ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ADROIT - Analysis of Dispersal Risk Occurring in Transportation
AGV - Automated Guided Vehicle
AL - Albuquerque Operations Office
ALARA - As Low as Reasonably Achievable
AOC - Area of Concern
AQCR - Air Quality Control Region
ASER - Annual Site Environmental Report
AT&SF RR - Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad
BG - Burning Ground
BGU - Burning Ground Upgrade
BNA - Block Numbering Area
BN&SF RR - Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad
BOD - Biological Oxygen Demand
BRAC - Base Realignment and Closure
CAA - Clean Air Act
CAMS - Continuous Air Monitoring System
CDP - Census Designated Place
CDR - Conceptual Design Report
CEQ - Council on Environmental Quality
CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
COC - Contaminant(s) of Concern
COD - Chemical Oxygen Demand
COE - U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers
COPC - Contaminant(s) of Potential Concern
CRM - Cultural Resource Management
CRMP - Cultural Resource Management Plan
CSA - Canned Subassembly
CWA - Clean Water Act
CY - Calendar Year
DAF - Device Assembly Facility
DCG - Derived Concentration Guidelines
D&D - Decontamination and Decommissioning
DNL - Day-Night Average Sound Level
DOC - Department of Commerce
DOD - Department of Defense
DOE - Department of Energy
DOI - Department of Interior
DOT - Department of Transportation
DPTRA - Defense Programs Transportation Risk Analysis
EIS - Environmental Impact Statement
EO - Executive Order
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
ER - Environmental Restoration
ERAD - Explosive Release Atmospheric Dispersion
ERPG - Emergency Response Planning Guidelines
ES&H - Environment, Safety and Health
ESL - Effects Screening Level
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
FFA - Federal Facility Agreement
FFCA - Federal Facility Compliance Act
FM - Farm-to-Market Road
FMEF - Fuels and Materials Examination Facility
FPPA - Farmland Protection Policy Act
FWS - Fish and Wildlife Service
FY - Fiscal Year
Ga - Gauge
GAd - Gross Alpha - dissolved
GAs - Gross Alpha - suspended
GBd - Gross Beta - dissolved
GBs - Gross Beta - suspended
GPS - Global Positioning System
HAP - Hazardous Air Pollutant
HE - High Explosive
HEPA - High Efficiency Particulate Air
H-Gear - Weapons-Specific Handling Gear
HVAC - Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
HLW - High-Level Waste
HPCAF - Health Physics Calibration and Acceptance Facility
HW - Hazardous Waste
HWTPF - Hazardous Waste Treatment and Processing Facility
ICM - Interim Corrective Measure
IHE - Insensitive High Explosive
ILS - Instrument Landing System
IO - Isolated Occurrence
ISC - Industrial Source Complex
ISCLT2 - Industrial Source Complex Long Term, Version 2
ISCST2 - Industrial Source Complex Short Term, Version 2
JTA - Joint Test Assembly
KAFB - Kirtland Air Force Base
LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory
LCF - Latent Cancer Fatality
LDR - Land Disposal Restrictions
Leq - Equivalent Sound Level
LLNL - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LLMW - Low-Level Mixed Waste
LLW - Low-Level Radioactive Waste
LWR - Light Water Reactor
MACCS - Melcor Accident Consequence Code System
MACT - Maximum Achievable Control Technology
MCAF - Materials Compatibility Assurance Facility
MCL - Maximum Containment Level
MDL - Method Detection Limit
MEOI - Maximally Exposed Offsite Individual
MOBILE 5a - Mobile Source Emission Factor Model, Version 5a
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
MR - Modified Richmond
MSA - Metropolitan Statistical Area
MTU - Mobile Treatment Unit
NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NDEF - Nondestructive Evaluation Facility
NDRC - National Defense Research Committee
NE - Northeast
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
NESHAP - National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NFA - No Further Action
NHPA - National Historic Preservation Act
NHW - Honhazardous Waste
NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NLR - Noise Level Reduction
NOI - Notice of Intent
NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPL - National Priorities List
NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
NTS - Nevada Test Site
NW - Northwest
OB/OD - Open Burning/ Open Detonation
O&I - Operations and Inspection
OMB - Office of Management and Budget
ORR - Oak Ridge Reservation
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSTP - Old Sewage Treatment Plant
OU - Operable Unit
PA - Programmatic Agreement
PBX - Plastic Bonded Explosives
PEIS - Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
PIDAS - Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Alarm System
PL - Public Law
PPOA - Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessment
PP/WM - Pollution Prevention/ Waste Minimization
PRG - Preliminary Remediation Goal
PQL - Practical Qualification Limit
PSD - Prevention of Significant Deterioration
RAMS - Radar Aircraft Monitoring System
RBC - Risk Based Concentrations
RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RFI - RCRA Facility Design
ROD - Record of Decision
ROI - Region of Influence
RRS - Risk Reduction Standard
RTG - Radioisotopic Thermoelectric Generator
SAC - Steel Arch Construction
SAR - Safety Analysis Report
SARA - Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SCDHEC - South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
SDWA - Safe Drinking Water Act
SF - Slope Factor
SHPO - State Historic Preservation Office
SNL - Sandia National Laboratories
SNM - Special Nuclear Material
SPF - Standard Project Flood
SRS - Savannah River Site
SST - Safe Secure Tractor Trailer
STAR - Stability Array
STP - Site Treatment Plan
SVOC - Semivolatile Organic Compound
SWDA - Solid Waste Disposal Act
SWMU - Solid Waste Management Unit
T&E - Threatened and Endangered
TAC - Texas Administrative Code
TACB - Texas Air Control Board
TBEG - Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
TNRCC - Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission
TOX - Total Organic Halogen
TRU - Transuranic
TSCA - Toxic Substances Control Act
TSD - Transportation Safeguards Division
TSP - Total Suspended Particulates
TSS - Total Suspended Solids
TTU - Texas Tech. University
UST - Underground Storage Tank
U.S. - United States
U.S.C. - United States Code
UTL - Upper Tolerance Limit
UTM - Universal Transverse Mercator
VOC - Volatile Organic Compound
VORTAC - Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Radio Range w/Tactical Air Navigation
WAC - Waste Acceptance Criteria
WSA - Weapons Storage Area
WWTF - Wastewater Treatment Facility
WWTP - Wastewater Treatment Plant
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