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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 /> BOD Biochemical oxygen Demand <br /> BTEX BemenciToluene/Ethylbe=ene/Xylenes <br /> CAM California Assessment Metals <br /> CARB California Air Resources Board <br /> CAS Number Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number e <br /> CFC Chlorofluorocarbon <br /> CFU Cnlony-Forming Unit <br /> COD Chemical Oxygen Demand <br /> CRDL Contract Required Detection Limit ' <br /> 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 /> 1C 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 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 /> M Modified <br /> - --MBAS- Methylene Bluc Active Substances AN <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 /> NIS Matrix Spike <br /> - -- MTBE - Methyl-cert-Butyl Ether �� - T - - - - — -- -- — - - - <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 None Detected at or above the Method Reporhog/Debxtion Limit(MRLIMDL) <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 Quahty Assamm elQuality Control <br /> RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act <br /> RPD Relative Percent Difference <br /> SIM Selected Ion Momtormg <br /> SM Standard Methods far the Eraminanon of Water and Wastewater, 18th Ed, 1992 <br /> STLC Solubility Threshold Limit Concentration <br /> SW Test Methods for Evabiahxg Solid Waste,Physical/Chemical Methods,SW-946, <br /> Third Edition, 1986 and as amended by Updates I,II,I1A,and IIB <br /> TCLP Toxicity Characteristics Leaching Procedure <br /> TDS Total Dissolved Solids <br /> 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<PQL before rounding <br /> TRPH Total Recoverable Petroleum Hydrocarbons <br /> TSS Total Suspended Solids <br /> TTLC Total Threshold Lunit Concentration <br /> VOA Volatile Organic Analyte(s) <br />