| Glossary of Commonly Used Acronyms
AASHTO: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ACHP: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
ACOE: United States Army Corps of Engineers
APD: Appalachian Development Highway System
ADT: Average Daily Traffic
ARC: Appalachian Regional Commission
ASDEIS: Corridor H Alignment Selection Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (November, 1994)
BNA: Block Numbering Area (US Census)
CEQ: President's Council on Environmental Quality
CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
CHA: Corridor H Alternatives
CMS: Congestion Management System
CSDEIS: Corridor H Corridor Selection Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (October, 1992)
CTB: Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board
DOI: United States Department of the Interior
EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency
FEIS: Final Environmental Impact Statement
FHWA: Federal Highway Administration
FWS: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
GIS: Geographic Information Systems
GWNF: George Washington National Forest
HEP: Habitat Evaluation Procedure
HUD: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
IRA: Improved Roadway Alternative
ISTEA: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
LOS: Level of Service
LWCFA: Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
MIS: Major Investment Study
MNF: Monongahela National Forest
MPO: Metropolitan Planning Organization
NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act
NRCS: United States Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
O/D: Origin and Destination
ROD: Record of Decision
SDEIS: Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement
SOV: Single Occupancy Vehicle
TAZ: Traffic Analysis Zone
TMA: Transportation Management Areas
TMV: Turning Movement Volumes
TSM: Transportation Systems Management
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture
VAC: Virginia Advisory Committee
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