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Acronyms

This list of acronyms helps jurisdictions, State agencies, large State facilities, and other interested parties in interpreting acronyms related to local assistance, diversion, planning, and reporting. This alphabetical list provides the acronym along with its meaning.

You can also check out terminology common in the waste disposal, diversion program implementation, and recycling fields in the Local Government Glossary and other Board terminology in the LEA Glossary of Common Permit Terms.

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Acronym Meaning
AAF Alternative Adjustment Factor
AB Assembly Bill
ADC Alternative Daily Cover
ADF Advance Disposal Fee
ADR Alternative Diversion Rate (SB 1066)
AIC Alternative Intermediate Cover
AM Adjustment Method
AR Annual Report
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Department of Labor)
Board California Integrated Waste Management Board
BOE Board of Equalization
BALA Bay Area Local Assistance
BR Biennial Review
BYC Base Year Correction
Cal/EPA California Environmental Protection Agency
CCR California Code of Regulations
C&D Construction & Demolition
CIWMB California Integrated Waste Management Board
CIWMP Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan
CO Compliance Order
CLA Central Section of the Local Assistance
CPI Consumer Price Index
CRS Countywide, Regionwide, and Statewide Jurisdiction Diversion Progress Report
CSE Countywide Siting Element
DIR Department of Industrial Relations, California
DOF Department of Finance, California
DPLA Diversion, Planning and Local Assistance Division
DRM Diversion Rate Measurement
DRS Disposal Reporting System
DSG Diversion Study Guide
E-1066 Electronic Program Update on SB 1066
EA Enforcement Agency
EAR Electronic Annual Report
EDD Employment Development Department, California
EDRS Electronic Disposal Reporting System
FFY Federal Fiscal Year
GAP Goal Achievement Plan (SB 1066)
GFE Good Faith Effort
HHWE Household Hazardous Waste Element
IWM Integrated Waste Management
IWMA Integrated Waste Management Act (AB 939)
IWMB Integrated Waste Management Board
IWMP Integrated Waste Management Plan
J Jurisdiction
JGAPS Jurisdiction Goal Achievement Progress System
JPA Joint Powers Agreement
LALA Los Angeles Section of the Local Assistance
LAP Local Assistance Plan for Counties
LEA Local Enforcement Agency
LF Landfill
LGCentral Local Government Central
LGLibrary Local Government Library
LoGIC Local Government Information Center
LTF Local Task Force
MARS Model Annual Report System
MRF Materials Recovery Facility
MSW Municipal Solid Waste
NBY New Base Year
NBYC New Base Year Change
NDFE Nondisposal Facility Element
NLA Northern Section of the Local Assistance
LA Local Assistance
PARIS Planning Annual Report Information System
PCC Public Contract Code
PFR Petition for Reduction
POC Plan of Correction (SB 1066)
PPD Pounds/Person/Day (per capita disposal measurement)
PRC Public Resources Code
Profiles California Waste Stream Profiles
RA Regional Agency
RAC Recycled Aggregate Concrete
RAIWMP Regional Agency Integrated Waste Management Plan
RAP Reclaimed Aggregate Pavement
RCP Recycled-Content Products
RDSI Report of Disposal Site Information
RFI Report of Facility Information
RMDZ Recycling Market Development Zone
RYC Report Year Correction
SABRC State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign (AB 1106)
SAIWMA State Agency Integrated Waste Management Act (AB 75)
SB Senate Bill (State)
SCPRS State Contract and Procurement Reporting System
SE Siting Element
SIC Standard Industrial Classifications (Business Groupings)
SLAB State and Local Assistance Branch
SMRF Small Material Recovery Facility
SOARD State Organization and Agency Recycling Database
SOFA State Organization Facility Assistance Section
SLA South Section of the Local Assistance
SP Summary Plan (Countywide)
SRRE Source Reduction and Recycling Element
SWF Solid Waste Facility
SWFP Solid Waste Facility Permit
SWGS Solid Waste Generation Study
TE Time Extension (SB 1066)
TS Transfer Station
TSD Taxable Sales Deflator
TSDI Taxable Sales Deflator Index
WAB Waste Analysis Branch
WTE Waste to Energy

Local Government Glossary

Last updated: September 25, 2009
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Larry N. Stephens: Larry.Stephens@calrecycle.ca.gov (916) 341-6241