|
AA | Administering Agency |
AB | Assembly Bill (California) |
AB 1807 | Tanner Process for Identifying and Controlling Air
Toxics, H&S Code Section 39650 et seq., Agricultural Code
Section 14021 et seq. |
AB 2185 | Hazardous Materials Release Response Plans and Inventory,
2189 H&S Code Section 25500 et seq. |
AB 2588 | Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Information and Assessment Act
(California), H&S Code Section 44300 et seq. |
| AB 2595
| California Clean Air Act, H&S Code Section 39000 et
seq. |
| AB 3777
| Risk Management and Prevention Plans for Acutely
Hazardous Materials, including AHM list, H&S Code Section
25531 et seq. |
| ABET
| Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. |
| ABIH
| American Board of Industrial Hygiene |
| AC
| Acceptable Concentration |
| ACBM
| Asbestos Containing Building Material |
| ACGIH
| American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists |
| ACM
| Asbestos Containing Material |
| ADD
| Average Daily Dose |
| ADI
| Acceptable Daily Intake |
| ADR
| Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| AG
| Attorney General |
| AGST
| Above Ground Storage Tank |
| AHERA
| Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, 1986 (See Title 2
of TSCA) |
| AHM
| Acutely Hazardous Materials |
| AIHA
| American Industrial Hygiene Association |
| ALARA
| As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
| ALJ
| Administrative Law Judge |
| AMS
| Agriculture Marketing Service |
| ANPR
| Advanced Notice of Proposed Ruling |
| ANSI
| American National Standards Institute |
| AO
| Administrative Order |
| APA
| Administrative Procedure Act, 5 USC Section 551 et seq.;
Government Code Section 11340 et seq. |
| APC
| Aerobic Plate Count |
| APCA
| Air Pollution Control Act (1955) |
| APCD
| Air Pollution Control District (California) |
| APCO
| Air Pollution Control Officer, Health and Safety (H&S) Code
Section 40750 et seq. (California) |
| APF
| Assigned Protection Factor |
| API
| American Petroleum Institute |
| AQCR
| Air Quality Control Region |
| AQMD
| Air Quality Management District, South Coast (California) |
| ARAR
| Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements
(CERCLA) |
| ARB
| Air Resources Board (Cal/EPA) |
| ARBO
| Arthropod-borne |
| ASHRAE
| American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Ventilation
Engineers |
| ASPIS
| Abandoned Site Program Information System |
| ASSE
| American Society of Safety Engineers. Los Angeles Chapter |
| AST
| Above-ground Storage Tanks |
| ATCM
| Air Toxics Control Measure |
| ATSDR
| Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (SARA) |
| ATTIC
| Alternative Treatment Technology Information Center |
|
|
| BACT
| Best Available Control Technology |
| BAL
| British Anti Lewisite |
| BAT
| Best Available Technology |
| BATEA
| Best Available Technology Economically Achievable |
| BCME
| bis-Chloromethyl ether |
| BCT
| Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology |
| BDAT
| Best Demonstrated Available Technology |
| BEI
| Biological Exposure Index |
| BEIR
| Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation |
| BHC
| Benzene hexachloride |
| BMP
| Best Management Practice |
| BNA
| Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. |
| BOD
| Biochemical or Biological Oxygen Demand |
| BOP
| Basic Oxygen Process |
| BPT
| Best Practicable Control Technology Currently Available
(CCAA) |
| Breeder
| Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor |
| BRFSS
| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| BTI
| Bacillus thuringiensis israelis |
|
|
| CAA
| Clean Air Act (1963), 42 USC Section 7401 et seq., H&S Code
Section 39000 et seq. |
| CAAA
| Clean Air Act Amendments (1965) |
| Cal/EPA
| California Environmental Protection Agency |
| Cal-OSHA
| California Division of Occupational Safety and Health |
| CalFDA
| Food and Drug Administration (California) |
| CalTrans
| California Department of Transportation |
| CAMU
| Corrective Action Management Units (RCRA) |
| CAO
| Corrective Action Order (RCRA) |
| CAP
| Capacity Assurance Plan (RCRA) |
| CAP/MAP
