AAQC

ambient air quality criteria

ABB

Asea Brown Boveri (ABB Environmental Services, Inc.)

ABC

Alliance for Base Cleanup

ACO

administrative consent order

ACOE

Army Corps of Engineers

AEC

Army Environmental Command

AFB

Air Force Base

AFCEE

Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment

AFCEE/MMR

AFCEE operating location at MMR

AFCEE HQ

Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment Headquarters

AF/CEVR

Environmental Division, HQ USAF

AF/ILEVR

Installation Logistics Environmental Restoration, HQ USAF

AFOSH

Air Force Occupational Safety and Health Standard

AFRIMS

Air Force Restoration Information Management System

AFS

Air Force Station

AFSPC

Air Force Space Command

AHPA

Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act (1974)

AIRFA

American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1966)

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

APNAG

Ashumet Pond Nutrients Advisory Group

AIMTech

Advanced Infrastructure Management Technologies (formerly known as HAZWRAP, prior to 11/29/99)

ANG

Air National Guard

ANGRC

Air National Guard Readiness Center

AO

Administrative Order

AOC

area of contamination, or area of concern

APCC

Association to Preserve Cape Cod (formerly known as the Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod) Also, Ashumet Plume Citizens Committee

APHIS

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

APNAG

Ashumet Pond Nutrients Advisory Group

ARARs

applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements

ARDEC

Army Armament Research Development Engineering Center

ARNG

Army National Guard

ARPA

Archaeological Resources Protection Act (1979)

ASP

Ammunition Supply Point

AST

above-ground storage tank

ASVE

air sparging and vapor extraction

ATSDR

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

ATV

all-terrain vehicle

AVGAS

aviation gasoline

AVPO

Ashumet Valley Property Owners

AWQC

ambient water quality criteria

BCF

bioconcentration factor

BCSAP

Barnstable County Science Advisory Panel

BEHA

Bureau of Environmental Health Assessment (MDPH)

BEHP

Bis-(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalates

bgs

below ground surface

BIP

blown-in-place

BMDO

Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

BMEWS

Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (at Clear AFS, Alaska)

BOMARC

Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center

BRAC

base reduction and closure (actions)

BRP

Bureau of Resource Protection (MassDEP)

BTEX

benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylene (compound)

BWSC

Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup (MassDEP)

CAA

Clean Air Act

CAB

Civilian Advisory Board

CAC

Community Advisory Council

CAP

Community Assistance Panel

CCA

Cataumet Civic Associates

CCC

Cape Cod Commission

CCCGA

Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association

CDC

Centers for Disease Control

CEH

Center for Environmental Health

CEQ

Council for Environmental Quality

CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

CFTA

current firefighter training area

CG

Coast Guard

CGN

Camp Good News

CHPPM

Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

CI

community involvement

CIC

Community Involvement Coordinator

CIG

Community Involvement Group

CIOC

Community Involvement and Outreach Center (EPA)

CIP

Community Involvement Plan

CI/PA

Community Involvement/Public Affairs

cis-1,2 DCE

cis-1,2, dichloroethene

CLAMS

Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing

COC

contaminant of concern, chemical of concern

COPC

contaminants of potential concern

CPA

Coonamessett Pond Association

CS (w/#)

Chemical Spill

CSF

cancer slope factor

CTU

Central Treatment Unit

CWA

Clean Water Act

CWG

Community Working Group

CWMA

Crane Wildlife Management Area

CWSW

Coonamessett Water Supply Well

cy

cubic yard

CY

coal yard

DCE

dichloroethylene

DCM

Decision Criteria Matrix

DD

decision document

DDE

dichlorodiephenyl dichlorethylene

DDOU

Drum Disposal Operable Unit

DDT

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

DEIR

Draft Environmental Impact Report

DEIS

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

DEM

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management

MassDEP

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

DEQE

Department of Environmental Quality Engineering

DERA

Defense Environmental Restoration Account

DERP

Defense Environmental Restoration Program

DESC

Defense Energy Support Center

DHAC

Division of Health Assessment and Consultation (ATSDR)

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services

DMF

Department of Marine Fisheries

DNT

dinitrotoluene

DO

dissolved oxygen

DoD

Department of Defense (U.S.)

DOE

Department of Energy (U.S.)

DOT

Department of Transportation (U.S.)

DP

direct-push or drive-point

DPA

diphenylamine

DPH

Department of Public Health

DSMOA

Defense State Memorandum of Agreement

DSRP

Drainage Structure Removal Program

DTE

Department of Telecommunications and Energy

DU

depleted uranium

EA

environmental assessment or exposure assessment

EAP

Environmental Awareness Program

EBS

environmental baseline survey

ECAO

Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office

ECC

Environmental Chemical Corporation

EDB

ethylene dibromide

EE/CA

engineering evaluation/cost analysis

EIR

environmental impact report

EIS

environmental impact statement

EMC

Environmental Management Commission

EM-61

electromagnetometer 61

EMF

electromagnetic field

EMR

electromagnetic radiation

EO

Executive Order. Also Environmental Officer

EOD

explosives ordnance disposal

EOEEA

Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)

EPH

extractable petroleum hydrocarbon

E&RC

Environmental & Readiness Center

ESD

explanation of significant differences

ETC

Environmental Technology Center (Enviro Tech Center)

ETI

extraction/treatment/infiltration

ETR

extraction/treatment/reinjection

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FACES

Falmouth Associations Concerned with Estuaries and Salt Ponds

FATE

Field Analytic Technologies Encyclopedia (on internet at http://fate.clu-in.org)

FDA

Food & Drug Administration

FEC

Foothill Engineering Consultants

FEIR

Final Environmental Impact Report

FEIS

Final Environmental Impact Statement

FFA

Federal Facility Agreement

FFCA

Federal Facilities Compliance Act

FFS

focused feasibility study

FMMR

Friends of the Massachusetts Military Reservation

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act

FS

feasibility study

FS (w/#)

Fuel Spill

FT/MSL

feet above mean sea level

FTA (w/#)

Firefighter Training Area

FUDS

formerly used defense site

FW

Fighter Wing

FY

fiscal year

GAC

granular activated carbon

GCW

groundwater circulation well

GIS

Geographic Information System

GNP

Good Neighbor Policy

gpm

gallons per minute

GPRA

Government Performance Requirement Act

GPR

ground-penetrating radar

GPS

global positioning system

GRO

gasoline range organics

GSA

General Service Administration

H₂S

hydrogen sulfide

HAZWRAP

Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Program (as of 11/29/99, known as AIMTech)

HCB

hexachlorobenzene

HCI

hydrogen chloride

HCN

hydrogen cyanide

HDPE

high-density polyethylene (pipe)

HE

high explosives

HFC

hydrochlorofluorocarbon

HI

hazard index

HMX

High Melting Explosive

HQ

hazard quotient

HRS

hazard ranking system

HWAC

Hazardous Waste Advocacy Coalition

HUTA

high-use target area

IAGWSP