| AA |
Attainment Area |
| ACL |
Alternative Concentration Limit |
| ACM |
Asbestos-Containing Material |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| AOC |
Area of Contamination |
| API |
American Petroleum Institute |
| AQCR |
Air Quality Control Region |
| ARAR |
Applicable Relevant and Appropriate Requirements (Cleanup Standards) |
| ASHRAE |
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers |
| ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BACM |
Best Available Control Measure |
| BAT |
Best Available Technology |
| BATEA |
Best Available Technology Economically Achievable |
| BCT |
Best Conventional Technology |
| BDAT |
Best Demonstrational Achievable Technology (also "Available") |
| BDT |
Best Demonstrational Technology |
| BEJ |
Best Engineering Judgment |
| BIF |
Boiler and Industrial Furnace |
| BMP |
Best Management Practice |
| BOD |
Biological Oxygen Demand |
| BPJ |
Best Professional Judgment |
| BPT |
Best Practical Control Technology |
| BRS |
Biennial Reporting System |
| BTU |
British Thermal Units |
| C&D |
Construction and Demolition |
| CAA |
Clean Air Act |
| CAAA |
Clean Air Act Amendments |
| CBI |
Confidential Business Information |
| CAIR |
Comprehensive Assessment Information Rule |
| CAMU |
Corrective Action Management Unit |
| CAS |
Chemical Abstract Service |
| CCP |
Commercial Chemical Product |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
| CDD |
Chlorodibenzodioxin |
| CDF |
Chlorodibenzofuran |
| CEM |
Continuous Emission Monitoring |
| CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Act of 1980 (amended in 1984 and later) |
| CESQG |
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator of hazardous wastes |
| CFC |
Chlorofluorocarbon -an ozone-depleting refrigerant |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CHEMTREC |
Chemical Transportation Emergency Center |
| CHIPS |
Chemical Hazards Information Profiles (EPA) |
| COD |
Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| CPSC |
Consumer Product Safety Commission (16 CFR) |
| CTG |
Control Techniques Guidelines |
| CWA |
Clean Water Act |
| DCO |
Delayed Compliance Order |
| DDT |
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane -a toxic pesticide |
| DMR |
Discharge Monitoring Reports |
| DO |
Dissolved Oxygen |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| DRE |
Destruction and Removal Efficiency |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| EMS |
Environmental Management System (also see ISO14000) |
| EP |
Extraction Procedure |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPR |
Extended Product Responsibility |
| ESA |
Environmental Site Assessment |
| EPCRA |
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act |
| ESP |
Electrostatic Precipitor |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration(21 CFR) |
| EUP |
Exceptional Use Permits |
| FFCA |
Federal Facility Compliance Act |
| FIFRA |
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act |
| First Third |
August 17, 1988, Federal Register (53 FR 31138) -the first of the hazardous waste land disposal restrictions |
| FR |
Federal Register |
| GLP |
Good Laboratory Practices |
| GNP |
Good Manufacturing Procedures |
| GPO |
Government Printing Office |
| GRAS |
Generally Recognized as Safe |
| GLPS |
Good Laboratory Practice Standards |
| HAP |
Hazardous Air Pollutant |
| HazWoper |
29 CFR 1910.120 -the OSHA / EPA requirement to have all employees trained if they will be handling, managing or shipping hazardous wastes |
| HRS |
Hazard Ranking System |
| HCFC |
Hydrochlorofluorocarbon |
| HHW |
Household Hazardous Waste |
| HM |
Hazardous Material |
| HW |
Hazardous Waste |
| HSWA |
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 |
| HWM |
Hazardous Waste Management |
| ID |
(as in ID number) -Hazardous Waste Identification Number assigned to RCRA generators, transporters, and TSDFs |
| Implementing Agency |
refers to the State or Regional office implementing RCRA |
| INUR |
Inventory Update Rule |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| ISO14000 |
The ISO standard for environmental management systems |
| ITC |
Interagency Testing Committee |
| LAER |
Lowest Achievable Emission Rate |
| LCA |
Life Cycle Analysis/ Assessment |
| LDR |
Land Disposal Restrictions (40 CFR Part 268) |
| LEPC |
Local Emergency Planning Committee |
| Limit |
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| LOEL |
Lowest Observed Effect Level |
| LQG |
Large Quantity Generator of hazardous wastes -this term has a specific definition under RCRA! |
| LUST |
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks |
| MACT |
Maximum Achievable Control Technology |
| MARPOL |
International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
| MCL |
Maximum Concentration Limit or Level |
| LQHUW |
Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste (haz wastes) |
| LSF |
Liquid Scintillation Fluid (rad waste) |
| MRQ |
Monthly Hotline Report Q&A, The Hotline prepares a monthly report that contains questions and answers on common or difficult RCRA topics. EPA publishes this report. The questions and answers can be usually used as EPA guidance. Beware: the hotline is run by an EPA contractor and their answers are often erratic and not legally binding |
