Definitions for Acronyms

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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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