A listing of the acronyms and abbreviated names used in the MESIC report is provided below.
| Acronym | Title |
| As | Arsenic |
| BCUA | Bergen County Utilities Authority |
| Be | Beryllium |
| BITM | Background Investigation Technical Memorandum |
| BOD | Biological Oxygen Demand |
| Cd | Cadmium |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| Cr | Chromium |
| Cs | Cesium |
| Cu | Copper |
| DO | Dissolved Oxygen |
| EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
| ERA | Environmental Risk Assessment |
| ERDC | Engineer Research and Development Center (formerly know as the Waterways Experiment Station) |
| ERS | Ecosystem Restoration Study |
| ESA | Environmental Site Assessment |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| HCIA | Hudson County Improvement Authority |
| HEP | Habitat Evaluation Procedure |
| Hg | Mercury |
| HMD | Hackensack Meadowlands District |
| HMDC | Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission (now New Jersey Meadowlands Commission) |
| HRE | Hudson-Raritan Estuary |
| JD | Jurisdictional Determination |
| Meadowlands | Hudson-Raritan Estuary – Hackensack Meadowlands, New Jersey |
| Meadowlands FS | Meadowlands Feasibility Study |
| MERI | Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute |
| MESIC | Meadowlands Environmental Site Information Compilation |
| MIMAC | Meadowlands Interagency Mitigation Advisory Committee |
| MM | methyl mercury |
| MRI | Marsh Resources Inc. |
| MSLA | Municipal Sanitary Landfill Authority |
| N | Nitrogen |
| N/A | Not applicable |
| NAD27 | North Atlantic Datum 1927 |
| NAVD88 | North American Vertical Datum 1988 |
| NEC | Northeast Corridor |
| Ni | Nickel |
| NJDEP | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
| NJMC | New Jersey Meadowlands Commission |
| NJSEA | New Jersey Sports Exposition Authority |
| NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| NRCS | Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| NWI | National Wetlands Inventory |
| OMWM | Open Marsh Water Management |
| P | Phosphorus |
| Pb | Lead |
| PEHIS | Preliminary Environmental and Health Impact Statement |
| PMP | Project Management Plan |
| ppm | Parts Per Million |
| PSEG | Public Service Electric Gas Company |
| SAMP | Special Area Management Plan |
| TOC | Total Oxygen Concentration |
| TSS | Total Suspended Solids |
| USACE | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| USACE-NYD | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – New York District |
| USEPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| US FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| USFWS | U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| WET | Wetland Evaluation Technique |
| Zn | Zinc |