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COLUMBIA ANALYTICAL SERVICES, INC. <br /> Acronyms <br /> AILA American Association for Laboratory Accreditation <br /> ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials <br /> BOD BLu,-hLmii-al Oxygen Dc.anand <br /> BTEX Benzenu/ToluLnc/ElhylbLnzunc/Xyl,-nis <br /> CAM California Assessment Metals <br /> CARR 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 /> 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 Spice <br /> DOE Department of Ecology <br /> DOH or DHS Department of Health Services <br /> ELAP Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program <br />' EPA US 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 /> 1CV Initial Cabbration Verification sample <br /> .� 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 /> MEAS 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 /> MTBE Methyl-tert-Butyl Ether <br /> NA Not Apphcable <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 ReportmglDetection Lunit (MRL/MDL) <br /> NIOSH National Institute of 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 /> 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 /> Third Edition, 1986, and as amended by Updates I, 11, IIA, and IIB <br /> TCLP Toxicity Charactenstics 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 /> TRPII Total Recoverable Petroleum Hydrocarbons <br /> TSS Total Suspended Solids <br /> TTLC Total Threshold Limit Concentration <br />' 6925v( Ao ci Avenu&laid+Or�N�i p+ s&, CA 91303 <br /> 9 � y (818) 587-5550 w Fax (818) 587-5555 <br />