Appendix G: Acronyms
| ABA AET AF AFB ARAMS ASE ATL AVS BAF BASS BCF bgs BLM BMF BSAF BSQV CA CERCLA COC COI COPC COPEC CSCL CSM DCE DDE DDT DEQ DGT DOC DQO DTPA EcoSSL EDTA EE EMNR EPI EPT EqP ERA ERED ER-L ER-M ESB ESTCP FCV FDA FGETS FID foc FS GC/MS GETS GIS HHRA HMX HOC HPAH HQ IBI ICI IRIS IRP ITRC Koc Kow LEL LOAEL LPAH MCAS MCB MET mgd MNR NAPL NFA NFESC NJDEP NOAA NOAEL NRWQC OC ODEQ ORNL OU PAH PBT PCB PCDD PCDF PCE PCP PDMS PE PEC PED PEL PHC POM PRG PUP R2 RAGS RAL RAO RBA RBP RCRA RDX RFI RI ROD SEC SEL SEM SERAFM SERDP SFE SL SLC SLERA SLV SOC SPMD SPME SPI SQAL SQC SQG SQO SQT SQuiRT SQV SSL SSLC SVOC SWAC TCE TCDD T&E TEC TEL TEQ TET TIE TLC TNB TNT TOC TSMD TSS TU USACE USEPA USGS USFWS VC VOC WDEQ WES WNY |
absolute bioavailability apparent effects threshold accumulation factors Air Force Base Adaptive Risk Assessment Modeling System accelerated solvent extraction acceptable tissue levels acid volatile sulfides bioaccumulation factor Bioaccumulation and Aquatic System Simulator bioconcentration factor below ground surface biotic ligand model biomagnification factor biota-sediment accumulation factor bioaccumulation sediment quality value cost analysis Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act contaminant of concern contaminant of interest contaminant of potential concern contaminant of potential environmental concern chemical stressor concentration limit conceptual site model dichloroethene dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethene Department of Environmental Quality diffusive gradient in thin films dissolved organic carbon data quality objective diethylenetriaminetetraacetic acid ecological soil screening level ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid engineering evaluation enhanced monitored natural recovery Estimation Program Interface Ephemeroptora (mayflies), Plecoptera (stoneflies), and Trichoptera (caddisflies) equilibrium partitioning ecological risk assessment Environmental Residue Effects Database effects range low effects range median equilibrium sediment benchmark Environmental Security Technology Certification Program final chronic value Food and Drug Administration Food and Gill Exchange Transport System flame ionization detector fraction of organic carbon foc feasibility study gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer Gill Exchange and Transport System geographic information system human health risk assessment octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine hydrophobic organic chemical high-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon hazard quotient index of benthic biotic integrity invertebrate community index Integrated Risk Information System Installation Restoration Program Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council organic carbon–water partition coefficient Koc octanol-water partition coefficient Kow lowest effects level lowest observable adverse effects level low-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon Marine Corps Air Station Marine Corps Base minimum effects threshold million gallons per day monitored natural recovery nonaqueous-phase liquid no further action Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration no observable adverse effects level national recommended water quality criteria organic carbon Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Oak Ridge National Laboratory operable unit polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic polychlorinated biphenyl polychlorinated dibenzodioxin polychlorinated dibenzofuran tetrachloroethene pentachlorophenol polydimethylsiloxane polyethylene probable effects concentration polyethylene device probable effects level petroleum hydrocarbon polyoxymethylene preliminary remediation goal Plant Uptake Program coefficient of determination Risk Assessment Guide for Superfund remedial action level remedial action objective relative bioavailability rapid bioassessment protocol Resource Conservation and Recovery Act hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine RCRA facility investigation remedial investigation record of decision sediment effects concentration severe effects level simultaneously extracted metals Spreadsheet-Based Ecological Risk Assessment for the Fate of Mercury Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program supercritical fluid extraction screening level screening level concentration screening level ecological risk assessment screening level value sedimentary organic content semipermeable-membrane device solid-phase microextraction sediment profile imaging sediment quality advisory level sediment quality criteria sediment quality guideline sediment quality objective Sediment Quality Triad Screening Quick Reference Table sediment quality value soil screening level species screening level concentration semivolatile organic compound surface-weighted average concentration trichloroethene tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin threatened and endangered toxic effects concentration threshold effects level toxic equivalent toxic effects threshold toxicity identification evaluation thin-layer chromatography 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene 2,4,6-trinitrotouene total organic carbon Tri-State Mining District total suspended solids toxic unit U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service vinyl chloride volatile organic compound Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Waterways Experiment Station Washington Navy Yard |
