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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.

 

 

 

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All ammonia refrigeration systems must have qualified personnel with specific training, knowledge and experience in the area for which the person has the responsibility and the authority to control. 

Employer must certify in writing that the employees have abilities to safely carry out the duties and responsibilities specified in there operating procedures.