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COLUMBIA ANALYTICAL SERVICES,Inc. <br /> Acronyms <br /> A2LA 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 /> CARB 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 /> GC1MS 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<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 Cert-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(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 /> 0A1QC 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,Physicat/Chemical Methods, SW-846, <br /> 3rd Ed.. 1986 and as amended by Updates 1,II, IIA,and 118. <br /> TCLP Toxicity 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 PQ but greater than or equal <br />. to the MDL. If the value is equal to the POL,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 7/14195 <br /> Page 2 <br />