| Controlled Atmosphere Packaging/Modified Atmosphere
Packaging |
| CARB
| California Air Resources Board (Cal/EPA) |
| CAS
| Chemical Abstracts Service |
| CBI
| Confidential Business Information |
| CCAA
| California Clean Air Act, H&S Code Section 39000 et
seq. |
| CCR
| California Code of Regulations |
| CCW
| Chemical Constituent in Waste |
| CCWE
| Chemical Constituent in Waste Extract |
| CDC
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDC Wonder
| Single-point access to CDC reports, guidelines, and public
health data |
| CDFA
| California Department of Food and Agriculture |
| CDHS
| California Department of Health Services |
| CE-SQG
| Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators |
| CEG
| Certified Engineering Geologist |
| CEHA
| California Environmental Health Association |
| CEM
| Continuous Emission Monitoring |
| CEQA
| California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code
Section 21000 et seq.; Title 14 CCR Section 15000 et
seq. |
| CERCLA
| Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980 (Federal Superfund), 42 USC Section
9601 et seq., 40 CFR; California Superfund H&S Code,
Section 25300 et seq., see HSA |
| CERCLIS
| Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Information System (see CERCLA and NCP) |
| CERI
| Center for Environmental Research Information (regarding
alternative treatment technologies) |
| CF
| Concentration Factor |
| CFCs
| Chlorofluorcarbons |
| CFR
| Code of Federal Regulations |
| CGL
| Comprehensive General Liability Insurance |
| CHEMTREC
| CHEMical TRansportation Emergency Center (CMA) |
| CHEST
| Chick Embryo Toxicity Screening Test |
| CHP
| Certified Health Professional |
| CIH
| Certified Industrial Hygienist |
| CMA
| Chemical Manufacturers Association |
| COD
| Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| CRWQCB
| California Regional Water Quality Control Boards |
| CSO
| Combined Sewer Overflow |
| CSP
| Certified Safety Professional |
| CSWMP
| County Solid Waste Management Plan (California) |
| CURFFL
| California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law |
| CWA
| Clean Water Act or FWPCA, 33 USC Section 1251 et seq.; CA
Water Code Section 13200 et seq. (Porter-Cologne Act) |
|
|
| D-Wastes
| Hazardous waste exhibiting ignitibility, reactivity, corrosivity,
or toxicity (RCRA) |
| DB
| Dry Bulb |
| DBCP
| Dibromochloropropane |
| DCO
| Document Control Officer |
| DDT
| Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane |
| DES
| Diethylistilbesterol |
| DFA
| Department of Food and Agriculture (California) |
| DHS
| Department of Health Services (a.k.a. DOHS, California) |
| DO
| Dissolved Oxygen |
| DOAS
| Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy |
| DOD
| Department of Defense (Federal) |
| DOE
| Department of Energy (Federal) |
| DOHS
| Department of Health Services (a.k.a. DHS, California) |
| DOI
| Department of the Interior (Federal) |
| DOJ
| Department of Justice (Federal) |
| DOP
| Dioctyl Phthalate |
| DOT
| Department of Transportation (Federal) |
| DPR
| Department of Pesticide Regulation (Cal/EPA) |
| DRE
| Destruction/Removal Efficiency |
| DRT
| Decimal Reduction Time |
| DSA
| Division of the State Architect (California) |
| DTSC
| Department of Toxic Substances Control (Cal/EPA) |
|
|
| EC
| Emulsifiable Concentrate |
| EC
| Excess Cases |
| ED
| Effective Dose |
| EER
| Excess Emission Reports |
| EF
| Emission Factor |
| EGR
| Exhaust Gas Redistribution |
| EHS
| Extremely Hazardous Substances |
| EIL
| Environmental Impairment Liability Insurance |
| EIR
| Environmental Impact Report (CEQA) |
| EIS
| Environmental Impact Statement (NEPA) |
| ELF
| Extremely Low Frequency |
| EMB
| Eosin Methylene Blue broth (used in the completed test for
coliform, water quality) |
| EMF
| Electromagnetic Frequency |
| EP
| Extraction Procedure |
| EP TOX
| Extraction Procedure Toxicity Test (RCRA) |
| EPA
| Environmental Protection Agency (Federal) |
| EPA #
| Generator # for RCRA manifesting (Federal) |
| EPCRA
| Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (Title
III of SARA) |
| EPCRTKA
| Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of
