OLR Acronyms and Definitions

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1,2-DCE: 1,2-Dichloroethene
AAI: All Appropriate Inquiries
ABCA: Analysis of Brownfield Cleanup Alternatives
ABP: Agent Breakdown Product
A.C.A.: Arkansas Code Annotated
ACM: Alternate Cover Material
ACM: Asbestos Containing Materials
AD: Associate Director
ADC: Alternate Daily Cover (for official terms, see "ACM" or "ICM")
ADEM: Arkansas Department of Emergency Management
ADEQ: Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality
ADFA: Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
ADPC&E: Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology
AED: Automated External Defibrillator
AEIR: Annual Engineering Inspection Report
AETA: Arkansas Environmental Training Academy
AFB: Air Force Base
AFFF: Aqueous Film Forming Foam
AFIN: Arkansas Facility Identification Number; county-based and tied to a specific address
Als: Action Limits
AMSL: Above mean sea level
ANHC: Arkansas Natural History Commission
ANRG: Army National Guard
AOC: Areas of Concern
AOE: Area of Observed Exposure
AOPI: Area of Potential Interest
ARAR: Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements
ARD: Acid Rock Drainage
AR E&E: Arkansas Energy & Environment
ASC: Area of Subsurface Contamination
APC&EC: Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission
AST: Aboveground Storage Tank
ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials
ASTSWMO: Association of State and Tribal Solid Waste Management Officials
AUL: Activity and Use Limitation

BGS: Below Ground Surface
BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics
BOD: Biological Oxygen Demand
BRAC: Base Realignment and Closure
BTEX: Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene

C&D: Construction and Demolition
C&DRF: Construction Demolition Recovery Facility
CA: Corrective Action
CAA: Clean.Air Act
CAA: Central Accumulation Area
CAO: Consent Administrative Order
CAMU: Corrective Action Management Unit
CAP: Corrective Action Plan
CD: Consent Decree
CEI: Compliahce Evaluation Inspection
CEJST: Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CFC: Chlorofluorocarbons-chlorine, fluorine, carbon
CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
CH4 : Methane
CLP: Contract Laboratory Program
CO2: Carbon Dioxide
COC: Arkansas Brownfield Program Certificate of Completion
COC: Constituent of Concern
COD: Chemical Oxygen Demand
COPC: Chemical of Potential Concern
CPR: CardioPulmonary Resuscitation
CRT: Cathode Ray Tube
CSA: Comprehensive Site Assessment
CSM: Conceptual Site Model
CWA: Chemical Warfare Agent
CWA: Clean Water Act

DD: Decision Document
DEQ: Division of Environmental Quality
DERP: Defense Environmental Restoration Program .
DDT: Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DFA: Department of Finance and Administration
DL: Detection Limit
DMR: Discharge Monitoring Report
DNAPL: Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid
DO: Dissolved Oxygen
DoD: Department of Defense
DOT: Department Of Transportation
DPT: Direct Push Technology
DQI: Data Quality Indicator
DQO: Data Quality Objective
ORO: Diesel Range Organics

EA: Endangerment Assessment
E&E: Energy and Environment
EB: Equipment Blank
EC: Engineering Control
EC: Environmental Command
EJ: Environmental Justice
EM: Emergency Management
EO: Emergency Order
EO: Environmental Officer
EO: Equipment Operator
EOD: Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
ER: Emergency Response
ERO: Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination
ERT: Environmental Response Team
ESA: Environmental Site Assessment
ESC: Erosion & Sediment Control
ESCA: Elective Site Cleanup Agreement
ESI: Expanded Site Inspection
E-Waste: Electronic Waste

FA: Financial Assurance
FB: Field Blank
FF: Federal Facility
FFS: Focused Feasibility Study
FIFRA: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act
FML: Flexible Membrane Liner
FS: Feasibility Study
FUDS: Formerly Used Defense Sites
FYR: Five Year review

