| AST |
Aboveground Storage Tank |
| CAA |
Clean Air Act |
| CAAA |
Clean Air Act Amendment of 1990 |
| CAS |
Chemical Abstract Service (number) |
| CEPPO |
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (EPA) |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act |
| CFC |
Chlorofluorocarbon |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| EHS |
Extremely Hazardous Substance |
| EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPCRA |
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| HAZMAT |
Hazardous Material |
| ICS |
Incident Command System |
| LEPC |
Local Emergency Planning Committee |
| MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheet |
| NESHAPS |
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| NIMBY |
Not in my backyard |
| NPDES |
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
| NRC |
National Response Center |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated biphenyl |
| POTW |
Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
| RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RQ |
Reportable Quantity |
| RTK |
Right-To-Know |
| SARA |
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 |
| SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification (code) |
| TPQ |
Threshold Planning Quantity |
| TRI |
Toxic Release Inventory |
| UST |
Underground Storage Tank |
| VOC |
Volatile Organic Compound |
| VOL |
Volatile Organic Liquid |
