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Copyright 02006 John Wiley & Sons, Tnc.

APPENDIX
A
ACRONYMS
AND ABBREVIATIONS

AEGL Acute Exposure Guideline Levels

AIChE American Institute of Chemical Engineers
AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association
ANSI American National Standards Institute
API American Petroleum Institute
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
BPVC Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
CCPS Center for Chemical Process Safety
DDT Deflagration to Detonation Transition
DIERS Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems
DOT Department of Transportation
DPC Deflagration Pressure Containment
EEGL Emergency Exposure Guidance Levels
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ERPGs Emergency Response Planning Guidelines
FMEA Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
FRP Fiber Reinforced Plastic
FTA Fault Tree Analysis
HAPS Hazardous Air Pollutants
HAZOP Hazard and Operability
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HCI Hydrogen Chloride

HSE Health and Safety Executive
IDLHs Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
ISA Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society
L P Length-to-Diameter Ratios
LEL Lower Explosive Limit
LEPC Local Emergency Planning Committees
LFL Lower Flammable Limit
LOC Limiting Oxidant Concentration
LOPA Layer of Protection Analysis
MACT Maximum Achievable Control Technology
MAWP Maximum Allow able Working Pressure
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
MOC Minimum Oxygen Concentration
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NESHAP National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSPS New Source Performance Standards
0 2 Oxygen
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PHA Process Hazards Analysis
PRV Pressure Relief Valve
PVC Poly Vinyl Chloride
QRA Quantitative Risk Assessment
RMP Risk Management Program
RP Recommended Practice
SIC Standard Industrial Classifications
SIL Safety Integrity Level
SIS Safety Instrumented Systems

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 Appendix A -Acronyms and Abbreviations

SOCMA Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers

Associa tion
SPEGL Short Term Public Emergency Guidance Level
STEL Short Term Exposure Limit
TLV Threshold Limit Value
us. United States
UEL Upper Explosive Limit
UFL Upper Flammable Limit
voc Volatile Organic Compound

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