DQO Training
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Appendix I - Acronym List

AA Alternative Action ADEQ Arizona Department of Environmental Quality AL Action Levels AOC Areas of Concern ASD Analytical Services Division AUSCA$ Aggregate Unit Sample Collection & Analysis Cost BFB Bromofluorobenzene BHI Bechtel Hanford, Inc. CE2 Trends CE3 Cycles CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 CLP Contract Laboratory Program COC Contaminant of Concern COPC Contaminant of Potential Concern CSM Conceptual Site Model CVP Closeout Verification Plan D&D Decontamination and Decommissioning DDI Davidson and Davidson, Inc. DE Delimination Error DEFT Decision Error Feasibility Trials DIS Document and Information Services DMO Decision Making Objectives DOD U.S. Department of Defense DOE U.S. Department of Energy DOE/RL U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office DQA Data Quality Assessment DQO Data Quality Objective DURA Data Usability for Risk Assessment DWP Detailed Work Plan EDXRF Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorscence Spectroscopy EE Extraction Error EM Environmental Management EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EQM Environmental Quality Management ERC Environmental Restoration Contractor ESAT Environmental Services Assistance Team ETA Estimated Time of Arrival FAM Field Analytical Method FE Fundamental Error FFA Federal Facility Agreement FSB Fuel Storage Basin FSP Field Sampling Plan FY Fiscal Year GC/MS Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer GIGO Garbage In/Garbage Out GSE Grouping and Segregation Error HPGe High Purity Germanium HSP Health and Safety Plan ICP Inductively Coupled Plasma IG Office of the Inspector General IMDQ Information Management and Data Quality INEEL Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Kd Distribution Coefficient LBGR Lower Bound of the Gray Region LDR Land Disposal Restriction LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory MARSSIM Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual MCL Maximum Contaminant Level MDC Minimum Detectable Concentration ME Materialization Error MQO Measurement Quality Objective NESHAPS National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Non-Rad Non Radioactive NPDES National Pollution Discharge Emission Standards NPL National Priorities List OERR Office of Emergency and Remedial Response OIG Office of the Inspector General ORD Office of Research and Development ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL/GJ Grand Junction Office of Oak Ridge National Laboratory OSWER Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response PARCC Precision, Accuracy, Representativeness, Completeness, and Comparability PC Personal Computer PCB polychlorinated Biphenyl PDF Probability Density Function PE Project Engineer PK Process Knowledge PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PQO Planning Quality Objectives PRG Preliminary Remediation Goal PRP Potentially Responsible Party PSQ Principle Study Question QA Quality Assurance QC Quality Control QAD Quality Assurance Division QAMS Quality Assurance Management Staff (EPA) QAPjP Quality Assurance Project Plan QMP Quality Management Plan RAD Radioactive RAGS Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund RAWP Remedial Action Work Plan RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 RDR Remedial Design Report RIFS Remedial Investigation Feasability Study ROD Record of Decision RSD Relative Standard Deviation S&A Sampling and Analysis S&M Surveillance and Maintenance SAFER Streamlined Approach for Environmental Restoration SAIC Science Applications International Corporation SAP Sampling and Analysis Plan SD Standard Deviation SIMS Selective Ion Monitoring System SODs Scale of Decision(s) SOP Standard Operating Procedure SPO Systematic Planning Objectives SVOA Semivolatile Organic Analysis SVOC Semivolatile Organic Compound SVS Soil Vapor Survey TC Toxicity Characteristic TIC Tentatively Identified Compound UCL Upper Confidence Limit UHC Underlying Hazardous Constituents USA$ Unit Sample Analysis Cost USC$ Unit Sample Collection Cost USGS United States Geological Survey VOA Volatile Organic Analysis VOC Volatile Organic Compound Vs Verification and Validation VSP Visual Sample Plan Top of Page Chemical/Radiological Abbreviations Ag silver Am-241 americium-241 As arsenic Ba-133 barium-133 C-14 carbon-14 Cd cadmium Co-60 cobalt-60 Cr chromium Cs-134 cesium-134 Cs-137 cesium-137 Eu-152 europium-152 Eu-154 europium-154 Eu-155 europium-155 H-3 tritium I-129 iodine-129 Ni-63 nickel-63 Pb lead Pu-238 plutonium-238 Pu-239/240 plutonium-239/240 Ra-226 radium-226 Se-79 selenium-79 Sm-151 semarium-151 Sr-90 strontium-90 Tc-99 technecium-99 U-233/234 uranium-233/234 U-235 uranium-235 U-238 uranium-238 Top of Page Symbols a alpha b beta n number of samples or sample size sample mean s population standard deviation s sample standard deviation HA alternate hypothesis H0 null hypothesis m population mean N target population size Top of Page

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