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Groundwater Investigation and Associated Source Characterization
Acronyms and Abbreviations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
AA |
Atomic Absorption |
AACOG |
Alamo Area Council of Governments |
AC |
Alternating current |
ACGIH |
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists |
ACHP |
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |
ACM |
Asbestos-containing material |
AETC |
Air Education and Training Command |
AF |
Area use factor |
AFCEE |
Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence |
AFCEE/ERD |
Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence/ Environmental Restoration Division |
AGC |
Automatic gain control |
AGI |
Advanced Geosciences, Inc. |
A/H |
Area to height |
AIHA |
American Industrial Hygiene Association |
AL |
Action level |
AL/OEB |
US Air Force Armstrong Laboratory |
AMC |
Army Material Command |
AMC |
Air Mobility Command |
ANOVA |
Analysis of Variance |
ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
AO |
Agreed order |
AOC |
Area of concern |
AP-42 |
EPA Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors |
APAR |
Affected Property Assessment Report |
API |
American Petroleum Institute |
APPL |
Agricultural and Priority Pollutants Laboratory |
AR |
Army Regulation |
AQCR |
Air Quality Control Region |
ARAR |
Applicable or relevant and appropriate requirement |
ARC |
USDA Agricultural Research Center |
ARS |
Agricultural Research Station |
As |
Arsenic |
ASCII |
American Standard Code Information Interchange |
AST |
Aboveground storage tank |
ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
ATV |
All-Terrain Vehicle |
Ba |
Barium |
BCAD |
Bexar County Appraisal District |
BDAT |
Best demonstrated available technology |
BEG |
Bureau of Economic Geology |
BFB |
4-Bromofluorobenzene |
BFZ |
Balcones Fault Zone |
bgl |
Below ground level |
bgs |
Below ground surface |
BOD5 |
Biological oxygen demand (5-day) |
Br |
Bromide |
BrE |
Brackett soils |
BS |
Bexar Shale |
Bte |
Brackett-Tarrant association soils |
BTEX |
Benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylenes |
BTOC |
Below top of casing |
Btu |
British thermal unit |
C |
Celsius |
C6 |
n-hexame |
C6-C28 |
Total petroleum hydrocarbons |
C35 |
n-pentatriacontane |
CAA |
Clean Air Act |
CAAA |
Clean Air Act Amendments |
CAL |
Caliper |
CAMS |
Continuous air monitoring stations |
CAMU |
Corrective Action Management Unit |
CAS |
Corrective action system |
Cb |
Crawford and Bexar stony soils |
CC |
Cow Creek Formation |
CCB |
Continuing calibration blank |
CCC |
Civilian Conservation Corps |
ccf |
Centicubic feet (100 cubic feet) |
CCR |
Current Conditions Report |
CCV |
Continuing calibration verification |
Cd |
Cadmium |
CDP |
Common depth point |
CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
cfm |
Cubic feet per minute |
CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
CGS |
Centimeter-gram-second |
CHEM TREC |
Chemical Transportation Emergency Center |
CI |
Compression ignition |
CL- |
Chloride |
CL |
Control Limit |
CLP |
Contract Laboratory Program |
CLP |
Cleaner, lubricant, protector |
cm |
Centimeter |
cm/sec |
Centimeter per second |
cm/sec2 |
Centimeter per squared second |
CMI |
Corrective Measures Implementation |
CMS |
Corrective Measures Study |
CNS |
Central nervous system |
CO |
Carbon monoxide |
COC |
Chain-of-custody |
COC |
Chemical of concern |
COD |
Coefficient of determination |
COPC |
Chemical of potential concern |
Cr |
Chromium |
CRP |
Community Relations Plan |
CRQL |
Contract Required Quantitation Limit |
CSM |
Conceptual site model |
CSP |
Certified Safety Professional |
CSSA |
Camp Stanley Storage Activity |
Cu |
Copper |
CVAA |
Cold vapor atomic absorption |
CWA |
Chemical warfare agent |
CWA |
Clean Water Act |
dB |
Decibel |
dBA or dB(A) |
A-weighted sound level |
DCA |
Dichloroethane |
