FOIA Glossary

AOC - Administrative Order on Consent

AR - Administrative Record

CBI - Confidential Business Information

CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

CD - Consent Decree

DMS - Documents Management Section

E-FOIA - Electronic Freedom of Information Act

ESD - Explanation of Significant Difference

FS - Feasibility Study

FOIA - Freedom of Information Act

HRS - Hazard Ranking Score

NPL - National Priority List

PA - Preliminary Assessment

PRP - Potentially Responsible Party

RA - Remedial Action

RD - Remedial Design

RI - Remedial Investigation

ROD - Record of Decision

RMVL - Removal

SA - Site Assessment

SI - Site Inspection

SDMS - Superfund Data Management System

SFD - Superfund Division

U.S. EPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency

FOIA Glossary

Local Navigation