Acronyms
| AB | accreditation body |
| ADEM | Alabama Department of Environmental Management |
| AGC | advanced geophysical classification |
| AGC-QAPP | Advanced Geophysical Classification for Munitions Response Quality Assurance Project Plan |
| AIM | American Indian Movement |
| ANSI/ASQ E4-2004 | Quality Systems for Environmental Data and Technology Programs – Requirements with Guidance for Use |
| BSI | blind seed item |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CSM | conceptual site model |
| CU | cubic yard |
| DAGCAP | DOD Advanced Geophysical Classification Accreditation Program |
| DAQ | data acquisition |
| DD | Decision Document |
| DDESB | Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board |
| DERP | Defense Environmental Restoration Program |
| DFW | definable features of work |
| DGM | digital geophysical mapping |
| DGPS | Differential Global Positioning System |
| DMM | discarded military munition |
| DOD | United States Department of Defense |
| DQI | data quality indicator |
| DQO | Data Quality Objective |
| DU | decision unit |
| DUA | data usability assessment |
| ECOS | Environmental Council of the States |
| EDQW | DOD Environmental Data Quality Workgroup |
| EM | electromagnetic |
| EMI | electromagnetic induction |
| EOD | explosive ordnance disposal |
| EPP | Environmental Protection Plan |
| ERIS | Environmental Research Institute of the States |
| ESP | explosives site plan |
| ESS | explosives safety submission |
| ESTCP | Environmental Security Technology Certification Program |
| FLMA | Federal Land Management Agency |
| FUDS | formerly used defense sites |
| GCO | geophysical classification organization |
| GPS | global positioning system |
| GSV | geophysical system verification |
| IDQTF | Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force |
| IMU | inertial measurement unit |
| ISO | industry standard object |
| ISS | informed source selection |
| ITRC | Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council |
| IVS | instrument verification strip |
| MD | munitions debris |
| MDAS | material documented as safe |
| MDEH | material determined to have an explosive hazard |
| MEC | munitions and explosives of concern |
| MGFD | munition with the greatest fragmentation distance |
| MMRP | Military Munitions Response Program |
| MPC | measurement performance criteria |
| MPV | man-portable vector |
| MPPEH | material potentially presenting an explosive hazard |
| MQO | measurement quality objective |
| MR | munitions response |
| MRS | munitions response site |
| NAVFAC | Naval Facilities Engineering Command |
| non-TOI | non-target of interest |
| NOSSA | Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity |
| NTCRA | non-time critical removal action |
| PA | preliminary assessment |
| PARCCS | precision, accuracy, representativeness, comparability, completeness, and sensitivity |
| PDT | project delivery team |
| PSQ | principle study question |
| QA | quality assurance |
| QAPP | Quality Assurance Project Plan |
| QASP | quality assurance surveillance plan |
| QC | quality control |
| QSR | quality systems requirement |
| RAO | remedial action objective |
| RCA | root cause analysis |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RI | remedial investigation |
| ROD | Record of Decision |
| RTK | real-time kinematic |
| SAA | small arms ammunition |
| SERDP | Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program |
| SE | standard error |
| SI | site inspection |
| SNR | signal to noise ratio |
| SOP | standard operating procedure |
| TCRA | time critical removal action |
| TOI | target of interest |
| UFP-QAPP | Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans |
| UFP-QS | Uniform Federal Policy for Implementing Environmental Quality Systems |
| USACE | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| UXO | unexploded ordnance |
| WAA | wide area assessment |
| WMP | waste management plan |
