EGU |
Electric Generating Utility |
|
FOAK |
First of a Kind |
|
(D)NAPL |
Dense Non Aqueous Phase Liquid |
|
AA |
Atomic Absorption |
|
AAC |
Accident Assessment Coordinator |
|
AAEE |
American Academy of Environmental Engineers |
|
AAI |
All Appropriate Inquiry |
|
AAM |
American Association of Museums |
|
AAPCA |
Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies |
|
AAS |
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer |
|
AASLH |
American Association for State and Local History |
|
AC |
Alternating Current |
|
ACBM |
Asbestos-Containing Building Material |
|
ACE |
Alliance for Clean Energy |
|
ACL |
Alternate Concentration Limit |
|
ACL |
Analytical Chemistry Laboratory |
|
ACM |
Asbestos Containing Material |
|
ACO |
Administrative Consent Order |
|
ACP |
Agricultural Conservation Program |
|
ACR |
Acute to Chronic Ratio |
|
ACWA |
American Clean Water Association |
|
ad |
Administration Division |
|
ADA |
Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation) |
|
adams |
Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System |
|
ADS |
Assistant Direct Supervisor |
|
ADS |
Administrative Support |
|
AE |
Air Emissions |
|
AEA |
Atomic Energy Act |
|
AEO |
Annual Energy Outlook |
|
AEP |
alternative energy production |
|
AES |
Atomic Emission Spectroscopy |
|
AFO |
Animal Feeding Operation |
|
AFS |
American Fisheries Society |
|
AFWA |
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies |
|
AG |
Attorney General |
|
AGC |
Association of General Contractors |
|
AGR |
Agriculture |
|
AHERA |
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (TSCA, 1986) |
|
AIHA |
American Industrial Hygiene Association |
|
AIP |
Auto-Ignition Point |
|
AIS |
Aquatic Invasive Species |
|
AISL |
Acute Inhalation Screening Levels |
|
AL |
Action Level |
|
AL |
Aluminium |
|
ALARA |
As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
|
alc |
Aquatic Life Criteria |
|
ALF |
Abandoned Landfill Facility |
|
ALFAM |
Association of Living History Farms and Museums |
|
ALJ |
Administrative Law Judge |
|
AMM |
Association of Midwestern Museums |
|
anc |
Aquatic Nuisance Control |
|
ANR |
Academy of Natural Resources |
|
ANS |
Aquatic Nuisance Species |
|
ANSI |
American National Standards Institute, Inc. |
|
AO |
Administrative Orders |
|
AOC |
Area of Concern |
|
aoi |
Area of Investigation |
|
apa |
Authorized Public Agency |
|
APC |
Automated Partial Chemistry |
|
APC |
Air Pollution Control |
|
APHA |
American Public Health Association |
|
API |
American Petroleum Institute (oil) |
|
apwa |
American Public Works Association's |
|
AQ |
Air Quality |
|
AQCP |
Air Quality Control Program |
|
AQD |
Air Quality Division |
|
AQI |
Air Quality Index |
|
AR |
Aroclor 1254 |
|
ARAR |
Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements |
|
ARI |
Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute |
|
ARI |
Adverse Resource Impact |
|
ARM |
Automotive Recyclers of Michigan |
|
AS |
Arsenic |
|
asce |
l'American Society of Civil Engineers |
|
ASDWA |
Association of State Drinking Water Administrators |
|
ASHRAE |
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, & Air-Conditioning Engineers |
|
ASIWPCA |
Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators |
|
ASM |
Annual Survey Manufactures |
|
ASR |
Air Supplied Respirator |
|
ASRL |
Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory |
|
AST |
Aboveground Storage Tank |
|
ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
|
ASTSWMO |
Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials |
|
AT |
Advance Treatment |
|
ATA |
Archery Trade Association |
|
ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry |
|
ATTF |
Air Toxics Task Force |
|
ATV |
All-terrain vehicle |
|
AW |
Alternative Water |
|
AWQC |
Ambient Water Quality Criteria |
|
AWQMN |
Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Network |
|
AWR |
Annual Wastewater Report |
|
awra |
American Water Resources Association's |
|
AWWA |
American Water Works Association (Denver) |
|
BA |
Barium |
|
BACT |
Best Available Control Technology |
|
BAF |
Bioaccumulation Factors |
|
BART |
Best Available Retrofit Technology |
|
BAT |
Best Available Technology |
|
BAWSS |
By-Product and Waste Search Service |
|
BCC |
Bioaccumulative Chemical of Concern |
|
BCF |
Bio-Concentration Factor |
|
BCT |
Best Conventional Control Technology |
|
BDAT |
Best Demonstrated Available Technology |
|
BDL |
Below Detection Limit |
|
BE |
Beryllium |
|
BEA |
Baseline Environmental Assessment |
|
BEI |
Biological Exposure Indices |
|
BEMP |
Building Energy Management Program |
|
BenMap |
Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program |
|
BEP |
Beneficial Environmental Projects |
|
BF |
Biomagnification |
|
BFB |
Bromoflorobenzene |
|
BFD |
Basis for Decision |
|
BG |
Below Grade |
|
BGL |
Below Ground Level |
|
BIFs |
Boilers and Industrial Furnaces |
|
BLEVE |
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion |
|
BMDL |
Below Method Detection Limit |
|
BMP |
Best Management Practice |
|
BMR |
Baseline Monitoring Report |
|
BNA |
Base Neutral/Acid |
|
BOD |
Biological Oxygen Demand |
|
BOD5 |
5-day Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand |
|
BOW |
Becoming an Outdoorswoman |
|
BP |
Boiling Point |
|
BPF |
Bioaccumulation Potential Factor |
|
BPFV |
Bioaccumulation Potential Factor Value |
|
BPJ |
Best Professional Judgment |
|
BPT |
Best Practicable Control Technology Currently Available |
|
BPT |
Benefit Per Ton |
|
BR |
Biennial Report |
|
BR |
Brownfield Redevelopment |
|
BRA |
Brownfield Redevelopment Authority |
|
BRA |
Baseline Risk Assessment |
|
BRBA |
Buy Recycled Business Alliance |
|
BSER |
Best System of Emission Reduction |
|
BT |
Biological Tissue |
|
BTA |
Best Technology Available |
|
BTEX |
Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene |
|
BWR |
Boiling water reactor (nuclear) |
|
C |
Celsius |
|
C&D |
Construction and Demolition |
|
C3 |
Clean Corporate Citizen |
|
C6H6 |
Benzene |
|
CA |
Corrective Action |
|
CA |
Compliance Assistance |
|
CAA |
Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990) |
|
CAAA |
Clean Air Act Amendments |
|
CaAP |
Clean Air Assistance Program |
|
CAER |
Community Awareness and Emergency Response |
|
CAFO |
Consent Agreement and Final Order |
|
CAFO |
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation |
|
CAIR |
Clean Air Initiative Rule |
|
CAMEO |
Computer Aided Management of Emergency Operations |
|
CAMP |
Continuous Air Monitoring Program |
|
CAMR |
Clean Air Mercury Rule |
|
CAO |
Corrective Action Order |
|
CAP |
cystylaminopeptidase |
|
cap |
Climate Action Plan |
|
CAP |
Capacity Assurance Plan |
|
CAP |
Corrective Action Plan |
|
CAU |
Carbon Absorption Unit |
|
CAU |
Compliance Assistance Unit |
|
CBOD |
Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
|
CBSM |
Community-Based Social Marketing |
|
CC |
Cubic Centimeter |
|
cc |
Climate Change |
|
CCA |
Climate Change Agreement |
|
CCAP |
Center for Clean Air Policy |
|
CCC |
Calibration Check Compounds |
|
CCI |
Climate Change Inventory |
|
CCR |
Coal Combustion Residuals |
|
CCS |
Center for Climate Strategies |
|
CCS |
Carbon Capture and Sequester |
|
CCSP |
Climate Change Science Program |
|
CCSW |
Combined Construction Storm Water |
|
CCV |
Continuing Calibration Verification |
|
CD |
Cadmium |
|
CDA |
Critical Dune Area |
|
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
|
CDC |
County Drain Commissioner |
|
CDF |
Confined Disposal Facility |
|
CDI |
Chronic Daily Intake |
|
CDOC |
Continuing Demonstration Of Capability |
|
CDX |
Central Data Exchange |
|
ce |
Conservation Easement |
|
CE |
Compliance and Enforcement |
|
CEA |
Cooperative Enforcement Agreement |
|
CEC |
Cation Exchange Capacity |
|
CEC |
Compounds of Emerging Concern |
|
CED |
CERCLA Enforcement Division |
|
CEM |
Continuous Emission Monitoring |
|
CEMS |
Continuous Emission Monitoring System |
|
CEPPO |
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office |
|
CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 |
|
CESQG |
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator |
|
CFC |
Chloroflourocarbon |
|
CFM |
Cubic Feet per Minute |
|
CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
|
CFS |
Cubic Feet per Second |
|
CG |
Compressed Gas |
|
CGI |
Combustible Gas Indicator |
|
CGLG |
Council of Great Lakes Governors |
|
CGP |
Construction General Permit |
|
CH4 |
Methane, Natural Gas |
|
CHEEC |
Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination |
|
CHEMTREC |
Chemical Manufacturers Association Chemical Transportation Emergency Center |
|
CHMM |
Certified Hazardous Materials Managers |
|
ChV |
Chronic Value |
|
CI |
Compressed Ignition |
|
CIS |
Chemical Information Systems, Inc. |
|
CIWPIS |
