Definitions and Acronyms

This page includes definitions for acronyms found within the FRTR Remediation System Optimization Page.

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A		AFCEE	Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence
		AEC	Army Environmental Center
		AFRL	Air Force Research Laboratory
		ANN	Artificial Neural Network
		AOP	Advanced Oxidation Processes
		ARAMS	Army Risk Assessment Modeling System
		ASA	Adaptive Simulated Annealing
		ASAP	Adaptive Simulated Annealing Package
		ASTM	American Society for Testing and Materials
		ATOPT	Advective Transport Optimization
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B		BTEX	Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes
		BV	Bioventing
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C		CARStat	Compliance Assessment Remediation Statistics
		CES	Cost Effective Sampling
		CNO	Chief of Naval Operations
		CCMS	Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society
		CRREL	Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (USACE)
		CSM	Conceptual Site Model
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D		DCO	Direct Chemical Oxidation
		DDP	Differential Dynamic Programming
		DL-LIBS	Downhole-Laser Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
		DNAPL	Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid
		DOD, DoD	Department of Defense
		DOE	Department of Energy
		DOI	Department of the Interior
		DPT	Direct Push Technology
		DQO	Data Quality Objectives
		DUS	Dynamic Underground Stripping
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E	EE/CA		Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis
	EM		Engineer Manual
	EPA		Environmental Protection Agency
	ERDC		Engineer Research and Development Center (US Army)
	ERPIMS		Environmental Resources Program Information Management Systems
	E-SMART		Environmental Sensing and Monitoring System
	ESTCP		Environmental Security Technology Certification Program
	ETL		Engineering Technical Letter
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F		FO-LIBS	Fiber-optic Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
		FRTR	Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable
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G		GA	General Atomics
		GAC	Granulated Activated Carbon
		GSI	Groundwater Services Inc.
		GWETER	Groundwater Extraction and Treatment Effectiveness Review
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H		HTWR	Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste
		HMX	Octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine
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I		IAS	In Situ Air Sparging
		IGWMC	Ground Water Modeling Center
		IRRP	Installation Restoration Research Program (USACE)
		ISPFS	In Situ Permeable Flow Sensor
		iTOUGH2	inverse TOUGH2
		ITRC	Interstate Technology Regulatory Council
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L		LNAPL	Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid
		LLNL	Livermore National Laboratory
		LTM	Long-term Monitoring
		LTMP	Long-term Monitoring Pla
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M		MAROS	Monitoring and Remediation Optimization System
		MGO	Modular Groundwater Optimizer
		MILP	Mixed Integer Linear Programming
		MINLP	Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming
		MNA	Monitored Natural Attenuation
		MPE	Multi-Phase Extraction
		MRCs	Military Relevant Compounds
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N		NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
		NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
		NAVFAC	Naval Facilities Engineering Command
		NAWS	Naval Air Weapons Stallion
		NFESC	Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center
		NIROP	Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant
		NLP	nonlinear programming
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O		O&M	Operation & Maintenance
		ORD	Office of Research and Development (USEPA)
		OST	Office of Science and Technology (USEPA)
		OSWER	Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (USEPA)
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P		P&T	Pump and Treat
		PBMS	Performance-Based Measurement System
		PCB	Polychlorinated Biphenyls
		PCC	Post Construction Completion
		PNNL	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
		PRB	Permeable Reactive Barrier
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Q		QA	Quality Assurance
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R		RAO	Remedial Action Operation
		RCRA	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
		RDX	hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine
		RPM	Remedial Project Manager
		RPO	Remediation Process Optimization
		RSE	Remedial System Evaluation
		RSO	Remedial System Optimization; Remediation System Optimization
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S		SCAPS	Site Characterization and Analysis Penetrometer System
		SERDP	Strategic Environmental Response and Development Program
		SITE	Superfund Innovation Technology Evaluation
		SOUTHDIV	Southern Division of Naval Facilities Engineering Command
		SSLs	Soil Screening Levels
		SVE	Soil Vapor Extraction
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T		TCE	trichloroethylene
		TIO	Technology Innovation Office (USEPA)
		TNT	2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
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U		USACE	United States Army Corps of Engineers
		USGS	United States Geological Survey
		UV	Ultraviolet
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V		VOC	Volatile Organic Compounds
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X		XRF	X-ray Fluorescence
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