AA area of attainment
AAR After Action Report
ACL alternate concentration limit
ACO Administrative Contracting Officer
AGC(Litigation)/NLO Associate General Counsel (Litigation)/Navy Litigation Office
AHA Activity Hazard Analysis
AIRFA American Indian Religious Freedom Act
AM Action Memorandum
AMA American Management Association
AOC area of concern
APP Accident Prevention Plan
AR Administrative Record
ARAR applicable or relevant and appropriate requirement
ARPA Archeological Resources Protection Act
ARTT Alternative Restoration Technology Team
ASD(EI&E) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations, and Environment)
ASN(EI&E) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations, and Environment)
AST aboveground storage tanks
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BCM Base Closure Manager
BCP BRAC Cleanup Plan
BCT BRAC Cleanup Team
BD/DR building demolition/debris removal
BEC BRAC Environmental Coordinator
BERA baseline ecological risk assessment
BHHRA baseline human health risk assessment
BIP blow in place
BMS Business Management System
BRAC Base Realignment and Closure (Act)
BRRM Base Redevelopment and Realignment Manual
BUMED Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
CA Corrective Action
CAA Clean Air Act
CAMU corrective action management unit
CASU Cooperative Administrative Support Unit
CECOS Civil Engineer Corps Officer School
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CERFA Community Environmental Response Facilitation Act
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CHE Chemical Warfare Material Hazard Evaluation
CHF contaminant hazard factor
CIP Community Involvement Plan (formerly Community Relations Plan)
CLEAN Comprehensive Long-Term Environmental Action, Navy
CLC Continuous Learning Center
CLP Contract Laboratory Program
CMC Commandant of the Marine Corps
CMC(LF) Commandant of the Marine Corps (Facilities and Services Division)
CNIC Commander, Navy Installations Command
CNO Chief of Naval Operations
CNO N4 Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics)
CNO N45 Chief of Naval Operations, Energy and Environmental Readiness Division
CO Commanding Officer
COC chemical of concern
COPC chemical of potential concern
COR Contracting Officer’s Representative
CPARS Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System
CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CRP Community Relations Plan (now known as Community Involvement Plan)
CSM conceptual site model
CTC cost-to-complete
CTE central tendency exposure
CWA Clean Water Act
CWM chemical warfare material
DASN(E) Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Environment)
DAU Defense Acquisition University
DAWIA Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act
DD Decision Document
DDESB Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board
DENIX Defense Environmental Network Information Exchange
DERP Defense Environmental Restoration Program
DFW definable feature of work
DGC(E&I) Deputy General Counsel for Environment and Installations
DGM digital geophysical mapping
DGPS Differential Global Positioning System
DLA Defense Logistics Agency
DMM discarded military munitions
DNAPL dense, nonaqueous-phase liquid
DoD Department of Defense
DoDD Department of Defense Directive
DoDI Department of Defense Instruction
DoDM Department of Defense Manual
DOE Department of Energy
DOJ Department of Justice
DON Department of the Navy
DON ERP Department of the Navy Environmental Restoration Program
DQO data quality objective
DSMOA Defense and State Memorandum of Agreement
EC emerging contaminant
ECOS Environmental Council of States
ECP Environmental Condition of Property
EE/CA Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis
EHE explosive hazard evaluation
ELAP Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program
EM Engineering Manual
EMI electromagnetic induction
EO Executive Order
EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EODTECHDIV Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPCRA Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
EPM Environmental Protection Manager
ER Environmental Restoration
ERA ecological risk assessment
ERB Environmental Restoration and BRAC website
ER,N Environmental Restoration, Navy
ERP Environmental Restoration Program
ESA Endangered Species Act
ESD Explanation of Significant Difference(s)
ESS Explosives Safety Submission
ESS DR Explosives Safety Submission Determination Request
ESTCP Environmental Security Technology Certification Program
ETA Early Transfer Authority (DoD)
EXWC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
FAC NAVFAC Atlantic and Pacific
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FEAD Facility Engineering and Acquisition Division
