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UNO Chemical Safety Manual
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACGIH
American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials
BNA
Base/neutral and acid extractable
CAA
Clean Air Act
CCT
Chemical Collection Tag
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
COLIWASA Composite liquid waste sampler
CWA
Clean Water Act
DDC
Drum Designator Code
DL
Detection limit
DOT
U.S. Department of Transportation
EC
Emergency Coordinator
EHS
Environmental Health & Safety
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FFDCA
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
IFRA
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
HMTA
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 1974
HWSA
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
HMTUSA Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990
IATA
International Air Transport Association
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
IDLH
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
LEL
Lower explosive limit
MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheet
NDEQ
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
NFPA
National Fire Protection Association
NOAEL
No Observable Adverse Effect Level
NPDES
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NRT
National Response Team
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PCB
Polychlorinated biphenyl
PPB
Parts per billion
PPM
Parts per million
QA/QC
Quality assurance/quality control
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
SARA
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SCBA
Self Contained Breathing Apparatus
SDWA
Safe Drinking Water Act
SRT
Spill Response Team
SW-846
Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste (SW-846) (EPA document)
TCLP
Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
TLV
Threshold Limit Values
TSCA
Toxic Substances Control Act
TSDF
Treatment, Storage or Disposal Facility
VOC
Volatile organic compound