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COLUMBIA ANALYTICAL SERVICES,Inc <br /> Acronyms <br /> A21-A American Association for Laboratory Accreddatwn <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 /> GARB California Air Resources Board <br /> CAS Number Chemical Abstract Service registry Number <br /> CFC Chbrofluorocarbon <br />' CFU Colony-Forrung Und <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 /> ELAP Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program <br />' GC Gas Chromatography <br /> GC/MS 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 ooncentration 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<MRL before rounding <br /> LCS Laboratory Control Sample <br /> LUFT Leaking Underground Fuel Tank <br /> M Modified <br /> MBAS 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 tart-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 /> NA Not Detected at or above the method reporting/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 tin 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, 11, IIA, and IlB <br /> TCLP Toxicrty Characteristic Leaching Procedure <br /> TDS 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 v2lue 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 7/14//95 <br /> Page 2 <br />