CCRPC - Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission

CDAE - Dept. of Community Development and Applied Economics (at the University of Vermont)

CDBG - Community Development Block Grant

CERT - Community Emergency Response Team

CLF - Conservation Law Foundation

CRS - Center for Rural Studies (at the University of Vermont)

CVRPC - Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission

DAD - Dept. of Aging and Disabilities

DDMHS - Vermont Dept. of Developmental and Mental Health Services

DEC - Vermont Dept. of Environmental Conservation (within the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources)

DED - Vermont Dept. of Economic Development, "Think Vermont" (within the Agency of Commerce and Community Development)

DET - Vermont Dept. of Employment and Training

DHCA - Vermont Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs, housing the State Planning Division (within the Agency of Commerce and Community Development)

DOE - Vermont Dept. of Education

DOH - Dept.of Health

DPS - Vermont Dept. of Public Service or Vermont Dept. of Public Safety

EOP - Emergency Operations Plan

EMPG - Emergency Management Planning Grant

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency (Federal)

FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency

FHWA - Federal Highway Administration

FPR - Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation (within the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources)

FTA - Federal Transit Administration

FTE - Full Time Equivalent

FY - Fiscal Year

FFY - Federal Fiscal Year (Oct - Sept)

GIS - Geographic Information System(s) (check it out at VCGI)

GPD - Gallons Per Day

HSU - Homeland Security Unit

HUD - Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (Federal)

INS - Immigration and Naturalization Services

IPP - Independent Power Producer

ISTEA - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (1991 - 1998)

LEC - Local Exchange Carrier

LESA - Land Evaluation and Site Assessment

LEPC - Local Emergency Planning Committee

LCBP - Lake Champlain Basin Program

LCPC - Lamoille County Planning Commission

LPG - Liquid Petroleum Gasoline

LRTP - Long Range Transportation Plan

MGD - Million Gallons per Day

MOMS - Municipal Officers Management Seminars

MPA - Masters in Public Administration (at the University of Vermont)

MPG - Municipal Planning Grant

MPO - Metropolitan Planning Organization, for planning allocation of federal transportation funds (In Vermont, only Chittenden County has an MPO)

NFLC - Northern Forest Land Council

NFLS - Northern Forest Land Study

NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service (within the USDA)

NRI - National Resources Inventory (within the USDA)

NRPC - Northwest Regional Planning Commission

NVDA - Northeastern Vermont Development Association

NWF - National Wildlife Foundation

NWI - National Wetlands Inventory

OMB - Office of Management and Budget (Federal)

PCJ - Planning Commissioners Journal

PCS - Personal Communications Services

PDM - Pre-disaster Mitigation

ppm - parts per million (equal to milligrams/liter)

PSD - Vermont Dept. of Public Service

PSB - Vermont Public Service Board

PTT - Property Transfer Tax (of the Vermont Dept. of Taxes)

RDC - Regional Development Corporation (Vermont has twelve)

RFP - Request for Proposals

RFQ - Request for Qualifications

RMO - Regional Marketing Organization (Vermont has twelve)

RPC - Regional Planning Commission (Vermont has eleven)

RRP - Rapid Response Plan

RRPC - Rutland Regional Planning Commission

RSMS - Road Surface Management Systems

RTP - Long-Range Regional Transportation Plan

SAL - Spatial Analysis Lab (at the University of Vermont)

SDC - State Date Center, part of a U.S. Census Bureau network for data dissemination (Vermont has one)

SERC - State Emergency Respnse Committee

SHPO - State Historic Preservation Officer

SNR - School of Environment and Natural Resources (at the University of Vermont)

SPA - Source Protection Areas

STIP - Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan

SWCRPC - Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission

TA - Technical Assistance

TAC - Transportation Advisory Committee

TEA-21 - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998 - 2003)

TIP - Transportation Improvement Plan

TPI - Transportation Planning Initiative

TOEC - Town Officers Education Conference

TRORC - Two Rivers - Ottauquechee Regional Commission

USDA - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

USFS - USDA Forest Service

USFWS - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS - U.S. Geological Survey

UVM - University of Vermont

VAOT - Vermont Agency of Transportation

VAPDA - Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies (Regional Planning Commissions)

VCEP - Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan

VCGI - Vermont Center for Geographic Information

VCRD - Vermont Council on Rural Development

VDH - Vermont Dept. of Health (within Agency of Human Services)

VEDA - Vermont Economic Development Authority

VEM - Vermont Emergency Management

VEPC - Vermont Economic Progress Council

VFOS - Vermont Forum on Sprawl

VHCB - Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

VHFA - Vermont Housing Finance Agency

VIT - Vermont Interactive Television

VLCT - Vermont League of Cities and Towns

VLT - Vermont Land Trust

VMT - Vehicle Miles Traveled

VNRC - Vermont Natural Resources Council

VPA - Vermont Planners Association

VSA - Vermont Statutes Annotated

VSHA - Vermont State Housing Authority

VTC - Vermont Technical College

VTP - Vermont Telecommunications Plan

VTrans - Vermont Agency of Transportation

WHPA - Wellhead Protection Area

WHPP - Wellhead Protection Program

WMZ - Waste Management Zone

WRC - Windham Regional Commission