Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites (2013)
Chapter: Acronyms
| AAP |
Army ammunition plant |
| ACL |
Alternate concentration limit |
| ANAD |
Anniston Army depot |
| AEC |
Army Environmental Command |
| AFB |
Air Force Base |
| ARAR |
Applicable or relevant and appropriate requirement |
| ASM |
Adaptive site management |
| ASR |
Aquifer storage and recovery |
| AS |
Air sparging |
| BRAC |
Base realignment and closure |
| BTEX |
benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene |
| CCL |
Contaminant Candidate List |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CERCLIS |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System |
| CSIA |
Compound-specific isotope analysis |
| CSM |
Conceptual site model |
| CVOC |
Chlorinated volatile organic compound |
| DCA |
Dichloroethane |
| DCE |
Dichloroethene |
| DERP |
Defense Environmental Restoration Program |
| DNAPL |
Dense nonaqueous phase liquid |
| DoD |
U.S. Department of Defense |
| DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOI |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
| ERH |
Electrical resistance heating |
| EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| ESD |
Explanation of Significant Differences |
| ESTCP |
Environmental Security Technology Certification Program |
| FUDS |
Formerly used defense sites |
| FUSRAP |
Formerly Used Sites Remedial Action Program |
| GAC |
Granular activated carbon |
| GAO |
Government Accountability Office |
| GW |
Groundwater |
| HRS |
Hazard Ranking System |
| HVOC |
Halogenated volatile organic compound |
| IC |
Institutional control |
| IRP |
Installation Restoration Program |
| ISB |
In situ bioremediation |
| ISCO |
In situ chemical oxidation |
| ISTD |
In situ thermal desorption |
| ITRC |
Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council |
| LNAPL |
Light nonaqueous phase liquid |
| LSRP |
Licensed Site Remediation Professional |
| LTM |
Long-term monitoring |
| LTMO |
Long-term monitoring optimization |
| LUST |
Leaking underground storage tank |
| MCL |
Maximum contaminant level |
| MCLG |
Maximum contaminant level goal |
| MEP |
Maximum extent practicable |
| MMRP |
Military Munitions Response Program |
| MNA |
Monitored natural attenuation |
| MTBE |
Methyl tert-butyl ether |
| NA |
Natural attenuation |
| NAPL |
Nonaqueous phase liquid |
| NAS |
Naval Air Station |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCP |
National Contingency Plan |
| NFESC |
Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center |
| NPL |
National Priorities List |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NRD |
Natural resource damage |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| O&M |
Operation and maintenance |
| OSWER |
EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response |
| OU |
Operational unit |
| OUST |
Office of Underground Storage Tanks |
| PAH |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated biphenyl |
| PCE |
Perchloroethylene or tetrachloroethene |
| PCR |
Polymerase chain reaction |
| POC |
Point of compliance |
| PRB |
Permeable reactive barrier |
| PRP |
Potentially responsible party |
| P&T |
Pump and treat |
| RAB |
Restoration Advisory Board |
| RAGS |
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund |
| RAO |
Remedial action objective |
| RC |
Response complete |
| RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| R&D |
Research and development |
| RD/RA |
Remedial Design/Remedial Action |
| RfC |
Reference concentration |
| RFH |
Radio frequency heating |
| RIP |
Remedy in place |
| RI/FS |
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study |
| ROD |
Record of Decision |
| RPM |
Remedial project manager |
| RSE |
Remedial system evaluation |
| SARA |
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act |
| SCM |
Site conceptual model |
| SCRD |
State Coalition for Remediation of Drycleaners |
| SDWA |
Safe Drinking Water Act |
| SEAR |
Surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation |
| SEE |
Steam enhanced extraction |
| SERDP |
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program |
| STAR |
Self-sustaining treatment for active remediation |
| SVE |
Soil vapor extraction |
| SVOC |
Semivolatile organic compound |
| SWMU |
Solid waste management unit |
| TAG |
Technical assistance grant |
| TCA |
Trichloroethane |
| TCE |
Trichloroethene |
| TEA |
Terminal electron acceptor |
| TI |
Technical Impracticability |
| TSCA |
Toxic Substances Control Act |
| USACE |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
| UST |
Underground storage tank |
| UU/UE |
Unlimited use and unrestricted exposure |
| VC |
Vinyl chloride |
| VCP |
Voluntary cleanup program |
| VI |
Vapor intrusion |
| VOC |
Volatile organic compound |
| ZVI |
Zero-valent iron |
