OIL SPILL RESPONSE - ACRONYMS

We in the environmental field love Acronyms -- therefore -- the following should be useful for those who are not exclusively in the environmental field and most of us who are. If you come upon some additional one be sure to send us a message and tell us so that we can add them to this array.

AC -- Area Committee

ACGIH -- American Congress of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

ACM -- Asbestos Containing Material

ACP -- Area Contingency Plan

AEA -- Atomic Energy Act (10 CFR, Parts 0-199, 703-1060)

AHERA -- Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 (Title II of TSCA)

ANSI -- American National Standards Institute

AQMA -- Air Quality Maintenance Areas (40 CFR, Part 51)

ARAR -- Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirement

ARCS -- Alternative Remedial Contracting Systems

ASTM -- American Society for Testing and Materials

ATSDR -- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

AWT -- Advanced Wastewater Treatment

BACT -- Best Available Control Technology (40 CFR, Part 60)

BAT -- Best Available Technology (40 CFR, Part 60)

BCT -- Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology (40 CFR, Part 60)

BDAT -- Best Developed Alternate Technology (40 CFR, Part 268)

BEI -- Biological Exposure Indices (guidelines of potential health hazards established by ACGIH)

BIRL -- Basic Industry Research Laboratory

BNA -- Base Neutral/Acid Extractable Compounds

BOD -- Biochemical Oxygen Demand

BPT -- Best Practicable Control Technology

BTU -- British Thermal Unit

CAA -- Clean Air Act (40 CFR, Parts 50-87)

CAAA -- Clean Air Act Amendments

CAIR -- Comprehensive Assessment Information Rule (40 CFR, Part 704, under TSCA)

CAS -- Chemical Abstract Service (found in CERCLA)

CDC -- Centers for Disease Control

CEI -- Compliance Evaluation Inspection

CEMS -- Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (40 CFR, Part 60)

CEPP -- Chemical Emergency Preparedness Program

CERCLA -- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund Law)

CFC -- Chlorofluorocarbon

CFR -- Code of Federal Regulations

CMA -- Chemical Manufacturers Association

CMS -- Corrective Measure Study

COD -- Chemical Oxygen Demand

CPSC -- Consumer Product Safety Commission

CWA -- Clean Water Act (40 CFR, Parts 104-140, 401-471)

CZM -- Coastal Zone Management

DOC -- Department of Commerce

DOD -- Department of Defense

DOE -- Department of Energy

DOI -- Department of Interior

DOJ -- Department of Justice

DOT -- Department of Transportation

DOT-E -- Designation of Materials Exempt from Department of Transportation regulations

DRAT -- District Response Advisory Team

DRG -- District Response Group

EDF -- Environmental Defense Fund

EP -- Extraction Procedure (40 cfr 261 - aPPENDIX ii)

EPA -- Environmental Protection Agency

EPCRA -- Emergency Planning and Communit Right-To-Know Act (Title III of SARA, commonly called Right-To-Know or SARA Title III)(40 CFR, Part 355)

ERC -- Emissions Reduction Credit (40 CFR, Part 60)

ERT -- Environmental Response Team

ESF -- Emergency Support Functions

FCO -- Federal Coordinating Officer

FEMA -- Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIFRA -- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (40 CFR, Part 152-186)

FIRM -- Flood Insurance Rate Map

FOIA -- Freedom of Information Act

FRERP -- Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan

FRP -- Federal Response Plan

FWPCA -- Federal Water Pollution Control Act (same as the Clean Water Act)

GC/MS -- Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

GMS -- GeoMonitoring Services

GPR -- Ground Penetrating Radar

GSA -- General Services Administration

HAZWOPER -- Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Personnel Training (29 CFR, Part 1910.120)

HCS -- OSHA hazard Communication Standard (Worker Right-To-Know) (29 CFR 1910.1200)

HHS -- Department of Health and Human Services

HMTA -- Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 CFR, Part 355)

HOC -- Halogenated Organic Compounds (40 CFR, Part 268)

HRS -- Hazardous Ranking System

HSL -- Hazardous Substance List

HSWA -- Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (1984 RCRA Amendments)

HWTC -- Hazardous Waste Treatment Council

IARC -- International Agency for Research on Cancer

IDLH -- Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health

IM -- Interim Measures

IMO -- International Maritime Organization

INCOR -- University of California's Institutional Collaborative Research Program

IPDWS -- Interim Primary Drinking Water Standards

IRM -- Information Resource Management

ITC -- Interagency Testing Committee

Land ban -- Prohibitions from disposal of Hazardous waste in land based units (40 CFR, Part 268)

LAER -- Lowest Achievable Emission Rate

LC50 -- Concentration Lethal to 50% of Recipients

LD50 -- Dose Lethal to 50% of Recipients

LDR -- Land Disposal Restrictions (40 CFR, Part 268)

LEPC -- Local Emergency Planning Committee

LUST -- Leaking Underground Storage Tanks

MACT -- Maximum Achievable Control Technology (40 CFR, Part 61)

MCL -- Maximum Containment Level (Goal)

Mg -- Mega grams (Metric Ton is Approximately 2,200 pounds)

