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Columbia Analytical Services, Inc. <br /> Acronyms <br /> 8015M California DHS LUFT Method <br /> A2LA American Association for Laboratory Accreditation <br /> ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials <br /> I BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand <br /> BTEX Benzene!Toluene/Ethylbenzene/Xylenes <br /> CAM California Assessment Metals <br /> CARB California Aur Resources Board <br /> CAS Number Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number <br /> CFC Chlorofluorocarbon <br /> CFU Colony-Forming Unit <br /> COD Chemical Oxygen Demand <br /> F CRDL Contract Required Detection Limit <br /> If DEC Department of Environmental Conservation <br /> DEQ Department of Environmental Quality <br /> DLCS Duplicate Laboratory Control Sample <br /> DMS Duplicate Matrix Spike <br /> DOE Department of Ecology <br /> DOH or DHS Department of Health Services <br /> ELAP Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program <br /> EPA U S Environmental Protection Agency <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 /> E J Estimated concentration The value is less than the MRL,but greater than or equal to the MDL <br /> 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 />` le M Modified <br /> Ile <br /> MBAS Methylene Blue Active Substances <br /> MCL Maximum Contaminant Level The highest permissible concentration of a substance <br /> 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 /> I MTBE Methyl-tern-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 /> IND None Detected at or above the Method Reporting/Detection Limit(MRL/MDL) <br /> NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health <br /> NTU Nephelometnc Turbidity Units <br /> ppb Parts Per Billion <br /> PPM Parts Per Million <br /> PQL Practical Quantitation Limit <br /> QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quahty 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 Lit Concentration <br /> SW Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste Physica!/Chemical Methods,SW-846, <br /> Thud Edition, 1986 and as amended by Updates I 1I,IIA,and IIB <br /> E TCLP Toxicity Characteristics Leaching Procedure <br /> TDS Total Dissolved Solids <br /> e TPH Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons <br /> tr Trace level is the concentration of an analyte that is less than the PQL but greater than or equal to <br /> the MDL If the value is equal to the PQL,the result is actually SQL 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) <br />