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COLUMBIA ANALYTICAL SERVICES Inc <br /> Acronyms <br /> A2LA American Association for Laboratory Accreoitation <br /> ASTM Amencan Society for Testing and Materials <br /> BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand <br /> BTEX Benzene Toluene Ethyibenzene Xylenes <br /> CAM California Assessment Metals <br /> CARE 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 /> ELAP Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program <br /> GC Gas Chromatography <br /> GCIMS Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry <br /> IC Ion Chromatography <br /> ICB Initial Cal:bration 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 <MRL before rounding <br /> LCS Laboratory Control Sample <br /> LOFT Leaking Underground Fuel Tank <br /> M Modrfied <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 Limrt <br /> MPN Most Probable Number <br /> MRL Method Reporting Limrt <br /> Ms Matra 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 reporting/detection limit(MRL/MDL) <br /> NIOSH National InstiWte for Occupational Safety and Health <br /> NTU Nephelometric Turbidity Units <br /> ppb Parts Per Billion <br /> PPM Parts Per Million <br /> PQL Practical Quantitation Limn <br /> QAIQC Quairty Assurance/Quairty Control <br /> RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act <br /> RPD Relative Percent Difference <br /> SIM Selected Ion Monrtonng <br /> SM Standard Methods for the Exammation of Water and Wastewater 18th Ed , 1992 <br /> STLC Solubility Threshold Limit Concentration <br /> SW Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste Physicat/Chemicai Methods SW-846, <br /> 3rd Ed 1986 and as amended by Updates 1 11 IIA,and IIB <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 Concentratton <br /> VOA Volatile Organic Analyte(s) ACRONLST DOC 7114195 <br /> Page 2 <br />