staff
PEI - Petroleum Equipment Institute
PEL - Permissible Exposure Limit
PEL - Personal Exposure Limit
PEM - Partial Equilibrium Multimarket Model
PEM - Personal Exposure Model
PEMA - Professional Environmental Marketing Agency
PEPE - Prolonged Elevated Pollution Episode
PER - Process Emission Regulation
PER7 - Region 7 Personnel System
PERC - Perchloroethylene
PERF - Police Executive Research Forum
PERMDATA - PERMDATA Management System
PERS - Ada Personnel System
PERSPROP - Personal Property Data Entry and Report System
PES - Planning and Evaluation Staff
PESC - Cincinnati Performance Evaluation System
PEST - Region 7 Nebraska Pesticide
PESTANS - Pesticides Analytical Transport Solution (Groundwater Model)
PESTANV4.0 - Pesticide Analytical Model Version 4.0
PF - Potency Factor
PF - Protection Factor
PFC - Perfluorocarbon
PFCRA - Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act
PFLT - Paint Filter Liquids Test
PFSS - Pesticide Farm Worker Safety Staff
PFT - Permanent Full Time
PFTE - Permanent Full Time Equivalent
pg - picogram
PGD - Policy and Grants Division
pH - Value of Acidity or Alkalinity
PHA - Process Hazard Analysis
PHC - Principal Hazardous Constituent
PHE - Public Health Evaluation
PHEM - Public Health Evaluation Manual
PHF - Public Health Foundation
PHI - Pre-Harvest Interval
PHN - Public Health Network
PHONEBOOK - Region 3 Telephone Directory
PHRED - Public Health Risk Evaluation Data Base
PHS - Public Health Service
PHSA - Public Health Service Act
PI - Preliminary Injunction
PI - Program Information
PIAT - Public Information Assist Team
PIC - Pressurized Ion Chamber
PIC - Product of Incomplete Combustion
PIC - Prior Informed Consent
PIC - Public Information Center
PICO - Pacific Islands Contact Office
PID - Photoionization Detector
PIES - Pollution Prevention Information Exchange
PIG - Program Implementation Guide
PIGS - Pesticides in Groundwater Strategy
PIMS - Pesticide Incident Monitoring System
PIN - Pesticide Information Network
PIN - Procurement Information Notice
PIP - Public Involvement Program
PIPQUIC - Program Integration Project Queries Used in Interactive Command
PIRG - Public Interest Research Group
PIRT - Pretreatment Implementation Review Task Force
PIRU - Public Information Reference Unit
PIS - Public Information Specialist
PIT - Permit Improvement Team
PITS - Project Information Tracking System
PKSDD - Probability Kriging to Spatially Distributed Data System
PL - Public Law
PLIRRA - Pollution Liability Insurance and Risk Retention Act
PLM - Polarized Light Microscope
PLPT - Pretreatment Local Program Tracking System
PLS - Program Liason Office
PLUME - Outfall PLUME Model
PLUME2D - Two-Dimensional Plumes in Uniform Ground Water Flow
PLUME3D - Three-Dimensional Plumes in Uniform Ground Water Flow
PLUVUE - Plume Visibility Model
PM - Particulate Matter
PM - Product Manager
PM - Program (Project) Manager
PM2.5 - Particulate Matter Smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter
PM10 - Particulate Matter (nominally 10 microns in diameter and less)
PM15 - Particulate Matter (nominally 15 microns in diameter and less)
PMAS - Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations
PMD - Personnel Management Division
PMD - Planning and management Division
PMD - Potable Monitoring Device
PMEL - Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
PMI - Presidential Management Intern
PMIP - Presidential Management Intern Program
PMIS - Personnel management Information System
PMN - Premanufacture Notification
PMNF - Premanufacture Notification Form
PMO - Program Management Office
PMOS - Program Management and Operations Staff
PMR - Pollutant Mass Rate
PMR - Proportionate Mortality Rate
PMRK - NEIC Permit Ranking System
PMRS - Performance Management and Recognition System
PMRS - Performance Monitoring and Reporting System
PMS - Performance Management System
PMS - Performance Management Specialist
PMS - Planning and Management Staff
PMS - Program Management Staff
PMS - Program Management System
PMS - Region 4 Position Management Sysytem
PMSD - Program Management and Support Division
PMSS - Policy and Management Support Staff
PN - Part Number
PNA - Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
PO - Program Operations
PO - Project Officer
PO - Purchase Order
POA - Program Office Approvals
POC - Point of Compliance
POC - Point of Contact
POC - Program Office Contacts
POE - Point of Exposure
POE - Point of Entry Technologies
POGO - Privately-Owned/Government-Operated
POHC - Principal Organic Hazardous Constituent
POI - Point of Interception
POL - Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants
POLRE - Pollution Report