Coastal and Inland Waters Permit Information System |
|
CKD |
Cement Kiln Dust |
|
CL |
Chloride |
|
cl |
Combustible Liquid |
|
CLMP |
Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Agreement |
|
CLP |
Contract Laboratory Program (EPA) |
|
CM |
Contaminant Management |
|
CM |
Corrective Measure |
|
CMA |
U.S. Chemical Materials Agency |
|
CMB |
Chemical Mass Balance |
|
CMC |
Criteria Maximum Concentration (Water quality) |
|
CME |
Comprehensive Monitoring Evaluation |
|
CMI |
Clean Michigan Initiative |
|
CMR |
Critical Materials Register |
|
CN |
Cyanide |
|
CNG |
Compressed natural gas |
|
CNMP |
Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan |
|
CNS |
Central Nervous System |
|
CO |
Carbon Monoxide |
|
CO |
Compliance Order |
|
CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
|
COATCEM |
Cumulative Outdoor Air Toxics Concentration Exposure Methodology |
|
COC |
Constituent of Concern |
|
COC |
Chain of Custody |
|
COC |
Certificate Of Compliance |
|
COD |
Chemical Oxygen Demand |
|
COE |
Creek Corps of Engineers |
|
cogs |
Councils of Governments |
|
COH |
Coefficient Of Haze |
|
COM |
Continuous Opacity Monitor |
|
COMM |
Communication |
|
CON/HTRW |
Containerized Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste |
|
COPC |
Chemical of Potential Concern |
|
COPEC |
Contaminants of Potential Ecological Concern |
|
CP |
Certified Professional |
|
CPC |
Chemical Protective Clothing |
|
CPE |
Carcinogenic Potency Factor |
|
CR |
Climate Registry |
|
CR |
Chromium |
|
CRCPD |
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors |
|
CREP |
Conservation Resource Enhancement Program |
|
CRF |
Cleanup and Redevelopment Fund |
|
CRF |
Capital Recovery Factor |
|
CRP |
Conservation Reserve Program (US) |
|
CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV) |
|
CRTK |
Community Right-To-Know |
|
CS |
Case Study |
|
CSA |
Container Storage Area |
|
CSAPR |
Cross State Air Pollution Rule |
|
CSC |
Customer Service Center |
|
CSF |
Carcinogenic Slope Factor |
|
CSI |
Chemical Substances Inventory |
|
CSI |
Compliance Sampling Inspection |
|
CSI |
Collaborative Stakeholders Initiative |
|
CSM |
Conceptual Site Model |
|
CSO |
Combined Sewer Overflow |
|
CSS |
combined sewer system |
|
csw |
Construction Storm Water |
|
CSWO |
Certified Storm Water Operator |
|
CSWORF |
Construction Storm Water Operator Renewal Form |
|
CT |
Combustion Turbines |
|
CU |
Copper (Latin Cuprum) |
|
CUA |
Climate Uncertainty Adder |
|
CV |
coefficient of variation |
|
CVAA |
Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption |
|
CWA |
Clean Water Act (1977) |
|
CWIS |
Cooling Water Intake System |
|
CWSRLF |
Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund |
|
CZMA |
US Coastal Zone Management Act |
|
D-J |
Dingel-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act |
|
DAC |
Dose Assessment Coordinator |
|
DBCP |
Dibromochloropropane |
|
DBMS |
Data Base Management System |
|
DC |
Due Care |
|
DC |
Drain Commissioner |
|
DCBP |
Decachlorobiphenyl |
|
DCC |
Direct Contact Criteria |
|
DCL |
Deficiency Clear Letter |
|
DCPT |
Dense Cone Penetration Test |
|
DCR |
Due Care Report |
|
DCS |
Distributed Control System |
|
DDE |
Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene |
|
DDT |
Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane |
|
DECON |
Decontamination |
|
DELEG |
Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth |
|
DFTPP |
Decaflourtriphenylphosphine |
|
DICE |
Dynamic Integrated Climate and Economy Model |
|
DLARA |
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Development |
|
DMDF |
Dredged Materials Disposal Facility |
|
DMR |
Discharge Monitoring Report |
|
DNAPL |
Dissolved Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid |
|
DNR |
Department of Natural Resources |
|
DNRE |
Department of Natural Resources and Environment |
|
DO |
District Office |
|
DO |
Dissolved Oxygen |
|
DOC |
dissolved organic carbon |
|
DOE |
United States Department of Energy (government) |
|
DRE |
Destruction and Removal Efficiency |
|
DRO |
Diesel Range Organics |
|
ds |
Direct Supervisor |
|
DS |
department supervisor |
|
DS |
Dichotomous Sampler |
|
DSM |
Demand Side Management |
|
DTB |
Depth to Bottom |
|
DTP |
Depth to Product |
|
DTW |
Depth to Water |
|
DU |
Ducks Unlimited |
|
DWI |
Deep Well Injection |
|
DWL |
Drinking Water Laboratory |
|
DWPP |
Drinking Water Protection Program |
|
DWRF |
Drinking Water Revolving Fund |
|
dws |
Drinking Water Supply |
|
E&P |
Exploration and Production |
|
EA |
Environmental Auditing |
|
EA |
Environmental Assessment, EIAP |
|
EAB |
Environmental Appeals Board |
|
EAC |
Environmental Assistance Center |
|
EAC |
Environmental Advisory Council |
|
EAP |
Emergency Action Procedures |
|
EAP |
Environmental Assistance Program |
|
EAP |
Environmental Action Plan |
|
EB |
Emissions Balancing |
|
EBAM |
Environmental Beta Attenuation Monitor |
|
EC |
Elemental Carbon |
|
ECAT |
Elemental Carbon Attributable to Traffic |
|
ECHO |
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History Online |
|
ECM |
Erosion Control Measures |
|
ECOS |
Environmental Council of the States |
|
ECS |
Energy Cost Share |
|
ED |
Exposure Duration |
|
EDB |
Ethylene Dibromide |
|
EDC |
Endocrine Disrupting Chemical |
|
EDMS |
Electronic Data Management System |
|
EE |
Environmental Education |
|
EE |
Environmental Emergency |
|
EEMS |
Emissions Elements Needs Survey |
|
EF |
Emission Factor |
|
EF |
exposure frequency |
|
EG |
Emissions Guidelines |
|
EGR |
Enhanced Gas Recovery |
|
EH |
Redox Potential |
|
EHC |
Environmental Health Criteria |
|
EHIS |
Emission History Information System |
|
EHS |
Extremely Hazardous Substance |
|
EI |
Emission Inventory |
|
EI |
Environmental Incentive |
|
EIA |
Environmental impact assessment (international) |
|
EIC |
Environmental Industry Council |
|
EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement (US) |
|
EIS |
Environmental Investigation Section |
|
EIS |
Emissions Inventory System (US EPA Air Database) |
|
EIS/AS |
Emissions Inventory System/Area Source |
|
EIS/PS |
Emissions Inventory System/Point Source |
|
EJ |
Environmental Justice |
|
EL |
Effluent Limited Segment |
|
EL |
Exposure Level |
|
ELCR |
Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk |
|
ELG |
Effluent Limitations Guidelines |
|
ELGE |
Enhanced Landfill Gas Extraction |
|
ELP |
Environmental Leadership Program |
|
EM |
Electromagnetic |
|
EM |
Electron Microscope |
|
EMC |
Electronic Monitoring Center |
|
EMCOG |
East Michigan Council of Governments |
|
EMD |
Environmental Molecular Diagnostics |
|
EMM |
Electricity Market Module |
|
EMP |
Environmental Management Plan |
|
EMR |
Environmental Management Report |
|
EMS |
Environmental Management Systems |
|
EMU |
Environmental Monitoring Unit |
|
EO |
Executive Order |
|
eoc |
Emergency Operation Center |
|
EOE |
Equal Opportunity Employer |
|
EOF |
Emergency Operations Facility |
|
EOR |
Enhanced Oil Recovery |
|
EP |
Emergency Preparedness |
|
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (US) |
|
EPC |
Emergency Preparedness Coordinator |
|
EPC |
Exposure Point Concentration |
|
EPCRA |
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act |
|
EPH |
Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons |
|
EPR |
Extended Product Responsibility |
|
EQA |
Environmental Quality Act |
|
EQA |
Environmental Quality Analyst |
|
EQM |
Environmental Quality Manager |
|
ERA |
Ecological Risk Assessment |
|
ERC |
Emergency Response Commission |
|
ERC |
Environmental Regulatory Code |
|
ERIC |
Emissions Reporting & Inventory Center |
|
ERMD |
Environmental Resource Management Division |
|
ERNIE |
Environmental Response Network Information System |
|
EROS |
Earth Resource Observation Science Center |
|
ERP |
Environmental Results Program |
|
ERP |
Emergency Response Plan |
|
ERPC |
Emergency Response Planning Coordinator |
|
ERR |
Estimated Receptor Risk |
|
ERT |
Environmental Response Team |
|
es |
Energy Star |
|
ESA |
Environmental Site Assessment |
|
ESA |
Endangered Species Act of 1973 |
|
ESCM |
Erosion and Sedimentation Control Measures |
|
ESSD |
Environmental Sciences & Services Division |
|
ETBE |
Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether |
|
EU |
Emission Unit |
|
EUP |
Environmental Use Permit |
|
EWOCDS |
Early Warning Organic Compound Detection System |
|
EXEC |
Executive Division |
|
F |
Flourine |
|
FAR |
Final Assessment Report |
|
FAV |
Final Acute Value |
|
FCA |
Full Cost Accounting |
|
FCAA |
Federal Clean Air Act |
|
FCMP |
Fish Contaminate Monitoring Program |
|
FCV |
Final Chronic Value |
|
fd |
Fisheries Division |
|
FDA |
Food Drug Administration |
|
FDO |
Final Determination and Order |
|
Fe |
Iron (Latin ''Ferrum'') |
|
FEIS |
Fugitive Emissions Information System |
|
