Acronyms
ABA ACMER ADTI AGP Ag Al AIT ALD ANC AMD ANP ANSTO AP APS ARAR ARD ASTM Ar AVS BAT BC BCR BLM BLM BOD Ca CCE Cd CERCLA Co CGM CMC COC CSM Cu CWA CN CTW DCC DO DOC DOE DQO EA EIS EMP EMS EPA ERA ETSC F FBC Fe FLT FS GCL GIS gpm ha HDPE HDS HHRA IC ICARD INAP ISO ITRC Lbs LBOS LOE LOS M+2 MCL MEND MIW Mg m/m MMB MMole Mn MP NAG NAPP NDEP NF NGO Ni NMA NMD NNP NPDES NPL NPV NRC O/M ORP OSC OSM OU PAG Pb PE PGOS PIRAMID POTW PRB PRP PRZ PTS PVC QA QAPP QCV RAMS RAPS RCRA Redox RO S SAP SAPS Sb Se SEM SOP SPLP spp ssp SRB SLS SMCRA TCLP TF TIC TDS TMDL TSF TOC U UIC US USEPA USGS VFA VMS WQ Zn ZVI |
acid base accounting Australian Center for Mining Environmental Research Acid Drainage Technology Initiative acid-generating potential Silver Aluminum alkaline injection technology anoxic limestone drains acid neutralizing capacity acid mine drainage acid-neutralizing potential Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization Acid (generating) potential alkalinity-producing system applicable or relevant and appropriate requirement acid rock drainage American Society for Testing and Materials Arsenic acid volatile sulfide best available technology British Columbia biochemical reactor Biotic ligand model U.S. Bureau of Land Management biological oxygen demand Calcium CCE Cadmium Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Cobalt Cyanobacteria-algae mat Criterion Maximum Concentration contaminant of concern conceptual site model Copper Clean Water Act cyanide constructed treatment wetland direct capitol costs dissolved oxygen dissolved oxygen demand U.S. Department of Energy data quality objectives Environmental Assessment Environmental Impact Study environmental management plan environmental management system U.S. Environmental Protection Agency environmental risk assessment U.S. EPA Engineering Technical Support Center Fluoride fluidized bed combustion Iron Fluid Leaching Test feasibility study geosynthetic clay liner geographic information system gallons per minute hectare high density polyethylene high density sludge human health risk assessment indirect costs International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage International Network for Acid Prevention International Standard Organization Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council pounds (US) limestone-buffered organic substrate line of evidence limestone/oscillatoria divalent metalsspacer Maximum Contaminant Level Mine Environmental Neutral Drainage mine impacted water (mine influenced water) Magnesium management and maintenance microbial mat bioreactor milimole Manganese management plan net acid-generating net acid-producing potential Nevada Division of Environmental Protection nano-filtration non-government organization Nickel National Mining Association neutral mine drainage net-neutralizing potential National Pollution Discharge Elimination System National Priority List net present value National Research Council operation/maintenance oxygen producing material on-site coordinator U.S. Office of Surface Mining operable unit potentially acid generating lead polyethylene pea gravel/oscillatoria Passive In-Situ Remediation of Acidic Mine/ Industrial Drainage publicly owned treatment works permeable reactive barrier potentially responsible party permeable reactive zone passive treatment system polyvinyl chloride quality assurance quality assurance project plan quality control restoration of abandoned mine sites reducing alkalinity-producing system Resource Conservation and Recovery Act reduction oxidation reverse osmosis Sulfur sample and analysis plan sequential alkalinity-producing wetlands Antimony Selenium scanning electron microscope standard operating procedure Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure plural of species subspecies sulfate reducing bacteria sodium lauryl sulfate Solid Mining Control and Reclamation Act Toxicity Characteristics Leaching Procedure trickling filter total inorganic carbon total dissolved solids total maximum daily limit tailings storage facility total organic carbon Uranium underground injection control United States United States Environmental Protection Agency United States Geological Survey volatile fatty acid volcanic massive sulfide water quality Zinc zero valent iron |