The Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience (2012)
Chapter: Appendix G: Acronyms
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2012. The Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13385.
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| AHP | Analytic Hierarchy Process |
| AIChE | The American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
| ASCE | Council on Natural Disaster Reduction |
| BCA | Benefit-Cost Analysis |
| BC Hydro | British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority |
| CAAA | U.S. Congress of the Clean Air Act Amendments |
| CACHE | Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering Education |
| CalARP | California Accidental Release Prevention |
| CARPP | California Accidental Release Prevention Program |
| CCPS | Center for Chemical Process Safety |
| CEI | Dow Chemical Exposure Index |
| CFATS | Department of Homeland Security’s Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards |
| CLC | The Institute Community Liaison Committee |
| CMA | Chemical Manufacturers Association |
| COMAH | Control of Major Accidents Hazards Regulation |
| CPS | Chemical Process Safety |
| CSB | U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board |
| CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| DHS | U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| DSPA | New Jersey Domestic Security Preparedness Act |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2012. The Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13385.
| DTSC | California Department of Toxic Substances Control |
| ECB | European Chemicals Bureau |
| ECC | East Carbamoylation Complex |
| EHS | Environment, Health and Safety |
| EP | Emergency Preparedness |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPCRA | Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (also known as SARA Title III) |
| ERPG | Emergency Response Planning Guidelines |
| ESF | Engineering Safety Feature |
| EU | European Union Dow Fire and Explosion Index |
| F&EI | Dow Fire and Explosion Index |
| KMECA | Fault Tree Analysis; Event Tree Analysis: and Failure Modes. Effects and Criticality Analysis |
| HAZOP | Hazard and Operability Analysis |
| HCI | Hydrogen Chloride |
| HQI | Health Quotient Index |
| HSE | Health and Safety Executive |
| IBI | Inherent Benign-ness Indicator |
| ICI | Imperial Chemical Industries |
| ILO | International Labor Organization |
| INFORMS | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences |
| INSET | INherent SHE Evaluation Tool |
| INSIDE | INherent SHE [Safety. Health. Environment] In DEsign |
| iRET | Integrated Risk Estimation Tool |
| ISD | Inherently Safer Design |
| I2SI | Integrated Inherent Safety Index |
| ISI | Inherent Safety Index |
| ISIM | Inherent Safety Index Module |
| ISL | Inherent Safety Level |
| ISO | The Contra Costa Industrial Safety Ordinance |
| ISP | Inherently Safer Processes |
| IST | Inherently Safer Technology |
| IUPAC | Bureau of the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| KPEPC | Kanawha/Putnam Local Emergency Planning Committee |
| KPIs | Key Performance Indicators |
| KVEPC | Kanawha Valley Emergency Planning Committee |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2012. The Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13385.
| LEPC | Local Emergency Planning Committees |
| MAU | Multi-Attribute Utility |
| MAUT | Multi-Attribute Utility Theory |
| MCC | N-Methyl Carbomoyl Chloride |
| MIBK | Methyl lsobutyl Ketone |
| MIC | Methyl isocyanate |
| MMA | Mono-Methylamine |
| NACOSH | National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NCF | Naphthylchloroformate |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NIHHS | Installation Handling Hazardous Substances Regulations |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OHI | Occupational Health Index |
| OSHA | United States, Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PCMIC | People Concerned about MIC |
| PDCA | Plan Do Check Act |
| PFD | Process Row Diagram |
| PHA | Process Hazard Analysis |
| PIIS | Loughborough Prototype Index of Inherent Safety |
| PPA | Pollution Prevention Act |
| PRI | Process Route Index |
| PRHI | Process Route Healthiness Index |
| PSAs | Probabilistic Safety Analyses |
| PSM | Process Safety Management |
| QAISP | Qualitative Assessment for Inherently Safer Design |
| REACH | European Union’s Renewed European Policy for Chemicals |
| RISO | The City of Richmond’s Industrial Safety Ordinance |
| RMP | Risk Management Program |
| SERC | State Emergency Planning Committees |
| SFK/TAA | Major Accident Commission, Technical Committee for Plant Safety (Germany) |
| SIS | Safety Instrumented Systems |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix G: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2012. The Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13385.
| SPI | Safety Performance Indicator |
| SREST | Substance, Reactivity, Equipment, and Safety Technology |
| TCPA | Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act |
| TORCAT | Toxic Release Consequence Analysis Tool |
| TRI | EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory |
| UCC | Union Carbide Corporation |
| UCIL | Union Carbide India Limited |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Program |
| VSL | Value of a Statistical Life |
| VZs | Vulnerable Zones |
| WCC | West Carbamoylation Complex |
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