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Groundwater Investigation and Associated Source Characterization

Acronyms and Abbreviations

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 A

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

 B 

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

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

 D 

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

 E

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

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

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

  H

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

  I  

 

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.

  J

 

JAG

Judge Advocate General

JATO

Jet-assisted take-off

JEDI

Jones Environmental Drilling, Inc.

 K

 

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 

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

  M  

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   

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

  P  

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  

"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 

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  

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 

"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

  V  

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

 W

WAP

Waste analysis plan

WMP

Waste management plan

WP

Work plan

WPA

Works Progress Administration

WRPA

Waste Reduction Policy Act

WWTP

Wastewater treatment plant

  Y 

yd3

Cubic yard

  Z  

Zn

Zinc