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Contaminants in the Subsurface: Source Zone Assessment and Remediation (2005)

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Contaminants in the Subsurface: Source Zone Assessment and Remediation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11146.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Contaminants in the Subsurface: Source Zone Assessment and Remediation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11146.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Contaminants in the Subsurface: Source Zone Assessment and Remediation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11146.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Contaminants in the Subsurface: Source Zone Assessment and Remediation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11146.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Contaminants in the Subsurface: Source Zone Assessment and Remediation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11146.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Contaminants in the Subsurface: Source Zone Assessment and Remediation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11146.
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