Glossary

ASFE

Associated Soil and Foundation Engineers

ASTM

American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)

ATM

Agency Term Contractor

Brownfield

Sites that are generally abandoned, idled, or underused industrial or commercial properties where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by actual or perceived environmental contamination

CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liabilities Act (commonly known as Superfund)

FEAA

Florida Environmental Assessors Association

Greenfield

Farmland and other largely undeveloped real estate

SRCO

Site Rehabilitation Completion Order

LTNAM

Long-Term Natural Attenuation Monitoring

NAM

Natural Attenuation Monitoring. The process of allowing certain sites with mild contamination to “heal themselves” over time via natural processes.

PRP

Petroleum Restoration Program

RAP

Remedial Action Plan

RBCA

Risk-Based Corrective Action

REC

Recognized Environmental Conditions

SARA

Superfund Amendments & Reauthorization Act

SCS

Site Characterization Screening

TCE

Tetrachloroethene

UST

Underground Storage Tank