Common Environmental Regulation Acronyms, Abbreviations and Initializations

21C - Massachusetts General Law Chapter 21C.

21E - Massachusetts General Law Chapter 21E.

µg - microgram.

AAL - Allowable Ambient Limit in air.

ACEC - Area of Critical Environmental Concern.

ACO - Administrative Consent Order.

ADD - Average Daily Dose of a contaminant received by a receptor of concern.

ADE - Average Daily Exposure.

ADSCR - Average Daily Soil Contact Rate.

ADSIR - Average Daily Soil Intake Rate.

AEPMM - Active Exposure Pathway Mitigation Measure

AF - Absorbed Fraction, the fraction of OHM in soil absorbed through the skin.

AHERA - Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (1986)

AP - Averaging Period.

ARAR - Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirement.

AST - Above Ground Storage Tank.

ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials.

ATC - Allowable Threshold Concentration.

ATSDR - the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry.

AUL - Activity and Use Limitation.

AWQC - Ambient Water Quality Criteria.

BDAT - Best Demonstrated Available Technology.

BDL - Below Detection Limit.

bgs - below ground surface.

BNA - Base- Neutral and Acid Extractable Organics.

BOD - Biological Oxygen Demand.

BOH - Board of Health.

BOL - Bill of Lading.

BPP - MA DEP Bureau of Policy and Planning.

BTEX - Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylenes.

BW - Body Weight of the receptor of concern during the period of exposure.

BWP - the Massachusetts DEP Bureau of Waste Prevention.

BWR - the Massachusetts DEP Bureau of Water Resources.

BWSC - the Massachusetts DEP Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup.

C - either (a) Celsius or Centigrade or units Conversion factor.

c.21E - Massachusetts General Law Chapter 21E

CAA - the federal Clean Air Act.

CAFE - Corporate Average Fuel Economy [standard]

CAG - the U.S. EPA's Carcinogen Assessment Group.

CAS - Chemical Abstract Service.

CDF - Confined Disposal Facility.

CEP - Critical Exposure Pathway

CERCLA - U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.

CERCLIS - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System.

CERO - MA DEP Central Regional Office.

CFC - chlorofluorocarbon.

CFR - Code of Federal Regulation.

CMR - Code of Massachusetts Regulation.

CMO - Chief Municipal Officer.

COC - Contaminant of Concern.

COD - Chemical Oxygen Demand.

CRA - Comprehensive Response Action.

CWA - the federal Clean Water Act.

DAD - Dead and Decomposing

DAQC - the Massachusetts DEP Division of Air Quality Control

dB - Decibel.

DCE - Dichloroethylene.

DDD - 2,2- bis(p- chlorophenyl)- 1,1- dichloroethane.

DDE - dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene.

DDT - 1,1,1- trichloro- 2,2- bis(p- chlorophenyl)ethane.

DEIR - Draft Environmental Impact Report.

DEP - the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

DEQE - the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, which is the former name of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

DHM - the Massachusetts DEP Division of Hazardous Materials.

DNAPL - Dense Non- Aqueous Phase Liquid.

DO - Dissolved Oxygen.

DOD - the U.S. Department of Defense.

DOE - the U.S. Department of Energy.

DOI - the U.S. Department of the Interior.

DOJ - the U.S. Department of Justice.

DOT - the U.S. Department of Transportation.

DPH - the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

DPS - either: (a) Downgradient Property Status or (b) the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety.

DQO - Data Quality Objectives.

DRE - Destruction Removal Efficiency.

DSWM - the Massachusetts DEP Division of Solid Waste Management.

DWPC - the Massachusetts DEP Division of Water Pollution Control.

DWS - the Massachusetts DEP Division of Water Supply. (Now the Drinking Water Program, DWP)

DWW - MA DEP Division of Wetlands and Waterways.

E/P - Evaporation/percolation.

ECD - Electron Capture Detector.

