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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms." National Research Council. 1999. Groundwater and Soil Cleanup: Improving Management of Persistent Contaminants. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9615.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms." National Research Council. 1999. Groundwater and Soil Cleanup: Improving Management of Persistent Contaminants. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9615.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms." National Research Council. 1999. Groundwater and Soil Cleanup: Improving Management of Persistent Contaminants. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9615.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms." National Research Council. 1999. Groundwater and Soil Cleanup: Improving Management of Persistent Contaminants. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9615.
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