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Acquisition - Any authorized method of obtaining USAF control of and responsibility for real property. An Acquisition may be a temporary or permanent interest in real property. Includes inter-agency transfers or real property accountability from other Federal government agencies.
Methods include purchase, condemnation, donation, exchange, leasing, licenses, permits, reinvestment and capture.
Adjacent Properties Not only those properties contiguous to the boundaries of the installation or WP site, but also those properties relatively nearby that could pose significant environmental impact or concern on the installation of WP site.
Aquifer - Rock or sediment that is saturated and sufficiently permeable to transmit economic quantities of water to wells and springs. Not all groundwater is in an aquifer.
CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CERCLIS - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information
System. CERCLIS contains data on potentially hazardous waste sites that have been reported to the USEPA pursuant to Section 103 of CERCLA. CERCLIS contains sites which are either proposed to or on the National Priority List (NPL) and sites which are in the screening and assessment phase for possible inclusion on the NPL.
CERC-NFRAP - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Information System - No Further Remedial Action Planned. As of February 1995, CERCLIS sites designated “No Further Remedial Action Planned” have been removed from CERCLIS.
NFRAP sites may be sites where, following an initial investigation, no contamination was found, contamination was removed quickly without the need for the site to be placed on the NPL, or the contamination was not serious enough to require Federal Superfund action or NPL consideration.
CONSENT - Superfund (CERCLA) Consent Decrees. CONSENTs are major legal settlements that establish responsibility and standards for cleanup at NPL (Superfund) sites. Released periodically by the U.S. District Courts after settlement by parties to litigation matters.
CORRACTS - Corrective Action Report. CORRACTS identifies hazardous waste handlers with
RCRA corrective action activity.
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Disposal Any authorized method of permanently divesting the Air Force of control of and responsibility for real property. Includes fee conveyance and inter-agency transfers of other disposition.
Disposal by Deed - A conveyance of fee or any interest in real property.
Due Diligence The process of inquiring into the environmental characteristics or other conditions of a parcel of commercial real estate, usually in connection with a commercial real estate transaction. The degree and type of due diligence will vary for different properties and differing purposes
ERNS - Emergency Response Notification System. ERNS records and stores information on reported releases of oil and hazardous substances.
FINDS - Facility Index System. FINDS contains both facility information and “pointers” to other sources that contain more detail.
Hazardous Substance In addition to the meaning provided in CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601(14), this term specifically includes petroleum, petroleum products, oil, and lubricants (POL).
HMIRS - Hazardous Materials Information Reporting System. HMIRS contains hazardous material spill incidents reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
Installation Restoration Program - An environmental program developed by the Department of
Defense (DoD) to evaluate DoD installations and to identify former waste, spill, storage, and disposal sites; to evaluate the extent and nature of contamination if present; and to initiate appropriate remedial action.
Interagency Transfer - Transfer of Federal government property accountability to or from other
Federal government agencies.
MLTS - Material Licensing Tracking System. MLTS is maintained by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) and contains a list of sites which possess or use radioactive materials and which are subject to NRC licensing requirements.
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NPL - National Priority List (Superfund). NPL is a sub-set of CERCLIS and identifies sites for clean-up under the Superfund Program.
NPL Liens - Federal Superfund Liens. Under authority granted the USEPA by CERCLA of
1980, the USEPA has the authority to file liens against real property in order to recover remedial action expenditures or when the property owner receives notification of potential liability.
USEPA compiles a listing of filed notices of Superfund Liens.
Out-grant - A temporary grant of an interest in the right to use Air Force controlled real property by means of either a lease, license, or permit.
PADS - PCB Activity Database System. PADS identifies generators, transporters, commercial storers, and/or brokers and disposers of PCBs who are required to notify the EPA of such activities.
RAATS - RCRA Administrative Action Tracking System. RAATS contains records based on enforcement action issued under RCRA pertaining to major violators and includes administrative and civil actions brought by the USEPA.
RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RCRIS - Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System. RCRIS includes selective information on sites which generate, transport, store, treat, and/or dispose of hazardous waste as defined by RCRA.
Real Property - Land, fixtures, and other improvements to the land.
Release - This term will have the meaning provided in CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601(22).
ROD - Records of Decision. ROD documents mandate a permanent remedy at an NPL
(Superfund) site containing technical and health information to aid in the cleanup.
Storage - The holding of hazardous substances for a temporary period prior to the hazardous substance either being used, treated, transported, or disposed of.
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Temporary Interest - A grant of interest in or use of real property which expires at the end of a stated term or which can be terminated. Instruments include leases, licenses, and permits.
TRIS - Toxic Chemical Release Information System. TRIS identifies facilities which release toxic chemicals to the air, water, and land in reportable quantities under SARA Title III Section
313.
TSCA - Toxic Substances Control Act. TSCA identifies manufacturers and importers of chemical substances included on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory list. It includes data on the production volume of these substances by plant site.
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