MSDS -- Material Safety Data Sheet

MTB -- Materials Transportation Bureau of the Department of Transportation

MTU -- Mobile Treatment Unit

NAAQS -- National Ambient Air Quality Standards (40 CFR, Part 50)

NACE -- National Association of Corrosion Engineers

NAS -- National Academy of Sciences

NCP -- National Contingency Plan (40 CFR, Part 300; also called the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan)

NEPA -- National Environmental Policy Act

NESHAP -- National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (40 CFR, Part 60)

NFIP -- National Flood Insurance Program

NFPA -- National Fire Protection Association

NIOSH -- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NOAA -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOD -- Notice of Deficiency

NORM -- Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material

NPDES -- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (40 CFR, Part 106)

NPFC -- National Pollution Funds Center

NPL -- National Priorities List (CERCLA)

NPRM -- Notice of Proposed Rule making

NRC -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission or National Response Center

NRS -- National Response System

NRT -- National Response Team

NSF -- National Strike Force

NSFCC -- National Strike Force Coordination Center

NSPS -- New Source Performance Standards (40 CFR, Part 60.4)

NTP -- National Toxicology program (40 CFR, Part 700, see TSCA)

OARM -- Office of Administration and Resources management (40 CFR, Part 1)

OIRM -- Office of Information Resource Management (40 CFR, Part 1)

OMB -- Office of Management and Budget

OPPE -- Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation

ORM -- Other Regulated Materials (DOT)

OSC -- On-Scene Coordinator

OSHA -- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSH Act 29 CFR, Parts 1900-1999)

OSHRC -- Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

OSLTF -- Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund

OSW -- Office of Solid Waste

OSWER -- Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response

OTA -- Office of Technology Assessment (40 CFR, Parts 0-52, 60-Air Programs)

OTS -- Office of Toxic Substances

OVA -- Organic Vapor Analyzer

PAH -- Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons

PCB -- Polychlorinated biphenyl

PEL -- Permissable Exposure Limit

pH -- Potential of Hydrogen ion in water

PIAT -- Public Information Assist Team

PID -- Photo Ionization Detector

PM10 -- Particulate Matter less than 10 microns

PMN -- Pre-Manufacture Notification

PNA -- Polynuclear Aromatics

POLREP -- Pollution Report

POTWs -- Publicly Owned Treatment Works

ppb --Parts per billion

PPE -- Personal Protection Equipment

ppm -- Parts per million

PQL -- Practical Quantitation Limit

PCRS -- Permit Required Confined Space

PRPs -- Potentially Responsible Parties

PSD -- Prevention of Significant Deterioration

PSIA -- Pounds per Square Inch Absolute

RA -- Risk Assessment

RACT -- Reasonably Available Control Technology

RAGS -- Risk Assessments Guidance for Superfund

RCP -- Regional Contingency Plan

RCRA -- Resource conservation and Recovery Act

RERT -- Radiological Emergency Response Team

RFA -- RCRA Facility Assessment

RFI -- RCRA Facility Investigation

RIA -- Regulatory Impact Analysis

RI/FS -- Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study

RMPS - Risk Management Plans

ROD -- Record of Decision

RQ -- Reportable Quantity

RSPA -- Research and Special Programs Administration of DOT

RTECS -- Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

SARA -- Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1987

SCBA -- Self Contained Breathing Apparatus

SDWA -- Safe Drinking Water Act

SERC -- State Emergency Response Committee

SIP -- State Implementation Plan (40 CFR, Part 51)

SMSA -- Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (40 CFR, Part 52)

SNUR -- Significant New use Rule

SOCMI -- Synthetic Organic Chemical Industry

SONS -- Spill of National Significance

SOP -- Standard Operating Procedure

SPCC Plan -- Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan

SQG -- Small Quantity Generator

SRF -- State-administered water pollution control Revolving Funds

SSC -- Scientific Support Coordinator

Superfund -- See CERCLA

Superfund sites -- See NPL

SUPSALV -- United States Navy Supervisor of Salvage

SWMU -- Solid Waste Management Unit

TAB -- Total Annual Benzene-in-Waste

TC -- Toxicity Characteristic

TCLP -- Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure

TDS -- Total Dissolved Solids (non-filterable solids)

Title III -- Section of SARA mandating public disclosure of chemical information and development of emergency response plans.

TKN -- Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen

TLV -- Threshold Limit Value (safe airborne concentrations of substances established by ACGIH)

TOC -- Total Organic Carbon

TOX -- Total Organic Halogen (Also TOH)

TPH -- Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons

TSCA -- Toxic Substances Control Act (40 CFR, Part 700 includes PCB Regulations).

TSS -- Total Suspended Solids

UIC -- Underground Injection Control (40 CFR, Part 146)

UEL -- Upper explosive limit

UPAC -- International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

USDW -- Underground Source of Drinking Water

USFWS -- United States Fish and Wildlife Service

UST -- Underground Storage Tank (40 CFR, Part 280)

VOA -- Volatile Organic Analysis

VHAP -- Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutant

VOC -- Volatile Organic Compound

WHP -- Wellhead Protection Act

WQC -- Water Quality Criteria

Z list -- OSHA list of hazardous chemicals (29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z, Worker Right-To-Know)

ZHE -- Zero Headspace Extraction (40 CFR, Part 268, Part of TCLP Procedure)

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