| AIRS |
Aerometric Information Retrieval System |
| APHA |
American Public Health Association |
| AST |
Aboveground Storage Tank |
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BACT |
Best Available Control Technology |
| BOD |
Biological Oxygen Demand |
| BTEX |
Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, and Xylene |
| CAA |
Clean Air Act; federal law calling for air pollutant emissions standards for motor vehicles and stationary sources; first passed in 1970; reauthorized in 1977 and 1990 |
| CAAA |
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 |
| CAP |
Corrective Action Plan |
| CAS |
Chemical Abstract Services |
| CEM |
Continuous Emission Monitoring |
| CEMS |
Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (Superfund) |
| CERES |
Coalition for Environmental Responsible Economies |
| CFATS |
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards |
| CFC |
Chlorofluorocarbons |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CO |
Carbon Monoxide |
| COD |
Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| CSAT |
Chemical Security Assessment Tool |
| CSHIB |
Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board |
| CSR |
Compliance Status Report |
| CWA |
Clean Water Act |
| DMR |
Discharge Monitoring Report |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy; U.S. agency responsible for research and development of energy technology, the nuclear weapons program and energy regulation |
| DOI |
Department of the Interior |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| EHS |
Environmental Health & Safety |
| EM |
DOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management |
| EMT |
Emergency Medical Technician |
| EP3 |
Environmental Pollution Prevention Project |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPCRA |
Emergency Planning and Community Right To Know Act of 1986 |
| EPD |
Environmental Protection Division (Georgia) |
| FEI |
Federal Employer Identification |
| FESOP |
Federally Enforceable State Operating Permits Program |
| FIFRA |
Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
| FR |
Federal Register |
| GACT |
Generally Available Control Technology |
| GAO |
General Accounting Office |
| GAR |
Generally Applicable Requirements |
| GEMI |
Global Environmental Management Initiative. A coalition of 25 companies that formed in April 1990 in Washington, D.C. to foster environmental excellence. |
| GHSRA |
Georgia Hazardous Site Response Act |
| HAP |
Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| HC |
Hydrocarbons |
| HCFC |
Hydrochlorofluorcarbons |
| HCP |
Hazard Communication Program |
| HES |
Health, Environment & Safety |
| HON |
Hazardous Organic NESHAP |
| HRS |
Hazard Ranking System |
| HSI |
Georgia EPD's Hazardous Site Inventory |
| HSWA |
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments |
| HW |
Hazardous Waste under RCRA, any solid, liquid, gas or combination of wastes, which, because of its chemical, physical or infectious characteristics, may pose a hazard when managed improperly. |
| HWIR |
Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (by EPA) |
| ICM |
Interim Corrective Measure |
| IDLH |
Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health |
| In situ |
Generally refers to a treatment or disposal method that does not require movement of contaminated material |
| IRM |
Interim Remedial Measure |
| ISC |
Industrial Source Complex |
| ISCST |
Industrial Source Complex Short Term |
| LAET |
Lowest Achievable Control Technology |
| LCA |
Life Cycle Analysis |
| LDR |
EPA's Land Disposal Restrictions |
| LEED |
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design |
| LUSTs |
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks |
| MACT |
Maximum Achievable Control Technology |
| MOA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| MSHA |
Mine Safety and Health Administration |
| MVCP |
Motor Vehicle Control Program |
| NAA |
Non Attainment Area |
| NAAQS |
National Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| NACEPT |
National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy & Technology |
| NACOSH |
National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCAPS |
National Corrective Action Prioritization System |
| NCP |
National Contingency Plan |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Action of 1969, as amended |
| NESHAPs |
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health |
| NMHC |
Non Methane Hydrocarbons |
| NMOG |
Non Methane Organic Gas |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOD |
Notice of Deficiency |
| NOI |
Notice of Intent |
| NOT |
Notice of Termination |
| NOx |
Oxide of Nitrogen |
| NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NPL |
National Priorities List; federal list of hazardous waste sites that will be addressed by CERCLA |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NRDC |
