ATSDR = Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BCDC = Bay Coastal Development Commission
BAS = Best Available Science
BGS = Below Ground Surface
CAL-EPA = California Environmental Protection Agency (State)
CDPH = California Department of Public Health
CERCLA =Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (Federal)
CESP = Citizens for East Shore Parks
DTSC = (CA) Department of Toxic Substances Control
EPA = Environmental Protection Agency (aka US-EPA; Federal)
ESD = Explanation of Significant Differences
FA = Financial Assurance
FS/RAP = Feasibility Study/Removal Action Plan
FYRs = Five Year Reviews
GMSL= Global Mean Sea Level
GWR = Groundwater Rise
HSAA = Hazardous Substance Account Act (State)
HWCA = Hazardous Waste Control Act (State)
NAVD 88 = North American Vertical Datum of 1988(to be replaced by a GPS-based system in 2024-2025)
NCP = National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan(Federal)
NGVD 29 = National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, aka Sea Level Datum of 1929
OEHHA = Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
OM&M = Operation Maintenance and Monitoring
OPC = Ocean Protection Council(comprises 17 state agencies, including DTSC)
PCBs = Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PEEIR = Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research
Consortium
PPA = Prospective Purchaser Agreement
RAW = Remedial Action Workplan
RSA = Richmond Shoreline Alliance
RSL = Relative Sea Level
RSSA CAG = Richmond Southeast Shoreline Area Community Advisory Group
SFEI = San Francisco Estuary Institute
SLRVA =Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Analysis
SMP = Soil Management Plan
SMRP = Site Mitigation and Restoration Plan
SPRAWLDEF = Sustainability, Parks, Recycling, and Wildlife
Legal Defense Fund
VOCs = Volatile Organic Compounds