fem |
Federal Equivalent Method |
|
FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
|
FEMIS |
Federal Emergency Management Information System |
|
FERC |
Federal Emergency Regulatory Commission |
|
FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.) |
|
FGD |
Flue Gas Desulphurization |
|
FID |
Flame Ionization Detection |
|
FIF |
Field Interview Form |
|
FIFRA |
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (1972) |
|
FIP |
Federal Implementation Plan |
|
FIRM |
Flood Insurance Rate Map |
|
FL |
Flammable Liquid |
|
FL/CL |
Flammable/Combustible Liquids |
|
FLP |
Flash Point |
|
FMD |
Forest Management Division |
|
FMD |
Fire Marshal Division, Michigan State Police |
|
fmt |
Field Monitoring Team |
|
FO |
Field Office |
|
FOC |
Fraction of Organic Carbon |
|
FOD |
Frequency of Detection |
|
FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
|
FOM |
Fixed Operating and Maintenance |
|
FP |
Flash Point |
|
FP |
Fine Particulate Matter |
|
FPD |
Flame Photometric Detector |
|
FR |
Federal Register |
|
FRM |
Federal Reference Method |
|
FS |
Fact Sheet |
|
FTC |
Field team coordinator |
|
FTCS |
Field Team Coordinator Support |
|
FTP |
Federal Test Procedure |
|
FUDS |
Formerly Used Defense Sites |
|
FUND |
Framework for Uncertainty, Negotiation and Distribution Model |
|
FWP |
Fish and Wildlife Propagation |
|
FWPCA |
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972) |
|
FWS |
Fish & Wildlife Service |
|
FY |
Fiscal Year |
|
GAAMPS |
Generally Accepted Agricultural Management Practices |
|
GAC |
Granular Activated Carbon |
|
GAC |
Groundwater Activated Carbon |
|
gc |
gonococcus (gonnorhea germ) |
|
GC/MS |
Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrograph |
|
GCL |
Geosynthetic Clay Liner |
|
GCP |
General Construction Permit |
|
GD |
Groundwater Division |
|
GDF |
Gasoline Dispensing Facility |
|
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
|
GE |
General Emergency |
|
GEMS |
Geologic Exposure Modeling System |
|
GEMS |
Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP) |
|
GFAA |
Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption |
|
GGNS |
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station |
|
GHG |
Green House Gas |
|
GHSL |
Groundwater Household Screening Level |
|
GIS |
Global Indexing System |
|
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
|
GLBRC |
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center |
|
GLC |
Great Lakes Commission |
|
GLC |
Great Lakes Commission des Grands Lacs |
|
GLC |
Gas Liquid Chromatography |
|
GLFT |
Great Lakes Fishery Trust |
|
GLI |
Great Lakes Initiative |
|
GLNPO |
Great Lakes National Program Office |
|
GLNPPR |
Great Lakes National Pollution Prevention Roundtable |
|
GLRC |
Great Lakes Regional Collaboration |
|
GLRI |
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative |
|
GLSS |
Great Lakes Shorelands Section |
|
GLWQA |
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement |
|
GO3 |
Global Ozone Initiative |
|
GOHSEP |
Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness |
|
GP |
GENERAL PERMIT |
|
GPD |
Gallons Per Day |
|
GPO |
U.S. Government Printing Office |
|
GPR |
Ground Penetrating Radar |
|
GPS |
Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR) |
|
GRCC |
Generic Residential Cleanup Criteria |
|
GREAT |
Groundwater Resource and Education Activity for Teachers |
|
GRO |
Gasoline Range Organics |
|
GS |
Geological Sequestration |
|
GSI |
Groundwater Surface Water Interface |
|
GT |
Gigation |
|
GTW |
Geo Technical Well |
|
GVIAIC |
Groundwater Volatilization Indoor Air Inhalation Criteria |
|
GVP |
Gasoline Vapor Pressure |
|
GVW |
gross vehicle weight (transportation) |
|
GVWR |
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating |
|
GW |
Ground Water |
|
GWAT |
Great Workplace Action Team |
|
GWDR |
Ground-Water Disinfection Rule |
|
GWM |
Ground Water Monitoring |
|
GWPS |
Groundwater Program Section |
|
GWTF |
Ground Water Task Force |
|
GWTP |
Groundwater Treatment Plant |
|
H2O |
Headwaters to Ocean |
|
H2O |
Water (vapor) |
|
H2O2 |
Hydrogen Peroxide |
|
H2S |
Hydrogen Sulfide |
|
HA |
Health Advisory |
|
Ha |
Hetcare |
|
hab |
Hostile Action Based |
|
HAP |
Hazardous Air Pollutant |
|
HAPPS |
Hazardous Air Pollutant Prioritization System |
|
HASP |
Health And Safety Plan |
|
HAZMAT |
Hazardous Material |
|
HAZOP |
Hazard and Operability |
|
HAZWOPER |
Hazardous Waste Operations & Emergency Response |
|
HC |
Hydrocarbon |
|
HCI |
Hydrogen Chloride |
|
HCl |
Hydrogen Chloride |
|
HEM |
Hexane extractable material |
|
HF |
Hydraulic Fracturing |
|
HFC |
Hydroflourocarbons |
|
HFC |
Human Food Chain |
|
HG |
Mercury (Latin Hydrargyrum) |
|
HHC |
Human Health Criteria |
|
HHMD |
Household Hazardous Materials Day |
|
HHS |
US Health & Human Services Department |
|
HHW |
Household Hazardous Waste |
|
HHWC |
Household Hazardous Waste Center |
|
HI |
Hazard Index |
|
HIA |
Health Impact Assessment |
|
HMIS |
Hazardous Materials Identification System |
|
HMS |
Hazardous Materials Storage |
|
HMSI |
Hazardous Materials Storage Inspector |
|
HMTA |
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act |
|
HOO |
Headquarters Operations Officer |
|
HQ |
Headquarters (HDQ Preferred) |
|
HR |
HUMAN RESOURCES |
|
HREA |
High Risk Erosion Area |
|
HRS |
Hazard Ranking System (EPA) |
|
hsm |
Historical Society of Michigan |
|
HSO |
Health and Safety Officer |
|
HSP |
Health and Safety Plan |
|
HSWA |
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 |
|
HVAC |
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning |
|
HVOC |
Halogenated Volatile Organic Compounds |
|
HW |
Hazardous Waste |
|
HW-1 |
Hazardous Waste Activity Notification Form |
|
HWLF |
Hazardous Waste Land Fill |
|
HWMA |
Hazardous Waste Management Act |
|
I/I |
Infiltration and Inflow |
|
I/M |
Inspection and Maintenance Program |
|
IAM |
Integrated Assessment Model |
|
IAP |
Indoor Air Pollution |
|
IAQ |
Indoor Air Quality |
|
IAR |
Initial Assessment Report |
|
IC |
Incident Command |
|
IC |
Institutional Controls |
|
ICIS |
Integrated Compliance Information System |
|
ICP |
Institutional Conservation Program |
|
ICP |
Inductively Coupled Plasma |
|
ICR |
Information Collection Request |
|
ICS |
Individual Control Strategy |
|
ICV |
Initial Verification Calibration |
|
IDEP |
Illicit Discharge Elimination Plan |
|
IDL |
Instrument Detection Limit |
|
IDLH |
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health |
|
IDOC |
Initial Demonstration of Capability |
|
IE |
Information and Education |
|
IGCC |
Integrated Gasification Assessment Model |
|
IJC |
International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.) |
|
IKES |
Izaac Walton League |
|
IOC |
Inorganic Chemical |
|
IOU |
Investor owned utility (electricity) |
|
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP) |
|
IPM |
Integrated Pest Management |
|
IPM |
Integrated Planning Model |
|
IPP |
Industrial Pretreatment Program |
|
IR |
Infrared |
|
IR |
Integrated Reporting |
|
IRAP |
Interim Remedial Action Plan |
|
IRAP |
Interagency Radiological Assistance Plan |
|
IRIS |
Integrated Risk Information System (database / base de donneées) |
|
IRP |
Integrated Resource Plan |
|
IS |
Incremental Sampling |
|
ISA |
Integrated Science Assessment |
|
ISE |
Ion-Specific Electrode |
|
ISO |
International Organization of Standards |
|
ISRI |
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries |
|
ISTEA |
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act |
|
ITRC |
Interstate Technology Regulatory Council |
|
ITS |
Incident Tracking Systems |
|
ITSL |
Initial Threshold Screening Level |
|
IUPAC |
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists |
|
IWC |
In-stream Waste Concentration |
|
IWTP |
Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant |
|
JCAR |
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules |
|
JESTC |
Joint Emergency Services Training Center |
|
JIC |
Joint Information Center |
|
JTR |
Jobs Through Recycling Program |
|
K |
Potassium |
|
kg |
Kilogram |
|
kg/l |
Kilogram per Liter |
|
km |
Kilometers to Miles |
|
Kw |
Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement) |
|
KWH |
Kilowatt per Hour |
|
LA |
Load Allocation |
|
LAC |
Louisiana Administrative Code |
|
LAER |
Lowest Achievable Emission Rate |
|
LAL |
Limited Aquatic Life and Wildlife |
|
LAMP |
Lakewide Management Plan |
|
LAMS |
Lake Analysis Management System |
|
LC |
Liquid Chromatography |
|
lc |
Load Capacity |
|
LC50 |
Lethal Concentration to 50% of Test Organisms |
|
LCA |
Life cycle assessment for steel construction |
|
LCD |
Local Climatological Data |
|
LCOE |
Levelized Cost of Electricity |
|
LCS |
Laboratory Control Sample |
|
LCS |
Leachate Collection System |
|
LCSS |
Large Capacity Septic System |