ED - Exposure Duration.

EDB - Ethylene Dibromide

EF - Exposure Frequency.

EHS - Extremely Hazardous Substance.

EIR - Environmental Impact Report.

EIS - Environmental Impact Statement.

ELCR - Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk.

ENF - Environmental Notification Form.

EOEA - Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.

EP - Exposure Period.

EPA - the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

EPC - Exposure Point Concentration.

EPCRA - Emergency Planning and Community Right- to- Know Act.

EPH - Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons.

ERL - Effects Range Low

ERM - Effects Range Median

ESP - Electrostatic Precipitator.

eV - Electron Volt.   

FB - Field Blank.

FEIR - Final Environmental Impact Report.

FEIS - Final Environmental Impact Statement.

FI - Food Intake.

FID - Flame Ionization Detector.

FIFRA - the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

FNSI - Finding of No Significant Impact.

FOIA - Freedom of Information Act.

FONSEI - Finding Of No Significant Environmental Impact.

FP - Flash Point.

FS - Feasibility Study.

FSP - Field Sampling Plan.

FY - Fiscal Year.   

GAC - Granulated Activated Carbon.

GAO - the U.S. General Accounting Office.

GC - Gas chromatography.

GC/ECD - Gas Chromatography/Electron Capture Detector.

GC/MS - Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry.

GC/FID - Gas Chromatography/Flame Ionization Detector.

GC/PID - Gas Chromatography/Photoionization Detector.

GEIR - Generic Environmental Impact Report

GIS - Geographic Information System.

GPM - Gallons per Minute.

GW - Ground Water.

GW- 1 - the groundwater category GW- 1.

GW- 2 - the groundwater category GW- 2.

GW- 3 - the groundwater category GW- 3.

GWTP - Ground Water Treatment Plant.

H&S - Health and Safety.

HAP - Hazardous Air Pollutant.

HASP - Health and Safety Plan.

HAZWOPER - Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response.

HCFC - Hydrochlorofluorocarbons.

HCS - Hazardous Communication Standard.

HDPE - High- Density Polyethylene.

HEAST - U.S. EPA's Health Effects Assessment Summary Tables.

HI - Hazard Index.

HMTA - Hazardous Material Transportation Act.

HMTUSA - Hazardous Material Transportation Uniform Safety Act.

HPLC - High- performance liquid chromatography.

HQ - Hazard Quotient.

HRS - Hazard Ranking System.

HSA - Hollow Stem Auger.

HSWA - the federal Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (1984).

HM - Hazardous Material.

HW - Hazardous Waste.

IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer.

ICAP - Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma emissions Spectroscopy.

ICP - Inductively Coupled Plasma atomic emission spectroscopy.

IDL - Instrument Detection Limit.

IDLH - Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health.

IH - Imminent Hazard.

IM - Interim Measure.

IR - either: (a) Infra- Red or (b) Ingestion Rate.

IRA - Immediate Response Action.

IRAC - Immediate Response Action Completion [Report].

IRAP - Immediate Response Action Plan.

IRIS - US EPA's Integrated Risk Information System.

ISV - In- Situ Volatilization.

IT - Innovative Technology.

IWPA - Interim Wellhead Protection Area.

IWTP - Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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kg - kilogram.

L - liter.

LADD - Lifetime Average Daily Dose.

LADSCR - Lifetime Average Daily Soil Contact Rate normalized to bodyweight.

LADSIR - Lifetime Average Daily Soil Intake Rate normalized to bodyweight.

LAER - Lowest Achievable Emission Rate.

LC50 - Lethal Concentration, 50%.

LD50 - Lethal Dose, 50%.

LDR - Land Disposal Restrictions.

LEL - Lower Explosive Limit.

LEPC - Local Emergency Planning Committee.

LLRW - Low Level Radioactive Waste.

LNAPL - Light Non- Aqueous Phase Liquid.