DCB |
Dichlorobenzene |
DCC |
Description of Current Conditions |
DCE |
Dichloroethene (or dichloroethylene) |
DD |
Demolition dud |
DDD |
Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane |
DDE |
Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene |
DDT |
Dichlorodophenyltrichloroethane |
DE |
Decontamination equipment |
Dev |
Deviation |
DFTPP |
Decafluorotriphenylphosphine |
DNAPL |
Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid |
DNB |
Dinitrobenzene |
DNL |
Day-night average sound level |
DNT |
Dinitrotoluene |
DO |
Dissolved oxygen |
DO |
Delivery Order |
DO23 |
Delivery Order 23 |
DO5068 |
Contract F41689-96-D-0710, Delivery Order 5068 |
DoD |
Department of Defense |
DOL |
Directorate of Logistics |
DOT |
U.S. Department of Transportation |
DQI |
Data quality indicator |
DQO |
Data quality objective |
DRMO |
Defense Reutilization Marketing Office |
DRMS |
Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service |
DRO |
Diesel range organics |
Dup |
Duplicate |
EA |
Environmental assessment |
EB |
Equipment blank |
EBS |
Environmental baseline survey |
EC |
Emergency Coordinator |
ECD |
Electron-capture detector |
EDD |
Electronic deliverable data |
e.g. |
For example |
EICP |
Extracted ion current profile |
EM |
Electromagnetic |
EMI |
Electromagnetic induction |
ENRAC |
Environmental Remediation and Construction |
EO |
Environmental Officer |
EOD |
Explosives Ordnance Disposal |
EPA |
US Environmental Protection Agency |
ERPIMS |
Environmental Restoration Program Information Management System |
ES |
Engineering-Science, Inc. (now Parsons ES) |
ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
ESTCP |
Environmental Security Technology Certification Program |
ETIS |
Environmental Technical Information Service |
EUWD |
Edwards Underground Water District |
eV |
Electron Volt |
Expl. |
Explosives analysis |
F |
Fahrenheit |
F- |
Fluoride |
FCAA |
Federal Clean Air Act |
FID |
Flame ionization detector |
FM |
Farm-to-Market |
FO |
Fair Oaks Ranch |
FOP |
Federal operating permit |
FOTC |
First Officers Training Camp |
FR |
Federal Register |
FS |
Feasibility study |
FSH |
Fort Sam Houston |
FSP |
Field sampling plan |
ft/min |
Feet per minute |
ft/sec |
Feet per second |
FWPCA |
Federal Water Pollution Control Act |
G |
Glass |
GAC |
Granular activated carbon |
gal |
The CGS unit of acceleration, equal to 1 cm/sec2 |
GALP |
Good automated laboratory practices |
GC |
Gas chromatograph |
GC/MS |
Gas chromatograph/mass spectrometry |
GFAA |
Graphite furnace atomic absorption |
GFCI |
Ground fault circuit interrupter |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GMA |
Geophysical Micro Applications |
gpd |
Gallons per day |
gpd/ft |
Gallons per day per foot |
gpd/ft2 |
Gallons per day per square foot |
GPI |
Geoprojects International |
GPM (or gpm) |
Gallons per minute |
gpm/ft |
Gallons per minute per foot |
GPR |
Ground penetrating radar |
GPS |
Geographic positioning system |
GR |
Gamma ray |
GRO |
Gasoline range organics |
GSA |
General Services Administration |
GW |
Groundwater sample |
GWP-Ind |
Industrial groundwater protection standard |
HAA |
Haloacetic acid |
HAP |
Hazardous air pollutant |
HASP |
Health and Safety Plan |
HAZMAT |
Hazardous Material |
HAZWOPER |
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response |
HC |
Hydrocarbon |
HCL |
Hydrochloric acid |
HDPE |
High density polyethylene |
Hg |
Mercury |
HI |
Hazard index |
HMX |
Cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine (or octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine) |
HNO3 |
Nitric acid |
HP |
Hewlett Packard |
HPLC |
High performance liquid chromatography |
HQ |
Hazard quotient |
HQ |
Headquarters |
Hr/yr |
Hour per year |
H2SO4 |
Sulfuric acid |
HSWA |
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments |
HVAC |
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system |
