Glossary

• Author: Allison Rumsey/Michael Daneker
• Pages: 13-13

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Glossary

e following statutes and administrative designations are used throug hout this book:

ATSDR: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, part of the Public Health Service’s Center for

Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia (assigned health eects responsibilities under CERCLA §104(i))

CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (law creating the

Superfund) and as amended by SAR A and the Small Business Liability Rel ief and Brownelds Revitaliza-

tion Act Amendments (the Browneld Act).

EPA: Environmental Protection Agency

FIFR A: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

FWPC A: Federal Water Pollution Control Act

GAO: General Accountability Oce (formerly General Accounting Oce)

HRS: Hazard ranking system (EPA’s system for ranking the priority of cleanup sites)

NBAR: Nonbinding prelimina ry allocation of responsibility (prepared by EPA as an aid to settlement

under CERCLA §122)

NCP: National contingency plan (operating rules for Superfund cleanups promulgated by EPA under

CERCLA §105(a)(8)(B))

NPL: National priorities list (sites most in need of cleanup, promulgated by EPA under CERCLA §105(a)(8))

OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Act or Administration

PRP: Potentially responsible party (who may be held liable for cleanup costs)

RCRA: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RI/FS: Remedial investigation/feasibility study (study of cleanup need and desirable remedy at cleanup

site)

ROD: Record of Decision (EPA administrative record of selection of remedial action to be taken at cleanup

site)

SAR A: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986

SDWA: Safe Drinking Water Act

SMCRA: Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

TSCA: Toxic Substances Control Act