| MSDS |
Material Safety DataSheet (under OSHA) |
| MSW |
Municipal Solid Waste (trash, nonhazwaste, etc.) |
| NAA |
Non-Attainment Area |
| NAAQS |
National Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| NCP |
National Contingency Plan |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NESHAP |
National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| NIOSH |
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health |
| NIPDWR |
National Interim Primary Drinking Water Regulation |
| NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NPL |
National Priorities List -the list of Superfund sites |
| NRC |
National Response Center |
| NFPA |
National Fire Protection Act |
| NIH |
National Institute for Health |
| NORM |
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material |
| NRC |
Several possibilities: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, National Response Center, or National Research Council |
| NSDWR |
National Secondary Drinking Water Regulation |
| NSPS |
New Source Performance Standards |
| NSR |
New Source Review |
| NTIS |
National Technical Information Service (usually charges you for the same information that we provide free...) |
| ODS |
Ozone Depleting Substances (air emissions) |
| OPM |
Operation and Maintenance |
| ORD |
Office of Research and Development |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (29 CFR) |
| OSW |
Office of Solid Waste |
| OSWER |
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response |
| P2 |
Pollution Prevention |
| PAIR |
Preliminary Assessment Information Rule |
| PBT |
Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated biphenyl -A toxic cooling oil used in the past in transformers and capacitors |
| PCP |
Pentachlorophenol |
| PEL |
Permissible Exposure Limit |
| PM-10 |
Particulate Matter< 10 Micrometers |
| PNA |
Polynuclear Aromatic Compounds |
| PNIN |
Pre-manufacture Notification |
| POTW |
Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
| PPB |
Parts Per Billion |
| PPM |
Parts Per Million |
| PRP |
Potentially Responsible Parties |
| PSD |
Prevention of Significant Deterioration |
| PPE |
Personal Protective Equipment (such as gloves, respirators, etc.) |
| QA/QC |
Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RACM |
Reasonably Available Control Measure |
| RACT |
Reasonably Available Control Technique |
| RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 -resulted in hazardous waste regulations - 40 CFR Parts 260 to 280 |
| RGD |
Radiation-Generating Devices |
| RI/FS |
Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study |
| RPCC |
Release Prevention, Control and Countermeasure |
| RQ |
Reportable Quantity |
| RMP |
Risk Management Plan |
| RSO |
Radiation Safety Officer |
| RUST |
RCRA Underground Storage Tanks |
| SARA |
Superfund Amendment Reauthorization Act |
| SBAP |
Small Business Assistance Program |
| SBO |
Small Business Ombudsman |
| SDWA |
Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 |
| Second Third |
June 23, 1989, Federal Register (54 FR 26594) -hazardous waste land disposal restrictions |
| SERC |
State Emergency Response Commission |
| SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification |
| SIP |
State Implementation Plan |
| SMCL |
Secondary Maximum Contamination Level |
| SNM |
Special Nuclear Material |
| SOC |
Schedule of Compliance |
| SPCC |
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures |
| SPDES |
State Pollutant Discharge Elimination |
| SQG |
Small Quantity Generator of hazardous wastes (has a specific definition!) |
| SQHUW |
Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste (haz waste) |
| SW-846 |
Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods |
| SWMU |
Solid Waste Management Unit |
| SSLA |
Small Sealed Lead Acid (battery) |
| TAP |
Toxic Air Pollutant |
| TCDD |
Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin |
| TCE |
Tetrachloroethylene, perchloroethylene |
| TCLP |
Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure |
| Third Third |
June 1, 1990, Federal Register (55 FR 22520) -refers to hazardous wastes "landban" land disposal restrictions |
| TOC |
Total Organic Carbon |
| TPQ |
Threshold Planning Quantity (CERCLA community right-to-know) |
| TQ |
Threshold Quantity (spill reporting) |
| TRI |
Toxic Release Inventory (CERCLA community right-to-know) |
| TSCA |
Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 -regulates asbestos, PCBs, new chemicals being developed for sale and other chemicals |
| TSDF |
Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facility (permitted hazardous waste facility) |
| TSS |
Total Suspended Solids |
| TWA |
Time Weighted Average |
| UHC |
Underlying Hazardous Constituent |
| UIC |
Underground Injection Control |
| USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| USDW |
Underground Source of Drinking Water |
| USPS |
United States Postal Service |
| UST |
Underground Storage |
| UTS |
Universal Treatment Standards: These are the constituent-specific treatment standards found in §268.48. |
| VOC |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
| WAP |
Waste Analysis Plan -A plan that outlines the procedures necessary to ensure proper treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste. |