Natural Resources Defense Council |
| NSMR |
New Source MACT Review |
| NSPS |
New Source Performance Standards |
| NSR |
New Source Review |
| NTIS |
National Technical Information Service |
| NURP |
National Urban Runoff Program |
| O&M |
Operation and Maintenance |
| O3 |
Ozone |
| OAQPS |
EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards in Research Triangle Park, N.C. |
| OECA |
EPA's Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| OPA |
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 |
| OPPT |
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics |
| OPPTS |
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances |
| OSH |
Occupational Safety & Health Act promulgated in 1970 |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| P2 |
Pollution Prevention |
| PCBs |
Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
| PELs |
Permissible Exposure Limits |
| PHA |
Process Hazard Analysis |
| PIECMT |
Pre Investigation Evaluation of Corrective Measures Technology |
| PM |
10 Small Particulate Matter of Less than 10 microns in diameter |
| PM |
2.5 Small Particulate Matter of Less than 2.5 micros in diameter |
| POTW |
Publicly Owned Treatment Works; municipal wastewater treatment facility |
| PPA |
Pollution Prevention Act |
| ppb |
parts per billion |
| PPE |
Personal Protective Equipment |
| ppm |
parts per million |
| PRG |
Preliminary Remediation Goals as identified by EPA |
| PRP |
Potentially Responsible Party; under CERCLA, individual, group or organization legally liable for cleaning up NPL sites |
| PSD |
Prevention of Significant Deterioration |
| PSM |
Process Safety Management |
| PTE |
Potential to Emit |
| RACM |
Reasonable Available Control Measures |
| RACT |
Reasonable Available Control Technology |
| RAP |
Remedial Action Plan |
| RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 |
| REL |
Recommended Exposure Limit |
| RFA |
RCRA Facility Assessment |
| RFI |
RCRA Facility Investigation |
| RI/FS |
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study |
| RMP |
Risk Management Program |
| ROD |
Record of Decision |
| RPP |
Respiratory Protection Program |
| RQSM |
EPD's Reportable Quantities Screening Method |
| RTECS |
Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances |
| SARA |
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 |
| SCRAM |
Support Center for Regulatory Air Models |
| SDWA |
Safe Drinking Water Act |
| SEC |
Security and Exchange Commission |
| SEP |
Supplemental Environmental Projects |
| SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification |
| SIP |
State Implementation Plans |
| SOCMA |
Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association |
| SOCMI |
Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry |
| SOX |
Sulfur Oxides or SO2 Sulfur Dioxide |
| SPCC |
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures |
| SRRP |
Source Reduction Review Project |
| SSAB |
Site Specific Advisory Board |
| STEL |
Short Term Exposure Limit. Unless designated otherwise, it is a 15 minute TWA exposure that could not be exceeded at any time during a workday. |
| SVOC |
Semi Volatile Organic Compounds |
| SWMU |
Solid Waste Management Unit |
| SWP3 |
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan |
| TC |
Toxicity Characteristics |
| TCE |
Trichloroethylene |
| TCLP |
Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure; test required under RCRA to determine the toxicity and characteristics of hazardous waste and the potential for migration |
| TIO |
EPA Technology Innovation Office |
| TLV |
Threshold Limit Value |
| TOC |
Total Organic Carbon |
| TRC |
DOD Technical Review Committee |
| TRE |
Toxicity Reduction Evaluation |
| TRI |
Toxics Release Inventory; Criteria Pollutants: Ozone, Nitrogen Oxide, Carbon Monoxide, and Particulate Matter (PM10), Lead, and Sulfur Dioxide |
| TSCA |
Toxic Substances Control Act; federal law passed in 1976 authorizing EPA to collect information on chemical risks; the basis for regulating such toxic substances as PCBs |
| TSDF |
Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility |
| TSP |
Total Suspended Particulate Matter |
| TSS |
Total Suspended Solids |
| TUP |
Toxics Use Reduction |
| TWA |
Time Weighted Average. Concentrations of up to a 10 hour work day during a 40 hour work week. |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
| USTs |
Underground Storage Tanks; under RCRA, tank with 10 percent or more of its volume (and connected piping) underground; used to store petroleum products or chemicals regulated under CERCLA |
| UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
| VOC |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
| WEF |
The Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, VA) |
