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COLUMBIA ANALYTICAL SERVICES,Inc. <br /> Acronyms <br /> A&A American Association for Laboratory Accreditation <br /> • ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials <br /> BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand <br /> BTEX Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene,Xylenes <br /> CAM California Assessment Metals <br /> CARS 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 Conservation <br /> DEQ Department of Environmental Quality <br /> DHS Department of Health Services <br /> DLCS Duplicate Laboratory Control Sample <br /> DMS Duplicate Matrix Spike <br /> DOE Department of Ecology <br /> DOH Department of Health <br /> EPA U. S. Environmental Protection Agency <br /> FLAP Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program <br /> GC Gas Chromatography <br /> GCIMS Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry <br /> IC Ion Chromatography <br /> ICB Initial Calibration Blank sample <br /> ICP Inductively Coupled Plasma atomic emission spectrometry <br /> ICV Initial Calibration Verification sample <br /> J Estimated concentration. The value is less than the MRL, but greater than or equal to <br /> the MDL. If the value is equal to the MRL, the result is actually eMRL before rounding. <br /> LCS Laboratory Control Sample <br /> LUFT Leaking Underground Fuel Tank <br /> M Modified <br /> MEAS Methylene Blue Active Substances <br /> MCL Maximum Contaminant Level. The highest permissible concentration of a <br /> substance allowed in drinking water as established 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 for Air and Stream Improvement <br /> ND Not Detected at or above the method reportingldetection limit(MRL/MDL) <br /> NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health <br /> NTU Nepheiometric Turbidity Units <br /> ppb Parts Per Billion <br /> PPM Parts Per Million <br /> PQL Practical Quantitation Limit <br /> QAIQC 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 of 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 Updates I, II, IIA, and 1113. <br /> TCLP Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure <br /> TOS Total Dissolved Solids <br /> TPH Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons <br /> tr Trace level. The concentration of an analyte that is less than the PQL but greater than or equal <br /> to the MDL. If the value is equal to the PQL,the result is actually<PQL before rounding. <br /> TRPH Total Recoverable Petroleum Hydrocarbons <br /> TSS Total Suspended Solids <br /> TTLC Total Threshold Limit Concentration <br /> VOA Volatile Organic Analyte(s) ACRONLST.DOC 7114195 <br /> Page 2 <br />