FEC Facilities Engineering Command
FFA Federal Facility Agreement
FFCA Federal Facilities Compliance Act
FFSRA Federal Facility State Remediation Agreement
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FOSET finding of suitability for early transfer
FOSL finding of suitability to lease
FOST finding of suitability to transfer
FR Federal Register
FRTR Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable
FS Feasibility Study
FSP Field Sampling Plan
FUDS formerly used defense site(s)
FY Fiscal Year
FYDP Future Year Defense Plan
GIS Geographic Information System(s)
GHG greenhouse gas
GOCO government-owned/contractor-operated
G-RAM general radioactive material
GSR green and sustainable remediation
GSV geophysical system verification
HA hazard assessment
HAP hazardous air pollutant
HARP Historic and Archeological Resources Program
HASP Health and Safety Plan
HAZWOPER hazardous waste operations and emergency response
HHE Health Hazard Evaluation
HHRA human health risk assessment
HQ headquarters
HRA Historical Radiological Assessment
HRS Hazard Ranking System (EPA)
HRSC high resolution site characterization
IA Integrated Assessment
IAS Initial Assessment Study
IDIQ indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity
IDLH immediately dangerous to life and health
IDP individual development plan
IDW investigation-derived waste
I-RACR Interim Remedial Action Completion Report
IRIS Integrated Risk Information System
IRP Installation Restoration Program
ITRC Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council
IVS Instrument Verification Strip
JAG Judge Advocate General
JEP Joint Execution Plan
KBCRS Knowledge Based Corporate Reporting System
KO Contracting Officer
LDR land disposal restriction
LLRW low-level radioactive waste
LNAPL light, nonaqueous-phase liquid
LTM long-term monitoring
LTMgt Long-Term Management
LUC land use control
MARCORSYSCOM Marine Corps Systems Command
MARSSIM Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual
MC munitions constituents
MCICOM Marine Corps Installations Command
MCL maximum contaminant level
MCO Marine Corps Order
MEC munitions and explosives of concern
MILCON military construction
MMA Management and Monitoring Approach
MML Master Materials License (Navy’s)
MMPA Marine Mammal Protection Act
MMRP Military Munitions Response Program
MNA monitored natural attenuation
MNR monitored natural recovery
MOU memorandum of understanding
MPF migration pathway factor
MPPEH material potentially presenting an explosive hazard
MR munitions response
MRP Munitions Response Program (DON)
MRS munitions response site
MRSPP Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol
MTR minimum technology requirement
NAGPRA Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
NARM naturally-occurring and accelerator-produced radioactive materials
NAVAIR Naval Air Systems Command
NAVFAC Naval Facilities Engineering Command
NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command
NAVSEADET RASO Naval Sea Systems Command Detachment Radiological Affairs Support Office
NCP National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
NCR Navy Cost Reimbursement
NDA Non-Disclosure Agreement
NDAA National Defense Authorization Act
NEDD NIRIS Electronic Data Deliverable
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NESDI Navy Environmental Sustainability Development to Integration
NESHAP National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NETI National Enforcement Training Institute (EPA)
NFA no further action
NHPA National Historic Preservation Act
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIRIS Naval Installation Restoration Information Solution
NNPP Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
NMCPHC Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center
NOID Notice of Intent to Delete
NORM “Normalization” of Environmental Data Systems
NOSSA Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity
NOSSAINST NOSSA Instruction
NPL National Priorities List
NPV net present value
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRD natural resource damage
NRDA natural resource damage assessment
NRI natural resource injury
NRSC Naval Radiation Safety Committee
NSWC IHEODTD Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division
NTCRA non-time critical removal action
OASN(FM&C) Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Financial Management and Comptroller
O&M operations and maintenance
OEA Office of Economic Adjustment
OER2 Open Environmental Restoration Resource
OGC Office of the General Counsel
OMB Office of Management and Budget
ONR Office of Naval Research
OP 5 Ordnance Pamphlet 5