1986, more commonly known as SARA Title III or EPCRA, 42
USC Section 11001 et seq., 40 CFR Part 372 |
| EPF
| Effective Protection Factor |
| ERA
| Environmental Risk Assessment (for EIL) |
| ERC
| Emissions Reduction Credit |
| ERRIS
| Emergency and Remedial Response Inventory System |
| ESA
| Environmental Site Assessment |
| ESA
| Endangered Species Act, 15 USC Section 1531 et seq. |
| ESH
| Environmental Safety and Health |
| ESP
| Electrostatic Precipitator |
| ESU
| Electrostatic Units |
| ETS
| Emergency Temporary Standard |
| EV
| Expected Value |
| EXAMS
| Exposure Analysis Modeling System |
|
|
| F-List
| Hazardous waste from non-specific (generic) sources (EPA) |
| FAO
| Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FC
| Fecal Coliform |
| FCM2
| Food Chain Model 2 (WASP) |
| FDA
| Food and Drug Administration (Federal) |
| FDCA
| Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (Federal) |
| FEMA
| Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FEPCA
| Federal Environmental Pesticides Control Act (1972) |
| FEV
| Forced Expiratory Volume |
| FF
| Fit Factor |
| FGIS
| Federal Grain Inspection Service |
| FID
| Flame Ionization Detector |
| FIFRA
| Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 USC,
Section 136 et seq. |
| FIP
| Final Implementation Plan |
| FOIA
| Freedom of Information Act (Federal) |
| FOM
| Field Operations Manual (OSHA) |
| FONSI
| Findings of No Significant Impact (NEPA) |
| Form R
| Annual Federal report for documenting hazardous materials
handling (SARA) |
| FR
| Federal Register |
| FS
| Feasibility Study (CERCLA) |
| FS
| Fecal Streptococci |
| FSIS
| Food Safety and Inspection Service |
| FTIR
| Fourier Transform Infrared |
| FTU
| Fixed Treatment Unit |
| FVC
| Forced Vital Capacity |
| FWPCA
| Federal Water Pollution Control Act, (CWA) 33 USC Section
12251 et seq. |
|
|
| GACT
| Generally Available Control Technology |
| GAO
| General Accounting Office (Federal) |
| GC
| Gas Chromatography |
| GC/MS
| Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectometry |
| GENETOX
| Data Management and Statistical Software for Microbial
Mutagenesis Assays (EPA) |
| GER
| Gas Exchange Region |
| GFR
| Glomerulus Filtration Rate |
| GLC
| Ground Level Concentration |
| GMP
| Good Manufacturing Processes |
| GRAS List
| Generally Recognized as Safe |
| GSC
| Gravity Settling Chamber |
| GT
| Globe Temperature |
| GW
| Ground Water |
| GWPS
| Ground Water Protection Standard |
|
|
| HACCP
| Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point |
| HAPs
| Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| HAR
| Head Airways Region |
| HazDat
| Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database
(contains information on the release of hazardous
substances, emergency events, ATSDR Priority List of
Hazardous Substances including health effects by route and
duration of exposure, etc.) (ATSDR) |
| HAZOP
| Hazard and Operability Study |
| HAZWOPER
| Hazardous Waste Operator Emergency Response (Federal) |
| HCA
| Hearing Conservation Amendment |
| HCFCs
| Hydrochlorofluorocarbons |
| HCS
| Hazard Communication Standard (OSHA) |
| HEG
| Homogenous Exposure Group |
| HEPA
| High Efficiency Particulate in Air filters |
| HH&E
| Human Health and the Environment |
| HHE
| Health Hazard Evaluations |
| HHW
| Household Hazardous Waste |
| HMBP
| Hazardous Materials Business Plans, H&S Code, Section
25504 et seq. |
| HMIS
| Hazardous Materials Information System (Federal) |
| HMTA
| Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 USC, Section
1801 et seq.; 49 CFR |
| HMTC
| Hazardous Materials Technical Center (DOT) |
| HMTRI
| Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute |
| HOC
| Halogenated Organic Compounds |
| HPC
| Heterotrophic Plate Count |
| HPD
| Hearing Protection Device |
| HPLC
| High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| HR
| House Report (Federal bill originated in the House of
Representatives) |
| HRS
| Hazard Ranking System (CERCLA) |
| HS
| Hazardous Substance |
| HSA
| Hazardous Substance Account of the California Superfund,
H&S Code Section 25300 et seq. |
