ACL Alternate concentration limit
AEC U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
AS&T Applied Studies and Technology
BLM U.S. Bureau of Land Management
BLRA Baseline Risk Assessment
BMT Boundary Monument
CDPHE Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 or Superfund Program (42 United States Code [U.S.C.] 9601 et seq .)
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
D&D Decontamination and Decommissioning
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
DQO Data Quality Objective
DRUM Defense-Related Uranium Mine
EA Environmental Assessment
EEOIPCA Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EJ Environmental Justice
EM U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management
EMS Environmental Management System
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EQuIS Environmental Quality Information System
ER Environmental Restoration
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FUSRAP Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
GCAP Ground Water Compliance Action Plan
HDPE High-density Polyethylene
HQ Headquarters
LM Legacy Management
LTS Long-Term Stewardship
LTS&M Long-term surveillance and maintenance
LTSP Long-Term Surveillance Plan
MAPR Manhattan Project National Historical Park
MCL Maximum contaminant level (in reference to CERCLA or Safe Drinking Water Act) or maximum concentration limit (in reference to 40 CFR 192)
MSL Mean Sea Level
NECA Navajo Engineering and Construction Authority
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NGVD National Geodetic Vertical Datum
NHP National Historical Park
NHPA National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
NPL National Priorities List
NPS National Park Service
NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NVOs Nevada Offsites
NWPA Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 [42 U.S.C. 101719(c) et seq .]
NWS National Weather Service
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PEIS Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
PMP Probable Maximum Precipitation
POC Point of Compliance
QA Quality Assurance
QC Quality Control
RAC Remedial Action Contractor
RAP Remedial Action Plan
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq .)
ROD Record of Decision
RRM Residual Radioactive Material
SHPO State Historic Preservation Officer
SM Survey Monument
SMK Site Marker
SOW Statement of Work
SOWP Site Observational Work Plan
STEM Science Technology Engineering and Math
TAC Technical Assistance Contract
TDS Total Dissolved Solids
THPO Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
UMTRA Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (Project)
UMTRCA Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (88 U.S.C. 7901 et seq .)
USBR U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
U.S.C. United States Code
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
