- Equipment rating as required by the purchaser.
- Browse Related Terms: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), BPA, Cooperative electric utility, Electric power industry, Investor owned utility (IOU), Lease of power privilege, Municipal utility (municipally-owned electric system), Municipalization, Name plate capacity, preference, Preference customers, Rural electric cooperative (cooperatively-owned electric utility), Wholesale customers
- Power generation capacity of a generator that can be guaranteed under continuous operation.
- Browse Related Terms: Auxiliary equipment, Average energy, Capacity, Combined cycle plant, Generator nameplate capacity, Installed capacity, Nameplate, Powerplant, Powerplant capacity, Rated capacity, Rated head
- One millionth of a millimeter.
- Browse Related Terms: Allopatric, BRM, Nanometer (millimicron), Project, Radial
- A system designed to deal with extensive medical care needs in very large disasters or emergencies. The system is a cooperative effort of the Department of Health and Human Services, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Defense, State and local governments, and the private sector.
- Browse Related Terms: Emergency broadcast system, Emergency operations center, Emergency reserve fund, Federal Advisory Committee Act, Institutionalized populations, Joint information center, Mass care center, Microhabitat, National disaster medical system, Public affairs officer, Public information officer (public relations officer), Regulatory Floodway, Special populations
- An act requiring analysis, public comment, and reporting for environmental impacts of Federal actions. See National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
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NESDIS collects, processes, stores, analyzes, and disseminates various types of hydrologic, meteorologic, and oceanic data. NESDIS is also responsible for the development of analytical and descriptive products so as to meet the needs of it's users.
- Browse Related Terms: Area Wide Hydrologic Prediction System (AWHPS), Automated Tone Dial Telephone Data Collection System (ATDTDCS), base station, Basin runoff model, Centralized Automated Data Acquisition System (CADAS), Computer base station, Cooperative Observer, Data collection platform, Data Collection Platform (DCP), E-19a, Abridged Report on River Gage Station, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), GOES Data Collection System (DCS), Ground receive sites, Hydromet, Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System (IFLOWS), LARC (Limited Automatic Report Collector), Limited Automatic Remote Collector (LARC), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), NWSRFS V5.0, or Version 5 (National Weather Service River Forecast Model Version 5), Stage II Precipitation Processing, Standard Hydrologic Exchange Format (SHEF)
- NIOSH is the Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury.
- Browse Related Terms: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), ALC #, Benchmark (BM), Executive Orders, FEMA, Forest Service (FS), Jurisdiction, List of National System MPAs, Management/Managing Agency or Authority, Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Inventory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA), Primacy, Proratable water, Purveyor, Reportable quantities, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Water purveyor, Water transfers
- The National Interagency Fire Center is the nation's support center for wildland firefighting.
- Browse Related Terms: ASOS, B-44 Form, Cooperative Station Report, Climate, Congressional Organic Act of 1890, County Warning Forecast Area (CWFA), Hydrologic Service Area (HSA), Hydrologic Services, Hydrometeorological Report (HMR), Mission of the National Weather Service, National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), National Weather Service (NWS), Regional Operations Manual Letter (ROML), Warning stage, Weather Forecast Office (WFO)
An area designated by the President of the United States, under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906, to protect objects of scientific and historical interest that are located on federal lands.
- Browse Related Terms: Coastal Flooding, Corridor, Easement, Environmental analysis, Fallow, Flowage, Flowage easement, Geomorphology, Irrigation, Land ownership, Land retirement, Marginal land, Marine Environment, Multiple use, National Monument, National Parks, Plot, Public land order, Right of way, River corridor, Rural area, Sacred site, Soil conservation, Wilderness
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's mission is to describe and predict changes in the Earth's environment, and conserve and wisely manage the Nation's coastal and marine resources.
- Browse Related Terms: Aquatic Protected Area, Area, Critical Habitat, De Facto MPA, Marine Managed Area, Marine Managed Areas (MMA) Inventory, Marine Protected Area, Marine Resource Areas, Multiple-Use MPAs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Permanence of Protection, Place-Based Management
The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center. An organization under the National Weather Service Office of Hydrology (OH) that mainly deals with snow mapping.
