ENVIRONMETNAL ASSESSMENT FOR SELECTION
AND OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED
FIELD RESEARCH CENTERS

March 7, 2000

List of Acronymns and Abbreviations

BASIC

Bioremediation And Its Societal Implications and Concerns

LLBG

Low Level Burial Grounds

BCBG

Bear Creek Burial Grounds

LLW

Low Level Waste

BCV

Bear Creek Valley

NAAQS

National Ambient Air Quality Standards

BJC

Bechtel Jacobs Company, Limited Liability Corporation

NABIR

Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation Research Program

BMP

Best Management Practice

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act

BY/BY

Boneyard/Burnyard

NERP

National Environmental Research Park

CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

NRHP

National Register of Historic Places

CFR

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

NESHAP

National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants

DOE

U.S. Department of Energy

OBER

DOE SC's Office of Biological and Environmental Research

DOT

Department of Transportation

ORNL

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

EA

Environmental Assessment

ORR

Oak Ridge Reservation

EFPC

East Fork Poplar Creek

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

EH

DOE Office of Environment, Safety and Health

PM

Particulate Matter

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement

PNL

Pacific Northwest Laboratory, before c.1995

EM

DOE Office of Environmental Management

PNNL

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, after c.1995

EMWMF

Environmental Management Waste Management Facility

RCRA

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

EPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

RI/FS

Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study

ERDF

Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility

ROD

Record of Decision

ES&H

Environment, Safety and Health

SC

DOE Office of Science

ETF

Effluent Treatment Facility

SCFA

Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area

ETTP

East Tennessee Technology Park

SSP

DOE’s Subsurface Science Program

FA

Functional Area

STEFS

Short-Term Experimental Field Sites

FONSI

Finding Of No Significant Impact

SWTP

Sanitary Waste Treatment Plan

FRAP

Field Research Advisory Panel

TDEC

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

FRC

Field Research Center

TSCA

Toxic Substances Control Act

FY

Fiscal Year

TVA

Tennessee Valley Authority

GEM

Genetically Engineered Microorganism

VOC

Volatile Organic Compound

GPR

Ground Penetrating Radar

WAC

Washington Administrative Code

HASP

Health And Safety Plan

WETF

West End Treatment Facility

HEHF

Hanford Environmental Health Foundation

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