| ARAR |
Applicable
or Relevant and Appropriate Requirement |
| ASTM |
American
Society for Testing and Materials |
| BDAT |
Best
Demonstrated Available Technology |
| BTEX |
Benzene,
Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene |
| BTSC |
EPA
Brownfields and Land Revitalization Technology Support Center |
| CAA |
Clean
Air Act |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act |
| CERCLIS |
Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Information System |
| CERI |
Center
for Environmental Research Information |
| CLU-IN |
EPA
Hazardous Waste Clean-up Information Web Site |
| CMS |
Corrective
Measure Study |
| CSM |
Conceptual
Site Model |
| CWA |
Clean
Water Act |
| DNAPL |
Dense
Nonaqueous Phase Liquid |
| DQO |
Data
Quality Objective |
| EPA |
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPA REACH IT |
EPA
REmediation And CHaracterization Innovative
Technologies Online Searchable Database |
| EPCRA |
Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act |
| ESA |
Environmental
Site Assessment |
| FATE |
EPA
Field Analytic Technologies Encyclopedia |
| FDIC |
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| GAC
|
Granular
Activated Carbon |
| HRS |
Hazard
Ranking System |
| HSWA |
Hazardous
and Solid Waste Amendments |
| IC |
Institutional
Control |
| IDC |
Interagency
DNAPL Consortium |
| IRIS |
Integrated
Risk Information System |
| ITT |
Innovative
Treatment Technology |
| LDR |
Land
Disposal Restrictions |
| LNAPL |
Light
Nonaqueous Phase Liquid |
| LUST |
Leaking
Underground Storage Tank |
| MGP |
Manufactured
Gas Plant |
| MTBE |
Methyl
Tertiary Butyl Ether |
| NAPL |
Nonaqueous
Phase Liquid |
| NCP |
National
Contingency Plan |
| NERL |
National
Exposure Research Laboratory |
| NPDES |
National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NPL |
National
Priorities List |
| NRC |
National
Response Center |
| O&M
|
Operation
and Maintenance |
| OERR
|
Office
of Emergency and Remedial Response |
| ORD |
Office
of Research and Development |
| OSRTI |
Office
of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation |
| OSWER |
Office
of Solid Waste and Emergency Response |
| OUST |
Office
of Underground Storage Tanks |
| PAH |
Polycyclic
Aromatic Hydrocarbon |
| PA/SI |
Preliminary
Assessment and Site Inspection |
| PBMS |
Performance-Based
Measurement System |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated
Biphenyl |
| PCC |
Post Construction Completion |
| PCE |
Tetrachloroethene |
| PCP |
Pentachlorophenol |
| PRP |
Potentially
Responsible Party |
| QA/QC |
Quality
Assurance and Quality Control |
| RBCA |
Risk-Based
Corrective Action |
| RBDM |
Risk-Based
Decision-Making |
| RCRA |
Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RD/RA |
Remedial
Design and Remedial Action |
| RFA |
RCRA
Facility Assessment |
| RFI |
RCRA
Facility Investigation |
| RI/FS |
Remedial
Investigation and Feasibility Study |
| ROD |
Record
of Decision |
| RQ |
Reportable
Quantity |
| SARA |
Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act |
| SCRD |
State
Coalition for Remediation of Drycleaners |
| SDWA |
Safe
Drinking Water Act |
| SITE |
Superfund
Innovative Technology Evaluation |
| SOP |
Standard
Operating Procedure |
| SRI |
Superfund
Redevelopment Initiative |
| SVE |
Soil
Vapor Extraction |
| SVOC |
Semi-Volatile
Organic Compound |
| TCE |
Trichloroethene |
| TCLP |
Toxicity
Characteristic Leaching Procedure |
| TIO |
Technology
Innovation Office |
| TPH |
Total
Petroleum Hydrocarbon |
| TSCA |
Toxic
Substances Control Act |
| TSDF |
Treatment,
Storage, and Disposal Facility |
| UST |
Underground
Storage Tank |
| UXO |
Unexploded
Ordnance |
| VCP |
Voluntary
Cleanup Program |
| VOC |
Volatile
Organic Compound |
