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Attachment #1 - List of Abbreviations

    Report for Congress: Review of the U.S. Army Proposal for Off-Site Treatment and Disposal of Caustic VX Hydrolysate From the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility

    ALD approximate lethal dose
    ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
    BOD5 five day biological oxygen demand
    ºC degrees Celsius
    cal/g calories per gram
    CAMDS Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System
    Carmagen Carmagen Engineering, Inc.
    CAS Chemical Abstract Services
    CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    CFR Code of Federal Regulations
    CHPPM U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
    CVXH Caustic VX Hydrolysate (equivalent to VX hydrolysate or Newport caustic hydrolysate)
    CWA chemical warfare agent
    DA U.S.Department of the Army
    DCC dicyclohexyldicarbodiimide
    DIC diisopropylcarbodiimide
    DIP dissolved inorganic phosphorus
    DOC effective dissolved organic carbon
    DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
    EA 2192 S-[2-diisopropylaminoethyl] methylphosphonothioic acid
    EMPA ethyl methylphosphonic acid
    EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    ºF degrees Fahrenheit
    FMEA Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
    g grams
    g/L grams per liter
    GC/IT/MS/MS gas chromatography coupled with ion-trap mass spectrometry
    GC-ITMS gas chromatography-–ion -trap mass spectrometry
    gpd gallons per day
    H2O2 hydrogen peroxide
    H2SO4 sulfuric acid
    HD sulfur mustard
    HI Hazard Index
    IERP Integrated Emergency Response Plan
    IMPA isopropyl methylphosphonic acid
    ISO tanks transportable tote containers
    LC/IT/MS/MS liquid chromatography coupled with ion–trap mass spectrometry
    LD50 classical lethal dose in 50% of animal population
    LLVX mass-to-charge ratio
    m/z Low Level VX
    MDL [U.S. EPA defined] method detection limit
    mg/kg milligrams per kilogram
    mg/kg/d milligrams per kilogram per day
    Min minutes
    MPA methyl phosphonic acid
    MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
    N nitrogen
    N not determined
    NaOH sodium hydroxide
    NCEH National Center for Environmental Health
    NCH Newport (Indiana) Caustic Hydrolysate (equivalent to caustic VX hydrolysate)
    NECDF Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility
    NJDEP New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
    NJPDES New Jersey Pollution Discharge Elimination System
    NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
    NRC National Research Council
    OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
    P phosphorus
    PACT® Powdered Activated Carbon Treatment System
    PAM pamphlet
    pH negative log of hydrogen ion concentration
    PI Performance Indicator
    PMATA Project Manager for Alternative Technologies and Approaches
    ppb parts per billion
    ppm parts per million
    PRG preliminary remediation goal
    Q acceptable [with] qualifications
    QA/QC quality assurance/quality control
    QC quality control
    RCWA recovered chemical warfare materials
    RfD reference dose
    S/N signal-to-noise
    SAIC Science Applications International Corporation
    SAR structure activity relationships
    SCWO Supercritical Water Oxidation
    SET [DuPont] Secure Environmental Treatment [Chamber Works]
    SLERA Screening Level Ecological Risk Assessment
    SPE solid-phase extraction
    TB MED Army's Medical Technical Bulletin
    Team Carmagen Team
    TSDF Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility
    U unacceptable
    µg/mL microgram per milliliter
    USEPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    VX O-ethyl S-([2-(diisopropylamino) ethyl)] methyl phosphonothioate
    wt. % weight percent

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