(G): Gravitational Pull Measurement
(g): Gram, Unit of weight
GAR: Groundwater Assessment Report
GC: Gas Chromatography
GC/MS: Gas Chromatograph / Mass Spectrometry
GW: Groundwater
GWMR: Ground Water Monitoring Report
GWMW: Groundwater Monitoring Well
GCL: Geosynthetic Clay Liner
GHS: Global Harmoniz.ed System
GIS: Geographic Information System
GPM: Gallons Per Minute
GPR: G.round Penetrating Radar
GPS: Global Positioning System
GRO: Gas Range Organics

HASP: Health and Safety Plan
HAZWOPER: Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
HH&E: Human Health & the Environment
HDPE: High Density Polyethylene
HHRA: Human Health Risk Assessment
HHW: Household Hazardous Waste
HMX: High Melting Explosive
HQ: Hazard Quotient
HRS: Hazard Ranking System
HSA: Hollow Stem Auger
HW: Hazardous Waste
HWL: Hazardous Waste Landfill

IA: Implementing Agreement
IC: Institutional Control
ICM: Interim Cover Material
IDW: Investigation Derived Waste
ISCO: In-Situ Chemical Oxidation
ISWM: Integrated Solid Waste Management
IRUC: Install, Repair, Upgrade, Closure
ITRC: Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council
IW: Injection Well

J&E: Johnson & Ettinger

K: Hydraulic Conductivity

LAST: Leaking Aboveground Storage Tank
lb/yd3: Pound Per Square Yard
LBP: Lead-Based Paint
LEL: Lower Explosive Limit
LGP: Low Ground Pressure
LiDar: Light Detection and Ranging
LIF: Laser- Induced Florescence
LLDPE: Linear Low Density Polyethlylene
LLP: Landowner Liability Protection
LNAPL: Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid
LOEM: Local Office of Emergency Managment
LOQ: Limit of Quantification
LQG: Large Quantity Generator
LSA: Limited Site Assessment
LUC: Land Use Control
LUST: Leaking Underground Storage Tank

MC: Munitions Constituents
MCL: Maximum Contaminant Levels
MD: Munitions Debris
MOPE: Mobile Dual-Phase Extraction
MDL: Method Detection Limit
MEC: Munitions and Explosives of Concern
MMRP: Military Munitions Response Program
MRF: Material Recovery Facility
MNA: Monitored Natural Attenuation
MOA: Memorandum of Agreement
MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
MRS: Munitions Response Site
MS/MSD: Matrix Spike/ Matrix spike Duplicate
MSL: Mean Sea Level
MSW: Municipal Solid Waste
MSWLF: Municipal Solid Waste.Landfill
MW: Monitoring Well

NA: Not Applicable
NAST: Notification of Aboveground Storage Tank
NCP: National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
ND: Non-detect
NELAP: National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program
NFA: No Further Action
NFPA: National Fire Protection Association
NFRAP: No Further Remedial Action Planned
NMOC: Non-Methane Organic Compounds
NOV: Notice of Violation
NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPL: National Priority List
NRR: Non-financial Records Review
N UST: Notification of Underground Storage Tank

O&M: Operation and Maintenance
OAQ: Office of Air Quality
OLR: Office of Land Resources
ORP: Oxidation-Reduction Potential
OSD: Office of Secretary of Defense
OSHA: Occupational Safety Health Administration
OU: Operable Unit
OWQ: Office of Water Quality

P&A: Plug and Abandonment
P&T: Pump-and-Treat
PA: Preliminary Assessment
PAH: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
PC: Probable Cause
PC: Project Coordinator
PCAP: Post Closure Activity Plan
PCB: Polychlorinated Biphenyl
PCE: tetrachloroethane
PDB: Passive Diffusion Bag
PDDD: Property Development Decision Document
PDP: Property Development Plan
PDS: Permit Database System
PE: Professional Engineer
PED: Petroleum Eligibility Determination
PETN: Pentae rythritol Tetranitrate
PFAS: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
PFBS: Perfluorobutanesulfonic Acid
PFC: Perfluorinated Compound
PFOA: Perfluoro"octanoic Acid
PFOS: Perfluorooctane Sulfonate
PFRP: Process to Further Reduce Pathogens
PG: Professional Geologist
PIO: Photoionization Detector
PM: Project Manager
POC: Point of Compliance
POC: Point-of-Contact
POTW: Publicly Owned Treatment Works
PP: Poly Propylene
PP: Proposed Plan
ppb: part(s) per billion
PPE: Personal Protective Equipment
PPE: Probable Point of Entry
ppm: Part(s) per Million
ppt: Part(s) per Thousand
POL: Practical Quantification Limit
PRG: Preliminary Remediation Goal
PRP: Potentially responsible Party
Psi: Pounds Per Square Inch
PSA: Pre-CERCLA Screening Assessment
PSTTF: Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund
PVC: Polyvinyl Chloride