| HSAA
| Hazardous Substance Account Act, 1981 (California) |
| HSAs
| Host Specific Agents |
| HSC
| Health & Safety Code (California) |
| HSCAP
| Hazardous Substance Cleanup Arbitration Panel, H&S Code
Section 25356.1 et seq. |
| HSPF
| Hydrologic Simulation Program Fortran |
| HSWA
| Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (to RCRA), 1984 |
| HTGCR
| High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor |
| HTST
| High Temperature Short Term (pasteurization) |
| HW
| Hazardous Waste |
| HWCL
| Hazardous Waste Control Law (California RCRA's
counterpart H&S Code Section 25100 et seq.) |
| HWIS
| Hazardous Waste Information System (DTSC) |
| HWMU
| Hazardous Waste Management Units (RCRA) |
| HWTC
| Hazardous Waste Treatment Council |
|
|
| IAQ
| Indoor Air Quality |
| IARC
| International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| IDLH
| Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health |
| IE
| Initiating Event |
| IGRs
| Insect Growth Regulators |
| IMS
| Ion Mobility Spectrometry |
| IMViC
| Indole, Methylene blue, Voges Proskauer, Citrate (Coliform
test for water quality) |
| INUR
| Inventory Update Rule |
| IPCC
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Control |
| IPM
| Integrated Pest Management |
| IRIS
| Integrated Risk Information Service |
| IRP
| Instantly Responsible Party |
| IS
| Interim Status (for a TSDF) |
| ISD
| Interim Status Document |
| IWMB
| California Integrated Waste Management Board (Cal/EPA) |
|
|
| JTU
| Jackson Turbidity Unit |
|
|
| K-List
| Hazardous waste from specific sources (by industry) |
|
|
| LAER
| Lowest Achievable Emission Rate |
| LASER
| Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
| LC50
| Lethal Concentration for 50% of those exposed |
| LD50
| Lethal Dose for 50% of those exposed |
| LD50/30
| Lethal dose for 50% of the population in 30 days |
| Ldn
| Noise level (day and night) over a 24-hour time period |
| LDR
| Land Disposal Restrictions (RCRA) |
| LEA
| Local Enforcement Agency |
| LEL
| Lower Explosive Limit |
| LEPC
| Local Emergency Planning Commission (EPCRA) |
| LFG
| Landfill Gas |
| LLRWPA
| Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, 42 USC Section
2021(b) |
| LOAEL
| Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level |
| LOIS
| Loss of Interim Status (for TSDF) |
| LUFT
| Leaking Underground Fuel Tank |
| LUST
| Leaking Underground Storage Tank |
|
|
| MACT
| Maximum Available Control Technology |
| MCL
| Maximum Concentration Limits or Maximum Contaminant Levels
(SDWA) |
| MCLGs
| Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (SDWA) |
| MEI
| Maximum Exposed Individual |
| MEP
| Maximum Exposed Persons |
| MIGA
| "Make it go away" |
| MLI
| Most Likely Individual |
| MOU
| Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPI
| Maximum Plausible Individual |
| MPN
| Most Probable Number (coliform counts) |
| MPRSA
| Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, 16 USC Section 1431
et seq. |
| MRF
| Municipal Recycling Facility |
| MRP
| Medical Removal Protection |
| MRSA
| Multiple Resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| MRT
| Mean Radiant Temperature |
| MS
| Mass Spectrometry |
| MSDS
| Material Safety Data Sheets, 29 CFR Section 1910.1200(c); Labor Code
Section 6374 |
| MSHA
| Mine Safety & Health Administration |
| MSS
| Moving Source Standards (air) |
| MTF
| Multi-Tube Fermentation |
| MTU
| Mobile Treatment Unit |
|
|
| NAA
| Non-Attainment Areas (CAA and California CAA) |
| NAA
| Neutron Activation Analysis |
| NAAQS
| National Ambient Air Quality Standards (CAA) |
| NAPAP
| National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program |
| NBAR
| Nonbinding Allocation of Responsibility |
| NCHS
| National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) |
| NCP
| National Contingency Plan (CERCLA) |
| NCRIC
| National Chemical Response and Information Center |
| NEHA
| National Environmental Health Association |
| NEIC
| National Enforcement Investigations Center (US EPA) |
| NEPA
| National Environmental Policy Act, 42 USC Section 4321 |
| NESHAPs