|
LD |
Lethal Dose |
|
LDAR |
Leak Detection and Ranging |
|
Ldhh |
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals |
|
LDL |
Lower Detection Limit |
|
LDNR |
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources |
|
LDOA |
Louisiana Department of Administration |
|
LDR |
Land Disposal Restrictions |
|
LDRs |
Land Disposal Restrictions |
|
LDS |
Leak Detection System |
|
LDWF |
Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries |
|
LED |
Law Enforcement Division |
|
LEL |
Lower Explosive Limit |
|
LELAP |
Louisiana Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program |
|
LEPC |
Local Emergency Planning Committee |
|
lf |
Land Fill |
|
LHD |
Local Health Department |
|
LID |
Low Impact Development |
|
LIMS |
Laboratory Information Management System |
|
LIW |
Liquid Industrial Wastes |
|
LLRW |
Low-Level Radioactive Waste |
|
LLW |
Low Level Waste |
|
LML |
Lowest Measured Level |
|
LNAPL |
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid |
|
LNB |
Low NOx Burners |
|
LNG |
Liquefied Natural Gas |
|
LOD |
Limit Of Detection |
|
LOD |
Level of Detection |
|
LOE |
Level Of Effort |
|
Loec |
Lowest Observable Effect Concentration |
|
LOQ |
Limit Of Quantification |
|
LOT |
Land Owner Tenant |
|
LPB |
Pounds |
|
LPDES |
Louisiana Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
|
LQG |
Large Quantity Generator |
|
LRS |
Limiting Recap Standard |
|
LRTAP |
Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollutants |
|
LSB |
Legislative Service Bureau |
|
LSS |
Limiting Screening Standard |
|
LTA |
Long Term Average |
|
LTCM |
Long Term Contaminant Management |
|
LTIRA |
Long Term Irrigation Rights Agreement |
|
LTIRA |
Long Term Interim Response Action |
|
LTIRAP |
Long Term Interim Response Action Plan |
|
LTM |
Long-Term Monitoring |
|
LTTD |
Low Temperature Thermal Desorption |
|
lur |
Land Use Regression |
|
LUST |
Leaking Underground Storage Tank |
|
LWCF |
Land and Water Conservation Fund |
|
LWMD |
Land and Water Management Division |
|
LWV |
League of Women Voters |
|
MAC |
Michigan Administrative Code |
|
MACDC |
Michigan Association of County Drain Commissioners |
|
MACT |
Maximum Achievable Control Technology |
|
MADCAP |
Model of Advection, Diffusion, and Chemistry for Air Pollution |
|
MAEAP |
Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Program |
|
MAER |
Maximum Allowable Emission Rate |
|
MAERS |
Michigan Air Emissions Reporting System |
|
MAI |
Maximum allowable Increase |
|
MALPH |
Michigan Association of Local Public Health |
|
MAPHERD |
Michigan Association of Physical Health, Education and Dance |
|
MAPR |
Michigan Air Pollution Reporting |
|
MASN |
Michigan Air Sampling Network |
|
MATS |
Mercury and Toxic Standards |
|
MBH |
Michigan Bow Hunters |
|
MBP3 |
Michigan Business Pollution Prevention Partnership |
|
MBSS |
Michigan Background Soil Survey |
|
Mbta |
Migratory Bird Treaty Act |
|
MCAP |
Michigan Climate Action Plan |
|
MCC |
Michigan Climate Challenge |
|
MCHAP |
Michigan Climate and Health Adaption Plan |
|
MCL |
Michigan Compiled Laws |
|
MCL |
Maximum Contaminant Level |
|
MCLG |
Maximum Contaminant Level Goal |
|
MCO |
Media and Communications Office |
|
MDA |
Michigan Department of Agriculture |
|
MDARD |
Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development |
|
MDCH |
Michigan Department of Community Health |
|
MDELEG |
Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth |
|
MDEQ |
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality |
|
MDL |
Method Detection Limit |
|
MDL |
Minimum Detection Unit |
|
MDNR |
Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
|
MDNRE |
Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment |
|
MDOT |
Michigan Department of Transportation |
|
MEA |
Monoethanolamine |
|
MEBIR |
Michigan Electronic Book of Industrial Resources |
|
MEC |
Michigan Environmental Council |
|
MEF |
MUSTFA Emergency Fund |
|
MEHg |
Methyl Mercury |
|
MEK |
Methyl Ethyl Ketone (butanone) |
|
MEPA |
Michigan Environmental Protection Act |
|
MERA |
Michigan Environmental Response Act |
|
MESB |
Michigan Environmental Science Board |
|
MESCA |
Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey |
|
METD |
Marketing Education and Technology Division |
|
MFUSTTF |
Louisiana Motor Fuels Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund |
|
MG |
milligram; 1/1000 gram |
|
Mg/l |
Milligram per Liter |
|
Mgd |
Million Gallons Per Day |
|
MGGRA |
Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord |
|
MGS |
Midwestern Governors Association |
|
MHC |
Michigan Historical Center |
|
MHM |
Michigan Historical Museum |
|
MI |
Michigan |
|
MICAR |
Michigan Certified Automotive Recycler |
|
MiCorps |
Michigan Clean Water Corps |
|
MIRIS |
Michigan Resource Information System |
|
MISPC |
Mackinac Island State Park Commission |
|
MiSWIM |
Michigan Surface Water Information Management |
|
MIV |
Map Image Viewer |
|
MM |
Miscellaneous Materials |
|
MMA |
Michigan Manufacturers Association |
|
MMA |
Michigan Museums Association |
|
MMBTU |
Million British Thermal Units |
|
MML |
Michigan Municipal League |
|
MNA |
Monitored Natural Attenuation |
|
MNAPL |
Mobile Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids |
|
MNFI |
Michigan Natural Features Inventory |
|
MNSP |
Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership |
|
mo |
Management Option |
|
MOA |
Memorandum of Understanding |
|
MOA |
Memorandum Of Agreement |
|
MOC |
Management Of Change |
|
MOS |
Margin of Safety |
|
MOT |
Materials of Trade |
|
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections) |
|
MOVES |
Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator |
|
MQL |
Minimum Quantification Level |
|
MRC |
Michigan Recycling Coalition |
|
MRPA |
Michigan Recreation and Park Association |
|
MS |
Mass Spectrometer |
|
MS4 |
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System |
|
MSA |
Metropolitan Statistical Area |
|
MSD |
matrix spike duplicate |
|
MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheets |
|
MSGP |
Multi-Sector General Permit |
|
MSHP |
Mackinac State Historic Parks |
|
MSP |
Michigan Shoreline Partnership |
|
MSP |
Michigan Department of State Police |
|
MSW |
Municipal Solid Waste |
|
MSWLF |
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills |
|
MTBE |
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether |
|
MUCC |
Michigan United Conservation Clubs |
|
MUSTFA |
Michigan Underground Storage Tanks Financial Assurance |
|
MUSTR |
Michigan Underground Storage Tank Rules |
|
MW |
Megawatt (one million watts) |
|
MWC |
Municipal Waste Combustor |
|
MWHR |
Megawatts per Hour |
|
MZ |
Mixing Zone |
|
N |
Nitrogen |
|
N-SAS |
National-Scale Activity Survey |
|
N2O |
nitrous oxide (anesthetic) |
|
NAA |
Nonattainment Area |
|
NAAQS |
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US) |
|
NAICS |
North American Industry Classification System |
|
NaOH |
Sodium Hydroxide |
|
NAPL |
Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid |
|
NARA |
United States National Archives And Records Administration |
|
NARA |
National Air Resource Act |
|
NARM |
Naturally occurring and Accelerator produced Radioactive Material |
|
NASP |
National Archery in the Schools Program |
|
NASSCO |
National Association of Sewer Service Companies |
|
NAT |
National Carbon Sequester database and GIS |
|
NATICH |
National Air Toxics Information Clearinghouse |
|
NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
|
NATTS |
National Air Toxic Trend Site |
|
NAWMP |
North American Waterfowl Management Plan (gnaw-wump) |
|
NC |
Notice of Coverage |
|
NCP |
National Contingency Plan (Superfund) |
|
NDWAC |
National Drinking Water Advisory Council |
|
NEA |
National Energy Act |
|
NEEDS |
National Electric Energy Data System |
|
NEI |
National Emissions Inventory |
|
NELAC |
National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference |
|
NELAP |
National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program |
|
NEMCOG |
Northeast Michigan Council of Governments |
|
NEMS |
National Energy Modeling System |
|
NEP |
National Estuary Program |
|
NEPA |
National Energy Policy Act of 1992 |
|
NERC |
North American Electric Reliability Corporation |
|
NESHAP |
National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants |
|
NESHAPS |
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants |
|
Netc |
National Emergency Training Center |
|
NetDMR |
Online Discharge Monitoring Reporting system |
|
NETL |
National Energy Technology Laboratory |
|
NFA-AAT |
No Further Action at This Time |
|
NFIP |
National Flood Insurance Program |
|
NFPA |
National Fire Protection Association |
|
NG/l |
Nanograms per Liter |
|
NGCC |
National Gas Combined Cycle |
|
NGO |
Non-governmental organization. (Red Cross/Crescent, Doctors without Borders, etc.) |
