Ceiling

Corrective Action

Clean Air Act. Federal Law mandating and enforcing toxic emissions standards for stationary and mobile sources.

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Amendments to the Clean Air Act signed into law in 1990 by President George Bush.

Comprehensive Assessment Information

Compliance Assurance Monitoring (40 CFR Part 64)

Computer aided management of emergency operations.

Corrective Action Management Unit (RCRA). An area within a facility that is used only for managing (treating, storing or disposing) of remediation wastes, for implementing corrective action or cleanup at a facility.

see CAS Registry Number.

A unique number assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society. Other than being guaranteed unique to a given compound, this number has no particular meaning. CAS Registry Numbers are assigned to every uniquely identifiable substance, so ‘cis-2-hexene’, ‘trans-2-hexene’, and ‘2-hexene’ (a mixture with unspecified cis/trans composition) are all assigned separate CAS Numbers.

Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number, see CAS Registry Number

Concentration-Based Exclusion Criteria

Cubic Centimeter; (cm3) Volume measurement in metric system equal to 1 mL (milliliter).

Constituent Concentration in Waste

Constituent Concentration in Waste Effect

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems; Instruments which measure, on a continuous basis, pollutants released by a source. Continuous measuring of gases or HAPSs (e.g. NOx, SOx); (CAA). The 1990 Clean Air Act requires continuous emission monitoring systems for certain large sources.

Chemical Emergency Preparedness Program

Council on Environmental Quality

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (also known as Superfund); Federal Law authorizing identification and remediation of hazardous waste sites.