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| SARA |
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
US federal legislation that reauthorized the "Superfund," a fund intended to
clean up existing hazardous waste sites. It also established a federal community Right to
Know and tightened industrial reporting requirements. |
| SCBA |
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus |
| SDWA |
Safe Drinking Water Act (US legislation) |
| SERC |
State Emergency Response Commission |
| SNUR |
Significant New Use Rule |
| SOx |
Oxides of sulfur. Used when the particular oxide is unimportant to the
discussion, or when a mixture is being referred to. |
| SPCC |
Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure |
| SQG |
Small Quantity Generator (of waste) a status that relieves the generator
of some EPA requirements |
| SWDA |
Solid Waste Diposal Act |
T
| TCDD |
Tetrachlorobenzo-p-dioxin, also called simply "dioxins" in the
popular press. |
| TSCA |
Toxic Substances Control Act (US legislation) |
| TSS |
Total suspended solids |
| TLV |
Threshold Limit Value
an exposure limit recommended by the ACGIH to which it is believed nearly all workers can
be exposed day after day for a working lifetime without ill effect. |
| TQ |
Threshold Quantity
Facilities releasing TQs or greater into the environment, whether intentionally as wastes
or unintentionally in an accident, must report to the EPA |
| TQM |
Total Quality Management, the name of a management system or philosophy
involving the use of employee participation, Quality Committees, formalized problem
solving methods, and a focus on product quality and customer requirements. |
U
| UBC |
Uniform Building Code |
| UFC |
Uniform Fire Code |
| UL |
Underwriter's Laboratories |
| UST |
Underground Storage Tank |
| UV-Vis |
UltraViolet-Visible
Spectroscopy in the visible an higher energies of light. |
V
| VDT |
Video Display Terminal |
| VOC |
Volatile Organic Compound |
Z
| Z list |
The OSHA table of Permissible exposure limits, so named because the tables
are identified as Z-1, Z-2, and Z-3 |
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