Abbreviations and Acroynyms
| AAC | Alaska Administrative Code |
| ADEC | Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation |
| ARARs | Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements |
| AST | Aboveground Storage Tank |
| AVGAS | Aviation Gasoline |
| BGS | Below Ground Surface |
| BLM | Bureau of Land Management |
| BRAC | Base Realignment and Closure Act |
| BTEX | Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, and Xylene |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CLEAN | Comprehensive Long-Term Environmental Action Navy |
| COPC | Chemical of Potential Concern |
| CSO | Caretaker Site Office |
| DDESB | Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOI | Department of Interior |
| DQO | Data Quality Objective |
| EC | Engineering Control |
| EFA | Engineering Field Activity |
| EOD | Explosives Ordnance Disposal |
| FOST | Finding OF Suitability to Transfer |
| FS | Feasibility Study |
| FFS | Focused Feasibility Study |
| IAS | Initial Assessment Study |
| IC | Institutional Control |
| IRA | Interim Remedial Action |
| IRP | Installation Restoration |
| LRA | Local Reuse Authority |
| Loran | Long-range navigation |
| MAUW | Modified Advanced Underwater Weapons |
| NAF | Naval Air Facility |
| NAS | Naval Air Station |
| NAVFAC | Naval Facilities Engineering Command |
| Navy | United States Navy |
| NCP | National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan |
| NFA | No Further Action |
| NMCB | Navy Mobile Construction Battalion |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| NSGA | Naval Security Group Activity |
| OE | Ordnance Explosive |
| OU | Operable Unit |
| PAH | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon |
| PCB | Polychlorinated Biphenyl |
| PSE | Preliminary Source Evaluation |
| RAB | Restoration Advisory Board |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RFA | RCRA Facility Assessment |
| RI/FS | Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study |
| ROD | Record of Decision |
| SAERA | State Adak Environmental Restoration Agreement |
| SARA | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act |
| SI | Site Inspection |
| SVOC | Semi volatile Organic Compound |
| SWMU | Solid Waste Management Unit |
| TAC | The Aleut Corporation |
| TOC | Total Organic Carbons |
| TPH | Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons |
| TVPH | Total Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons |
| UFL | Underground Fuel Leak |
| USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| USFWS | United States Fish and Wildlife Service |
| UST | Underground Storage Tank |
| USTMA | Underground Storage Tank Management Agreement |
| Munitions | Unexploded ordnance |
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |
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