Rationale for list of regulated substances under Canadian Environmental Protection Act: acronyms
Acronyms
Acronyms and their definitions
- ASTM
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American Society for Testing and Materials
- BATF
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United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
- CAS
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Chemical Abstracts Service
- CEPA
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Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999
- CEPA NAC
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Canadian Environmental Protection Act National Advisory Committee
- CFR
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Code of Federal Regulations
- conc
-
Concentration
- CRAIM
-
Conseil pour la réduction des accidents industriels majeurs
- DOD
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United States Department of Defense
- DOT
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United States Department of Transportation
- DSL
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Domestic Substance List (Part II of the Canada Gazette, May 4, 1994)
- E2
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Environmental Emergency
- EEC
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European Economic Communities
- EHS
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Extremely Hazardous Substances (EPCRA, SARA Title III, section 302)
- EPA
-
Environmental Protection Agency (United States)
- EPCRA
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Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (enacted in 1986 by the United States Congress)
- ERPG
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Emergency Response Planning Guidelines (American Industrial Hygiene Association)
- IDLH
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Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
- IMO
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International Maritime Organization
- LC50
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Lethal concentration 50% (Concentration of the chemical in air at which 50% of the test animals died)
- LCLO
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Lethal concentration low (Lowest concentration of the chemical in air at which any test animals died)
- LD50
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Lethal dose 50% (Dose (ingested) of the chemical that killed 50% of the test animals)
- LDLO
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Lethal dose low (Lowest dose (ingested) of the chemical at which any test animals died)
- MIACC
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Major Industrial Accidents Council of Canada
- m
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metre
- mm
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millimetre
- mol wt
-
Molecular Weight
- MSHA
-
United States Mine Safety and Health Administration
- N.A.
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Not Available
- NFPA
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National Fire Protection Association
- NIOSH
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- NTP
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National Toxicology Program
- OSHA
-
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (United States)
- PIN/UN
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Product Identification Number (United Nations)
- psi
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Pound per Square Inch
- RMP
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Risk Management Program (United States Environmental Protection Agency)
- RTECS
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Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
- SARA
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Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (enacted in 1986 by the U.S. Congress)
- SEVESO
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Directive dealing with major accident hazards by the Council of the European Communities (Identified by the name of a city in Italy where a major accident happened in 1976)
- t
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Metric tonnes ( 1,000 kg)
- TDG
-
Transportation of Dangerous Goods regulation
- TNO
-
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research
- TNT
-
Trinitrotoluene
- TPQ
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Threshold Planning Quantities
- TQ
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Threshold Quantities
- TSCA
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Toxic Substances Control Act
- U.S. EPA
-
United States Environmental Protection Agency
- V
- Volatility
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