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ACRONYMS
| ACAMS: | Automatic Continuous Air Monitoring System--immediate alert system | ||||||
| ACS: | Agent Collecton System | ||||||
| AQS: | Agent Quantification System--measures agent drained from weapon prior to furnace feed. | ||||||
| ASC: | Allowable Stack Concentration | ||||||
| BAT: | Best Available Technology | ||||||
| BCS: | Bulk Chemical Storage | ||||||
| BDS: | Bulk Drain Station | ||||||
| BRA: | Brine Reduction Area | ||||||
| BSA: | Buffer Storage Area | ||||||
| CAL: | Chemical Assessment Lab--Black Lab at Tooele | ||||||
| CAM: | Cost Account Manager | ||||||
| CAMDS: | Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System | ||||||
| CAR: | Corrective Action Request | ||||||
| CDC: | Centers for Disease Control | ||||||
| CEMS: | Continuous Emissions Monitoring System | ||||||
| CERCLA: | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act | ||||||
| CFR: | Code of Federal Regulations | ||||||
| COE: | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | ||||||
| CHB: | Container Handling Building | ||||||
| CSDP: | Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program | ||||||
| DAAMS: | Depot Area Air Monitoring System--sampled every 24 hrs. for agent | ||||||
| DCP: | Document Control Plan | ||||||
| DFS: | Deactivation Furnace System--where all parts of M-55s are burned except drained agent | ||||||
| DSHW: | Department of Solid and Hazardous Waste | ||||||
| DOD: | Department of Defense | ||||||
| DPE: | Demilitarization Protective Ensemble | ||||||
| DR: | Deficiency Report | ||||||
| DRE: | Destruction and Removal Efficiency | ||||||
| DRMO: | Defense Remediation Maintenance Organization--salvage | ||||||
| DUN: | Dunnage Incinerator | ||||||
| ECP: | Engineering Change Proposal--required for any change to operational SOPs | ||||||
| ECR: | Explosive Containment Room--area where rocket is drained and chopped | ||||||
| ECV: | Explosive Containment Room Vestibule--area preceding ECR | ||||||
| EG&G: | Army-contracted operator of TOCDF | ||||||
| EOC: | Economic Opportunity Commission | ||||||
| EPA: | Environmntal Protection Agency | ||||||
| GA: | Tabun | ||||||
| GB: | Sarin | ||||||
| GFE: | Government Furnished Equipment | ||||||
| H: | Levinstein Mustard | ||||||
| HD: | Distilled Mustard | ||||||
| HT: | Mustard | ||||||
| HVAC: | Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning System--Negative pressure of entire plant is dependent on this system. It routes air from clean areas to "hot" areas and out through the filter banks, then out a stack to the atmosphere. | ||||||
| JACADS: | Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System | ||||||
| LCO: | Limited Condition of Operation | ||||||
| LIC: | Liquid Incinerator--furnace where agent is burned | ||||||
| M&TE: | Maintenance & Test Equipment | ||||||
| MDB: | Munitions Demilitarization Building--the main TOCDF building | ||||||
| MK: | Morrison Knudsen | ||||||
| MMRM: | Monthly Management Review Meeting | ||||||
| MPF: | Metal Parts Furnace | ||||||
| NCR: | Non-Compliance Report | ||||||
| NED: | Notice of Environmental Deficiency | ||||||
| NIOSH: | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health | ||||||
| NOV: | Notice of Violation | ||||||
| OSHA: | Occupational Safety and Health Administration | ||||||
| OVT: | Operational Verification Testing | ||||||
| PAS: | Pollution Abatement System | ||||||
| PCB: | Polychlorinated Biphenyl | ||||||
| PDAR: | Process Data Acquisition and Recording System-- operations data collection system | ||||||
| PIMS: | Project Integrated Management System | ||||||
| PMCD: | Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization--headquarters in Aberdeen, MD | ||||||
| PPE: | Personal Protective Ensemble--worker outfit for entry into "hot" area | ||||||
| PQAP: | Preliminary Quality Assurance Plan | ||||||
| PR: | Public Relations | ||||||
| PRP: | Plant Regulatory Process | ||||||
| PRP: | Potentially Responsible Person | ||||||
| PSI: | Pounds per Square Inch | ||||||
| QA: | Quality Assurance | ||||||
| QAM: | Quality Assurance Manual | ||||||
| QAPP: | Quality Assurance Program Plan | ||||||
| QC: | Quality Control | ||||||
| QRA: | Quantitative Risk Assessment | ||||||
| RAC: | Risk Assessment Code-level of deficiency, "RAC 1" being "Imminent/Catastrophic" level | ||||||
| RCRA: | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | ||||||
| RFI: | Request for Information | ||||||
| RM: | Risk Management | ||||||
| SAIC: | Scientific Applications International Corp. | ||||||
| SDS: | Spent Decontamination System | ||||||
| SOP: | Standard Operating Procedure | ||||||
| STB: | Surrogate Trial Burn | ||||||
| TAT: | Technical Assistance Team | ||||||
| TEAD: | Tooele Army Depot | ||||||
| TMA: | Toxic Maintenance Area | ||||||
| TOCDF: | Tooele Chemical Disposal Facility | ||||||
| TWA: | Time Weighted Average | ||||||