Abbreviations

AMR		Automatic Meter Reading
ASCE		American Society of Civil Engineers
ASTM		American Society for Testing and Materials
BER		Borrower’s Environmental Report
BIL		Basic Impulse Level
CEQ		Council on Environmental Quality
CFC		National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
CFR		Code of Federal Regulations
CWP		Construction Work Plan
EA		Environmental Analysis
EIS		Environmental Impact Statement
ER		Environmental Report
ESD		Electric Staff Division
EVAL		Applicant's Environmental Analysis
FONSI		Finding of No Significant Impact
GFR		RUS General Field Representative
HPS		High Pressure Sodium
ICBO		International Conference of Building Officials
IEEE		Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IOU		Investor Owned Utility
kV		Kilovolt
M&E		Mechanical and Electrical
MW		Megawatt
NEHRP		National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program
NESC		National Electrical Safety Code
NRECA		National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
OLF		Overload Factor
PSD		Power Supply Division
REA		Rural Electrification Administration
RTB		Rural Telephone Bank
RUS		Rural Utilities Service
RUS List of Materials		RUS Informational Publication 202-1, "List of Materials Acceptable for Use on Systems of RUS Electrification Borrowers"
T&D		Transmission & Distribution
UBC		Uniform Building Code
WWD		Water And Waste Disposal
Y2K		Year 2000