Appendix E: Acronyms

Measurements and Percentages

µg/L       micrograms per liter

%D        percent difference

%RSD   percent relative standard deviation

Numerals

1,1-DCE 1,1-dichloroethene

1,4-D    1,4-dioxane (in figures and tables only)

1,1,1-TC 1,1,1-trichloroethane 

A

ACS        American Chemical Society

ATSDR   Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

C

CAS        Chemical Abstracts Service

CCL         Candidate Contaminant List

CCV        continuing calibration verification

C&D       Construction and Demolition

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

CI            confirmation ion

COC       chain of custody

COC       Contaminates of concern

CSIA       compound-specific isotope analysis

cVOC     chlorinated volatile organic compound

D

DNAPL  dense nonaqueous phase liquid

DOT       Department of Transportation

E

EB           Equipment Blank

ECB        European Chemicals Bureau

ECHO     Enforcement and Compliance History Online Database

EcoSAR Ecological Structure Activity Relationships

EIS          extracted internal standard

F

FB           field blank

FD           field duplicate

FDA        Food and Drug Administration

G

GAC       granular activated carbon

GC/MS gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

GW        groundwater

H

HAP       Hazardous Air Pollutant

HCl         hydrochloric acid

HEAA     β-hydroxyethoxyacetic acid

HT           holding time

I

IARC      International Agency for Research on Cancer

IS            internal standard

ITRC       Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council

K

K_oc                organic carbon partitioning coefficient

K_ow               octanol-water partitioning coefficient

L

LCS         laboratory control sample

LD           lab duplicate

M

MB         method blank

MCL       maximum contaminant level

mg          milligrams

mg/L      milligrams per liter

MS/MSD              matrix spike/matrix spike duplicate

MTL       monitoring trigger level

N

NA          not applicable

NOD      natural oxidant demand

NPDES  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

O

OSHA    Occupational Safety and Health Administration

P

%D         percent difference

%RSD    percent relative standard deviation

PCE        tetrachloroethylene

PDB        passive diffusion bag

PEL         permissible exposure limit

PET         polyethylene terephthalate

PNEC     probable no effect concentration

POTW   publicly owned treatment work

ppm       parts per million

PPRTV   Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Value

PTFE      polytetrafluoroethylene

Q

QAPP    quality assurance project plan

QI           quantitation ion

qPCR     quantitative polymerase chain reaction

R

RCRA     Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RL           reporting limit

RPD        relative percent difference

RPP        Rigid Porous Polyethylene

RRF        relative response factor

RRT        relative retention time

RSL         regional screening level

S

SAP        Sampling and Analysis Plan

SDWA   Safe Drinking Water Act

SIM        selective ion monitoring

SOP        standard operating procedure

SPE         solid-phase extraction

SVOC     semivolatile organic compound

T

TB           trip blank

TCE         trichloroethylene

TRI          Toxics Release Inventory

TSCA      Toxic Substances Control Act

TWA      time-weighted average

U

UCMR3 Third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule

USEPA  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

UV          ultraviolet

V

VOA       volatile organic analyte

VOC       volatile organic compound

W

WHO     World Health Organization

WWTP  wastewater treatment plant

X

XSVE      extreme soil vapor extraction