Contaminants in the Subsurface: Source Zone Assessment and Remediation (2005)
Chapter: Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms
Appendix B
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AAP
Army ammunition plant
AD
Army depot
AFB
Air Force Base
ARAR
Applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements
AS/SVE
Air sparging with soil vapor extraction
AST
Aboveground storage tank
BRAC
Base realignment and closure
BTEX
Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene
CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CMC
Critical micelle concentration
CPT
Cone penetrometer
CT
Carbon tetrachloride
CTE
Central tendency exposure
CVOC
Chlorinated volatile organic compound
DCA
Dichloroethane
DCE
Dichloroethene
DERP
Defense Environmental Restoration Program
DMPL
Dense miscible phase liquids
DNAPL
Dense nonaqueous phase liquids
DNT
2,4-dinitrotoluene
DoD U.S.
Department of Defense
DOE U.S.
Department of Energy
DPT
Drive point screening
DWEL
Drinking water equivalent level
ERH
Electrical resistance heating
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FLUTe
Flexible Liner Underground Technologies Everting
GPR
Ground-penetrating radar
GW
Groundwater
HC
Hydrocarbon
HMX
High Melt Explosive or Her Majesty’s Explosive; octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine
HRS
Hazard ranking system
HVOC
Halogenated volatile organic compound
ISCO
In situ chemical oxidation
ISTD
In situ thermal desorption
LNAPL
Light nonaqueous phase liquids
MCB
Marine Corps Base
MCL
Maximum contaminant level
MCLG
Maximum contaminant level goal
MIP
Membrane interface probe
MNA
Monitored natural attenuation
MNT
Mononitrotoluene
MTBE
Methyltertbutylether
NAPL
Nonaqueous phase liquid
NAS
Naval Air Station
NCP
National Contingency Plan
NFESC
Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center
NPL
National Priorities List
NRC
National Research Council
NRD
Natural resource damage
OU
Operational unit
O&M
Operation and maintenance
OMM
Operations, maintenance, and monitoring
PAH
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
PCB
Polychlorinated biphenyl
PCE
Perchloroethylene
PITT
Partitioning interwell tracer test
PRP
Potentially responsible parties
P&T
Pump-and-treat
RAGS
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
R&D
Research and development
RDX
Royal Demolition Explosive/Research Demolition Explosive or hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine
RD/RA
Remedial design/remedial action
RIP
Remedy in place
RI/FS
Remedial investigation/feasibility study
ROD
Record of decision
RPM
Remedial project manager
RME
Reasonable maximum exposure
SARA
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SCM
Site conceptual model
SEAR
Surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation
SERDP
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
SVE
Soil vapor extraction
SVOC
Semivolatile organic compound
TCA
Trichloroethane
TCE
Trichloroethylene
TI
Technical impracticability
TNB
1,3,5-trinitrobenzene
TNT
2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
TSDF
Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities
TSCA
Toxic Substances Control Act
UCL
Upper confidence limit
USACE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
UST
Underground storage tank
UXO
Unexploded ordnance
VC
Vinyl chloride
VOC
Volatile organic compound
ZVI
Zero valent iron
