Report for Congress: Review of the U.S. Army Proposal for Off-Site Treatment and Disposal of Caustic VX Hydrolysate From the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility
ALD | approximate lethal dose |
ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
BOD5 | five day biological oxygen demand |
ºC | degrees Celsius |
cal/g | calories per gram |
CAMDS | Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System |
Carmagen | Carmagen Engineering, Inc. |
CAS | Chemical Abstract Services |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CHPPM | U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
CVXH | Caustic VX Hydrolysate (equivalent to VX hydrolysate or Newport caustic hydrolysate) |
CWA | chemical warfare agent |
DA | U.S.Department of the Army |
DCC | dicyclohexyldicarbodiimide |
DIC | diisopropylcarbodiimide |
DIP | dissolved inorganic phosphorus |
DOC | effective dissolved organic carbon |
DOT | U.S. Department of Transportation |
EA 2192 | S-[2-diisopropylaminoethyl] methylphosphonothioic acid |
EMPA | ethyl methylphosphonic acid |
EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
ºF | degrees Fahrenheit |
FMEA | Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |
g | grams |
g/L | grams per liter |
GC/IT/MS/MS | gas chromatography coupled with ion-trap mass spectrometry |
GC-ITMS | gas chromatography-–ion -trap mass spectrometry |
gpd | gallons per day |
H2O2 | hydrogen peroxide |
H2SO4 | sulfuric acid |
HD | sulfur mustard |
HI | Hazard Index |
IERP | Integrated Emergency Response Plan |
IMPA | isopropyl methylphosphonic acid |
ISO tanks | transportable tote containers |
LC/IT/MS/MS | liquid chromatography coupled with ion–trap mass spectrometry |
LD50 | classical lethal dose in 50% of animal population |
LLVX | mass-to-charge ratio |
m/z | Low Level VX |
MDL | [U.S. EPA defined] method detection limit |
mg/kg | milligrams per kilogram |
mg/kg/d | milligrams per kilogram per day |
Min | minutes |
MPA | methyl phosphonic acid |
MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet |
N | nitrogen |
N | not determined |
NaOH | sodium hydroxide |
NCEH | National Center for Environmental Health |
NCH | Newport (Indiana) Caustic Hydrolysate (equivalent to caustic VX hydrolysate) |
NECDF | Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility |
NJDEP | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
NJPDES | New Jersey Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
NRC | National Research Council |
OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
P | phosphorus |
PACT® | Powdered Activated Carbon Treatment System |
PAM | pamphlet |
pH | negative log of hydrogen ion concentration |
PI | Performance Indicator |
PMATA | Project Manager for Alternative Technologies and Approaches |
ppb | parts per billion |
ppm | parts per million |
PRG | preliminary remediation goal |
Q | acceptable [with] qualifications |
QA/QC | quality assurance/quality control |
QC | quality control |
RCWA | recovered chemical warfare materials |
RfD | reference dose |
S/N | signal-to-noise |
SAIC | Science Applications International Corporation |
SAR | structure activity relationships |
SCWO | Supercritical Water Oxidation |
SET | [DuPont] Secure Environmental Treatment [Chamber Works] |
SLERA | Screening Level Ecological Risk Assessment |
SPE | solid-phase extraction |
TB MED | Army's Medical Technical Bulletin |
Team | Carmagen Team |
TSDF | Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility |
U | unacceptable |
µg/mL | microgram per milliliter |
USEPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
VX | O-ethyl S-([2-(diisopropylamino) ethyl)] methyl phosphonothioate |
wt. % | weight percent |