LOAEL - Lowest Observed Adverse Effects Level

LOEL - Lowest Observed Effects Level

LRA - Limited Removal Action.

LSP - Licensed Site Professional.

LTBI - Location To Be Investigated.

LTTD - Low Temperature Thermal Desorption.

LUST - Leaking Underground Storage Tank.

m - meter.

MACT - Maximum Available Control Technology.

MA DEP - the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

MCL - Maximum Contaminant Level.

MCP - Massachusetts Contingency Plan.

MDL - Method Detection Limit.

MEK - Methyl Ethyl Ketone.

MEPA - Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act.

MF - Modifying Factor.

mg - milligram.

MGL - Massachusetts General Law.

MMCL - Massachusetts Maximum Contaminant Level.

MOHML - Massachusetts Oil and Hazardous Material List.

MOU - Memorandum of Understanding.

MS - Mass spectrometry.

MS/MSD - Matrix Spike/Matrix Spike Duplicate.

MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheet.

MSL - Mean Sea Level.

MSR - Material Shipment Record.

MTBE - Methyl tertiary- Butyl Ether.

MW - either: (a) Molecular Weight or (b) Monitoring Well.

NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

NAPL - Non- Aqueous Phase Liquid.

NCP - National Contingency Plan.

ND - either (a) Not Detected or (b) Non- Detect.

NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act.

NERO - MA DEP Northeast Regional Office.

NESHAP - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.

NFA - No Further Action.

ng - nanogram.

NOx - Nitrous Oxides.

NOAA - National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

NOAEL - No Observed Adverse Effects Level.

NOEL - No Observed Effects Level

NOHSCP - National Oil and Hazardous Substance Contingency Plan.

NON - Notice of Noncompliance.

NOR - Notice of Responsibility.

NORA - Notice of Response Action.

NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

NPDWSA - Non-Potential Drinking Water Source Area

NPL - National Priorities List.

NPOTW - Non-Publicly Owned Treatment Works

NRD - Natural Resource Damage.

NRS - Numerical Ranking System.(note: discontinued 2014)

NSPS - New Source Performance Standard.

NSR - No Significant Risk.

O&M - Operation and Maintenance.

OHM - Oil and/or Hazardous Material.

ORS - DEP Office of Research and Standards.

ORW - Outstanding Resource Water.

OSC - On- Scene Coordinator.

OSHA - the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

OTA - [Massachusetts] Office of Technology Assessment.

OWM - [Massachusetts] Office of Watershed Management

PAHs - Polycyclic (or Polynuclear) Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

PAN - Penalty Assessment Notice.

Pb - lead.

PCBs - Polychlorinated Biphenyls.

PCDDs - Polychlorinated Dibenzo Dioxins

PCDFs - Polychlorinated Dibenzo Furans

PCE - Perchloroethylene (Tetrachloroethylene).

PDWSA - Potential Drinking Water Source Area

PEL - OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit.

PID - Photoionization Detector.

PIP - Public Involvement Plan.

PM10 - Particulate Matter, 10 microns.

POTS - Permanent or Temporary Solution

POTW - Publicly Owned Treatment Works.

PPA - either: (a) Potentially Productive Aquifer or (b) Pollution Prevention Act.

ppb - parts per billion.

PPE - Personal protective equipment.

ppm - parts per million.

ppm/v - parts per million by volume

ppt - parts per trillion.

PQL - Practical Quantitation Limit.

PRA - Preliminary Response Action.

PRP - Potentially Responsible Party.

PSD - Prevention of Significant Deterioration

PSC - Permanent Solution with Conditions

PSNC - Permanent Solution with no Conditions.

PTS - Permanent or Temporary Solution

PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride.

q1* - the US EPA's Cancer Assessment Group's published cancer slope value.

QA - Quality assurance.

QC - Quality control.

RACT - Reasonably Available Control Technology.

RAF - Relative Absorption Factor.

RAM - Release Abatement Measure.