QA: Quality Assurance
QAPP: Quality Assurance Project Plan
QC: Quality Control
QMP: Quality Management Plan

RA: Remedial Action
RADO: Remedial Action Decision Document
RAO: Remedial Action Objectives
RAP: Remedial Action Plan
RAS: Remedial Alternative Selection
RBCA: Risk Based Corrective Action
RBSL: Risk Based Screening Levels
RCRA: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RDX: Royal Demolition Explosive
REC: Recognized Environmental Condition
RfD: Reference Dose
RI: Remedial Investigation
RI/FS: Remedial Investigation and Feasibility study
ROD: Record of Decision
ROE: Right-of-Entry
ROI: Radius of Influence
RPO: Relative Percent Difference
RPM: Remedial Project Manager
RSL: Regional Screenin·g Level
RST: Regulated Storage Tank
RSWMD: Regional Solid Waste Management District
RP: Responsible Party
RSL: Regional Screening Level

SA: Site Assessment
SAA: Satellite Accumulation Area
SAP: Sampling and Analysis Plan
SARA: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SAS: Site Assessment Study
SE: Sampling Event
SEA: Supplemental Environmental Assessment
SEMS: Pre -Superfund Enterprise Management System
SEP: Supplemental Environm(;!ntal Project
SERE: Streamlined Ecological Risk Evaluation
SESSI: Soil Exposure Subsurface Intrusion Pathway
SFS: Supplemental Feasibility Study
SI: Site Inspection
SI: Site Investigation
SL: Screening Level
SOP: Site Operating Plan
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
SOW: Scope of Work
SPL: State Priority List
550: Sub-Slab Depressurization System
SSSR: Superfund Site Strategy Recommendation
SSRA: Site Specific Risk Assessment
SSTL: Site Specific Target Levels
SQG: Small Quantity Generator
SI: Site Inspection
SIP: State Implementation Plan
551: Statistically Significant Increase
SVE: Soil Vapor Extraction
SVOC: Semivolatile Organic Compound
SW: Solid Waste
SWMU: Solid Waste Management Unit

TAP: Tire Accountability Program
TBA: Targeted Brownfield Assessment
TCA: 1,1,1-trichloroethane
TCE: Trichloroethane
TCLP: Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
TDF: Tire Derived Fuel
TDL: Target Distance Limit
TDS: Total Dissolved Solids
TEF: Toxic Equivalent factor
TEQ: Toxic Equivalency
TOC: Total Organic Carbon
TPH: Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
TR/COC: Traffic Report/Chain of Custody
TSCA: Toxic Substance Control Act.
TOC: Top of Casing
TOC: Total Organic Carbon
TOPO: Topographical Map
TPH: Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon
TSDFs: Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities
TSS: Total Suspended Solids
TWP: Task Work Plan

UEL: Upper Explosive Limit
UFP: Uniform Federal Policy
UIC: Underground Injection Control
USACE: United States Army Corp of Engineers
USCS: United Soil Classification System
USEPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency
USGS: United States Geological Survey
UST: Underground Storage Tank
UTP: Used Tire Program
UU/UE: Unlimited Use/Unrestricted Exposure
UW: Universal Waste
UXO: Unexploded Ordnance

V: Volts
VC: Vinyl Chloride
VCP: Voluntary Cleanup Program
voe: Volatile Organic Compound
VSI: Visual Site Inspection
VSQG: Very Small Quantity Generator

WBZ: Water Bearing Zone
WP: Work Plan
WWTP: Waste-water Treatment Plant

OTHER

μg/L: Micrograms per Liter