|
NH3 |
Ammonia |
|
NHPA |
National Historic Preservation Act (US) |
|
NIEHS |
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health) |
|
NIH |
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH |
|
NIMS |
National Incident Management System |
|
NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
|
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
|
NMED |
Nuclear Material Events Database – NRC |
|
NMIM |
National Mobile Inventory Model |
|
NMMAPS |
National Morbidity Mortality Air Pollution Study |
|
NMS |
Nutrient Management Strategy |
|
NMS |
NPDES Management System |
|
NNSR |
Nonattainment New Source Review |
|
NO |
Nitric Oxide |
|
NO2 |
Nitrogen Dioxide |
|
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US) |
|
NOAK |
Next of a Kind |
|
NOCD |
Notice of Corrected Deficiency |
|
NOD |
Notice of Deficiency |
|
NOI |
Notice of Intent |
|
NOID |
Notice of Intent to Deny |
|
NONC |
Notice of Non-Compliance |
|
NORM |
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material |
|
NOT |
Notice of Termination |
|
NOUE |
Notice of Unusual Event |
|
NOV |
Notice Of Violation |
|
NOx |
Nitrogen Oxide |
|
NPDES |
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
|
NPE |
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates |
|
NPFC |
US National Pollution Funds Center |
|
NPL |
National Priority List |
|
NPS |
National Park System |
|
NPS |
Nonpoint Source |
|
NPW |
Non-Potable Water |
|
NRA |
National Rifle Association |
|
NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US) |
|
NRC |
National Research Council (Canada) |
|
NRC |
National Response Center |
|
NRDA |
Natural Resource Damage Assessment |
|
NREPA |
Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act |
|
NRTF |
Natural Resources Trust Fund |
|
NSF |
Nation Science Foundation |
|
NSPS |
New Source Performance Standard |
|
NSR |
New Source Review |
|
NSSF |
National Shooting Sports Foundation |
|
NTE |
Not-To-Exceed |
|
NTIS |
National Technical Information Service Technology Administration |
|
NTTAA |
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act |
|
NWF |
National Wildlife Federation |
|
NWMCOG |
Northwest Michigan Council of Governments |
|
NWS |
National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau) |
|
O&G |
Oil and Grease |
|
O&G |
Oil And Gas |
|
O&M |
Operation and Maintenance |
|
O2 |
Oxygen |
|
O3 |
Ozone |
|
OC |
Organic Carbon |
|
OCPSF |
Organic Chemicals, Plastics and Synthetic Fibers |
|
ODS |
Ozone Depleting Substance |
|
ODWMA |
Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance |
|
OEA |
Office of Environmental Assistance |
|
OES |
Office of Environmental Services |
|
OFA |
Overfire Air xxiv |
|
OGL |
Office of the Great Lakes |
|
OGS |
Office of Geological Survey |
|
OGW |
Oil and Gas Wells |
|
OHR |
Office of Human Resources |
|
OJT |
On the Job Training |
|
OLF |
Office of Land and Facilities |
|
ONR |
Outstanding Natural Resource |
|
ONRW |
Outstanding Natural Resource Waters |
|
OOGM |
Office of Oil, Gas and Minerals |
|
OPA |
US Oil Pollution Act Of 1990 |
|
OPIM |
Other Potentially Infectious Material |
|
OPPCA |
Office of Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance |
|
OPS |
US Office Of Pipeline Safety |
|
ORC |
Oxygen Release Compound(s) |
|
ORM |
Other Regulated Materials |
|
ORV |
Off Road Vehicle |
|
ORVR |
Online Refueling Vapor Recovery |
|
OS |
Operations Support |
|
OSA |
Office of the State Archaeologist |
|
OSC |
Operations Service Centers |
|
OSC |
On-Scene Coordinator |
|
OSPRA |
Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act |
|
OSW |
Office Of Solid Waste (US EPA) |
|
OSWAP |
Onsite Wastewater Systems Assistance Program |
|
OSWER |
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (US EPA) |
|
OUST |
Office of Underground Storage Tanks |
|
OYS |
Oyster Propagation |
|
P-R |
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act |
|
P2 |
Pollution Prevention |
|
PA |
Public Act |
|
PA |
Preliminary Assessment |
|
PAAR |
Permit Application Administrative Review Group |
|
PACP |
Pipe Assessment Certification Program |
|
PAD |
Protective Action Decision |
|
PAGE |
Policy Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Effect Model |
|
PAH |
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon |
|
PAL |
Point, Area, and Line Source Air Quality Model |
|
PALDS |
PAL Model with Deposition and Settling of Pollutants |
|
PAN |
Peroxyacetyl Nitrate |
|
PAR |
Protective Action Recommendation |
|
PB |
Lead (Latin Plumbum) |
|
PBB |
Polybrominated Biphenyl |
|
PBR |
Permit by Rule |
|
PBT |
Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins |
|
PC |
Post Closure |
|
PCB |
Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
|
Pce |
Perchloroethene |
|
PCR |
Primary Contact Recreation |
|
PCS |
Petroleum Contaminated Sites |
|
PDP |
Preliminary Draft Permit |
|
PEAS |
Pollution Emergency Alerting System |
|
PEHP |
Partnership for Environmental Public Health |
|
PEL |
Permissible Exposure Limit |
|
PF |
Potency Factor |
|
PF |
Pheasants Forever |
|
PFC |
Perflourocarbons |
|
PFD |
Proposal for Decision |
|
PH |
Potential Hydrogen |
|
PHMSA |
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration |
|
PID |
Photoionization Detector (gas Chromatography) |
|
PIOS |
Public Information Officer Support |
|
PIPP |
Pollution Incident Prevention Plan |
|
PM |
Particulate Matter |
|
PM |
Project Manager |
|
PM10 |
Coarse particulate matter |
|
PM2.5 |
Fine particulate matter |
|
PNA |
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
|
POP |
Persistent Organic Pollutant |
|
POTW |
Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
|
ppb |
parts per billion (109) |
|
PPE |
Probable point of entry |
|
PPE |
Personal Protection Equipment |
|
PPG |
Public participation Group |
|
PPG |
Partnership Performance Grant |
|
ppm |
parts per million |
|
PPMV |
Parts Per Million Per Volume |
|
PQL |
Practical Quantitation Limit |
|
PRA |
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 |
|
PRCS |
Permit Required Confined Space |
|
PRP |
Potentially Responsible Parties |
|
PS |
Point Source |
|
PSD |
Point Source Discharge |
|
PSD |
Prevention of Significant Deterioration |
|
PSI |
Pounds Per Square Inch (Static Pressure) |
|
PT |
Proficiency Test |
|
PTE |
Potential to Emit |
|
PTI |
Permit To Install |
|
PV |
photovoltaic (solar) |
|
PVA |
Poly Vinyl Alcohol |
|
PVC |
Polyvinyl Chloride |
|
PVI |
Petroleum Vapor Intrusion |
|
PWA |
Protected Water Area |
|
PWR |
pressurized water reactor (nuclear) |
|
Qa |
Center for Quality Assurance in International Education |
|
QAM |
Quality Assurance Manual |
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QAO |
Quality Assurance Office |
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QAPP |
Quality Assurance Program Plan |
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QC |
Quality Control |
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QM |
Quality Manager |
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QOL |
Quality of Life |
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QRT |
Quality Review Team |
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QS |
Quality System |
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RA |
Risk Assessment |
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RA |
Remediation Approach |
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RA |
Remedial Action |
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RACT |
Reasonably Available Control Technology |
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RAD |
Unit of absorbed radiation |
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RADS |
Relative Airways Dysfunction Syndrome |
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RAM |
Radioactive Materials |
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RAP |
Remedial Action Plan |
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RBAC |
Recycling and Reuse Business Assistance Center |
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RBCA |
Risk-Based Corrective Action |
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RBDM |
Risk Based Decision Making |
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RBS |
River Bend Station |
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RBSL |
Risk Based Screening Level |
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RC |
Restrictive Covenant |
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RCC |
Regional Collection Center |
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RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984) |
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RCRIS |
RCRA Information System |
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RCSP |
