| Acronym | Meaning |
| DMRQA | Discharge Monitoring Report Quality Assurance |
| DEIS | Draft Environmental Impact Statement |
| EMER | Electromagnetic Molecular Electronic Resonance |
| BLEVE | Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion |
| CHAP | Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel |
| EFFF | Electric Field-flow Fractionation |
| ARS | Agricultural Research Service (US Dept. Of Agriculture) |
| ILAC | International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation |
| SCAB | South Coast Air Basin |
| NDWBA | Normalized Distorted-wave Born Approximation |