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 |