Page 46: Acronyms

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A. General Considerations

1. DOT: Department of Transportation

2. HMTA: Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (DOT)

3. HCS: Hazard Communication Standard (OSHA)

4. CHEMTREC: CHEMical TRansportation Emergency Center (CMA) (1-800-424-9300)

5. CMA: Chemical Manufacturers Association

B. RCRA and HSWA

6. SQG: small quantity generators (below legally prescribed quantities, generators are subject to less stringent RCRA requirements)

7. HSWA: Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (to RCRA)

C. CERCLA

8. RQ: Reportable Quantity (under CERCLA, releases above this level must be reported to the national response center, a toll free hotline at 1-800-424-8802).

9. NCP: National Contingency Plan

10. CERCLIS: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (an inventory, often a prelude to being placed on NPL)

11. HRS: Hazard Ranking System

12. NPL: National Priorities List (based on HRS)

D. SARA

13. ATSDR: Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry

14. EPCRA: Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (title 3 of SARA)

15. TPQ: Threshold Planning Quantity (under SARA, releases above this level must be reported to the State Emergency Response Commission).

16. TRI : Toxic Release Inventory