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SENT BY:EMCON : 4-22-99 :1 i 0:02AM EMCON SACRAMENTO 209 946 8581;#19/40 <br /> COLUMBIA ANALYTICAL ERVICES,Inc. <br /> Acronyms <br /> A2LA American Association for Laboratory A reditation <br /> ASTM American Society for Testing and Mate as <br /> BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand <br /> BTEX Benzene,Toluene, Ethylbenzene,Xyle es <br /> CAM California Assessment Metals <br /> CARB California Air Resources Board <br /> CAS Number Chemical Abstract Service registry Number <br /> CFC Chlorofluorocarbon <br /> CFU Colony-Forming Unit <br /> COD Chemical Oxygen Demand <br /> DEC Department of Environmental Conserve ion <br /> DEQ Department of Environmental Quality <br /> DHS Department of Health Services <br /> DLCS Duplicate Laboratory Control Sample i <br /> DMS Duplicate Matrix Spike <br /> DOE Department of Ecology <br /> DOH Department of Health <br /> EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency <br /> ELAP Environmental Laboratory Accreditation rogram <br /> GC Gas Chromatography <br /> GC/MS Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectromet <br /> IC Ion Chromatography <br /> ICB Initial Calibration Blank sample <br /> ICP Inductively Coupled Plasma atomic eml Sion spectrometry <br /> ICV Initial Calibration Verification sample <br /> J Estimated concentration. The value is Isis than the MRL, but greater than or equal to <br /> the MDL. If the value Is equal to the M L,the result is actually<MRL before rounding. <br /> LCS Laboratory Control Sample <br /> LUFT Leaking Underground Fuel Tank i <br /> M Modified <br /> MBAS Methylene Blue Active Substances <br /> MGL Maximum Contaminant Level. The high st permissible conccntralion of a <br /> substance allowed In drinking water as tablished by the U.S. EPA. <br /> MDL Method Detection Limit <br /> MPN Most Probable Number <br /> MRL Method Reporting Limit <br /> MS Matrix Spike <br /> MTBE Methyl tert-Butyl Ether <br /> NA Not Applicable <br /> NAN Not Analyzed <br /> NC Not Calculated <br /> NCASI National Council of the paper Industry toi Air and Stream Improvement <br /> NO Not Detected at or above the method rting/detection limit(MRL/MDL) <br /> NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health <br /> NTU Nephelometric Turbidity Units <br /> ppb Parts Per Billion <br /> PPM Parts Per Million <br /> PQL Practical Quantitation Limit <br /> QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control <br /> RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act <br /> RPD Relative Percent Difference <br /> SIM Selected Ion Monitoring <br /> SM Standard Methods for the Examination ol Water and Wastewater, 18th Ed., 1992 <br /> STLC Solubility Threshold Limit Concentration <br /> SW Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste Physical/Chemical Methods, SW-846, <br /> 3rd Ed.. 1986 and as amended by Upda es I,11, IIA,and IIB. <br /> TCLP Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure <br /> TDS Total Dissolved Solids <br /> TPN Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons <br /> tr Trace level. The concentration of an ane yte that is less than the PQL but greater than or equal <br /> to the MDL. If the value Is equal to the P L,the result Is actually 4101-before rounding. <br /> TRPH Total Recoverable Petroleum Hydrocarb ns <br /> TSS Total Suspended Solids <br /> TTLC Total Threshold Lima Concentration <br /> VOA Volatile Organic Analyte(s) ! Page 2 ACRONLST.DOC 7/14/95 <br /> I <br />