TABLE OF CONTENTS | AICPA | American Institute of Certified Public Accountants | |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials | |
| CDBG | Community development block grants | |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act | |
| CERCLIS | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System | |
| CGL | Comprehensive general liability | |
| COC | Constituent of concern | |
| CRE | Counselors of Real Estate | |
| DOC | Dissolved organic carbon | |
| EAV | Equalized assessed value | |
| FASB | Financial Accounting Standards Board | |
| FIRREA | Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act | |
| FID | Flame ionization detector | |
| GAO | General Accounting Office | |
| GC | Gas chromatography | |
| GC-MS | Gas chromatography mass spectrometry | |
| GL | General liability | |
| G.O. | General obligation (bonds) | |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography | |
| HUD | Department of Housing and Urban Development | |
| ICP | Inductively coupled plasma | |
| IDB | Industrial development bonds | |
| IEPA | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency |
| MAI | Member of Appraisal Institute | |
| MOA | Memorandum of agreement | |
| MOU | Memorandum of understanding | |
| NFR | No further remediation | |
| NFRP | No further remedial action planned | |
| NOI | Net operating income | |
| OVA | Organic vapor analyzer | |
| PAH | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | |
| PCE | Perchlorethylene | |
| PCP | Pentachlorophenol | |
| PID | Photo ionization detector | |
| PMD | Planned manufacturing district | |
| PPA | Prospective purchaser agreement | |
| PRP | Potentially responsible party | |
| RBCA | Risk-based corrective action (also pronounced "Rebecca" | |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | |
| REC | Recognized environmental condition | |
| REEL | Real estate environmental liability | |
| SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission | |
| SEIDS | Site Environmental Information Data System (Illinois) | |
| SIR |