OPNAV Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
OPNAVINST Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Instruction
OPS Operating Properly and Successfully
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
OSH Occupational Safety and Health
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSWER Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (EPA)
OU operable unit
PA Preliminary Assessment
PA/SI Preliminary Assessment/Site Inspection
PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
PAO Public Affairs Officer
PCB polychlorinated biphenyl
PCO Procuring Contracting Officer
PFAS per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
PFBS perfluorobutanesulfonic acid
PFC perfluorinated compound
PFOA perfluorooctanoic acid
PFOS perfluorooctane sulfonate
PHA Public Health Assessment
PMO Program Management Office (BRAC)
POL petroleum, oil, or lubricants
POM Program Objective Memorandum
P-OPT Portfolio-Optimization
PP Proposed Plan
PPBE Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution
PPE personal protective equipment
ppm part per million
PRG preliminary remediation goal
PRP potentially responsible party
PQO project quality objective
QA quality assurance
QA/QC quality assurance/quality control
QAPP Quality Assurance Project Plan
QASP Quality Assessment Surveillance Plan
QC quality control
QSM Quality Systems Manual
R&D research and development
RA Remedial Action
RAA Remedial Alternatives Analysis
RAB Restoration Advisory Board
RA-C Remedial Action Construction
RAC remedial action contract
RACER Remedial Action Cost Engineering and Requirements
RACR Remedial Action Completion Report
RADIAC Radiation, Detection, Indication and Computation
RAGS Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (EPA)
RA-O Remedial Action Operation
RAO Remedial Action Objective
RASP Radiological Affairs Support Program
RAW Risk Assessment Workgroup
RAWP Remedial Action Work Plan
RC Response Complete
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RD Remedial Design
RDM Regional Data Manager
RD/RA Remedial Design/Remedial Action
RDT&E Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation
REC Regional Environmental Coordinator
RERA Risk Evaluation of Remedial Alternatives
RF receptor factor
RFA RCRA Facility Assessment
RFI Request for Information
RFP Request for Proposal
RI Remedial Investigation
RI/FS Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
RIMP Regional Integrated Master Program
RIP Remedy in Place
RITS Remediation Innovative Technology Seminar
RME Reasonable Maximum Exposure
ROD Record of Decision
ROICC Resident Officer in Charge of Construction
RPM Remedial Project Manager
RRSEM Relative Risk Site Evaluation Model
RSL Regional Screening Level
SAP Sampling and Analysis Plan
SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SC Site Closeout
SCBA self-contained breathing apparatus
SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act
SECDEF Secretary of Defense
SECNAV Secretary of the Navy
SECNAVINST Secretary of the Navy Instruction
SEED SERDP Exploratory Development
SERDP Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
SF Site File
SHSO Site Health and Safety Officer
SI Site Inspection
SMART specific, measureable, attainable, relevant, and time bound
SME subject matter expert
SMP Site Management Plan
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SOW Statement of Work
SPAWAR Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
SRA screening risk assessment
SSP Strategic Systems Command, Strategic Systems Programs
SVOC semi-volatile organic compound
SWMU solid waste management unit
T2 technology transfer
TAG Technical Assistance Grant
TAPP Technical Assistance for Public Participation
TCE trichloroethene
TCRA time critical removal action
TDS TechData Sheet
TDWG Technology Development Workgroup
TENORM technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials
TIPS Technical Insights and Problem Solving
TIW technical impracticability waiver
TO Task Order
TO COR Task Order Contracting Officer’s Representative
TOI target of interest
TPOC technical point of contact
TRC Technical Review Committee
TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act
TSD treatment, storage, and disposal
UDCM user defined cost model
UFP-QAPP Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans
UG Users Guide
UIC User Identification Code
USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers
USC United States Code
USCG United States Coast Guard
USGS United States Geological Survey
UST underground storage tank
UU/UE unlimited use and unrestricted exposure
UXO unexploded ordnance
VI vapor intrusion
VOC volatile organic compound
WAWF Wide Area Workflow
WCSD Watershed Contaminated Source Document