RAO - Response Action Outcome.

RAO- P - Response Action Outcome - Partial.

RAPS - Response Action Performance Standard.

RC - Reportable Concentration.

RCGW- 1 - the groundwater Reporting Category RCGW- 1.

RCGW- 2 - the groundwater Reporting Category RCGW- 2.

RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.

RCS- 1 - the soil Reporting Category RCS- 1.

RCS- 2 - the soil Reporting Category RCS- 2.

RfC - U.S. EPA's published Reference Concentration.

RfD - U.S. EPA's published Reference Dose.

RFI - either: (a) Request for Information or (b) RCRA Facility Investigation.

RFP - Request for Proposals.

RI/FS - Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study.

RIP - Remedy Implementation Plan.

RLF - Release Log Form.

RLFA - Release Log Form Amendment.

RNF - Release Notification Form.

ROD - Record of Decision.

ROS - Remedy Operation Status.

RP - either: (a) Responsible Party or (b) Respirable Particulates.

RQ - Reportable Quantity.

RQD - Rock Quality Designation.

RRT - Regional Response Team.

RTECS - Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances.

RTN - Release Tracking Number.

S- 1 - the soil category S- 1.

S- 2 - the soil category S- 2.

S- 3 - the soil category S- 3.

SA - Skin Surface Area in contact with the contaminated soil on days exposed.

SCBA - Self- Contained Breathing Apparatus.

SDWA - the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.

SERO - MA DEP Southeast Regional Office.

SIC - Standard Industrial Classification.

SIP - State Implementation Plan.

SITE - Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation.

SO2 - Sulfur Dioxide.

SOP - Standard Operating Procedure.

SOW - Scope of Work.

SPCC - Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan.

SRM - Substantial Release Migration.

STEL - Short- Term Exposure Limit.

SVE - Soil Vapor Extraction.

SVOC - Semi- volatile Organic Compound.

SW - either: (a) Surface Water or (b) Solid Waste.

TAG - Technical Assistance Grant.

TCA - Trichloroethane.

TCDD - Tetrachlorinated Dibenzo Dioxin

TCDF - Tetrachlorinated Dibenzo Furan.

TCE - Trichloroethylene.

TCLP - Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure.

TEF - Toxicity Equivalency Factor.

TEL - Threshold Effects Level in air.

TEQ - Toxicity Equivalent.

TICs - Tentatively Identified Compounds.

TMPS - Temporary Solution

TLV - OSHA Threshold Limit Value.

TOR - Threat of Release.

TOV - Total Organic Vapors.

TPH/IR - Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons measured using Infrared Analysis.

TPH/GC/PID - Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons measured using Gas Chromatography and a Photo- Ionization Detector.

TPH/GC/FID - Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons measured using Gas Chromatography and a Flame Ionization Detector.

TPH - Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons.

TQ - Threshold Quantity.

TRC - Technical Review Criteria

TRI - Toxic Release Inventory.

TSCA - the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act.

TSDF - Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility.

TWA - Time Weighted Average.

UCL - either: (a) Upper Concentration Limit or (b) Upper Confidence Limit

UF - Uncertainty Factor.

ug - microgram.

UIC - Underground Injection Control.

UR - Unit Risk value.

URAM - Utility- related Abatement Measure.

US EPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency.

USACE - United States Army Corps of Engineers.

USCG - U.S. Coast Guard.

USGS - U.S. Geological Survey.

UST - Underground Storage Tank.

UTM - Universal Transverse Mercator.

UV - Ultra- Violet.

VI - Volume Ingested.

VI - Vapor Intrusion.

VOC - Volatile Organic Compound.

VPH - Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons.

VR - Volume Respired.

WERO - MA DEP Western Regional Office.

WES - Wall Experiment Station.

WQC - [Ambient] Water Quality Criteria.

WWTP - Waste Water Treatment Plant

XRF - X-Ray Fluorescence

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