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Description of Selected General Terms and Acronyms
<br />Term/Acronym
<br />Description
<br />Controlled Recognized Environmental Condition is defined in ASTM E1527-13 as "a recognized environmental condition resulting from a past
<br />release of hazardous substances or petroleum products that has been addressed to the satisfaction of the applicable regulatory authority (for
<br />example, as evidenced by the issuance of a no further action letter or equivalent, or meeting risk-based criteria established by regulatory
<br />CREC
<br />authority) , with hazardous substances or petroleum products allowed to remain in place subject to the implementation of required controls (for
<br />example, property use restrictions, activity and use limitations, institutional controls, or engineering controls). A condition considered by the
<br />environmental professional to be a controlled recognized environmental condition shall be listed in the findings section of the Phase I
<br />Environmental Site Assessment report, and as a recognized environmental condition in the conclusions section of the Phase I Environmental
<br />Site Assessment report."
<br />DOT
<br />U.S. Department of Transportation
<br />EPA
<br />U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
<br />Emergency Response Notification System. An EPA -maintained federal database which stores information on notifications of oil discharges and
<br />ERNS
<br />hazardous substance releases in quantities greater than the applicable reportable quantity under CERCLA. ERNS is a cooperative data -
<br />sharing effort between EPA, DOT, and the National Response Center.
<br />ESA
<br />Environmental Site Assessment
<br />FRP
<br />Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic
<br />As defined under CERCLA, this is (A) any substance designated pursuant to section 1321(b)(2)(A) of Title 33, (B) any element, compound,
<br />mixture, solution, or substance designated pursuant to section 9602 of this title; (C) any hazardous waste having characteristics identified
<br />Hazardous
<br />under or listed pursuant to section 3001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (with some exclusions); (D) any toxic pollutant listed under section
<br />Substance
<br />1317(a) of Title 33; (E) any hazardous air pollutant listed under section 112 of the Clean Air Act; and (F) any imminently hazardous chemical
<br />substance or mixture with respect to which the EPA Administrator has taken action under section 2606 of Title 15. This term does not include
<br />petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof which is not otherwise listed as a hazardous substance under subparagraphs (A) through
<br />F) above, and the term include natural gas, orsynthetic gas usable for fuel or mixtures of natural gas and such synthetic gas).
<br />This is defined as having characteristics identified or listed under section 3001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (with some exceptions). RCRA,
<br />Hazardous
<br />as amended by the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1980, defines this term as a "solid waste, or combination of solid wastes, which because of its
<br />Waste
<br />quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may (A) cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality
<br />or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness; or (B) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health
<br />or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed."
<br />Historical Recognized Environmental Condition is defined in ASTM E1527-13 as "a past release of any hazardous substances or petroleum
<br />products that has occurred in connection with the property and has been addressed to the satisfaction of the applicable regulatory authority or
<br />meeting unrestricted residential use criteria established by a regulatory authority, without subjecting the property to any required controls (for
<br />HREC
<br />example, property use restrictions, activity and use limitations, institutional controls, or engineering controls). Before calling the past release a
<br />historical recognized environmental condition, the environmental professional must determine whether the past release is a recognized
<br />environmental condition at the time of the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is conducted (for example, if there has been a change in the
<br />regulatory criteria). If the EP considers the past release to be a recognized environmental condition at the time the Phase I ESA is conducted,
<br />the condition shall be included in the conclusions section of the report as a recognized environmental condition."
<br />A listing of sites with institutional and/or engineering controls in place. IC include administrative measures, such as groundwater use
<br />restrictions, construction restrictions, property use restrictions, and post remediation care requirements intended to prevent exposure to
<br />IC/EC
<br />contaminants remaining on site. Deed restrictions are generally required as part of the institutional controls. EC include various forms of caps,
<br />building foundations, liners, and treatment methods to create pathway elimination for regulated substances to enter environmental media or
<br />effect human health.
<br />ILP
<br />Innocent Landowner/Operator Program
<br />LQG
<br />Large QuantityGenerators
<br />LUST
<br />Leaking Underground Storage Tank. This is a federal term set forth under RCRA for leaking USTs. Some states also utilize this term.
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