| ARPA |
Archeological Resource Preservation Act |
| BA |
biological assessment |
| CFR |
Comprehensive Facility Review |
| cfs |
cubic feet per second |
| CWA |
Clean Water Act |
| DEA |
draft environmental assessment |
| Division |
Middle Loup Division |
| DNR |
Department of Natural Resources |
| EIS |
environmental impact statement |
| E.O. |
Executive order |
| ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
| FEA |
final environmental assessment |
| FLMPA |
Federal Land Policy and Management Act |
| FWCA |
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act |
| FWS |
Fish and Wildlife Service |
| GS |
Geological Survey |
| Indian |
American Indian |
| Irrigation |
Districts Sargent and Farwell Irrigation Districts |
| LBRD |
Loup Basin Reclamation District |
| MLPPID |
Middle Loup Public Power and Irrigation District |
| MOA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| NAGPRA |
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act |
| National Register |
National Register of Historic Places |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NGPC |
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission |
| NHPA |
National Historic Preservation Act |
| NSHPB |
Nebraska State Historic Preservation Board |
| O&M |
operation and maintenance |
| PILT |
payments in lieu of taxes |
| P.L. |
Public Law |
| PMF |
probable maximum flood |
| Reclamation |
Bureau of Reclamation |
| Secretary |
Secretary of the Interior |
| SHPO |
State Historic Preservation Officer |
| SOD |
Safety of Dams Program |
| UNSM |
University of Nebraska State Museum |
| µg/g |
micrograms per gram |
| µg/L |
micrograms per liter |
