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List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

API American Petroleum Institute
ASTM The American Society for Testing Materials
BDL below detection limit
BIF boiler and industrial furnace
BOD biochemical oxygen demand
BTEX benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene
Btu British thermal unit
C carbon
o C degrees Celsius
C-&-D construction and demolition
CAA Clean Air Act
CBL Commercial Bill of Lading
CCA chromated copper arsenate
CEMS continuous emission monitoring systems
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability act of 1980
CESQG conditionally exempt small quantity generator
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
COD chemical oxygen demand
CPE chlorinated polyethylene
CWA Clean Water Act
CO carbon monoxide
CO carbon dioxide
2
CRT cathode-ray tube
CSPE chlorylsulfonated polyethylene
d-RDF densified refuse-derived fuel
DBA decibels on the A scale sound level meter
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DoD Department of Defense
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
DRE destruction and removal efficiency
DYI do-it-yourself
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ESP electrostatic precipitator
o F degrees Fahrenheit
FMC flexible membrane cap
FML flexible membrane liner
GAC granular activated carbon
g/dscm grams per dry standard cubic meter
GPAD gallons per acre per day
HAZMAT hazardous material
HCl hydrochloric acid (or hydrogen chloride)
HDPE high-density polyethylene
HHV higher heat value

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