Glossary of Terms

AOC: Administrative Order on Consent
ASA: Administrative Settlement Agreement
BIA: Bureau of Indian Affairs
BLM: Bureau of Land Management
CERCLA: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act. The federal law that addresses cleanup of contaminated sites. Also called Superfund.
COCs: Contaminants of Concern
CWA: Clean Water Act
CWA WQS: Clean Water Act Water Quality Standards
EMF Site: The Eastern Michaud Flats Superfund Site, which consists of the J.R. Simplot Co. fertilizer plant and the former FMC Corporation elemental phosphorus facility.
EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ET: Evapotranspiration, a type of cap used to contain contamination that is designed to allow air and moisture to pass through it.
GDGs: Graded Decision Guidelines commonly called the “Community Slag Study”
GWCCR: Groundwater Current Conditions Report
HHRA: Human Health Risk Assessment
IDEQ: Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
IROD: Interim Record of Decision
LTM: long-term monitoring
LUPC: Land Use Policy Commission of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
NPL: National Priorities List. A nation-wide list of Superfund sites with elevated priority for cleanup.
NRRB: The National Remedy Review Board. An EPA board that reviews certain Superfund proposed decisions to ensure consistency with Superfund law, regulations, and guidance.
OU: Operable Unit. The subparts of a Superfund site based upon type and media (e.g. soil, groundwater) where contamination is found.
P4: elemental phosphorus
PA: Preliminary Assessment
RAs: Remediation Areas. Groups of a contaminated site that have similar character characteristics and can be remediated in similar ways.
RCRA: The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The federal law that addresses management, disposal, and treatment of solid and hazardous wastes.
RfR: Ready for Reuse. A Ready for Reuse Certificate is a decision document issued by EPA to allow re-development to proceed on a parcel that is part of a Superfund site.
RI/FS: Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study. The CERCLA process for investigation of contamination and selection of remedial actions required to ensure protection of human health and the environment at a contaminated facility.
ROD: Record of Decision. The decision document that EPA issues to identify the selected remedy for a CERCLA site.
SDWA MCL: Safe Drinking Water Act Maximum Contaminant Levels
SFS: Supplemental Feasibility Study
SRI: Supplemental Remedial Investigation
SRI/SFS: Supplemental Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study
TERO: Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance
TWG: Slag Technical Work Group
UAO: Unilateral Administrative Order
USFS: U.S. Forest Service
USFWS: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service