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List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 649
ppb parts per billion
PPH pounds per hour
ppm parts per million
PRP potentially responsible parties
PS polystryene
psi pounds per square inch
PVC polyvinyl chloride
RCRA Resource Conservation Recovery Act
RDF refuse-derived fuel
SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act
SI System International, the metric system of units
SG specific gravity
SO x sulfur oxides
SPCC spill prevention, control, and countermeasures
SQG small quantity generator
SSU Saybolt-seconds universal
SVE soil vapor extraction
SWCR surface water collection and removal system
TCLP toxicity characteristic leaching procedure
TDS Total dissolved solids
TOC total organic carbon
TPH total petroleum hydrocarbons
TRC Thermostat Recycling Corporation
TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act
TSDF treatment, storage, and disposal facility
UEL upper explosive limit
UIC underground injection control
µg microgram
µm micrometer
USDW underground source of drinking water
UN United Nations
U.S. EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
UST underground storage tank
VFPE very flexible polyethylene
VOA volatile organic acid
VOC volatile organic compound
%w/w percent by weight