Habitability of the Love Canal Area: An Analysis of the Technical Basis for the Decision of the Habitability of the Emergency Declaration Area: A Technical Memorandum Page: VII
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Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Acronyms and AbbreviationsACGIH
ACS
C
CDC
CERCLA
DHHS
EDA
EDF
EPA
FEMA
GAO
gpm
IARC
LCARA- American Conference of Government
Industrial Hygienists
- American Chemical Society
- control areas sampled by EPA moni
toring study
- Centers for Disease Control, Public
Health Service, U.S. Department of
Commerce
- Comprehensive Environmental Re
sponse, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.,
known colloquially as "Superfund"
- U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
- emergency declaration area
- Environmental Defense Fund
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Emergency Management Act
of 1978, CFR Title 44, Part 2, and
associated Agency
- General Accounting Office, U.S.
Congress
- gallons per minute
- International Agency for Research on
Cancer, U.N. World Health
Organization
- Love Canal Area Revitalization
AgencyLOD
LOQ
MDL
NAS
NBS
NCI
NTP
NYS/DEC
NYS/DOH
NYS/DOL
OTA
ppb
ppm
ppt
RCRA
TLV
TSCA
pg/kg
pg/1Terms
emergency declaration area (EDA): area sampled by
EPA monitoring study, outside 49 acre area sur
rounding the canal landfill, divided by EPA into 10
subregions for sampling purposes.
environmental medium: one of five environmental
components sampled by EPA, including water, soil,
sediment, air, biota.environmental submedium: 1 of 22 components of the
five environmental media
indicator substances: substance which was known to
have been disposed into canal landfill
Love Canal: 49 acre area including canal landfill
sampled by EPA monitoring study
target substance: 1 of 50 substances monitored in EPA
monitoring studylimit(s) of detection
limit(s) of quantitation
method detection limit(s)
National Academy of Sciences
National Bureau of Standards, U.S.
Department of Commerce
National Cancer Institute
National Toxicology Program
New York State Department of En
vironmental Conservation
New York State Department of Health
New York State Department of Law
Office of Technology Assessment, U.S.
Congress
parts per billion, equal to micrograms
per liter in water, micrograms per
kilogram in solids or gases
parts per million
parts per trillion
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
threshold limit value
Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976,
15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
micrograms per kilogram, equal to ppb
in solids or gases
micrograms per liter, equal to ppb in
water
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United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment. Habitability of the Love Canal Area: An Analysis of the Technical Basis for the Decision of the Habitability of the Emergency Declaration Area: A Technical Memorandum, report, June 1983; [Washington D.C.]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc39508/m1/7/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.