| National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(CAA) |
| NETSS
| National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance
(CDC) |
| NFPA
| National Fire Protection Association |
| NIH
| National Institutes of Health |
| NIHL
| Noise Indused Hearing Loss |
| NIMBY
| "Not In My Backyard" Syndrome |
| NIMEY
| "Not in my election year" |
| NIOSH
| National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health
(CDC) |
| NIOSHTIC
| NIOSH's electronic bibliographic database of literature in the field
of
occupational safety and health (updated quarterly) |
| NMFS
| National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NOAEL
| No Observed Adverse Effect Level |
| NOC
| Notice of Commencement |
| NOEL
| No-Observed-Effect Level |
| NOV
| Notice of Violation |
| NOx
| Nitrogen oxides, H&S Code Section 43101.5, 43610-43612,
43654 |
| NPDES
| National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (CWA) |
| NPL
| National Priority List (CERCLA) |
| NRC
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Federal) |
| NRC
| National Response Center (Federal) |
| NRR
| Noise Reduction Rating |
| NSF
| National Sanitation Foundation |
| NSPS
| New Source Performance Standards (CWA and CAA) |
| NSR
| New Source Review (California CAA) |
| NTIS
| National Technical Information Service |
| NTP
| National Toxicology Program |
| NTU
| Nephelomic Turbidity Unit |
| NWPA
| Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 42 USC Section 10101 et seq. |
|
|
| O&M
| Operation and Maintenance |
| OAH
| Office of Administrative Hearings (California) |
| OAL
| Office of Administrative Law (California) |
| OECA
| Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (US EPA) |
| OEHHA
| Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (Cal/EPA) |
| OES
| Office of Emergency Services (California) |
| OMB
| Office of Management and Budget (Federal) |
| ONWI
| Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation (Federal) |
| OPs
| Organophosphates |
| ORM
| Other Regulated Material (DOT terminology) |
| ORT
| Oral Rehydration Therapy |
| OSHA
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Federal) |
| OSHAct
| Occupational Safety & Health Act |
| OSHRC
| Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission |
| OSWER
| Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (US EPA) |
| OTA
| Orthotolodine arsenite (chlorine test reagent) |
| OTA
| Office of Technology Assessment (US Congress) |
|
|
| P-Waste
| Acutely Hazardous Waste |
| PA/SI
| Preliminary Assessment/Site Investigation |
| PAHs
| Polynuclear [or Polycyclic] Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
| PAN
| Peroxy-acyl nitrate |
| PAPR
| Powered Air Purifying Respirator |
| PAR
| Primary Attack Rate |
| Part A
| The overview portion of a TSDF haz. waste permit application, under
RCRA |
| Part B
| The detailed portion of a TSDF haz. waste permit application, under
RCRA |
| PBR
| Permit by Rule |
| PC
| Phenol Coefficient |
| PCA
| Property Clearance Assessment |
| PCBs
| Polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PCDF
| Polychlorinated dibenzofurans |
| PCE
| Perchloroethylene |
| PCR
| Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PCV
| Positive Crankcase Ventilation |
| PE
| Professional Engineer |
| PEA
| Preliminary Endangerment Assessment |
| PEL
| Permissible Exposure Limits (OSHA) |
| PF
| Protection Factor |
| PHLIS
| Public Health Laboratory Information System (CDC) |
| PID
| Photo Ionization Detector |
| PL
| Public Law (Federal) |
| PM10
| Particulate Matter measuring < 10 microns in diameter |
| PMI
| Point of Maximum Impact |
| PMN
| Premanufacture Notice |
| PMR
| Proportionate Mortality Ratio |
| PNAs
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
| Porter-Cologne
| Water Code Section 13200 et seq. Water Act
(California) |
| POTW
| Publicly-Owned Treatment Works |
| ppb
| Parts per billion |
| PPE
| Personal Protective Equipment |
| ppm
| Parts per million |
| Proposition 65
| Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, H&S Code Section
25249.5 et seq. (California) |
| PRP
| Potentially Responsible Party (Superfunds) |
| PSA