regional carbon sequestration partnerships |
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RD |
Remediation Division |
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RDWC |
Residential Drinking Water Criteria |
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REAP |
Resource Enhancement And Protection |
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REC |
Rural Electric Cooperative |
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RECAP |
Risk Evaluation/Corrective Action Program |
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RECD |
Recreation Division |
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REDA |
Recycling Economic Development Advocate |
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RELS |
Recommended Exposure Levels |
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REP |
Reasonable Efforts Program |
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RES |
Renewable Electricity Standards |
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RETAP |
Retired Engineer Technical Assistance Program |
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RFA |
Regulatory Flexibility Act (US) |
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RFP |
Request For Proposal |
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RFT |
Request for Termination |
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RGGI |
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative |
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RI |
Remedial Investigation |
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RI/FS |
Remedial Investigation/feasibility Study (Superfund) |
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RIA |
Regulatory Impact Analysis |
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RIC |
RCRA Information Center |
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RL |
Reportable Limit |
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RLOCS |
Revolving Loan and Operator Certification Section |
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RLP |
Release Point |
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RMA |
Routine Maintenance Activity |
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RMAN |
Recovered Materials Advisory Notices |
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RMDL |
Recommended Method Detection Limit |
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RMP |
Risk Management Plan |
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RMP |
Risk Management Program |
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RO |
Remediation Optimization |
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ROP |
Renewable Operating Permit |
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RP |
Responsible Party |
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RPD |
Request for Preliminary Determination |
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RPF |
Refined Petroleum Fund |
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RPS |
Regulatory Portfolio Standards |
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RPS |
Radiological Protection Section of WHMD |
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RQ |
Reportable Quantity |
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RRD |
Remediation and Redevelopment Division |
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RS |
Revised Statute(s) |
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RS |
RECAP Standards |
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RTC |
Response to Comments |
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rTR |
Risk and Technology Review |
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S3TM |
Sampling Strategies and Statistics Training Materials for Part 201 Cleanup Criteria |
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sa |
Site Assessment |
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SAA |
Society of American Archivists |
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SAB-CASAC |
Science Advisory Board Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee |
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SAB-EEAC |
Science Advisory Board Environmental Economics Advisory Committee |
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SAB-HES |
Science Advisory Board Health Effects Subcommittee of the Advisory |
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SAE |
Site Area Emergency |
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SAP |
Sampling and Analysis Plan |
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SAR |
Sodium Absorption Rate |
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SARA |
Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act |
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Sb |
Antimony (Stibium) |
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sba |
Small Business Administrations |
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SBREFA |
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act |
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SBSCAP |
Small Business Small Community Assistance Program |
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SC |
Sierra Club |
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SCC |
Social Cost of Carbon |
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SCC |
Source Classification Code |
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SCD |
Soil and water Conservation District |
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scf |
standard cubic feet (of natural gas) |
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SCFM |
Standard Cubic Feet Per Minute |
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SCM |
Sedimentation and Control Method |
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SCM |
Solid and Chemical Materials |
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SCORP |
State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan |
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SCPC |
Super Critical Pulverized Coal |
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SCR |
Selective Catalytic Reduction |
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sCr |
Secondary Contact Recreation |
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sCr |
Site Cleanup Report |
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SDM |
Sand Dune Mining |
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SDWA |
Safe Drinking Water Act (as amended in 1986) |
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SE |
Soil Erosion |
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SE |
Selenium |
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SEC |
Secretary of Secretary Designee |
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secp |
State Energy Conservation Program |
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SECS |
Secretary |
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SECSW |
Soil Erosion and Construction Storm Water |
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SECSWO |
Soil Erosion / Construction Storm Water Operator |
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SEEP |
Senior Environmental Employee Program |
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SEL |
Senior Emergency Office Facility Liaison |
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SELS |
Senior Emergency Office Facility Liaison Support |
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SEMCOG |
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments |
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SEMOS |
Southeast Michigan Ozone Study |
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sep |
Supplemental Environmental Project |
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SEP |
State Energy Program |
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SERC |
State Emergency Response Commission |
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SERE |
Streamlined Ecological Risk Evaluation |
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SESC |
Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control |
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SESCP |
Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Program |
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SF |
Superfund |
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SF6 |
Sulfur Hexaflouride |
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SGP |
Silica Gel Treatment |
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SHPO |
State Historic Preservation Office (US) |
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SI |
Silica |
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SI |
Site Inspection |
