Abbreviations and acronyms

Abbreviations and acronyms

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

ADWG

Australian Drinking Water Guidelines

AFFF

Aqueous Film Forming Foams

AHPC

Australian Health Protection Committee

AICIS

Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme

Airservices

Airservices Australia

ANU

Australian National University

APCO

Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation

APVMA

Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

crcCARE

Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Defence/the department

Department of Defence

enHealth

Environmental Health Standing Committee

Environment Department

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EPBC Act

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (cth)

EU

European Union

FOGO

Food Organic and Garden Waste

FRV

Fire Rescue Victoria

FSANZ

Food Standards Australia and New Zealand

Health Department

Department of Health and Aged Care

HEPA

Heads of Environmental Protection Agencies in Australia and New Zealand

HFPO

hexafluoropropopylene oxide

IARC

International Agency for Research on Cancer

IChEMS

Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard

Infrastructure Department

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

JBRF

Jervis Bay Range Facility

JBT

Jervis Bay Territory

JSCFADT

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

LGNSW

Local Government New South Wales

NHMRC

National Health and Medical Research Council

NRE

Tasmanian Department of Natural Resources and Environment

NSW

New South Wales

PFAS

per and polyfluoroalkyl substances

PFAS Independent Review

Independent review of land uses around key Defence bases impacted by PFAS contamination

PFAS NEMP

PFAS National Environmental Management Plan

PFHxS

perfluorohexane sulfonate

PFOA

perfluorooctanoic acid

PFOS

perfluorooctane sulfonate

RAAF

Royal Australian Air Force

SA

South Australia

the Intergovernmental Agreement

The Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Framework for Responding to PFAS Contamination

the NT department

Northern Territory Department of Lands, Planning and Environment

US EPA

United States Environmental Protection Agency

WBACC

Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council