| Preliminary Site Assessment |
| PSD
| Prevention of Significant Deterioration (CAA) |
| PSI
| Pollution Standards Index (Air) |
| PSI
| Pounds per Square Inch (pressure) |
| PSIa
| Pounds per Square Inch, absolute (PSIa = 0 in a vacuum) |
| PSIg
| Pounds per Square Inch, gauge (PSIg = 0 at sea level) |
| PSIL
| Preferred Speech Interference Level |
| PSP
| Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning |
| PT
| Prescription Treatment |
| PTPLU
| Point Plume |
| PTS
| Permanent Threshold Shift |
|
|
| QA/QC
| Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
| QLFT
| Qualitative Fit Test |
| QNFT
| Quantitative Fit Test |
|
|
| R&D
| Research and Development |
| RAD
| Radiation Absorbed Dose |
| RAP
| Remedial Action Plan (Superfunds) |
| RCRA
| Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (Federal), 42 USC Section
6901, 40 CFR |
| RCS
| Rotating Centrifugal Sampler |
| RD/RA
| Remedial Design/Remedial Action |
| RDF
| Refuse Derived Fuel |
| REA
| Registered Environmental Assessor (California) |
| REHS
| Registered Environmental Health Specialist (California, formerly
Registered Sanitarian) |
| REM
| Roentgen Equivalent, Man |
| REPFED
| Refrigerated Processed Food with Extended Durability |
| RF
| Radio Frequency |
| RFA
| RCRA Facilities Assessment |
| RFD
| Reference Dose |
| RG
| Registered Geologist |
| RI
| Radioisotope |
| RI/FS
| Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study |
| RMPP
| Risk Management and Prevention Plan, H&S Code Section
25531 |
| RO
| Reverse Osmosis |
| ROD
| Record of Decision (CERCLA) |
| ROI
| Rate of Intake |
| RP
| Responsible Party (CERCLA), 42 USC Section 9607(a) |
| RPP
| Respiratory Protection Program |
| RQ
| Reportable Quantity (under DOT, see CERCLA and SARA Title
III) |
| RQG
| Reduced Quantity Generator (100-1000 kg/mo) |
| RR
| Relative Risk or Risk Ratio |
| RTD
| Repetitive Trauma Disorder |
| RTECS
| Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances; database of
toxicological information compiled, maintained, and updated by
NIOSH |
| RTK
| Right-to-Know |
| RVP
| Reid Vapor Pressure |
| RWQCB
| Regional Water Quality Control Board (California) |
|
|
| SAR
| Secondary Attack Rate |
| SARA
| Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
(CERCLA) |
| SARA Title III
| Emergency Preparedness and Community Right-to-Know Section of
SARA (a.k.a. EPCRTKA) |
| SAS
| Surface Air Sampler |
| SB
| Senate Bill (California) |
| SB 14
| Hazardous Waste Source Reduction and Management Review Act, 1989,
H&S Code Section 25244.12 et seq.; reporting regulations Title
22 CCR |
| SB 198
| Requires Illness and Injury Prevention Plans (IIPP)
(California) |
| SB 1500
| Hazardous Waste Management Act (California) |
| SB 1726
| Amended the definitions of hazardous waste under SB 14 |
| SCAP
| Superfund Compensation Accomplishments Plan (SARA) |
| SCAQMD
| South Coast Air Quality Management District (California) |
| SCBA
| Self Contained Breathing Apparatus |
| SDWA
| Safe Drinking Water Act (Federal), 42 USC Section 300 et
seq. |
| SEC
| Securities & Exchange Commission (Federal) |
| SERATRA
| SEdiment RAdionuclide TRAnsport |
| SERC
| State Emergency Response Commissions (Section 301 of EPCRA) |
| SF
| Safety Factor |
| SF
| Separation Factor |
| SHD
| Safe Human Dose |
| Sher
| Collectively, AB 1362, AB 3565, AB 3447, and AB 3781, effective
1984, regulation of USTs (California) |
| SIC
| Standard Industrial Classification |
| SIP
| State Implementation Plan (CAA) |
| SITE
| Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation |
| SMR
| Standardized Mortality Ratio |
| SMSA
| Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas |
| SNUR
| Significant New Use Rule (TSCA) |
| SOP
| Standard Operating Procedures |
| SOx
| Sulfur oxides, H&S Code Section 41514.5 |
| SPC
| Standard Plate Count |
| SPCC
| Spill, Prevention, Containment and Countermeasures |
| SPL
| Sound Pressure Level |
| SQG
| Small Quantity Generator (less than 100 kg/mo) |
| SR
| Senate Report (Federal bill originated in Senate) |
| SRP
| Scientific Review Panel (California) |
| SRSA
| Slowly Reacting Substance of Anaphylaxis |
| SSE
