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