HW |
Hazardous waste |
HWIR |
Hazardous waste identification rule |
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IC |
Internal combustion |
ICAL |
Initial calibration |
ICB |
Initial calibration blank |
ICNRMP |
Integrated Cultural and Natural Resources Management Plan |
ICP |
Inductively coupled plasma |
ICP-AES |
Inductively coupled plasma - atomic emission spectroscopy |
ICP-MS |
Inductively coupled plasma - mass spectroscopy |
ICS |
Interference check solution |
ICUZ |
Installation compatible use zone |
ICV |
Initial calibration verification |
ID |
Inside diameter |
ID |
Identification |
IDLH |
Immediately dangerous to life and health |
IDW |
Investigation derived waste |
IEC |
Inter-element corrections |
IIRT |
Initial Installation Response Team |
IM |
Interim Measures |
in-Hg |
Inches of mercury |
IOSC |
Installation on-scene coordinator |
IP |
Induced polarization |
IPC |
Instrument performance check |
IR |
Ingestion rate |
IRA |
Interim removal action |
IRAS |
Installation Restoration Archive System |
IRP |
Installation Restoration Program |
IRT |
Installation Response Team |
IS |
Internal standard |
ISCP |
Installation Spill Contingency Plan |
ITIR |
Informal Technical Information Report |
ITR |
Injection timing retard |
ITS |
Intertek Testing Services (formerly Inchcape Testing Services) |
iVi |
Industrial Vehicles, Inc. |
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JAG |
Judge Advocate General |
JATO |
Jet-assisted take-off |
JEDI |
Jones Environmental Drilling, Inc. |
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K |
Hydraulic conductivity |
Kr |
Horizontal hydraulic conductivity |
Kr |
Krum Complex soils |
KW |
Kilowatt |
KW |
Kriskall-Wallis Test |
KWh |
Kilowatt-hour |
Kz |
Vertical hydraulic conductivity |
L&R |
LaCoste and Romberg |
lb/hp |
Pound per horsepower |
LC50 |
Lethal concentration to 50% of the test organisms |
LCL |
Lower control limit |
LCS |
Laboratory control spiking |
LCSD |
Laboratory control spiking duplicate |
LDR |
Land disposal restrictions |
LEL |
Lower explosive limit |
LEPC |
Local Emergency Planning Committee |
Leq |
Energy equivalent sound level |
Lp |
Sound pressure |
LGR |
Lower Glen Rose |
LIMS |
Laboratory Information Management System |
LOAEL |
Lowest-observed-adverse-effect-level |
LPST |
Leaking Petroleum Storage Tank |
LQG |
Large quantity generator |
LRB |
Laboratory reagent blank |
LSV |
Leon Springs Villa |
LvB |
Lewisville Silty Clay |
MAP |
Military Assistance Program |
MAX |
Maximum |
MB |
Method blank |
MCL |
Maximum contaminant level |
MCT |
Matrix conductivity threshold |
MD |
Matrix duplicate |
MDL |
Method detection limit |
MeV |
Million electron volts |
mgd |
Million gallons per day |
mg/kg |
Milligrams per kilogram |
ug/kg |
Micrograms per kilogram |
mg/l |
Milligrams per liter |
ug/l |
Micrograms per liter |
mg/m3 |
Milligrams per cubic meter |
mgd |
Million gallons per day |
MIN |
Minimum |
mL |
Milliliter |
mm |
millimeter |
mph |
miles per hour |
MS |
Matrix spike |
mS/cm |
MilliSiemens per centimeter |
mS/m |
MilliSiemens per meter |
MSD |
Matrix spike duplicate |
MSDS |
Material safety data sheet |
MSHA |
Mine Safety and Health Administration |
MSL |
Mean sea level |
MTBA |
Methyl tertiary butyl ether |
N2 |
Nitrogen |
N/A |
Not applicable |
N/E |
Background level has not been established |
NA |
Not analyzed |
NAAQS |
National ambient air quality standards |
NaOH |
Sodium hydroxide |
Na2S2O3 |
Sodium thiosulfate |
NCAMS |
Noncontinuous air monitoring stations |
NCP |
National Contingency Plan |
ND |
Not detected |
NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
NESHAP |
National emission standard for hazardous air pollutants |
NH |
Nonhazardous |
NHPA |
National Historic Preservation Act |
Ni |
Nickel |
NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NMO |
Normal move out |
NOAEL |
No-observed-adverse-effect-level |
NOEL |
