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Contaminants in the Subsurface: Source Zone Assessment and Remediation (2004)
Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB)

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. "Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms." Contaminants in the Subsurface: Source Zone Assessment and Remediation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2004.

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Contaminants in the Subsurface: Source Zone Assessment and Remediation

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

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