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Acronyms and Abbreviations 

• ACGIH - American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists
• AIHA - American Industrial Hygiene Association
• ANSI - American National Standard Institute
• ARTD/CRIB - Air, RCRA, and Toxics Division / Chemical Risk Information Branch
• ASHRAE - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
• ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• ASTM - American Society of Testing Materials
• ATSDR - Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• API- American Petroleum Insitute
• AWS-American Welding Association
• CAA - Clean Air Act
• CAS - Chemical Abstracts Service
• CBI - Confidential Business Information
• CEPPO - Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office
• CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensating, and Liability Act (or "superfund")
• CGA-Compressed Gas Association
• CFC's - Chlorofluorocarbons
• CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
• CFH-Cubic Feet Hour
• CT - Counter Terrorism
• CWA - Clean Water Act
• DOT - U.S. Department of Transportation
• EMS - Emergency Medical Service
• EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• EPA HQ - United States EPA Headquarters
• EPCRA - Emergency Planning and Community Right - To - Know Act
• ERPG's - Emergency Response Planning Guidelines
• FR - Federal Register
• FMEA-Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
• GARP - Georgia Ammonia Refrigeration Program
• GCAP - Garden City Ammonia Program
• GCCC - Garden City Community College
• GPO - Government Printing Office
• HAZMAT - Hazardous Materials
• HAZWOPER - Hazardous Waste and Emergency Operations
• HAZOP-Hazard and Operability Study
• HCFC -Hydrochloroflurocarbon 
• ICP - Integrated Contingency Plan
• ICS-Incident Command System
• IDLH - Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
• IIAR - International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration
• IRC - Industrial Refrigeration Consortium
• ISO - International Standards Organization
• LEPC - Local Emergency Planning Committee
• MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheet
• NAICS - North American Industry Classification System
• NFPA - National Fire Protection Association
• NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Ammonia 
• NH3 - Ammonia
• NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• NPL-National Priority Site List
• NRC - National Response Center
• NRT - National Response Team
• NRTL- Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
• NSC - National Safety Council
• NSCEP - National Service Center for Environmental Publications
• NTIS - National Technical Information Service
• ODS - Ozone-Depleting Substance
• OPA - Oil Pollution Act
• OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• OSHRC - Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
• OSWER - Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
• PAPR-Powered Air-Purifying Respirating
• P&IDs - Piping and Instrumentation
• PEL - Permissible Exposure Limits
• PHA - Process Hazard Analysis
• PRV - Pressure Relief Valve
• PSM - Process Safety Management
• RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• RETA - Refrigeration Engineers Technicians Association
• RMP - Risk Management Plan
• RQ - Reportable Quantity
• SCBA - Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
• SERC - State Emergency Response Commission
• SIC - Standard Industrial Classification
• SOP's - Standard Operating Procedures
• SPCC - Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures
• STEL - Short Term Exposure Limit
• TDD - telephone Device for the Deaf
• TDS-Treatment Storage Disposal
• TPQ - Total Planning Quantity
• TRI - Toxic Release Inventory
• TWA-Time Weighted Average
• UST - Underground Storage Tanks

Hope this list will be useful to you.