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Description of Selected General Terms and Acronyms Term/Acronym Description RCRA RAATS RCRA Administrative Actions Taken RAATS information is now contained in the RCRIS database and includes records of Violators List administrative enforcement actions against facilities for noncompliance. RCRIS Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System, as defined in the Records Review section of this report. Recognized Environmental Conditions are defined by ASTM E1527-13 as "the presence or likely presence of any hazardous substances or REC petroleum products in, on, or at a property: 1) due to any release to the environment, 2) under conditions indicative of a release to the environment. De minimis conditions are not recognized environmental conditions." SCL State "CERCLIS" List (see SPL /State Priority List, below). Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures. SPCC plans are required under federal law (Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act) for any facility storing petroleum in tanks and/or containers of 55 -gallons or more that when taken in aggregate exceed 1,320 gallons. SPCC plans are SPCC also required for facilities with underground petroleum storage tanks with capacities of over 42,000 gallons. Many states have similar spill prevention programs, which may have additional requirements. State Priority List. State list of confirmed sites having contamination in which the state is actively involved in clean up activities or is actively SPL pursuing potentially responsible parties for clean up. Sometimes referred to as a State "CERCLIS" List. SQG Small Quantity Generator State and/or Tribal database of Solid Waste/Landfill facilities. The database information may include the facility name, class, operation type, SWF/LF area, estimated operational life, and owner. TPH Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons Toxic Release Inventory. Routine EPA report on releases of toxic chemicals to the environment based upon information submitted by entities TRI subject to reporting under the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act. Toxic Substances Control Act. A federal law regulating manufacture, import, processing and distribution of chemical substances not specifically TSCA regulated by other federal laws such as asbestos, PCBs, lead-based paint and radon). 15 U.S.0 2601 et seg. USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers USC United States Code USGS United States Geological Survey USNRCS United States Department of Agriculture -Natural Resource Conservation Service Underground Storage Tank. Most federal and state regulations, as well as ASTM E1527-13, define this as any tank, incl., underground piping UST connected to the tank, that is or has been used to contain hazardous substances or petroleum products and the volume of which is 10% or more beneath the surface of the ground i.e., buried). VCP State and/or Tribal facilities included as Voluntary Cleanup Program sites. VOC Volatile Organic Compound