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KEY TO ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ACGIH American
Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygenists
ACS American
Chemical Society
AFS AIRS
Facility Subsystem (CAA database)
AIRS Aerometric
Information Retrieval System (CAA database)
aka also
known as
ANSI American
National Standards Institute
ASTM American
Society for Testing Materials
APF assigned
protection factor
BIF Boilers
and Industry Furnaces
BOD Biochemical
Oxygen Demand
°
C degrees
Centigrade
CAA Clean Air
Act
CAAA Clean Air
Act Amendments of 1990
CAS Chemical
Abstract Service
cc cubic
centimeter
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CERCLA Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CERCLIS CERCLA
Information System
CFCs chlorofluorocarbons
CFR Code
of Federal Regulations
CHEMTREC Chemical
Manufacturers Association (CMA) Transportation Emergency Center
cis-
refers
to a particular arrangement of elements within a chemical molecule
COD Chemical
Oxygen Demand
CWA Clean
Water Act
CTG Control
Technology Guidance
DHHS United
States Department of Health and Human Services
DOT United
States Department of Transportation
EEC European Economic Community
EHS Extremely
Hazardous Substances
EINECS European
Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances
EPA United
States Environmental Protection Agency
EPCRA Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
ERG04
2004
North American Emergency Response Guidebook
°
F degrees
Fahrenheit
FEMA Federal
Emergency Management Agency
FINDS Facility
Indexing System
FR Federal
Register
HAPs Hazardous
Air Pollutants (CAA)
HCFC hydrochlorofluorocarbons
HCS Hazard
Communication Standard
HP hypersensitivity
pneumonitis
IARC International
Agency for Research on Cancer
IDEA Integrated
Data for Enforcement Analysis
IDLH Immediately
Dangerous to Life or Health (concentrations)
kg kilogram(s)
lb pound(s)
LDR Land
Disposal Restrictions (RCRA)
LEL Lower explosive
limit in air, % by volume at room temperature or other temperature as noted
LEPCs Local
Emergency Planning Committees
m3 Cubic
Meter
MACT Maximum
Achievable Control Technology (CAA)
MCLGs Maximum
Contaminant Level Goals
MCLs Maximum Contaminant
Levels
MAK Maximum
Allowable Concentration (German Research Society)
mg milligrams
min minute
MSDS Material
Safety Data Sheets
MWF metal
working fluid
n
– Abbreviation
for "normal" referring to the arrangement of carbon atoms in a
chemical molecule
N-
Symbol
used in some chemical names indicating that the next section of the name refers
to a chemical group attached to a nitrogen atom
NAAQS National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (CAA)
NAFTA North
American Free Trade Agreement
NCDB National
Compliance Database (for TSCA, FIFRA, EPCRA)
NCI National
Cancer Institute
NCP National
Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
NESHAP National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NFPA National
Fire Protection Association
NIOSH National
Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
NOV Notice of
Violation
NPDES National
Pollution Discharge Elimination System (CWA)
NPL National
Priorities List
NRC National Res ponse Center
NSPS New Source
Performance Standards (CAA)
NTP National
Toxicology Program
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OECA Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
OPA Oil
Pollution Act
OPPTS Office of
Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
OSHA Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
OSW Office of
Solid Waste
OSWER Office of
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Oxy oxidizer
or oxidizing agent
P denotes
polymerization hazard (found following DOT Guide number)
p-
abbreviation
for "para-" referring to a particular arrangement of elements within
a chemical molecule.
PCB Polychlorinated
Biphenyl
PCS Permit
Compliance System (CWA Database)
PEL Permissible
Exposure Limit (OSHA)
PPOTW Publicly
Owned Treatments Works
PPE Personal
Protective Equipment
ppm parts per
million
RCRA Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
RCRIS RCRA
Information System
REL Recommended
Exposure Limits (NIOSH)
RQ Reportable
Quantity
RTECS Registry of
Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
RTK Right-to-Know
SARA Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SCBA Self
Contained Breathing Apparatus
SDWA Safe
Drinking Water Act
SERC State
Emergency Response Commission
SIC Standard
Industrial Classification
SIP State Implementation
Plan
SO2 Sulfur
Dioxide
STCC Standard
Transportation Commodity Code
STEL Short Term
Exposure Limit [usually defined as 15 minute]
sym-
abbreviation
for "symmetrical," referring to a particular arrangement of elements
within a chemical molecule
TC Toxic
characteristic
TCRIS Toxic
Chemical Release Inventory System
tert-
Abbreviation
for "tertiary" referring to a particular arrangement of elements
within a chemical molecule
TLV® Threshold
Limit Value® (ACGIH)
TLV®-C Threshold Limit
Value - Ceiling Limit
TOC Total
Organic Carbon
TPQ Threshold
Planning Quantity
TRI Toxic
Release Inventory
TRIS Toxic
Release Inventory System
TQ Threshold
Quantity
TSCA Toxic
Substances Control Act
TSS Total
Suspended Solids
TWA Time Weighted
Average
UEL Upper
Explosive (flammable) Limit in air, % by volume at room temperature or other
temperature as noted
UIC Underground
Injection Control (SDWA)
UST Underground
Storage Tanks (RCRA)
VOCs Volatile
Organic Compounds
WHMIS Workplace
Hazardous Materials Information System Ingredients Disclosure List
> The
symbol for "greater than"
< The
symbol for "less than"