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SIC |
Soil Inhalation Criteria for Ambient Air |
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SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification (Code) |
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SID |
Storage Tank Information Database |
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SIM |
Selective Ion Monitoring |
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SIM |
Simultaneous Ion Monitoring |
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SIP |
State Implementation Plan |
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SIR |
Site Investigation and Remediation |
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SIU |
Significant Industrial User |
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SLAMS |
State and Local Monitoring Stations |
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SLF |
Sanitary Land Fill |
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sm |
Standard Methods |
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SMP |
Smoke Management Plan |
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SMU |
Site Management Unit |
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SNAP |
Significant New Alternatives Policy |
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SO |
Screening Option |
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SO2 |
Sulfur Dioxide |
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SO3 |
Sulfur Trioxide |
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SOB |
Statement of Basis |
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SOC |
Synthetic-Organic Compound |
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SOCMI |
Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry |
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SPAB |
State Preserves Advisory Board |
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SPC |
Spill Prevention and Control Plan |
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SPCC |
Spill Prevention, Containment and Countermeasure Plan |
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SPCC |
Spill Prevention Control And Countermeasures |
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SPCC |
System performance Check Compounds |
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SPO |
Science & Policy Office |
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SPOC |
Single Point Of Contact |
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SQG |
Small Quantity Generator |
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SQL |
Sample Quantitation Limit |
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SRF |
Site Reclamation Fund |
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SRF |
State Revolving Fund |
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SRP |
Site Reclamation Program |
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SRSL |
Secondary Risk Screening Levels |
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SS |
Soil Sampling |
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SSL |
Soil Screening Level(s) |
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SSO |
Sanitary Sewer Overflow |
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ST |
Storage Tank |
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STEL |
TLV)-short-term exposure limit |
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STEM |
Scanning Transmission-Electron Microscopy |
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STORET |
Storage and Retrieval System (water quality data; EPA) |
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STP |
Sewage Treatment Plant |
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STP |
standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm) |
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STU |
storage tank unit |
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SUO |
Sewer Use Ordinance |
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SVE |
Soil Vapor Extraction |
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SVIAIC |
Soil Volatilization Indoor Air Inhalation Criteria |
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svoc |
Semi-volatile Organic compounds |
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SW-846 |
Solid Waste Manual 846 |
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SWBNO |
Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans |
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SWDA |
Solid Waste Disposal Act |
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SWLF |
Solid Waste Land Fill |
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SWMP |
Storm Water Management Plan |
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SWMP |
Solid Waste Management Plan |
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SWMU |
Solid Waste Management Unit(s) |
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SWP3 |
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan |
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SWPPI |
Storm Water Pollution Prevention Initiative |
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SWPPP |
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan |
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SWRF |
Septage Waste Receiving Facility |
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SWSF |
Septage Waste Storage Facility |
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T-BACT |
Best Available Control Technology for Toxics |
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TAC |
Toxic Air Contaminate |
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TAMS |
Toxic Air Monitoring System (US EPA) |
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TAMTAC |
Toxic Air Monitoring Technical Advisory Committee |
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TAO |
TSCA Assistance Office |
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TAP |
Technical Assistance Program |
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TAP |
Toxic Air Pollutants |
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TAPN |
Technical Assistance Providers Network |
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TBEL |
Technology Based Effluent Limit |
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TBEL |
Treatment Based Effluent Limit |
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TBI |
Throttle Body Fuel Injection |
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TCA |
1,1,1-trichloroethane |
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TCDD |
tetrachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin |
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TCDF |
Tetrachlorodibenzofurans |
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TCD’s |
Toxic Cleanup Days |
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TCE |
Tetrachloroethylene |
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Tcf |
Trillion cubic feet (measurement) |
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TCLP |
Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (EPA) |
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TCP |
Trichloroethylene |
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TDL |
Target Detection Limit |
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TDL |
Target Distance Limit |
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TDS |
Treatment Disposal and Storage Facility |
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TDS |
Total Dissolved Solids |
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TEMPO |
Tool for Environmental Protection Organizations |
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TENORM |
Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials |
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TIC |
Tentatively Identified Compounds |
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TIP |
Turn in Poachers, Inc. |
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Title V |
Air permit subject to Title V Regs of the CAA |
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TL |
Thallium |
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TLV |
Threshold Limit Value |
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TMDL |
Target Method Detection Limit |
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TMDL |
Total Maximum Daily Load |
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TNC |
The Nature Conservancy |
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TNI |
The NELAC Institute |
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TO |
Toxic Organic |
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TOC |
Total Organic Compound |