POLREP - Pollution Report
POM - Particulate Organic Matter
POM - Polycyclic Organic Matter
POMO - Program Operations and Management Office
POP - Persistent Organic Pollutant
POR - Program of Requirements
PORS - Project Officer Record System
POS - Program Operations Staff
POSSEE - Plant Organizational Software System for Emissions from Equipment
POTRK - Region 3 Purchase Order Tracking System
POTS - Plain Old Telephone System
POTW - Publicly Owned Treatment Works
POU - Point of Use Technologies
POV - Privately Owned Vehicle
P & P - Preparedness & Prevention
PP - Pay Period
PP - Priority Pollutants
PP - Pollution Prevention
PP - Program Planning
PPA - Pesticide Producers Association
PPA - Planned Program Accomplishment
PPA - Pollution Prevention Act
PPAS - Personal Property Accountability System
ppb - Parts per Billion
PPBS - Program Planning and Budget Staff
PPC - Personal Protective Clothing
PPC - Pollution Prevention Code (Responsible Care Initiative)
PPE - Personal Protective Equipment
PPG - Performance Partnership Grant
PPIC - Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
PPIC - Pesticide Programs Information Center
PPIS - Pesticide Product Information System
PPIS - Pollution Prevention Incentives for States
ppm - Parts per Million
PPMAP - Power Planning Modeling Application Procedure
PPMS - Personal Property Management System
ppmv - Parts per million by Volume
ppmvd - Parts per million by Volume dry
ppmw - Parts per million by weight
PPPA - Poison Prevention Packaging Act
ppq - Parts per Quadrillion
PPRS - Program Planning and Review Staff
PPSP - Power Plant Siting Program
ppt - Parts per Trillion
PPT - Permanent Part Time
ppth - Parts per Thousand
PPU - Pollution Prevention Office
PQL - Practical Quantitation Limit
PQUA - Preliminary Quantitative Usage Analysis
PQV - Program Quality Verification
PR - Pesticide Regulation Notice
PR - Preliminary Review
PR - Procurement Request
PR - Proposed Rule(s)
PRA - Paperwork Reduction Act
PRA - Planned Regulatory Action
PRAMS - Paperwork Reduction Act Management System
PRATS - Pesticides Regulatory Action Tracking System
PRC - Planning Research Corporation
PR & C - Purchase Request & Commitment
PREPRZM - Pesticide Root Zone Model
PRESS - Pressure
PRESTO - Prediction of Radiological Effects to Shallow Trench Operation
PRI - Periodic Reinvestigation
PRM - Prevention Reference Manuals
PRMS - Plans Review Management System
PRN - Pesticide Registration Notice
PROD - Production
PROF - Premixed One-Dimensional Flame Code
Prop 65 - California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act
PRP - Potentially Responsible Party(s)
PRS - Procurement Tracking System
PRTYPOLS - Priority Pollutants
PRZM - Pesticide Root Zone Model
PS - Planning Staff
PS - Point Source
PS - Preparedness Staff
PSA - Pipeline Safety Act
PSA - Preliminary Site Assessment
PSAM - Point Source Ambient Monitoring
PSC - Program Site Coordinator
PSD - Prevention of Significant Deterioration
PSD - Program Systems Division
PSDL - Region 4 PSD Log System
PSE - Program Sub-Element
PSES - Pretreatment Standards for Existing Sources
PSI - Pollutant Standards Index
psi - Pounds per Square Inch
PSI - Pressure per Square Inch
PSI - Process Safety Information
psig - Pressure per Square Inch Gauge
PSM - Point Source Modeling
PSM - Point Source Monitoring
PSM - Process Safety Management
PSNS - Pretreatment Standards for New Sources
PSP - Payroll savings plan
PSPD - Permits and State Programs Division
PSS - Personnel Security Staff
PSS - Personnel Staffing Specialist
PSS - Physical Security Specialist
PSS - Program Support Staff
PSTN - Pesticide Safety Team Network
PSU - Primary Sampling Unit
PT - Packed Tower
PT - Part Time
PTA - Packed Tower Aeration
PTAT - Pesticides, Toxics and Air Team
PTDIS - Single Stack Meteorological Model in EPA UNAMAP series
PTE - Potential to Emit
PTFE - Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon)
PTI - Permit to Install
PTMAX - Single Stack Meteorological Model in EPA UNAMAP Series
PTMPT - Multistack Meteorological Model in EPA UNAMAP Series
PTPLU - Point Source Gaussian Diffusion Model
PTS - Project Tracking System
PTSD - Pesticides and Toxic Substances Division
PTSED - Pesticides and Toxic Substances Enforcement Division
PTZ - Pan/Tilt/Zoom
PUC - Public Utility Commission
PU - Polyurethane
PV - Project Verification
PVA - Polyvinyl Alcohol
PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride
PWB - Printed Wiring Board
PWS - Performance Work Statement
PWS - Public Water Supply/System
PWSA - Ports and Waterways Safety Act
PWSS - Public Water Supply System
PY - Prior Year
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