Groundwater and Soil Cleanup: Improving Management of Persistent Contaminants (1999)
Chapter: Appendix D Acronyms
D Acronyms
AAEE
American Academy of Environmental Engineers
AATDF
Advanced Applied Technology Demonstration Facility
ACL
Alternate concentration limit
AFCEE
Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence
ALE
Arid Lands Ecology
ARAR
Applicable or relevant and appropriate requirement
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials
BMPS
Best management practices BWCS Buried waste containment system
CBO
Congressional Budget Office
CEMT
Committee on Environmental Management Technologies
CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (1980)
CERE
Consortium for Environmental Risk Evaluation
CFC
Chlorofluorocarbon
CMI
Corrective measures implementation
CMS
Corrective measures study
CRADA
Cooperative research and development agreement
CWA
Clean Water Act (1974)
DART
Decision Analysis for Remediation Technologies
DCA
Dichloroethane
DCE
Dichloroethylene
DNAPL
Dense nonaqueous-phase liquid
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
DSM
Deep-soil mixing
DTPA
Diethylenetriaminepentaacectic acid
DUS
Dynamic underground stripping
EDTA
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EMSP
Environmental Management Science Program
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
GAO
General Accounting Office
GPR
Ground penetrating radar
HEU
Highly enriched uranium
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
INEEL
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
ISRM
In situ redox manipulation
ISV
In situ vitrification
ITMS
Ion trap mass spectrometry
LLNL
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LNAPL
Light nonaqueous-phase liquid
MCL
Maximum contaminant level
NAPL
Nonaqueous-phase liquid
NCP
National Contingency Plan
NOM
Natural organic matter
NPL
National Priorities List
NRC
National Research Council
O&M
Operations and maintenance
OST
Office of Science and Technology
OTA
Office of Technology Assessment
PA/SI
Preliminary assessment/site inspection
PAH
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
PCB
Polychlorinated biphenyl
PCE
Perchloroethylene
PNNL
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
RAHCO
R.A. Hanson Company
RAPIC
Remediation Action Program Information Center
RBCA
Risk-based corrective action
RBSL
Risk-based screening level
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976).
RD/RA
Remedial design/remedial action
RFA
RCRA facility assessment
RFI
RCRA facility investigation
RI/FS
Remedial investigation/feasibility study
ROD
Record of decision
ROI
Radius of influence
RS
Remedial selection
RTDF
Remediation Technologies Development Forum
SARA
Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (1986)
SCAPS
Site characterization and analysis penetrometer system
SCFA
Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area
SDWA
Safe Drinking Water Act (1974)
SITE
Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation
SSL
Soil screening level
SSTL
Site-specific target level
STCG
Site technology coordination group
SVE
Soil vapor extraction
SVOC
Semivolatile organic compound
TCA
Trichloroethane
TCE
Trichloroethylene
TCLP
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure
TEVES
Thermally enhanced vapor extraction system
UMTRCA
Uranium Mill Tailings Remediation Control Act (1978)
VC
Vinyl chloride
VOC
Volatile organic compound