| Stationary Source Enforcement |
| STC
| Sound Transmission Class |
| STEL
| Short Term Exposure Limit |
| STL
| Sound Transmission Level |
| STLC
| Soluble Threshold Limit Concentration |
| STP
| Standard Temperature and Pressure |
| SUD
| Safe Use Determination |
| Superfund
| Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980 (See CERCLA) |
| SWA
| Solid Waste Act (aka RCRA) |
| SWAT
| Solid Waste Assessment Test |
| SWIS
| Solid Waste Information System |
| SWMP
| Stormwater Monitoring Program |
| SWMU
| Solid Waste Management Unit |
| SWPPP
| Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program |
| SWRCB
| State Water Resources Control Board (Cal/EPA) |
| SWT Rule
| Surface Water Treatment Rule (SDWA) |
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| TAC
| Toxic Air Contaminant, 42 USC Section 7412; H&S Code
Section 39655; Food & Ag Code Section 14021 |
| TBR
| Tracheobronchial Region |
| TC
| Total Coliform |
| TC
| Toxic Characteristic |
| TCDD
| Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (a.k.a. "Dioxins") |
| TCE
| Trichloroethylene |
| TCLP
| Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (RCRA) |
| TD
| Toxic Dose |
| TDI
| Toluene diisocyanate |
| TEC
| Thermotolerant E. coli |
| TEQ
| Toxic Equivalent Quotient |
| THMs
| Trihalomethanes |
| TISE
| "Take It Somewhere Else" Syndrome |
| Title III
| (of SARA) Community Right-to-Know and Emergency
Response Provisions (aka EPCRTKA) |
| TLV
| Threshold Limit Value (ACGIH) |
| TME
| Test Marketing Exemption |
| TNT
| Trinitrotoluene |
| TOC
| Total Organic Carbon |
| TOCP
| Triorthocresylphosphate |
| TOD
| Total Oxygen Demand |
| TON
| Threshold Odor Number |
| TOTP
| Triorthotolylphosphate |
| TOXNET
| Toxicology Data Network (a family of databases that includes
TRI) |
| TPCA
| Toxic Pits Cleanup Act, H&S Code Section 25208 et
seq. |
| TPQ
| Threshold Planning Quantity (SARA Title III) |
| TRI
| Toxic Release Inventory (part of TOXNET) (section 302 of
EPCRA) |
| TSCA
| Toxic Substances Control Act (Federal), 15 USC Section 2601
et seq. |
| TSD
| Treater, Storer, Disposer H&S Code Section 25123.3 |
| TSDF
| Treatment, Storage, Disposal Facility (hazardous waste) |
| TSS
| Total Suspended Solids |
| TTLC
| Total Threshold Limit Concentration |
| TTS
| Temporary Threshold Shift |
| TTU
| Transportable Treatment Unit |
| TWA
| Time Weighted Average |
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| U-Waste
| Not Acutely Hazardous Waste, dilution prohibited (EPA) |
| UBC
| Uniform Building Code |
| UEL
| Upper Explosive Limit |
| UFC
| Uniform Fire Code |
| UGST
| Underground Storage Tank |
| UGT
| Underground Tank |
| UHT
| Ultra High Temperature (pasteurization) |
| UIC
| Underground Injection Control, H&S Code Section 25159.10,
SDWA, RCRA |
| UM
| Uniform Manifest |
| UNAMAP
| Users Network of Applied Modeling in Air Pollution |
| US EPA
| United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| USC
| United States Code |
| USCA
| United States Code Annotated |
| USDW
| Underground Source of Drinking Water (SDWA) |
| UST
| Underground Storage Tank |
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| VC&D
| Voluntary Condemnation and Destruction |
| VEO
| Visible Emissions Observation |
| VHAP
| Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutant |
| VOC
| Volatile Organic Compound, H&S Code Section 25123.6 |
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| WASP
| Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program |
| WBGT
| Wet Bulb Globe Temperature |
| WDR
| Waste Discharge Requirements |
| WHO
| World Health Organization |
| WIPP
| Waste Isolation Pilot Plan (relating to transUranic radioactive
waste) |
| WP
| Wettable Powder |
| WPF
| Workplace Protection Factor |
| WQA
| Water Quality Act of 1987 (Federal, FWPCA) |
| WRCB
| Water Resources Control Board (Cal/EPA) |
| WWTP
| Wastewater Treatment Plant |
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| Z List
| OSHA list of hazardous chemicals (29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z,
Worker Right-To-Know) Glossary of Common Names of
California Environmental Laws |