AES

AFFF

AOC

ATV

BOC

BP

CERCLA

CMB

COPC

CRAN

CSM

CVAA

DL

DQO

DU

ECR

EPC

FID

FSAP

GC/ECD

GC/FID

GC/MS

GIS

HI

HQ

HRGC/HRMS

ICP

ICP/AES

ICP/MS

IELCR

ISM

ISO

KM

LOC

LOD

MDL

MLE

MPCA

MS

ND

NELAC

NOM

OCP

OSWER

PAH

PCA

PCB

PCDD

PCDD/F

PCDF

PMF

QA

QA/QC

QAPP

QC

QL

RARE

RCRA

RL

ROS

RSL

SAP

SBR

SIM

SRV

SU

TCDD

TEF

TEQ

TPH

UCL

UPL

USEPA

USGS

USL

UTL

VOC

VSP

XRF

atomic emission spectroscopy 

aqueous film forming foam 

area of concern 

all-terrain vehicle

biogenic organic compounds 

breakpoint 

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 

chemical mass balance 

chemicals of potential concern 

Comprehensive R Archive Network 

conceptual site model  

cold vapor atomic absorption 

detection limit 

data quality objectives 

decision units 

excess lifetime cancer risk 

exposure point concentration  

flame ionization detection  

field sampling and analysis plan 

gas chromatography/electron capture detector  

gas chromatography/flame ionization detector 

gas chromatography/mass spectrometry 

geographic information system 

hazard index 

hazard quotient 

high-resolution gas chromatography/high-resolution mass spectrometry  

inductively coupled plasma 

inductively coupled plasma/atomic emission spectroscopy 

inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry 

incremental excess lifetime cancer risk 

incremental sampling methodology 

International Organization for Standardization 

Kaplan-Meier method 

levels of chlorination 

limit of detection 

method detection limit 

maximum likelihood estimation 

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 

mass spectrometry 

nondetect 

National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference 

naturally occurring materials 

organochlorine pesticides 

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response 

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 

principal component analysis 

polychlorinated biphenyls 

polychlorinated dibenzodioxins  

polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans  

polychlorinated dibenzofurans 

positive matrix factorization 

quality assurance 

quality assurance/quality control 

quality assurance project plan 

quality control 

quantitation limit 

Regional Applied Research Efforts 

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 

reporting limit 

regression on order statistics 

regional screening level 

sampling and analytical plan 

soil background and risk assessment 

selected ion monitoring 

soil reference values 

sampling units 

total tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin 

toxicity equivalency factor 

toxicity equivalent 

total petroleum hydrocarbons 

upper confidence limit 

upper prediction limit 

United States Environmental Protection Agency 

United States Geological Survey 

upper simultaneous limit 

upper tolerance limit 

volatile organic compound 

Visual Sample Plan 

x-ray fluorescence