| Acronym
|
Description
|
| A2LA
|
American
Association of Laboratory Accreditation
|
| ANSI
|
American
National Standards Institute
|
| ARAR
|
Applicable
or Relevant and Appropriate Requirement (Under SARA)
|
| ASQ
|
American
Society for Quality
|
| ASTM
|
American
Society for Testing of Materials
|
| BACT
|
Best
Available Control Technology
|
| BAT
|
Best
Available Technology
|
| BATEA
|
Best
Available Technology Economically Achievable
|
| BDAT
|
Best
Demonstrated Available Technology
|
| BDT
|
Best
Demonstrated Technology
|
| BPT
|
Best
Practical Technology
|
| CERCLA
|
Comprehensive
Emergency Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
|
| COA
|
Certificates
of Analyses
|
| CTG
|
Control
Techniques Guidelines
|
| CWA
|
Clean
Water Act
|
| CWI
|
Calibration
Work Instruction
|
| DIN
|
German
Standards Institute
|
| DMR/QA
|
Discharge
Monitoring Reports/Quality Assurance
|
| EHS
|
Extremely
Hazardous Substance
|
| EIS
|
Environmental
Impact Statement
|
| EMS
|
Environmental
Management System
|
| EMS-A
|
Environmental
Management Systems Auditor
|
| EMS-LA
|
Environmental
Management Systems Lead Auditor
|
| EMS-PA
|
Environmental
Management Systems Provisional Auditor
|
| EOP
|
End-of-Pipe-Treatment
|
| EPA
|
U.S.
Environmental Protective Agency.
|
| EPCRA
|
Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
|
| ETT
|
Effluent
Toxicity Testing
|
| FEMA
|
U.S.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
|
| FGD
|
Flue
Gas Desulfurization
|
| FIFO
|
First
In First Out
|
| FOIA
|
Freedom
of Information Act
|
| FTA
|
Fault
Tree Analysis
|
| FWPCA
|
Federal
Water Pollution Control Act
|
| HAZOPs
|
Hazardous
Operation Reviews
|
| HSWA
|
Hazardous
and Solid Waste Amendments
|
| IAF
|
International
Accreditation Forum
|
| IATCA
|
International
Auditor and Training Certification Association
|
| IEHR
|
Institute
for Evaluating Health Risks
|
| IQA
|
Internal
Quality Audit
|
| IRCA
|
International
Register of Certificated Auditors
|
| ISO
|
International
Organization for Standardization
|
| LAER
|
Lowest
Achievable Emission Rate
|
| LEPC
|
Local
Emergency Planning Committee
|
| MACT
|
Maximum
Achievable Control Technology
|
| MDL
|
Master
Document List
|
| MEI
|
Maximum
Exposed Individual
|
| MFL
|
Master
Forms List
|
| MR
|
Management
Representative
|
| MRM
|
Management
Review Meeting
|
| MSDS
|
Material
Safety Data Sheets
|
| N/A
|
Not
Applicable
|
| NA
|
Nonattainment
Area
|
| NAAQS
|
National
Ambient Air Quality Standards
|
| NACLA
|
National
Council on Laboratory Accreditation
|
| NAICS
|
North
American Industry Classification System
|
| NAP
|
National
Accreditation Program
|
| NEPA
|
National
Environmental Policy Act
|
| NESHAP
|
National
Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants
|
| NIST
|
National
Institute of Standards Technology
|
| NPDES
|
National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
|
| NRC
|
National
Response Center
|
| NRT
|
National
Response Team
|
| NSPS
|
New
Source Performance Standards
|
| NVLAP
|
National
Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
|
| OSHA
|
Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
|
| POTW
|
Publicly
Owned Treatment Works
|
| PRP
|
Potentially
Responsible Parties
|
| PSD
|
Prevention
of Significant Deterioration
|
| PSES
|
Pretreatment
Standards for Existing Sources of Indirect Discharges
|
| PSNS
|
Pretreatment
Standards for New Sources of Indirect Discharges
|
| QMS
|
Quality
Management System
|
| RAB
|
Registrar
Accreditation Board
|
| RACT
|
Reasonably
Available Control Technology
|
| RCRA
|
Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
|
| RIA
|
Regulatory
Impact Analysis
|
| RQ
|
Reportable
Quantity
|
| SARA
|
Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act
|
| SERC
|
State
Emergency Response Commission
|
| SIC
|
Standard
Industrial Classification
|
| SIP
|
State
Implementation Plans
|
| TAG
|
Technical
Advisory Group (ISO)
|
| TC
|
Technical
Committee
|
| TITLE
III OF
SARA
|
Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
|
| TPQ
|
Threshold
Planning Quantity
|
| TRI
|
Toxicity
Reduction Investigation or Toxic Release Inventory
|
| TSDF
|
Treatment,
Storage and Disposal Facility
|
| VOC
|
Volatile
Organic Compounds
|
| WI
|
Work
Instructions
|
| WQC
|
Water
Quality Criteria
|
| WQS
|
Water
Quality Standard
|