No-observed-effect-level |
NOR |
Notice of Registration |
NOx |
Nitrogen oxides |
NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
NRC |
National Response Center |
NRCS |
Natural Resource Conservation Service (formerly Soil Conservation Service) |
NRHP |
National Register of Historic Places |
NSCR |
Nonselective catalytic reduction |
NSR |
New source review |
O-1 |
Oxidation pond |
O3 |
Ozone |
OB |
Open burn |
O’B & G |
O’Brien & Gere Laboratory |
OD |
Open detonation |
OD |
Outside diameter |
OHMTADS |
Oil and Hazardous Materials Technical Assistance Data System |
O&M |
Operations and Maintenance |
OMB |
Ordnance Maintenance Branch |
OP-CRE1 |
Certified Registration of Emission Form for Potential to Emit |
OP-CRE2 |
Registration of Emissions for Referenced Preconstruction Authorizations |
Order 23 |
Contract F41624-94-D-8136, Order 0023 (AFCEE) |
Order 37 |
Contract F33615-89-D-4003, Order 37 (AL/OEB) |
Order 52 |
Contract F33615-89-D-4003, Order 52 (AL/OEB) |
Order 67 |
Contract F33615-89-D-4003, Order 67 (AL/OEB) |
Order 71 |
Contract F33615-89-D-4003, Order 71, (AL/OEB) |
Order 126 |
Contract F33615-89-D-4003, Order 71 (AL/OEB) |
ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
OVA |
Organic vapor analyzer |
PAC |
Polyanionic cellulose |
PAH |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
PAO |
Public Affairs Officer |
Parsons |
Parsons Engineering Science, Inc. |
Parsons ES |
Parsons Engineering Science, Inc. |
PAS |
Preliminary assessment screening |
Pb |
Lead |
PC |
Personal computer |
PCB |
Polychlorinated biphenyl |
PCC |
Precombustion chamber |
PCE |
Tetrachloroethene, perchloroethene |
PCL |
Protective Concentration Limit |
PEL |
Permissible exposure limit |
PHPA |
Partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide polyacrylate |
Phth. |
Phthalate |
PI-8 |
Certification of Enforceable Emission Limits |
PID |
Photoionization detector |
PIMS |
Phosphate Induced Metals Stabilization |
PLM |
Polarized light microscopy |
PM |
Particulate Matter |
PM-10 |
Particulate matter equal to or less than 10 micrometers in diameter |
PO |
Purchase order |
POC |
Point of contact |
ppb |
parts per billion |
ppbv |
Parts per billion by volume |
PPE |
Personal protective equipment |
ppm |
parts per million |
ppt |
parts per trillion |
PQL |
Practical quantitation limit |
PRL |
Project reporting limit |
psi |
Pounds per square inch |
psia |
Pounds per square inch absolute |
PTE |
Potential to emit |
PVC |
Polyvinyl chloride |
PZ |
Piezometer |
QA |
Quality assurance |
QAE |
Quality assurance evaluator |
QAP |
Quality assurance plan |
QAPP |
Quality assurance project plan |
QASR |
Quality Assurance Summary Report |
QC |
Quality control |
QPP |
Quality Program Plans |
"R" |
Rejected |
RA |
Risk Assessment |
RAB |
Restoration Advisory Board |
RAGS |
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund |
RAP |
Remedial Action Plan |
RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
RDX |
Royal Demolition Explosive
(hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine) |
RF |
Response factor |
RFA |
RCRA Facility Assessment |
RFI |
RCRA Facility Investigation |
RI |
Remedial investigation |
RL |
Reporting limit |
RL17 |
Contract F11623-94-D-0024, Order RL17 (AMC, AFCEE) |
RL33 |
Contract F11623-94-D-0024, Order RL33 (AMC, AFCEE) |
RL53 |
Contract F11623-94-D-0024, Order RL53 (AMC, AFCEE) |
RL74 |
Contract F11623-94-D-0024, Order RL74 (AMC, AFCEE) |
RL83 |
Contract F11623-94-D-0024, Order RL83 (AMC, AFCEE) |
RMS |
Root mean square |
RMU |
Rifle management unit |
RO |
Responsible Official |
RQ |
Reportable Quantity |
RRAD |
Red River Army Depot |
RRC |
Raliroad Commission (of Texas) |
RRS1 |
Risk reduction standard 1 |
RRS2 |
Risk reduction standard 2 |
RRS3 |
Risk reduction standard 3 |
RSD |
Relative standard deviation |
RT |
Retention time |
RTC |
Response to comments |
RWPG |
Regional Water Planning Group |
