APPENDICES

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COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED ACRONYMS

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ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

ANSI American National Standards Institute

CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

CAS number Chemical Abstracts Service number

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

CHCP Stanford Chemical Hazard Communication Policy

CWP Stanford Chemical Waste Program

DHS California Department of Health Services

DOT Department of Transportation

EAP Emergency Assembly Point

EOP Emergency Operations Plan

EH&S Stanford's Department of Environmental Health and Safety

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

ESF Stanford's Environmental Safety Facility

HCS Hazard Communication Standard

HMIS Hazardous Materials Inventory Statement

HMMP Hazardous Materials Management Plan

HMRRP Stanford's Hazardous Materials Release Response Policy

HMSO Santa Clara County Hazardous Materials Storage Ordinance

HIP Stanford's Health Improvement Program

HEPA filter High Efficiency Particulate Air filter

IWM Stanford Internal Waste Manifest

LOC Level of Concern

LSB Life Safety Box

MHI Material Hazard Index

MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet

NESHAP National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

NIOSH National Institutes of Occupational Safety and Health

NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PAMC Palo Alto Medical Clinic

PEL Permissible Exposure Level

RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board

RWQCP Regional Water Quality Control Plant

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RMPP Risk Management Prevention Program

SCVWD Santa Clara Valley Water District

SB 198 California Senate Bill 198 (1989), the Injury and Illness Prevention Act

SLAC Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

SUMC Stanford University Medical Center

SARA Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act

TSD Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility

UBC Uniform Building Code

UFC Uniform Fire Code

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