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CERCLA
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (also known as 'Superfund') - in response to Love Canal, Valley of the Drums, to provide more federal oversite to proper mgmt of haz waste.
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ARAR
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applicable and/or relevant appropriate requirements (if state regs more stringent, they are to be incorporated - these are examples of ARARs)
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ATSDR
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - branch of the Centers for Disease Control that is responsible for preparing health assessments at sites
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CAA
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Clean Air Act
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CLP
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Contract Laboratory Program
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CRL
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Central regional laboratory
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CRP
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Community relations plan
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CWA
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Clean Water Act of 1972
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DQO
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Data quality objectives: statements that specify the data needed to support decisions regarding remedial response activities
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EMSL-LV
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Envionomental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Las Vegas
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EPIC
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Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center
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ERA
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Expedited response action
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ESI
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Expanded site investigation
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FIT
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Field investigation team
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FS
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Feasibility study
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FSP
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Field sampling plan: defines in detail the sampling and data gathering activities to be used at a site (see SAP)
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HSP
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Health and safety plan
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IRIS
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Integrated Risk Information System
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Lead Agency
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The agency, either the EPA, Federal agency, or appropriate State agency having primary responsibility and authority for planning and executing the remediation at a site
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MCL
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Maximum contaminant level: Established under the Safe Drinking Water Act (lol, SDWA, I would presume)
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MCLG
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Maximum contaminant level goal: Established under the Safe Drinking Water Act
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MPRSA
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Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act
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NAAQS
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National Ambient Air Quality Standards
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NCP
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National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan
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NEPA
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National Environmental Policy Act
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NIOSH
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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NPDES
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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NPL
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National Priorities List: a list of sites identified for remediation under CERCLA
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O&M
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Operation and maintenance
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OSHA
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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OSWER
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Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
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q1
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Cancer potency factor: the lifetime cancer risk for each additional mg/kg body weight per day of exposure
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PRP
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Potentially responsible party (who becomes the RP, responsible party, once conclusively identified)
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QA
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Quality assurance
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QAPP
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Quality assurance project plan: a plan that describes protocols necessary to achieve the data quality objectives defined for an RI (see SAP)
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QC
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Quality control
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RAS
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Routine analytical services
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RCRA of 1976
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - regulates management of Haz Waste from generation to final disposal - authorizes EPA to take action against facility owners/operators who fail to comply with RCRA.
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RD
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Remedial design
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RfD
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The reference dose (Rfd) is an estimate (with uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude of a daily exposure to the human population (including sensitive subgroups) that is likely to be without appreciable risk of deleterious effects during a lifetime
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RI/FS
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Remedial investigation/feasibility study
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ROD
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Record of decision
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RPM
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Remedial Project Manager (what I am now :)
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SAP
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Sampling and analysis plan, consisting of a quality assurance project plan (QAPP) and a field sampling plan (FSP)
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SARA
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Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 - an update of CERCLA
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SAS
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Special analytical services
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SDWA
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Safe Drinking Water Act
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SI
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Site investigation
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SITE
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Superfund innovative technology evaluation
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SOP
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Standard operating procedure
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SOW
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Statement of work
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SPHEM
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Superfund public health evaluation manual
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SWDA
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Solid Waste Disposal Act
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TAT
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Technical assistance team
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TBC
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To be considered
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TCL
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Target compound list
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TDM
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Technical directive memorandum
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TSCA
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Toxic Substances Control Act
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WPRR
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Work plan revision request
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EPCRA
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Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
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OERR
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Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
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OWPE
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Office of Waste Programs Enforcement
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OPA
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Oil Pollution Act
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OUST
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Office of Underground Storage Tanks
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LUST
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Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
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SRO
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Superfund Revitalization Office
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CEPPO
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The Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office
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TIO
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Technical Innovation Office
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SACM
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Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model
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OFFE
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Office of Federal Facilities Enforcement
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Executive Order 12316
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Presidential delegation of primary responsibility of Superfund oversight to EPA
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IDM
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Investigatorily derived media - gw, sw, soils, sediments collected during field activities to support the RI/FS. Can include waters from monitoring wells, drill cuttings, extra soils removed during samplings. Must be evaluated to determine whether or not it is hazardous waste.
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IDW
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Investigatory Derived Waste: decon fluids, disposable sampling equipment, personal protective equipment, expended drilling muds containing additives - must be managed as waste.
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FUDS
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Formerly Used Defense Sites
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ERRP
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Environmental Response and Restoration Program
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ACL
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Alternate Concentration Limits - can be established either under RCRA or CERCLA
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HAP
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Hazardous Air Pollutants
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NESHAPS
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National emission standards for hazardous air pollutants
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CERCLIS
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System
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PA
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preliminary assessment
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