Environment, Health, and Safety Acronyms

• Author: Frank B. Friedman
• Pages: 457-469

Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) Acronyms

(Chemical Manufacturers Association)

AAC: Acceptable Ambient Concentration

AAL: Acceptable Ambient Limit

ABS: Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene

ACGIH: American Conference of Governmental Industrial

Hygienists

ACL: Alternate Concentration Limit

ADI: Allowable Daily Intake

ADL: Acceptable Daily Intake

AIHA: American Industrial Hygiene Association

AIHC: American Industrial Health Council

AIRS: Aerometric Information Retrieval System

ALAPCO: Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials

AMSA: Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies

ANPR or

ANPRM: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

ANSI: American National Standards Institute, Inc.

APA: Administrative Procedure Act

API: American Petroleum Institute

APME: Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe

AST: Above Ground Storage Tank

ASTSWMO: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste

Management Officials

ARAR: Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirement

(Under SARA)

ASIWPCA: Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution

Control Administrators

ASTHO: Association of State and Territorial Health Officers

ATSDR: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

AWMA: Airand Waste Management Association (formerly Air

Pollution Control Association)

BACT: Best Available Control Technology—the standard for

pollution control technology which must be met by

major new or modified pollution emission sources in

areas with above-standard air quality.

BAF: Bioaccumulation Factor

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