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ACBM -- Asbestos-Containing Building Material
AHERA -- Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
ALARA -- As Low As Reasonably Achievable
AST -- Aboveground Storage Tank
ASTM -- American Society for Testing and Materials
BACT -- Best Available Control Technology
CAA -- Clean Air Act
CERCLA -- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
CLP -- Contract Laboratory Program
COE -- Corps of Engineers
EA -- Environmental Assessment
ECRA -- Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act
EIS -- Environmental Impact Statement
EPA -- Environmental Protection Agency
ERNS -- Emergency Response Notification System
FEMA -- Federal Emergency Management Agency
FIFRA -- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
FINDS -- Facility Index System
GIS -- Geographic Information Systems
HAZMAT -- Hazardous Material
HMIS -- Hazardous Materials Information System
HSWA -- Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984
IDLH -- Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
LEPC -- Local Emergency Planning Committee
LUST -- Leaking Underground Storage Tank
MCL -- Maximum Contaminant Level
MSDS -- Material Safety Data Sheet
NEPA -- National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
NESHAPS -- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NFPA -- National Fire Protection Association
NIMBY -- Not In My Back Yard
NOAEL -- No Observed Adverse Effects Level
NOV -- Notice of Violation
NPDES -- National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
NPL -- National Priority List
NTIS -- National Technical Information Service
PCB -- Polychlorinated Biphenyl
PEL -- Permissible Exposure Limit
POTW -- Publicly Owned Treatment Works
PPE -- Personal Protective Equipment
PRP -- Potentially Responsible Party
RA -- Remedial Action
RACT -- Reasonably Achievable Control Technology
RCRA -- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RFA -- RCRA Facility Assessment
RFI -- Remedial Facility Investigation
RI/FS -- Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
ROD -- Record of Decision
SARA -- Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SITE -- Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation
SPCC -- Spill Prevention, Containment and Countermeasures
SWMU -- Solid Waste Management Unit
TCLP -- Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
TRI -- Toxic Release Inventory
TSCA -- Toxic Substances Control Act
TSDF -- Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility
UST -- Underground Storage Tank
VOC -- Volatile Organic Compound
WAP -- Waste Analysis Plan
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