BMP …………………………………………………………Best Management Practices
CERCLA …Coprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,and Liability Act (Superfund)
CFR ……………………………………………………………Calculated Fixed Radius
CWS ……………………………………………………………Community Water System
DEQ ………………………………………………Department of Environmental Quality
DFW ……………………………………………………Department of Fish and Wildlife
DLCD ………………………………Department of Land Conservation & Development
DOGAMI ………………………………Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
DP&R ……………..………………………………Department of Parks and Recreation
DSL ………………………………………………………………Division of State Lands
DWS ……………………………………………………Drinking Water Section of OHD
EPA ………………………………………..……U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EQC …………………………………………..……Environmental Quality Commission
FIFRA ……………………..……Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
MCL ………………………………..……………………Maximum Contaminant Level
MSDS ………………………………………….……………Material Safety Data Sheet
NAPL …………………………………………………….…Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid
NTNCWS …………………………….……Nontransient Noncommunity Water System
OAR …………………………………………….…………Oregon Administrative Rules
ODA …………………………………………………Oregon Department of Agriculture
ODF ……………………………………………………Oregon Department of Forestry
ODOT …………………………………..………Oregon Department of Transportation
OEM ……………………………….………Oregon Emergency Management Division
OHD ……………………………………………………………Oregon Health Division
ORS ……………………………………………………………Oregon Revised Statutes
OSU ……………………………………………………….……Oregon State University
PPB …………………………………Parts Per Billion (=micrograms per liter [ug/L])
PPM …………………………………Parts Per Million (=milligrams per liter [mg/L])
POTW ………………………………………………Publicly Owned Treatment Works
PWS ………………………………….……………………………Public Water Supply
RCRA……………………………………… Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
SARA Title III - …….……Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
SDWA………………………………………………………… Safe Drinking Water Act
SFM …………………………………………………………………State Fire Marshal
SOC ……………………………………………………Synthetic Organic Contaminant
SQG …………………………………………………..………Small Quantity Generator
SWCD …………………………………..………Soil and Water Conservation District
SWL …………………………………………………………………Static Water Level
TNCWS ………………………………………Transient Noncommunity Water System
TOT ………………………………………………………………………Time of Travel
TSCA ……………………………………………………Toxic Substances Control Act
UST …………………………………………………..……Underground Storage Tank
USGS ………………………………………….………United States Geological Survey
VOC ……………………………………………………Volatile Organic Contaminant
WHP ………………………………………………………………Wellhead Protection
WHPA ………………………………………………………Wellhead Protection Area
WRD ………………………………………………..……Water Resources Department
WRGC ………………………………..……Wellhead Rules and Guidance Committee
ZOC …………………………………………………….…………Zone of Contribution
ZOI
……………………………………………………………………Zone
of Influence
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