Santa Susana Field Laboratory Acronyms And Abbreviations
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– µg –
- μg/dl – micrograms per deciliter
- μg/kg – micrograms per kilogram
- μg/L – micrograms per liter
– A –
- ABS – Absorption fraction (dermal)
- ADD – Average daily dosage
- AI – Atomics International
- AOC – Area of Concern
- AOPC – Area of potential concern
- AST – aboveground storage tank
- atm-m3/M – Atmosphere-cubic-meter per mole
- ATSDR – Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- AUF – Area use factor
- AWQC – Ambient water quality criteria
– B –
- BBC – Brandeis-Bardin Campus
- BAF – Bioaccumulation factor
- BaP – Benzo(a)pyrene
- BBI – Brandeis-Bardin Institute
- BCF – Bioconcentration factor
- BEHP – Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
- bgs – below ground surface
- BMP – best management practice
- Boeing – The Boeing Company
- BTEX – benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes
- BW – Body weight
– C –
- Cal/EPA – California Environmental Protection Agency
- CCR – Current Conditions Report
- CDD – Chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin
- CDF – Chlorinated dibenzofuran
- CDFG – California Department of Fish and Game
- CERCLA – Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
- CF – Chatsworth Formation
- CFOU – Chatsworth Formation Operable Unit
- CHSC – California Health and Safety Code
- cm2 – Square centimeter
- CMI – Corrective Measures Implementation
- CMS – Corrective Measures Study
- COC – chemical of concern
- COEC – chemical of ecological concern
- COPC – chemical of potential concern
- CPEC – chemical of potential environmental concern
- CSF – Cancer slope factor
- CSM – conceptual site model
- CTE – Central tendency exposure
– D –
- D&D – Decontamination and Decommissioning
- DCA – dichloroethane
- DCE – dichloroethene
- DG – data gap
- DHS – Department of Health Services
- DOE – United States Department of Energy
- DQE – Data quality evaluation
- DQO – Data Quality Objective
- DPH – Department of Public Health
- DTSC – Department of Toxic Substances Control
– E –
- ECL – Environmental Chemistry Lab
- Eco-SSL – Ecological soil screening level
- EIR – Environmental Impact Report
- EIS – Environmental Impact Statement
- ELCR – excess lifetime cancer risk
- EPC – exposure point concentration
- ERA – ecological risk assessment
- ESL – Ecological screening level
- ETEC – Energy Technology and Engineering Center
– F –
- foc – Fraction of organic carbon
- Freon 1,1,-trichlorofluoromethane
- Freon 113 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane
- FS – Feasibility study
- FSDF – Former Sodium Disposal Facility
– G –
- GETS – Groundwater Extraction Treatment System
- GWCC – groundwater comparison concentration
- GWTS – groundwater extraction/treatment system
– H –
- HDMS – Historical Document Management System
- HEAST – Health Effects Assessment Summary Table
- HHRA – Human health risk assessment
- HI – hazard index
- HMW – High-molecular-weight
- HMX – cyclotetramethylene-tetranitramine (Energetic Compound)
- HQ – hazard quotient
- HRA – human health risk assessment
- HSC – Health and Safety Code
– I –
- ILCR – incremental lifetime cancer risk
- ISRA – Interim/Source Removal Action
- IRFNA – inhibited red-fuming nitric acid
- IRIS – Integrated Risk Information System
- ISF – Interim-Status Facility
- ISI – In-Service Inspection
– K –
- Kd Soil-water distribution coefficient
- Koc – partition coefficient
- Kow Octanol – water partition coefficient
- KRO – Kerosene range organic
– L –
- L – Liter
- LADD – Lifetime average daily dosage
- LCS – Laboratory control sample
- LD50 – Lethal dose to 50 percent of test organisms
- LF – leach field
- LMW – Low molecular weight
- LOAEL – Lowest observed adverse effect level
- LOEC – Lowest observed effect concentration
- LOX – liquid oxygen
– M –
- MCL – maximum contaminant level
- MCPA – 2-Methyl-4-Chlorophenoxyacetic Acid
- MCPP – 2-Methyl-4-Chlorophenoxy propionic Acid
- MDL – Method detection limit
- mg/kg – milligrams per kilogram
- MMH – monomethyl hydrazine
- MRCA – Mountains Recreation Conservancy Authority
- msl – mean sea level
- MS/MSD – Matrix spike/matrix spike duplicate
– N –
- NA – not applicable
- NAA – North American Aviation
- NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NDMA – n-nitrosodimethylamine
- NFA – no further action
- NOEC – No observed effect concentration
- NOAEL – No observed adverse effect level
- NPDES – National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- NRWQC – National recommended ambient water quality criteria
- NSGW – Near-surface groundwater
– O –
- OEHHA – Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
- ORISE – Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
- ORP – Oxidation-reduction potential
- OU – operable unit
– P –
- PAH – Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
- PCB – Polychlorinated Biphenyl
- PCDD – Polychlorinated dibenzodioxin
- PCDF – Polychlorinated dibenzofuran
- PCE – Tetrachloroethene
- PEA – Preliminary Endangerment Assessment
- PEC – Probable effect concentration
- PEF – Particulate emission factor
– Q –
- QA – quality assurance
- QAPP – Quality Assurance Project Plan
- QC – quality control
– R –
- RAD – Radionuclide
- RAGS – Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund
- RAP – Remedial Action Plan
- RCRA – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
- RD/RA – Remedial Design/Remedial Action
- RFA – RCRA Facility Assessment
- RfD – Reference dose
- RFI – RCRA Facility Investigation
- RI – Remedial Investigation
- RL – Reporting limit
- RME – Reasonable maximum exposure
- RMHF – Radioactive Materials Handling Facility
- RP – Rocket propellant
- RWQCB – Regional Water Quality Control Board
– S –
- SAP – sampling and analysis plan
- SB 990 – Senate Bill 990
- SOP – Standard operating procedure
- SMOU – Surficial media operable unit
- SRAM – Standardized Risk Assessment Methodology Work Plan
- SRE – Sodium Reactor Experiment
- SSFL – Santa Susana Field Laboratory
- STP – Sewage Treatment Plant
- SVOC – Semivolatile organic compound
– T –
- TAL – Target analyte list
- SWMU – Solid waste management units
- TCDD – Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
- TCE – Trichloroethene
- TEA – triethylaluminum (Energetic Compound)
- TEB – triethylboron (Energetic Compound)
- TEC – Threshold effect concentration
- TEQ – toxicity equivalency quotient
- TIC – tentatively identified compound
- TPH – total petroleum hydrocarbons
- TRPH – total recoverable petroleum hydrocarbons
- TRV – toxicity reference value
– U –
- UDMH – unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine
- USEPA – United States Environmental Protection Agency
- UST – underground storage tank
– V –
- VC – vinyl chloride
- VCAPCD – Ventura County Air Pollution Control District
- VCEHD – Ventura County Environmental Health Department
- VOC – volatile organic compound
– W –
- WDR– Waste Discharge Requirement
- WPA – Work Plan Addendum
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