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

c.c.

closed cup

CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act

CERCLIS

CERCLA Information System

CFCs

chlorofluorocarbons

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CHFMTREC

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

FEC

European Economic Community

EHS

Extremely Hazardous Substances

FINECS

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...