- Browse Related Terms: Budget Review Committee (BRC), E-7, Flood Damage Report, Hydrologic Operations Division (HOD), Hydrologic Systems Branch (HSB), Hydrological Research Laboratory (HRL), Hydrometeorological Information Center (HIC), National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC), National Warning System (NAWAS), OH
- The National Park Service preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations. NPS is an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior.
- Browse Related Terms: [Marine] Natural Heritage, Cultural Heritage, Cultural patrimony, Cultural Resource, Cultural resource(s), Marine Sanctuary, Marine Spatial Planning, National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places, Nationwide Rivers Inventory (NRI), Special features, Traditional cultural property (TCP)
(U.S.) A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
- Browse Related Terms: Coastal Flooding, Corridor, Easement, Environmental analysis, Fallow, Flowage, Flowage easement, Geomorphology, Irrigation, Land ownership, Land retirement, Marginal land, Marine Environment, Multiple use, National Monument, National Parks, Plot, Public land order, Right of way, River corridor, Rural area, Sacred site, Soil conservation, Wilderness
- A permitting program under section 402 of the Clean Water Act required for all point sources discharging pollutants into waters of the United States. The purpose of the NPDES program is to protect human health and the environment.
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- A federally maintained register of districts, sites, buildings, structures, architecture, archeology, and culture. Visit the National Register of Historic Places website.
- Browse Related Terms: [Marine] Natural Heritage, Cultural Heritage, Cultural patrimony, Cultural Resource, Cultural resource(s), Marine Sanctuary, Marine Spatial Planning, National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places, Nationwide Rivers Inventory (NRI), Special features, Traditional cultural property (TCP)
- Located at the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., the NRC is a 24-hour national communications center and the single point of contact for pollution - incident reporting. It is also the National Response Team's communications center. Immediate reporting is required for reportable quantities of petroleum or hazardous substances 40 CFR 300.125(c).
- Browse Related Terms: Alert Stage, Author's signature, Community cohesion, disaster, Emergency, National Response Center (NRC), National Response Team (NRT), On-scene coordinator (OSC), Regional Response Team (RRT), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
- NRT consists of representatives from several Federal agencies including the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Bureau of Reclamation. NRT is primarily a policy board which provides program direction, planning and preparedness guidance, and review of regional response activites. NRT should be activated as an emergency response team when an oil or hazardous substance release exceeds the response capability of the region(s), transects regional boundaries; or involves a significant threat to public health or welfare or the environment, substantial amounts of property, or substantial threats to natural resources.
- Browse Related Terms: Alert Stage, Author's signature, Community cohesion, disaster, Emergency, National Response Center (NRC), National Response Team (NRT), On-scene coordinator (OSC), Regional Response Team (RRT), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
The group of MPA sites, networks, and systems established and managed by federal, state, territorial, tribal, and/or local governments that collectively enhance conservation of the nation's natural and cultural marine heritage and represent its diverse ecosystems and resources. National system MPAs work together at the regional and national levels to achieve common objectives for conserving the nation's important natural and cultural resources.
- Browse Related Terms: Avoid Harm, Ecological Network, Lasting, National System of MPAs, Network of MPAs, Prior appropriation, Protection, Refuge compatibility requirements, Reserved, Sustainable Production, Zoning
- A dedicated, commercially leased, nationwide voice telephone warning system operated on a 24-hour basis, with a National Warning Center and an Alternate National Warning Center staffed by attack warning officers. Special purpose telephone circuits connect the National and Alternate National Warning Centers (NAWAS) to the following: Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters and regional offices; selected Federal departments and agencies; military installations; and State, county, and city warning points. NAWAS is the only national system designed and maintained to warn the public of a nuclear attack or a natural or manmade disaster.
- Browse Related Terms: Budget Review Committee (BRC), E-7, Flood Damage Report, Hydrologic Operations Division (HOD), Hydrologic Systems Branch (HSB), Hydrological Research Laboratory (HRL), Hydrometeorological Information Center (HIC), National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC), National Warning System (NAWAS), OH
- Describes current water quality conditions for a large part of the United States freshwater stream, rivers, and aquifers. Describes how water quality is changing over time. Improves understanding of the primary natural and human factors that affect water quality conditions.
- Browse Related Terms: Anthropogenic, Archaic, Archeology, Built Environment, Demographics, National Water Quality Assessment Program, Site