ExpertGlossary acronyms starting with N

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NAA — Nonattainment area (NAA) A geographic area in which air quality is worse than that allowed by federal air pollution standards.
NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Federal standards established by the Clean Air Act.
NAGPRA — Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) This act established the priority for ownership or control of Native American cultural items excavated or discovered on federal or tribal land after 1990…
NAIC — National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) The organization of insurance regulators from the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories.
NAT — Network address translation (NAT) Network address translation
NAT — Node Attribute Table / Arc Attribute Table (NAT) A table containing attributes for node coverage features. For each node, the NAT contains a reference to one of the arcs it connects to, an internal node…
NBP — National balancing point (NBP) Location of wholesale natural gas trading in the United Kingdom; a key reference point for spot and forward market natural gas transactions in Europe.
NBP — NOx Budget Trading Program (NBP) An ozone season cap-and-trade program intended to help states meet their NOx state implementation plan (SIP) required reductions.
NBS — National Bureau of Standards (NBS) now known as NIST (see NIST).
NCP — National Contingency Plan (NCP) The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, more commonly called the National Contingency Plan (NCP), is the federal…
NCUA — National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) The Federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises Federal credit unions.
NDA — New Drug Application (NDA) When the sponsor of a new drug believes that enough evidence on the drug's safety and effectiveness has been obtained to meet FDA's requirements for…
NDA — New Drug Application (NDA) Number This six digit number is assigned by FDA staff to each application for approval to market a new drug in the United States.
NEC — National Electrical Code (NEC) The NEC is a set of regulations that have contributed to making the electrical systems in the United States one of the safest in the world.
NEPA — National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) A comprehensive federal law requiring analysis of the environmental impacts of federal actions such as the approval of grants; also requiring preparation…
NEPA — National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) Requires federal agencies to prepare a detailed statement on the environmental impacts of their proposed major actions that are significantly affecting…
NERC — North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) A council formed in 1968 by the electric utility industry to promote the reliability and adequacy of bulk power supply in the electric utility systems of…
NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) NESDIS collects, processes, stores, analyzes, and disseminates various types of hydrologic, meteorologic, and oceanic data.
NESHAPS — National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Pollutants (NESHAPS) Federal standards that control pollutants considered toxic to humans.
NFIP — National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) The program of flood insurance coverage and floodplain management administered under the Flood Disaster Protection Act (FDPA or Act) and applicable…
NFIRA — National Flood Insurance Reform Act (NFIRA) The purpose of the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 is to improve the financial condition of the NFIP and reduce federal expenditures for…
NFMA — National Forest Management Act (NFMA) A federal law passed in 1976 as an amendment to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act requiring the preparation of Regional Guides and…
NFRAP — No Further Remedial Action Planned (NFRAP) The Archive, or No Further Remedial Action Planned (NFRAP), database contains information on sites which have been removed from the inventory of Superfund…
NGVD — National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 [NGVD 1929] A fixed reference adopted as a standard geodetic datum for elevations determined by leveling.
NHPA — National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) A federal law providing that property resources with significant national historic value be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
NHSN — National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) A network that is supported by CDC.
NHV — Net heating value (NHV) The potential energy available in the fuel as received, taking into account the energy loss in evaporating and superheating the water in the sample.
NICU — Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborns.
NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Basic Research Program, provides funding to 18 programs at 70 universities and…
NIMBY — "Not In My Backyard" (NIMBY) NIMBY is an acronym for the "Not in my backyard" sentiment that exists among some people who do not want any type of change in their neighborhood.
NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) The agency that produces the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) for all U.S.A. government agencies except the Department of Defense.
NIV — Nonimmigrant Visa (NIV) A U.S. visa allows the bearer, a foreign citizen, to apply to enter the United States temporarily for a specific purpose.
NLCS — National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) Created by the BLM in June 2000 to increase public awareness of BLM lands with scientific, cultural, educational, ecological, and other values.
NMAS — National map accuracy standards (NMAS) specifications of accuracy standards for well-defined map points on published maps that are specified by the U.S. Geological Survey and revised by the U.S.
NME — New Molecular Entity (NME) A New Molecular Entity is an active ingredient that has never before been marketed in the United States in any form.
NO2 — Nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) A toxic, reddish-brown gas that is a strong oxidizing agent, produced by combustion (as of fossil fuels).
NOHRSC — National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC) The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center. An organization under the National Weather Service Office of Hydrology (OH) that mainly deals…
NOW — Negotiable Order of Withdrawal Account (NOW) A savings account from which withdrawals can be made by negotiable orders of withdrawal (functional equivalent of checks).
NOx — Nitrogen oxide (NOx) NOx is a key pollutant in the formation of acid rain and ground-level ozone (smog).
NOx — Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) The products of all combustion processes formed by the combination of nitrogen and oxygen.
NPC — National Processing Center (NPC) The National Processing Center is established by the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC).
NPDES — National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) A federal permitting system controlling the discharge of effluents to surface water and regulated through the Clean Water Act, as Amended.
NPDES — National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) The federal water quality program administered in Oregon by the DEQ.
NPL — National Priorities List (NPL) Sites are listed on the National Priorities List (NPL) upon completion of Hazard Ranking System (HRS) screening, public solicitation of comments about the…
NPS — Non-Point Source Pollution (NPS) Pollution that cannot be identified as coming from a specific source and thus cannot be controlled through the issuing of permits.
NRD — Natural Resources Damage (NRD) Natural Resources Damages (NRD) are defined as injury to, destruction of, or loss of natural resources, including land, fish, wildlife, biota, air, water…
NRECA — National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) This is a national organization dedicated to representing the interests of cooperative electric power providers and the consumers they serve.
NRHP — National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) A comprehensive list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archaeology…
NSA — North Slope of Alaska (NSA) site The third ARM research site, the NSA locale has is located in Barrow, Alaska. Its polar regions are predicted to undergo the largest warming in response…
NSFHA — Non-Special Flood Hazard Area (NSFHA) An area in a low to moderate risk flood zone (Zones B, C, X) that is not in any immediate danger from flooding caused by overflowing rivers or hard rains.
NSPS — New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Federal standards for very large new sources of air pollution.
NTF — National Transfer Format (NTF) British Standard BS 7567. NTF is an exchange format that permits the transfer of vector data with five different levels of complexity.
NTU — Nephelometric turbidity unit (NTU) A measurement unit of the clarity of water, dependent on the amount of suspended matter.
NVC — National Visa Center (NVC) A Department of State facility located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It supports the worldwide immigrant visa operations of the Bureau of Consular Affairs…
NVOCC — Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) A cargo consolidator in ocean trades that will buy space from a carrier and re-sell it to smaller ship¬pers.