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TOC |
Total Organic Carbon |
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TOXNET |
Toxicology Data Network |
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TPH |
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon |
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TPQ |
Threshold Planning Quanity |
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TPY |
Tons Per Year |
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TQ |
Threshold Quanity |
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TRAP |
Traffic Related Air Pollution |
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TRC |
Total Residue Chlorine |
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TRE |
Toxicity Reduction Evaluation |
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TRI |
Toxic Release Inventory |
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TRS |
Total Reduced Sulfur |
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TRV |
Toxicity Reference Value |
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TSCA |
Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 |
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TSCC |
Toxic Substances Coordinating Committee |
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TSD |
Technical Support Document |
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TSDF |
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility |
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TSDR |
Treatment, Storage, Disposal and Recycling |
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TSM |
Transportation Storage and Monitoring |
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TSP |
Total Suspended Particulate |
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TSS |
Total Suspended Solids |
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Tthms |
Total Trihalomethanes |
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TVOC |
Total volatile organic Compounds |
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twa |
Time Weighted Averages |
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TWTDS |
Treatment Works Treating Domestic Sewage |
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U |
Uranium |
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UAA |
Use AttainabilityAnalysis |
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UCL |
Upper Confidence Limit |
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UdM3 |
Micrograms per Cubic Meter |
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UEL |
Upper Explosive Limit |
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UF |
Uncertainty Factor (in Oral RfD) |
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UFL |
Upper Flammability Limit |
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ug |
Microgram |
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ug/kg |
Micrograms per kilogram |
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Ug/l |
Micrograms per Liter |
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UI |
Underground Injection |
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UIW |
Underground Injection Well |
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ULSD |
Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel |
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UM |
Micrometer |
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UMRA |
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act |
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un |
United Narions |
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USACE |
United State Army Corps of Engineers |
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USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
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USC |
United States Code (book of laws) |
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USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
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USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
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USDOT |
United State Department of Transportation |
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USDW |
Underground Source of Ground Water |
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USEPA |
United States Environmental Protection Agency |
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usfs |
United State Forest Service |
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USFWS |
United State Fish and Wildlife Service |
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USG |
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups |
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USGS |
United States Geological Survey (DOI) |
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USNRC |
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
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UST |
Underground Storage Tank |
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UTL |
Upper Tolerance Limit |
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UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical Co-ordinate System) |
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UV |
Ultraviolet (Light) |
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V |
Vanadium |
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VC |
Vinyl Chloride |
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VD |
Vapor Density |
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VE |
Visual Emmission |
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VGW |
Venting Ground Water |
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VHS |
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia |
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VI |
Vapor Intrusion |
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VIN |
vehicle identification number (US) (transportation) |
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VIP |
Vapor Intrusion Pathway |
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VOC |
Volatile Organic Hydrocarbon |
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VOC |
Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution) |
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VOL |
Volatile Organic Liquid |
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VOST |
Volatile Organic Sampling Train |
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VP |
Vapor Pressure |
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VPH |
Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons |
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VRU |
Vapor Recovery Unit |
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W-3 |
Waterford-3 Steam Electric Station |
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WAP |
Waste Analysis Plan |
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WAR |
Waste Accreditation and Reporting |
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WB |
Water Bureau |
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wc |
Waste Characteristics |
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WCMP |
Water Chemistry Monitoring Project |
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wd |
Wildlife Division |
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WDS |
Waste Data System |
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WDW |
Who Does What |
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WEI |
Wind Energy Industry |
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WET |
Whole Effluent Toxicity Test |
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WHMD |
Waste and Hazardous Materials Division |
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WHO |
World Health Organization |
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WILD |
WILDlife Education Program |
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WIN |
Waste Information Needs |
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WLA |
Waste Load Allocation |
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WMCOG |
West Michigan Council of Governments |
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WMP |
Waste Minimalization Plan |
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WMRP |
Waste Management and Radiological Protection |
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WP |
Water Pollutant |
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WP |
Work Plan |
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WQ |
Water Quality |
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WQBEL |
Water Quality Based Effluent Limit |
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