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ACBM
|
Asbestos-Containing Building Material
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ACL
|
Alternate Concentration Limit
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ACM
|
Asbestos Containing Material
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AHERA
|
The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986
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ANSI
|
American National Standards Institute
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ARAR
|
Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirement
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AST
|
Aboveground Storage Tank
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ASTM
|
American Society for Testing and Materials
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BDAT
|
Best Demonstrated Available (or Achievable) Technology
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BIFs
|
Boilers and Industrial Furnaces
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BMP
|
Best Management Practices
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BRS
|
Biennial Reporting System
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Btu
|
British Thermal Unit
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C
|
Celsius
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CAA
|
Clean Air Act
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CAS
|
Chemical Abstract Service
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CBI
|
Confidential Business Information
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C&D
|
Construction and Demolition
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CERCLA
|
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act
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CERCLIS
|
CERCLA Information System
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CESQG
|
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator
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CFC
|
Chloroflourocarbon
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CFR
|
Code of Federal Regulations
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cm
|
Centimeter
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cm2
|
Square Centimeter
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CMA
|
Chemical Manufacturers Association
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CMS
|
Corrective Measures Study
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CPG
|
Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines
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CRP
|
Community Relations Plan
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CWA
|
Clean Water Act
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CY
|
Calendar Year
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DOD
|
Department of Defense
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DOT
|
Department of Transportation
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dscf
|
dry standard cubic foot
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EE/CA
|
Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis
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E&P
|
Exploration and Production
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EA
|
Environment Agency (or Environmental Regulator)
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EPA (1990)
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Environmental Protection Act
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| EPR
|
Extended Product Responsibility
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| EHS
|
Extremely Hazardous Substance
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F
|
Fahrenheit
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FAA
|
Federal Aviation Administration
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FCA
|
Full Cost Accounting
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FFDCA
|
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
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FIFRA
|
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act
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FR
|
Federal Register
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FS
|
Feasibility Study
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gal
|
Gallon
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GVWR
|
Gross Vehicle Weight Rate
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HEPA
|
High-Efficiency Particulate Air
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HHW
|
Household Hazardous Waste
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HRS
|
Hazard Ranking System
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HSWA
|
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984
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HVAC
|
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
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JTR
|
Jobs Through Recycling Program
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lb.
|
Pound
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lb/yr
|
Pounds per year
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LDRs
|
Land Disposal Restrictions
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LEPC
|
Local Emergency Planning Committee
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LLMW
|
Low-level Mixed Waste
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LQG
|
Large Quantity Generator
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MCL
|
Maximum Contaminant Level
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MCLG
|
Maximum Contaminant Level Goal
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MP
|
Management Practice
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MSDS
|
Material Safety Data Sheet
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MSHA
|
Mine Safety and Health Administration
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MSW
|
Municipal Solid Waste
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MW
|
Megawatt
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NACE
|
National Association of Corrosion Engineers
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NARM
|
Naturally Occurring and/or Accelerator Produced
Radioactive Material
|
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NBS
|
National Bureau of Standards
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NCP
|
National Contingency Plan
|
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NESHAPS
|
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
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NFA
|
No Further Action
|
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NIOSH
|
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
|
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NIST
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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NMOC
|
Nonmethane Organic Compounds
|
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NOV
|
Notice of Violation
|
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NPDES
|
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
|
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NPL
|
National Priorities List
|
|
NRC
|
National Response Center
|
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NTIS
|
National Technical Information Service
|
|
NVLAP
|
National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
|
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O&M
|
Operations and Maintenance
|
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OPA
|
Oil Pollution Act of 1990
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ORM
|
OSHA Reference Method
|
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OSC
|
On-Scene Coordination
|
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OSHA
|
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
|
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OSW
|
Office of Solid Waste
|
|
OSWER
|
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
|
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PA
|
Preliminary Assessment
|
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PAC
|
Polycyclic Aromatic Compound
|
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PAYT
|
Pay-As-You-Throw
|
|
PBT
|
Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic
|
|
PCB
|
Polychlorinated Biphenyl
|
|
PEL
|
Permissible Exposure Limit
|
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PLM
|
Polarized Light Microscopy
|
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POC
|
Point of Contact
|
|
PODF
|
Performance-Based Organic Decontamination Fluid
|
|
POTW
|
Publicly Owned Treatment Works
|
|
PPA
|
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990
|
|
ppb
|
Parts Per Billion
|
|
ppm
|
Parts Per Million
|
|
ppmv
|
Parts Per Million by Volume
|
|
PQL
|
Practical Quantitation Limits
|
|
PRP
|
Potentially Responsible Party
|
|
QAPP
|
Quality Assurance Project Plan
|
|
RACM
|
Regulated Asbestos-Containing Material
|
|
RBAC
|
Recycling and Reuse Business Assistance Center
|
|
RCRA
|
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
|
|
RCRIS
|
RCRA Information System
|
|
RD
|
Remedial Design
|
|
RD/RA
|
Remedial Design/Remedial Action
|
|
R&D
|
Research and Development
|
|
REDA
|
Recycling Economic Development Advocate
|
|
RFA
|
RCRA Facility Assessment
|
|
RI
|
Remedial Investigation
|
|
RI/FS
|
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
|
|
RIC
|
RCRA Information Center
|
|
RMAN
|
Recovered Materials Advisory Notice
|
|
ROD
|
Record of Decision
|
|
RQ
|
Reportable Quantity
|
|
SAA
|
Satellite Accumulation Area
|
|
SARA
|
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
|
|
SDWA
|
Safe Drinking Water Act
|
|
SERC
|
State Emergency Response Commission
|
|
SI
|
Site Inspection
|
|
SIC
|
Standard Industrial Classification
|
|
SOI
|
Secretary of the Interior
|
|
SPCC
|
Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure
|
|
SQG
|
Small Quantity Generator
|
|
SWDA
|
Solid Waste Disposal Act
|
|
SWMU
|
Solid Waste Management Unit
|
|
TCLP
|
Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
|
|
TPQ
|
Threshold Planning Quantity
|
|
TRI
|
Toxic Release Inventory
|
|
TRQ
|
Threshold Reporting Quantity
|
|
TSCA
|
The Toxic Substances Control Act
|
|
TSDF
|
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility
|
|
TSDR
|
Treatment, Storage, Disposal and Recycling (Facility)
|
|
TWA
|
Time-Weighted Average
|
|
UIC
|
Underground Injection Control
|
|
USC
|
U.S. Code
|
|
USDA
|
U.S. Department of Agriculture
|
| U.S. GPO
|
U.S. Government Printing Office
|
| USPS
|
U.S. Postal Service
|
| UST
|
Underground Storage Tank
|
| VOC
|
Volatile Organic Compound
|
| WMCL
|
Waste Mercury-Containing Lamp
|
| XRF
|
X-Ray Fluorescence
|
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