Acronyms




1,2-DCE cis-1,2-Dichloroethene

ACM Asbestos-Containing Materials

ADS Activity Data Sheets

ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable

ANL-E Argonne National Laboratory-East

AOC Area of Concern

APS Advanced Photon Source

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

ATLAS Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerating System

BAT Best Available Technology

BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand

CAA Clean Air Act

CAAPP Clean Air Act Permit Program

CEDE Committed Effective Dose Equivalent

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CLP Contract Laboratory Program

COD Chemical Oxygen Demand

CP-5 Chicago Pile-Five

CRM Cultural Resource Management

CWA Clean Water Act

CY Calendar Year

D&D Decontamination and Decommissioning

DCG Derived Concentration Guides

DMR Discharge Monitoring Report

DOE U.S. Department of Energy

DOE-CH U.S. Department of Energy - Chicago Operations Office

DOT U.S. Department of Transportation

EA Environmental Assessment

EBWR Experimental Boiling Water Reactor

ECR Environmental Compliance Representative

EIS Environmental Impact Statement

EML Environmental Measurements Laboratory

EMO Environmental Management Operation

EMS Environmental Protection Data Management System

ENE East-Northeast

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPCRA Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act

ESA Endangered Species Act

ESH Environment, Safety and Health

ESH-DACH Environment, Safety and Health/Dosimetry and Analytical Services,

Chemistry Laboratory

ESH-DACL Environment, Safety and Health/Dosimetry and Analytical Services,

Control Laboratory

ESH-DARC Environment, Safety and Health/Dosimetry and Analytical Services,

Radiochemistry Laboratory

FFCA Federal Facility Compliance Agreement

FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act

FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

FY Fiscal Year

GOCO Government-Owned Contractor-Operated

HEPA High-Efficiency Particulate Air

HSWA Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments

IAC Illinois Administrative Code

ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection

IDPH Illinois Department of Public Health

IEPA Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

IHPA Illinois Historic Preservation Agency

IPCB Illinois Pollution Control Board

IPNS Intense Pulsed Neutron Source

LEPC Local Emergency Planning Committee

MCL Maximum Contaminant Level

MCLG Maximum Contaminant Level Goals

MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets

MSL Mean Sea Level

NBL New Brunswick Laboratory

NCRP National Commission on Radiation Protection and Measurements

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

NESHAP National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

NHPA National Historic Preservation Act

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPL National Priority List

NRHP National Register of Historical Places

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PA Preliminary Assessment

PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyls

PFS Plant Facilities and Services

PSTP Proposed Site Treatment Plan

QA Quality Assurance

QAP Quality Assurance Program

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RFA RCRA Facility Assessment

RFI RCRA Facility Investigation

RMW Radioactive Mixed Waste

SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act

SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act

SI Site Investigation

SIP State Implementation Plan

SOP Standard Operating Procedure

SPCC Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures

SRM Standard Reference Material

SSI Site Screening Investigation

SVOC Semivolatile Organic Compounds

SWMU Solid Waste Management Unit

TCA 1,1,1-Trichloroethane

TCE Trichloroethene

TDS Total Dissolved Solids

TLD Thermoluminescent Dosimeter

TRC Total Residual Chlorine

TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act

TSS Total Suspended Solids

UST Underground Storage Tank

VOC Volatile Organic Compounds

WM Waste Management

WQS Water Quality Standards

WTP Wastewater Treatment Plant