Acronyms

• Author: Susan M. McMichael
• Pages: 15-16

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Acronyms

AEA Atomic Energy Act

AEC Atomic Energy Commission

AGS Attorney General’s Statement

AK acceptable knowledge

ALA RA as low as reasonably achievable

ALR action leakage rate

AOC area of concern

ARAR applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements

BIF boiler and industrial furnace

CAA Clean Air Act

CCP commercial chemical products

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

CESQG conditionally exempt small quantity generator

CH contact-handled transuranic waste

CQA construction quality assurance

CROP EPA consolidated rules of practice

CWA Clean Water Act

DOD U.S. Department of Defense

DOE U.S. Department of Energy

DOJ U.S. Department of Justice

DOT U.S. Department of Transportation

DRE destruction and removal-eciency

DSW Denition of Solid Waste Rule

EAB EPA’s Environmental Appeals Boa rd

EC emergency coordinator

EJ environmental justice

EJSEAT Environmental Justice Smart Enforcement Assessment Tool

EMS environmental management system

ENU elementary neutralization unit

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ERDA Energy Resea rch and Development Administration

FFCA Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992

FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

GAO U.S. Government Accountability Oce (formerly the U.S. General Accounting Oce)

GTCC greater than Class C wa ste

HAP ha zardous air pollutant

HLW high-level waste

HSWA Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984

HWC hazardous waste combustion unit

HWIR Hazardous Waste Identication Rule

ICR ignitable, corrosive, or reactive wastes

INL Idaho National L aboratory

IPD implicit price deator

LCRS leachate collection and removal system

LDR la nd disposal restrictions

LDU land disposal unit

LLMW low-level mixed waste

LLRWPA Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act