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Appendix A: Acronyms
Pages 411-415

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... A Acronyms ABS Absorption factor AhR Aromatic hydrocarbon receptor APA Administrative Procedure Act ARAR Applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ASV Anodic stripping voltammetry ATP Adenosine triphosphate AVS Acid volatile sulfide BMF Biomagnification Factor BSAF Biota Sediment/Soil Accumulation Factor BTEX Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene CBR Critical body residue CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CEC Cation exchange capacity CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act CWA Clean Water Act DAF Dilution attenuation factor 413
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... 414 DEQ DOT DOC EAE EPA EPR EqP ESG EXAFS FTIR HOC IEUBK IR MCL MOP NAPL NCP NERL NMR NOAA NOM NPL NRC PAH PCB PCP PCR PRO PTD RAF RAGS RCRA APPENDIX A Department of Environmental Quality Diffusive gradient in thin films Dissolved organic carbon Environmentally acceptable endpoint Environmental Protection Agency Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy Equilibrium partitioning Equilibrium partitioning sediment guidelines X-ray absorption fine structure Fourier transform infrared absorbance Hydrophobic organic compound Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic Model Infrared absorbance Maximum contaminant level Manufactured gas plant Nonaqueous phase liquid National Contingency Plan National Exposure Research Lab Nuclear magnetic resonance National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Natural organic matter National Priorities List National Research Council Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon Polychlorinated biphenyl Pentachlorophenol Polymerase chain reaction Preliminary remediation goal Polyethylene tube dialysis Relative Absorption Factor Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
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... APPENDIX A 41 5 SAGE Serial analysis of gene expression SARA Soil or Sediment Availability Ratio SEM Simultaneously extracted metals or Scanning electron microscopy SERDP Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program SIMS Secondary ion mass spectrometry SPLP Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure SPMD Semipermeable membrane device SPME Solid phase microextraction SSL TOC TRW USACE XPS XAS XRD Sediment quality guidelines Soil screening level Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure Total organic carbon Technical Review Workgroup U.S. Army Corps of Engineers XANES X-ray absorption near edge structure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy X-ray absorption spectroscopy X-ray diffraction

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