Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013C00288:reg:11:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013C00288
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 1139501–1142923

11             Shortened forms

ABS fraction of contaminant absorbed
ADI acceptable daily intake
ADWG Australian Drinking Water Guidelines
AF adherence factor of soil to skin
AM arithmetic mean
ANZECC Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council
AS Australian Standard
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
AT averaging time
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BMD benchmark dose
BW body weight
CA concentration in air
CDI chronic daily intake
CF concentration factor
           CRC CARE Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment
Cs  concentration in soil
Cw  concentration in water
Csat  saturation limit concentration
CSF  cancer slope factor
DAF  dermal absorption factor
DEFRA  Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK)
DQOs  data quality objectives
EA  Environment Agency (England and Wales)
EC  exposure concentration
ED  exposure duration
EF  exposure frequency
FI  fraction ingested from contaminated source
GAF  gastrointestinal absorption factor
GIL  groundwater investigation level
HAP  hazardous air pollutants
HEAST  health effects assessment summary tables (US EPA)
HI  hazard index
HIL  health investigation level
HQ  hazard quotient
HSL  health screening level
IAP2  International Association of Public Participation
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
IEUBK  integrated exposure uptake biokinetic model (US EPA)
ILCR  increased lifetime cancer risk
IQ  intelligence quotient
IR  ingestion rate or inhalation rate (as referenced in equations)
IRIS  Integrated Risk Information System (US EPA)
ITRC  Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council
JECFA  Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
LOAEL  lowest observable adverse effect level
LOD   limit of detection
LOR limit of reporting
MRLs  minimal risk levels
NAPL non-aqueous phase liquid
NEPC  National Environment Protection Council
NHMRC  National Health and Medical Research Council
NICNAS  National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme
NJ DEP New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
NOAEL  no observable adverse effect level
NRC  National Research Council
            NSW DEC  New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation (now NSW Environment Protection Authority)
OECD  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
PAHs  polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PBTs  persistent bioaccumulative and toxic pollutants
PCBs  polychlorinated biphenyls
PCE  perchloroethene
PEF  particulate emission factor
PPRTV  provisional peer reviewed toxicity value (US EPA)
RAGS  Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (US EPA)
RBALP  Relative Bioavailability Leaching Procedure
REL  Reference exposure level
RfC reference concentration
RfD  reference dose
RI  risk index
RQ  risk quotient
SA  skin area
SA EPA  South Australia Environment Protection Agency
SBRC  Solubility Bioavailability Research Consortium
SD standard deviation
TC  tolerable concentration in air
TBT  tributyltin
TCA  trichlorethane
TCE  trichloroethene
TDI  tolerable daily intake
TEF  toxicity equivalence factor
TPH  total petroleum hydrocarbons
TPHCWG  Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Criteria Working Group
TRV  toxicity reference value
UCL  upper confidence limit
URF  unit risk factor
US EPA  United States Environmental Protection Agency
US NOAA  United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
WHO