S |
Storativity |
SAIA |
San Antonio International Airport |
SAIC |
Science Applications International Corporation |
SAI-Ind |
Industrial soil-air investigation standard |
SAP |
Sampling and analysis plan |
SARA |
Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act |
SB |
Soil boring sampling location |
SB |
Statement of Basis |
SC |
Specific capacity |
SCBA |
Self-contained breathing aparatus |
SCR |
Selective catalytic reduction |
SCS |
Soil Conservation Service (now NRCS) |
SDG |
Sample delivery group |
SDWA |
Safe Drinking Water Act |
SERC |
State Emergency Response Commission |
SI |
Spark ignition |
SIP |
State implementation plan |
SO2 |
Sulfur dioxide |
SO3 |
Sulfur trioxide |
SOx |
Sulfur oxide |
SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
SOW |
Statement of work |
SP |
Spontaneous potential |
SPCC |
Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures |
SPCCP |
Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures Plan |
SPLP |
Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure |
SQG |
Small quantity generator |
SQL |
Sample Quantitation Limit |
SRA/RA |
Screening risk assessment/risk assessment |
SS |
Surface soil sampling location |
S/S |
Solidification/stabilization |
SVE |
Soil vapor extraction |
SVOA |
Semivolatile organic analyses |
SVOC |
Semivolatile organic compound |
SW |
Surface water sampling location |
SWMU |
Solid waste management unit |
T |
Transmissivity |
TaB |
Tarrant soils, gently undulating |
TaC |
Tarrant soils, rolling |
TAC |
Texas Administrative Code |
TACB |
Texas Air Control Board |
TCE |
Trichloroethene |
TCEQ |
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (formerly TNRCC) |
TCLP |
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure |
TD |
Total depth |
TDH |
Texas Department of Health |
TDS |
Total dissolved solids |
TDWR |
Texas Department of Water Resources |
T&E |
Threatened and endangered |
TEGD |
Technical Enforcement Guidance Document |
Tf |
Trinity and Frio soils |
TF |
Transfer factor |
TIM |
Technical Interchange Meeting |
TLV |
Threshold limit value |
TNC |
The Nature Conservancy |
TNRCC |
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (now TCEQ) |
TNRIS |
Texas Natural Resources Information Service |
TNT |
Trinitrotoluene |
TO |
Task Order |
TOC |
Total organic compound |
TPDES |
Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
TPH |
Total petroleum hydrocarbons |
TPWD |
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
tpy |
Tons per year |
TRRP |
Texas Risk Reduction Program |
TRV |
Toxicity reference value |
TSCA |
Toxic Substances Control Act |
TSD |
Treatment, storage, and disposal |
TSDF |
Treatment, storage, or disposal facility |
TSS |
Total suspended solids |
TU |
Treatment unit |
TWC |
Texas Water Commission |
TWDB |
Texas Water Development Board |
TWT |
Two-way travel |
TWWDB |
Texas Water Well Drillers Board |
"U" |
Undetected or nondetected |
UCL |
Upper confidence limit |
ug/kg |
Microgram per kilogram |
ug/L |
Microgram per liter |
umhos/cm |
Micromhos per centimeter |
U.S. |
United States |
USAEC |
United States Army Environmental Center |
U.S.C. |
United States Code |
USCS |
Unified Soil Classification System |
USDA |
US Department of Agriculture |
USFWS |
US Fish and Wildlife Service |
USGS |
US Geological Survey |
UST |
Underground storage tank |
UTL |
Upper tolerance limit |
UTSA |
University of Texas- San Antonio |
UXB |
UXB International |
UXO |
Unexploded ordnance |
VCI |
Volatile corrosion inhibitor |
VCP |
Vitrified clay pipe |
VEW |
Vapor extraction well |
VLF |
Very low frequency |
VMP |
Vapor monitoring point |
VOA |
Volatile organic analysis |
VOC |
Volatile organic compound |
WAP |
Waste analysis plan |
WMP |
Waste management plan |
WP |
Work plan |
WPA |
Works Progress Administration |
WRPA |
Waste Reduction Policy Act |
WWTP |
Wastewater treatment plant |
yd3 |
Cubic yard |
Zn |
Zinc |